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

4 practices

Living with uncertainty A practitioner On my own Clear all

How long you have

Five minutes 2 Twenty minutes 1 Longer 1

Who it is written for · A practitioner

Me 4 A practitioner 4 Someone I care about 1

Where you are right now

Struggling right now 3 Coping, mostly 1

On your own, or with someone · On my own

On my own 4 Involves someone else 1

Theme · Living with uncertainty

Your nervous system 108Medication and how it works 81 What anger actually is 79 The moment before you snap 70 Get started 62 Choosing your response 61 Systems for daily life 60 Grounding and settling 60 The fear underneath anger 57 Equanimity and perspective 57 Cool the body first 55 Your sense of time 52 Touch and bodywork 52 What ADHD actually is 49 Food, caffeine and fuel 48 Moving your body 48 Bringing the future closer 44 Exercise, food and other supports 44 When everything feels flat 44 Getting assessed and diagnosed 42 Feelings and focus 38 Treatment and medication 38 Practising under provocation 36 Shame and stigma 30 Making it stick 29 Screens and attention 29 Breathing 28 What worry does 24 Treatment and medication 24 Feeling from the inside 23 Structure and routine 23 What you are actually defending 21 Being seen and judged 21 Tolerate distress 20 Growing empathy 20 When you use something to cope 19 Remembering to do it 17 Reading, numbers and learning differences 14 Righteous anger and perfectionism 13 Obsessions and compulsions 13 Breaking the worry loop 13 Emotions as signals 12 Facing it a step at a time 11 Self-compassion 11 Shame 10 Question the thought 8 Anger, alcohol and the body 8 Posture and how you carry yourself 8 Use your strengths 7 When anger turns to harm 7 When you go numb 4 Living with uncertainty 4 Letting it out safely 4 Rest and pacing 3 Panic and the body 2 The cost of avoiding 2

When

Any ordinary day 3 In a change 1

Listen for the condition you have attached to acting: I will apply once I know I will get it, I will go once I know I will like it. If that condition could never actually be met, it is not caution, it is a door you have quietly locked.

From the inside it rarely feels like avoidance. It feels sensible, even responsible, because who would go to all that trouble without knowing. The…

Five minutesLiving with uncertaintyCBTQur’an 31:34

A no is usually information about fit rather than a report on your worth. Some of them have to happen before you can tell which places are right for you.

This is a real reframe rather than a comforting one, because a rejection does carry usable information: about what they were after, about what you…

Five minutesLiving with uncertaintyCBTQur’an 2:216

When something feels unbearable to risk, follow it downwards. If that did happen, what would it mean, and what would happen after that?

Keep asking gently, and stop when you reach something that is a statement about the person rather than about the situation, such as it would prove I…

Twenty minutesLiving with uncertaintyCBTQur’an 18:78

An exam is a task with requirements. It is not a ruling on whether you are capable, however much it feels like one while you are sitting inside it.

Saying that once changes very little. The person this comes from took a long time to arrive at it, and that is worth knowing so you do not expect it…

LongerLiving with uncertaintyCBTQur’an 57:23

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