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.

Narrowed down

981 practices

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Area

Focus, starting, and ADHD 356Anger 263Your body 214Low mood and hard feelings 69 Worry and anxiety 62 Your marriage 8 After harm 4 Grief and loss 3 Yourself and your limits 2

How long you have · Five minutes

A minute 610Five minutes 981Twenty minutes 264Longer 119

Who it is written for

A practitioner 936Me 931Someone I care about 544My husband or wife 32

Where you are right now

Coping, mostly 571Struggling right now 281Getting ready for something 129

On your own, or with someone · On my own

On my own 981Involves someone else 296Both of us together 111

Theme

Your nervous system 65 Medication and how it works 49 What anger actually is 46 Equanimity and perspective 36 Touch and bodywork 34 The moment before you snap 34 Get started 33 Getting assessed and diagnosed 32 Grounding and settling 32 Exercise, food and other supports 31 Choosing your response 30 Your sense of time 30 When everything feels flat 29 What ADHD actually is 28 The fear underneath anger 28 Food, caffeine and fuel 27 Systems for daily life 25 Practising under provocation 22 Treatment and medication 21 Bringing the future closer 19 Cool the body first 18 Shame and stigma 18 Breathing 18 Screens and attention 17 What worry does 16 Moving your body 16 Feeling from the inside 16 What you are actually defending 15 Feelings and focus 14 Making it stick 11 Being seen and judged 11 Structure and routine 11 Treatment and medication 10 Obsessions and compulsions 9 Remembering to do it 9 Growing empathy 9 Breaking the worry loop 9 Righteous anger and perfectionism 8 When you use something to cope 8 Tolerate distress 8 Self-compassion 7 Emotions as signals 7 Reading, numbers and learning differences 7 Posture and how you carry yourself 5 Question the thought 5 When anger turns to harm 4 Facing it a step at a time 4 Staying regulated in conflict 4 Shame 4 When you go numb 3 Work with your brain 2 Meaning after harm 2 Anger, alcohol and the body 2 Use your strengths 2 Living with uncertainty 2 Find meaning 2 Act on your values 2 Working with anger 1 Rebuilding trust 1 Calm the body 1 Shared spiritual life 1 Repair after rupture 1 The cost of avoiding 1 Get it out of your head 1 Knowing your partner 1 Let the wave come 1 Rest and pacing 1 Your worth is not conditional 1 Face it gently 1 Letting it out safely 1 Notice the pattern and flex 1 Your window of tolerance 1

Approach

ADHD skills 231Medical and treatment 200Core 164Body based 161CBT 91 Mindfulness 89 Emotionally focused 13 Trauma informed 10 DBT skills 9 Gottman 5 Narrative 4 Grief 4

When

Any ordinary day 719Under stress 149After a row 54 In a change 37 Coming and going 20 When apart 1 Something good 1

When somebody tells you a practice will calm you, treat that as a hypothesis about you rather than a fact. Try it and watch what actually happens.

Promised effects set people up to fail. When the promised calm does not turn up, the usual conclusion is that their body is broken, rather than that…

Five minutesYour nervous systemBody basedQur’an 2:260

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