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

Emotions as signals A minute On my own Clear all

How long you have · A minute

A minute 2 Five minutes 7 Twenty minutes 3

Who it is written for

A practitioner 2 Me 2 My husband or wife 2

On your own, or with someone · On my own

On my own 2 Involves someone else 2 Both of us together 1

Theme · Emotions as signals

The moment before you snap 34 Choosing your response 34 Staying regulated in conflict 32 Cool the body first 29 Your nervous system 24 What anger actually is 24 Grounding and settling 21 The fear underneath anger 20 Get started 19 Bringing the future closer 18 Medication and how it works 16 Your sense of time 14 Equanimity and perspective 14 Answering bids 13 Fondness and admiration 13 Treatment and medication 13 Making it stick 12 Systems for daily life 12 Structure and routine 12 Feelings and focus 11 Practising under provocation 11 Touch and bodywork 11 Growing empathy 10 Knowing your partner 9 Food, caffeine and fuel 9 Exercise, food and other supports 8 What ADHD actually is 8 Tolerate distress 7 Remembering to do it 7 Gratitude 7 Screens and attention 6 When everything feels flat 6 What worry does 6 Moving your body 6 Repair after rupture 6 Breathing 5 What you are actually defending 5 Treatment and medication 5 Being seen and judged 5 Shame and stigma 5 Shared spiritual life 5 Feeling from the inside 4 Getting assessed and diagnosed 4 Question the thought 4 Self-compassion 4 Name what you feel 3 Facing it a step at a time 3 When you use something to cope 3 Rituals of connection 2 Meaning after harm 2 Notice the pattern and flex 2 Panic and the body 2 Patience and trust 2 Posture and how you carry yourself 2 Rebuilding trust 2 Ride the urge 2 Righteous anger and perfectionism 2 Let the wave come 2 Safety and grounding 2 Hold a boundary 2 Shame 2 Affection and touch 2 Working with anger 2 Your worth is not conditional 2 Emotions as signals 2 Calm the body 2 Breaking the worry loop 1 Anger, alcohol and the body 1 Get it out of your head 1 Rest and pacing 1 Face it gently 1 Letting it out safely 1 When anger turns to harm 1 Listen to the body 1 Obsessions and compulsions 1 When you go numb 1 Care for yourself in loss 1 Reading, numbers and learning differences 1 Keep the bond 1 Act on your values 1 Validate yourself and others 1 Your window of tolerance 1 Listening and understanding 1

When

Any ordinary day 1 Under stress 1

Every feeling comes with something it wants you to do. Catching the move before you make it is most of the skill.

Anger wants to push, fear wants to get out of the room, sadness wants to curl up, shame wants to disappear. None of that is wrong, and the trouble is…

A minuteEmotions as signalsEmotionally focusedQur’an 21:87

You do not need a long list of feeling words. Half a dozen you can actually reach for under pressure will do more than forty you have to look up.

Angry, sad, afraid, ashamed, surprised, glad is enough to start with, and most hard moments are some mixture of the first four. The aim is not to…

A minuteEmotions as signalsEmotionally focusedQur’an 91:8

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