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.

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Getting assessed and diagnosed Someone I care about On my own Clear all

Who it is written for · Someone I care about

A practitioner 42 Me 28 Someone I care about 2

Where you are right now

Coping, mostly 1 Getting ready for something 1

On your own, or with someone · On my own

Involves someone else 4 On my own 2 Both of us together 1

Theme · Getting assessed and diagnosed

Your nervous system 83 Systems for daily life 60 What anger actually is 57 Grounding and settling 48 What ADHD actually is 47 Moving your body 47 Your sense of time 46 Medication and how it works 46 The fear underneath anger 45 Exercise, food and other supports 44 Equanimity and perspective 42 Cool the body first 41 Treatment and medication 33 Bringing the future closer 30 Shame and stigma 29 Get started 24 What worry does 23 Breathing 23 The moment before you snap 21 Structure and routine 20 Remembering to do it 20 Screens and attention 20 What you are actually defending 19 Food, caffeine and fuel 15 Making it stick 14 Feelings and focus 14 Tolerate distress 13 Breaking the worry loop 13 When you use something to cope 12 Reading, numbers and learning differences 12 Self-compassion 11 Growing empathy 10 Choosing your response 9 Righteous anger and perfectionism 8 When everything feels flat 8 Anger, alcohol and the body 8 Facing it a step at a time 7 Use your strengths 7 When anger turns to harm 6 Practising under provocation 5 Letting it out safely 4 Shame 4 Being seen and judged 3 The cost of avoiding 2 Getting assessed and diagnosed 2 Question the thought 2 Obsessions and compulsions 1 Rest and pacing 1 Living with uncertainty 1 Feeling from the inside 1

When

Any ordinary day 1 In a change 1

Teenage memories of this often come with a sting: the year you worked out how much longer everything took you than it seemed to take everybody else.

That is usually why adolescence is the period people can describe in detail. The work got harder, the scaffolding of primary school fell away, and…

Five minutesGetting assessed and diagnosedADHD skillsQur’an 94:5

The checklists were built around the loud version of this, and girls are more often the quiet version. If she is struggling and nobody has ever suggested an assessment, that is worth pressing on.

Defiance in girls can look like refusal, withdrawal or a long-running argument about friendships rather than the disruption a teacher would report.…

Five minutesGetting assessed and diagnosedADHD skillsQur’an 20:114

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