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

Some people will not believe this exists whatever you show them. You are allowed to give a short honest answer and then let the conversation go.

Keep one or two plain facts ready for people who are genuinely curious, because that conversation is often worth having. It is a different…

A minuteShame and stigmaADHD skillsQur’an 16:125

When you have stopped believing you can change anything, the reflex is to avoid and to scroll. What breaks that is not encouragement, it is one small thing actually finished.

Pick something small enough to be sure of: one drawer, one email, one form. The point is not the drawer. The point is a fresh piece of evidence that…

Five minutesShame and stigmaADHD skillsQur’an 39:53

The same plan works in a calm week and falls apart in a chaotic one. That is not motivation coming and going. You began the chaotic week with less in reserve and spent most of it before the decisions that mattered arrived.

By the time you reach the important thing, a good deal has already gone on finding keys, apologising, rerouting and starting over. Which is why the…

Five minutesShame and stigmaADHD skillsQur’an 6:132

No food in the house means eating out late, which means a late night, which means a late start, which means no time to shop. It is not a character flaw. It is a loop.

The parts that feel most like personal failure, the takeaways, the extra coffee, the money going nowhere, are mostly downstream of a plan that never…

LongerShame and stigmaADHD skillsQur’an 2:286

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