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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Exercise, food and other supports On my own Under stress Clear all

How long you have

Five minutes 1 Twenty minutes 1

Who it is written for

Me 2 A practitioner 2 Someone I care about 2

On your own, or with someone · On my own

On my own 2 Involves someone else 1

Theme · Exercise, food and other supports

The moment before you snap 30 Cool the body first 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 Feelings and focus 9 Staying regulated in conflict 9 Feeling from the inside 8 Moving your body 7 Medication and how it works 7 Practising under provocation 7 Making it stick 6 Systems for daily life 6 Bringing the future closer 6 Question the thought 5 Shame 5 Food, caffeine and fuel 5 Breaking the worry loop 5 What worry does 5 Facing it a step at a time 4 Shame and stigma 4 What you are actually defending 4 Treatment and medication 4 Letting it out safely 4 When everything feels flat 4 Get started 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 Validate yourself and others 1 What ADHD actually is 1 Rebuild trust 1 Anger, alcohol and the body 1 Panic and the body 1 Your window of tolerance 1 Affection and touch 1 The cost of avoiding 1 Care for yourself in loss 1

When · Under stress

Any ordinary day 40 Under stress 2 Coming and going 2

Being told you are too sensitive is usually someone else's comfort talking. Feeling things strongly is not the problem to solve; what to do once the feeling has arrived is.

Both halves have to be said together. Validation on its own leaves a person flooded with permission and no handles. Teaching control on its own joins…

Five minutesExercise, food and other supportsMedical and treatmentQur’an 13:28

Peripheral biofeedback, the sort that tracks skin conductance and heart rate rather than brainwaves, has more behind it than neurofeedback does. You practise letting the body drop into a calmer state while a monitor shows you it happening.

Once that state is familiar, pair it with a distinctive scent used only for this. After enough repetitions the smell starts pulling the state along…

Twenty minutesExercise, food and other supportsMedical and treatmentQur’an 13:28

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