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

2 practices

Facing it a step at a time Twenty minutes On my own Clear all

How long you have · Twenty minutes

A minute 3 Five minutes 4 Twenty minutes 2 Longer 2

Who it is written for

A practitioner 2 Someone I care about 2 Me 2

Where you are right now

Getting ready for something 1 Coping, mostly 1

On your own, or with someone · On my own

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

Theme · Facing it a step at a time

Systems for daily life 23 Moving your body 17 Medication and how it works 13 Get started 12 Your nervous system 12 What ADHD actually is 10 Food, caffeine and fuel 10 Treatment and medication 9 What anger actually is 8 Screens and attention 7 Your sense of time 7 Bringing the future closer 7 Tolerate distress 6 Cool the body first 6 Feelings and focus 6 The moment before you snap 6 Touch and bodywork 6 The fear underneath anger 5 Grounding and settling 5 Reading, numbers and learning differences 5 Getting assessed and diagnosed 4 When you use something to cope 4 Remembering to do it 4 When everything feels flat 4 Exercise, food and other supports 4 Shame 4 Breathing 3 Being seen and judged 3 Practising under provocation 3 Anger, alcohol and the body 3 Righteous anger and perfectionism 3 Use your strengths 3 Equanimity and perspective 3 Emotions as signals 3 Shame and stigma 3 Choosing your response 3 Letting it out safely 2 When anger turns to harm 2 Obsessions and compulsions 2 Facing it a step at a time 2 Breaking the worry loop 2 Making it stick 2 Feeling from the inside 2 Structure and routine 2 Keep the bond 1 Repair after rupture 1 Rest and pacing 1 Safety and grounding 1 Shared spiritual life 1 Treatment and medication 1 Living with uncertainty 1 Listen to the body 1 What worry does 1 What you are actually defending 1 Question the thought 1 Care for yourself in loss 1 The cost of avoiding 1 Posture and how you carry yourself 1

When

Under stress 1 Any ordinary day 1

When something frightens you the mind offers one option: do not go. Force out two or three more before judging any of them, daft ones included. Choosing needs something to choose between.

There is an order that works. Say what the problem actually is, in one sentence. List some options without weighing them yet. Then go through what is…

Twenty minutesFacing it a step at a timeCBTQur’an 12:87

Put a number on each step, nought to ten, and let it be your number. Two people facing the same school will not agree about which part is worst, and the ladder has to belong to the person climbing it.

One child dreads the bus and is fine once inside the building. Another would happily ride the bus all morning and cannot get through the front door.…

Twenty minutesFacing it a step at a timeCBTQur’an 23:62

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