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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2 practices

Self-compassion On my own Under stress Clear all

Who it is written for

A practitioner 2 Me 2 Someone I care about 2

Theme · Self-compassion

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 Staying regulated in conflict 9 Feelings and focus 9 Feeling from the inside 8 Practising under provocation 7 Moving your body 7 Medication and how it works 7 Making it stick 6 Bringing the future closer 6 Systems for daily life 6 Question the thought 5 Shame 5 Breaking the worry loop 5 What worry does 5 Food, caffeine and fuel 5 Get started 4 Facing it a step at a time 4 Shame and stigma 4 Treatment and medication 4 Letting it out safely 4 What you are actually defending 4 When everything feels flat 4 Emotions as signals 3 Calm the body 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 Care for yourself in loss 1 Remembering to do it 1 Rebuild trust 1 Anger, alcohol and the body 1 Validate yourself and others 1 What ADHD actually is 1 Panic and the body 1 Act on your values 1 The cost of avoiding 1 Your window of tolerance 1 Affection and touch 1

When · Under stress

Any ordinary day 8 In a change 2 Under stress 2

It tends to run the same way each time. You struggle with something, you feel awful about it, so you keep away from it, and anyone who raises it gets a sharp answer, which makes you keep away harder.

The relief when you avoid it arrives instantly, which is exactly why the loop tightens. Meanwhile the pile of unopened post has not moved, so next…

Five minutesSelf-compassionADHD skillsQur’an 39:53

The goal was never to enjoy the dull task. It is to arrive at something more like: I hate this and I can still do it well enough.

Both halves are doing work. Moving towards the thing you dislike, rather than away from it, is what loosens the avoidance. And well enough is what…

Five minutesSelf-compassionADHD skillsQur’an 94:5

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