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Every practice in the library, in one list. Narrow it by how long you have, who it is written for, and where you are right now.

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3 practices
Choosing your response remove filterGetting ready for something remove filterInvolves someone else remove filterClear all
Who it is written for
Someone I care about 3Me 3A practitioner 3
Where you are right now · Getting ready for something
Getting ready for something 3Coping, mostly 3Struggling right now 1
On your own, or with someone · Involves someone else
On my own 15Involves someone else 3Both of us together 1
Theme · Choosing your response
Medication and how it works 19Treatment and medication 10Systems for daily life 8Facing it a step at a time 7The cost of avoiding 5Cool the body first 5The moment before you snap 5Food, caffeine and fuel 4Making it stick 3Moving your body 3Choosing your response 3Breathing 3When everything feels flat 3Your sense of time 3Treatment and medication 2What anger actually is 2Tolerate distress 2Feelings and focus 2Exercise, food and other supports 1Grounding and settling 1Getting assessed and diagnosed 1Get started 1Feeling from the inside 1Equanimity and perspective 1Remembering to do it 1Being seen and judged 1Rest and pacing 1Screens and attention 1Shame and stigma 1Structure and routine 1Practising under provocation 1Posture and how you carry yourself 1Living with uncertainty 1What ADHD actually is 1Panic and the body 1
Approach
Core 2CBT 1

If you are helping someone set up a practice like this, ask them for ideas before you offer yours. Keep a few in your back pocket for when they run dry.

What people invent for themselves fits their actual life, and they are far more likely to do it. Have suggestions ready anyway, because a brainstorm…

Five minutesChoosing your responseCoreQur’an 3:159

Offer a practice as a question rather than an instruction. What do you think it would be like to wake yourself up once a day? That is a very different sentence from you should.

People argue with instructions, particularly people who were sent rather than came. A question leaves them to make the case, and the case they make…

Five minutesChoosing your responseCoreQur’an 16:125

Open with the difficulty instead of the accusation. "This is hard for me to say" and "I am worried you will not like this" buy you a hearing that "you always" never will.

Two things happen at once when you start this way. The other person stops preparing a defence, because nothing has been thrown at them yet. And you…

Five minutesChoosing your responseCBTQur’an 16:125

Looking for a whole subject rather than a single practice? Start from the nine areas.