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

Making it stick Twenty minutes On my own Clear all

How long you have · Twenty minutes

A minute 12 Five minutes 11 Twenty minutes 2 Longer 4

Who it is written for

Me 2 A practitioner 2 Someone I care about 1

On your own, or with someone · On my own

On my own 2 Both of us together 1

Theme · Making it stick

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

Approach

Core 1 Mindfulness 1

When

Under stress 1 Any ordinary day 1

Knowing something calmly and feeling it are two separate achievements, and the second takes longer. If you can say the reasonable thing but it does not touch how you feel, you are partway, not failing.

The gap does not close by arguing with yourself harder. It closes by living it: doing the practice in real situations, in your body, while the…

Twenty minutesMaking it stickCoreQur’an 87:8

Pick the news channel you cannot stand and watch ten minutes of it on purpose. The only job is to notice what rises in you and let it go by.

Real provocation turns up when you are least ready for it. This gives you the feeling with nothing at stake: the indignation, the tightening, the…

Twenty minutesMaking it stickMindfulnessQur’an 41:35

Looking for a whole subject rather than a single practice? Start from the nine areas.