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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When you use something to cope On my own Under stress Clear all

Who it is written for

A practitioner 2 Me 2 Someone I care about 1

Where you are right now

Struggling right now 1 Coping, mostly 1

Theme · When you use something to cope

Cool the body first 30 The moment before you snap 30 Grounding and settling 27 Choosing your response 26 Touch and bodywork 22 Your nervous system 20 What anger actually is 18 The fear underneath anger 15 Equanimity and perspective 14 Tolerate distress 10 Breathing 10 Staying regulated in conflict 9 Feelings and focus 9 Feeling from the inside 8 Practising under provocation 7 Medication and how it works 7 Moving your body 7 Systems for daily life 6 Bringing the future closer 6 Making it stick 6 Question the thought 5 Food, caffeine and fuel 5 Breaking the worry loop 5 Shame 5 What worry does 5 When everything feels flat 4 Get started 4 What you are actually defending 4 Letting it out safely 4 Shame and stigma 4 Treatment and medication 4 Facing it a step at a time 4 Calm the body 3 Emotions as signals 3 Growing empathy 3 Let the wave come 3 Name what you feel 3 Obsessions and compulsions 3 Posture and how you carry yourself 3 Righteous anger and perfectionism 3 Working with anger 3 Your sense of time 2 Screens and attention 2 Safety and grounding 2 Ride the urge 2 Patience and trust 2 Exercise, food and other supports 2 Meaning after harm 2 Knowing your partner 2 Getting assessed and diagnosed 2 When you use something to cope 2 Being seen and judged 2 Answering bids 2 When anger turns to harm 2 Self-compassion 2 Listen to the body 1 Reading, numbers and learning differences 1 Act on your values 1 Remembering to do it 1 Rebuild trust 1 Validate yourself and others 1 What ADHD actually is 1 Anger, alcohol and the body 1 Panic and the body 1 The cost of avoiding 1 Your window of tolerance 1 Affection and touch 1 Care for yourself in loss 1

When · Under stress

Any ordinary day 15 Under stress 2 In a change 2

Most people can tell you exactly why the thing is a bad idea. The trouble arrives later, when feeling is running high and all that reasoning is nowhere to be found.

So treat it as a doing problem rather than a knowing problem. Decisions made calmly and in advance travel into hard moments much better than…

Five minutesWhen you use something to copeDBT skillsQur’an 12:33

With vaping the pull is often not the hit at all. It is knowing the thing is there in your pocket if you need it.

One fifteen year old described it exactly that way: the comfort was that she could, not that she did. If that is your pattern the work sits in two…

Five minutesWhen you use something to copeDBT skillsQur’an 2:268

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