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

3 practices

Use your strengths Twenty minutes On my own Clear all

How long you have · Twenty minutes

Five minutes 2 Twenty minutes 3 Longer 4

Who it is written for

Me 3 Someone I care about 2 A practitioner 2

Where you are right now

Coping, mostly 2 Struggling right now 1

Theme · Use your strengths

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

One psychiatrist took up a dance class in lockdown, three times a week, at something he was frankly not good at. Being bad at it was the reason it kept working.

A repetitive session on a machine asks very little of you once your body knows it. Something with steps to follow, in time with other people, keeps…

Twenty minutesUse your strengthsADHD skillsQur’an 29:69

Some of the low, grey stretches are not depression. They are what happens when there has been nothing on the go for a while, and the colour comes back when a project starts.

It is a quieter thing than depression and it does not look like much from outside. Sleep is fine, you are still working, but the zest has gone out of…

Twenty minutesUse your strengthsADHD skillsQur’an 62:10

Build your work around what your mind does well, novelty, hyperfocus, big-picture, not only around your gaps.

You will go further leaning on your strengths than endlessly sanding down your weaknesses.

Twenty minutesUse your strengthsADHD skillsQur’an 6:135

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