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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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108 practices

Your nervous system On my own Clear all

How long you have

A minute 24 Five minutes 65 Twenty minutes 12 Longer 7

Who it is written for

A practitioner 108Me 105Someone I care about 83

Where you are right now

Coping, mostly 52 Struggling right now 44 Getting ready for something 12

On your own, or with someone · On my own

On my own 108Involves someone else 11 Both of us together 1

Theme · Your nervous system

Your nervous system 108Medication and how it works 83 What anger actually is 83 The moment before you snap 76 Choosing your response 73 Get started 65 Systems for daily life 62 Grounding and settling 60 Equanimity and perspective 57 The fear underneath anger 57 Cool the body first 55 Touch and bodywork 52 Your sense of time 52 Food, caffeine and fuel 49 What ADHD actually is 49 Moving your body 48 Bringing the future closer 46 Exercise, food and other supports 44 When everything feels flat 44 Treatment and medication 43 Getting assessed and diagnosed 42 Feelings and focus 38 Staying regulated in conflict 36 Practising under provocation 36 Screens and attention 31 Shame and stigma 30 Making it stick 29 Breathing 28 Structure and routine 25 What worry does 24 Treatment and medication 24 Tolerate distress 23 Feeling from the inside 23 Being seen and judged 22 What you are actually defending 21 Growing empathy 20 Remembering to do it 20 When you use something to cope 19 Reading, numbers and learning differences 14 Obsessions and compulsions 13 Fondness and admiration 13 Answering bids 13 Breaking the worry loop 13 Righteous anger and perfectionism 13 Emotions as signals 12 Self-compassion 12 Facing it a step at a time 11 Question the thought 11 Knowing your partner 10 Shame 10 Use your strengths 9 Anger, alcohol and the body 8 Repair after rupture 8 Posture and how you carry yourself 8 When anger turns to harm 7 Gratitude 7 Shared spiritual life 7 When you go numb 4 Meaning after harm 4 Living with uncertainty 4 Letting it out safely 4 Act on your values 3 Let the wave come 3 Rest and pacing 3 Notice the pattern and flex 3 Calm the body 3 Rebuilding trust 3 Name what you feel 3 Safety and grounding 3 Your worth is not conditional 3 Working with anger 3 Ride the urge 2 Care for yourself in loss 2 The cost of avoiding 2 Patience and trust 2 Panic and the body 2 Your window of tolerance 2 Work with your brain 2 Keep the bond 2 Hold a boundary 2 Listen to the body 2 Get it out of your head 2 Find meaning 2 Face it gently 2 Affection and touch 2 Rituals of connection 2 Listening and understanding 1 Validate yourself and others 1

Approach

Body based 96 Medical and treatment 12

When

Any ordinary day 81 Under stress 20 In a change 4 After a row 2 When apart 1

You do not need other people to reach a settled state. Breath, a slow walk somewhere green, a cat asleep on your lap: all of them get you there.

The name social engagement system makes it sound as though company is the only door, which is bleak if you are isolated, and worse if people are the…

Twenty minutesYour nervous systemBody basedQur’an 2:22

There is a listening programme that filters music into the range of the human voice, given in short sittings that add up to a few hours, to make speech easier for the body to take in.

It is delivered by a trained provider rather than downloaded and run at home, usually in small doses with a pause if things stir up. If you have…

LongerYour nervous systemBody basedQur’an 67:23

This is given in small doses with pauses built in, and the pace is meant to bend around you. Ask for less if you need less.

There are shorter and longer versions, and versions without a human voice for people who find singing in a particular language hard to hear. A…

LongerYour nervous systemBody basedQur’an 2:286

If your usual trouble is going blank, feeling unreal or watching yourself from a distance, this is the kind of work that tends to reach that.

When you are numb, techniques that ask you to notice what you feel in your body have very little to work with, because the noticing is the part that…

LongerYour nervous systemBody basedQur’an 2:248

Neurofeedback reads your brain's electrical activity through sensors on your scalp and turns it into a game. Nothing goes into your head.

You might watch a plane that flies smoothly when your brain produces the pattern being encouraged and wobbles when it does not. Nobody tells you how…

LongerYour nervous systemMedical and treatmentQur’an 91:7

The screen tells you nothing and asks you nothing. The plane simply flies better or worse, and the adjusting happens on its own.

That suits people who cannot easily put what they feel into words, which includes a great many children and a great many adults after trauma. There…

LongerYour nervous systemMedical and treatmentQur’an 16:78

Some people end up fully flipped, awake until three in the morning and unable to surface until evening. That is genuinely hard to reset, and not for want of trying.

Ordinary sleep advice is not built for this. What tends to be needed is help with timing: light at the right hour, a plan to move the whole cycle in…

LongerYour nervous systemBody basedQur’an 30:23

Trauma sleeplessness usually has two layers: night itself carries meaning, and the body's clock has moved. Both need attention.

If bad things happened at night, lying in the dark listening to every sound is not a bad habit, it is vigilance doing its job. Sleep advice alone…

LongerYour nervous systemBody basedQur’an 39:42

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