Practices

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.

Narrowed down

3 practices

Making it stick Involves someone else Clear all

How long you have

A minute 2 Five minutes 1

Who it is written for

Someone I care about 3 A practitioner 3 Me 1

On your own, or with someone · Involves someone else

On my own 29 Involves someone else 3 Both of us together 1

Theme · Making it stick

Medication and how it works 61 Systems for daily life 37 The cost of avoiding 36 Screens and attention 26 Staying regulated in conflict 24 Moving your body 21 Treatment and medication 20 Knowing your partner 15 Exercise, food and other supports 15 Rebuilding trust 14 Affection and touch 13 Feelings and focus 13 What ADHD actually is 13 What anger actually is 13 Listening and understanding 12 Your nervous system 11 Breaking the worry loop 11 Repair after rupture 11 Answering bids 11 Your sense of time 11 Rituals of connection 11 Facing it a step at a time 10 The moment before you snap 10 Structure and routine 10 Shared spiritual life 10 What worry does 10 Getting assessed and diagnosed 10 Food, caffeine and fuel 10 Grounding and settling 9 Bringing the future closer 9 Breathing 7 Growing empathy 7 When everything feels flat 7 Equanimity and perspective 7 Emotions as signals 7 Get started 7 Cool the body first 7 Treatment and medication 7 Choosing your response 7 Remembering to do it 6 Reading, numbers and learning differences 6 Shame and stigma 5 Posture and how you carry yourself 5 When you use something to cope 5 Touch and bodywork 4 Tolerate distress 4 Obsessions and compulsions 3 Righteous anger and perfectionism 3 Panic and the body 3 Making it stick 3 Practising under provocation 3 Being seen and judged 3 Feeling from the inside 2 Gratitude 2 Fondness and admiration 2 Rest and pacing 2 Shame 2 The fear underneath anger 2 What you are actually defending 2 Ask and say no well 2 Help someone grieving 2 Safety and grounding 1 When you go numb 1 Validate yourself and others 1 Living with uncertainty 1

Approach

Mindfulness 2 Core 1

Telling someone they have changed their brain lands harder than telling them they have changed their mind. That is worth knowing, and worth handling carefully.

Brain language feels solid and permanent, so a person can lean on it. That same weight is why it should not be stretched: promising rewiring you…

A minuteMaking it stickCoreQur’an 9:105

If the word mindfulness makes you wince, leave the word out. Paying attention to your breath, or to the sounds in the room, is the whole of it.

A lot of people turn the practice down before trying it, because the label sounds like it belongs to somebody else's religion or somebody else's sort…

A minuteMaking it stickMindfulnessQur’an 29:69

When you offer a practice to someone, use their words for it rather than yours. Keep the fuller version ready for the day they ask where it comes from.

A plain, unmystical version suits most people and costs them nothing to accept. Anyone who gets curious can have all of it, and they will take more…

Five minutesMaking it stickMindfulnessQur’an 5:48

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