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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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4 practices

Feeling from the inside A minute On my own Clear all

How long you have · A minute

A minute 4 Five minutes 16 Twenty minutes 2 Longer 1

Who it is written for

A practitioner 4 Me 4 Someone I care about 1

Where you are right now

Struggling right now 2 Coping, mostly 1 Getting ready for something 1

On your own, or with someone · On my own

On my own 4 Involves someone else 1

Theme · Feeling from the inside

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

Approach

Body based 3 Mindfulness 1

When

Under stress 2 Any ordinary day 2

One of the earliest signs that you are drifting out of the present is that your hands and feet go vague. Not numb exactly, just less there.

It tends to happen before you notice you have gone anywhere. If you learn your own version of it, you get an early warning: a chance to press your…

A minuteFeeling from the insideBody basedQur’an 41:53

Stand on one leg for a few breaths. Your body has to work to keep you upright, and that work is loud enough to feel on a day when nothing else registers.

Balance pulls in the joints, the inner ear and the muscles all at once, so it gives a far stronger signal than sitting still and hoping to notice…

A minuteFeeling from the insideBody basedQur’an 31:20

When what is happening inside gets too loud, turn outward. Name what you can see, listen for the furthest sound, press your feet into the floor.

This is not avoidance. The outward senses and the sense of where your body sits both carry information about now, which is exactly what the flooding…

A minuteFeeling from the insideBody basedQur’an 9:118

A long body practice is a teaching version. In real life, take one small piece: just the feet, just the hands, just a minute of noticing.

Long stretches of inward attention can tip into flooding or into drifting off, and neither leaves you better than you started. A minute done often…

A minuteFeeling from the insideMindfulnessQur’an 26:13

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