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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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24 practices

What worry does On my own Clear all

How long you have

A minute 6 Five minutes 16 Twenty minutes 1 Longer 1

Who it is written for

A practitioner 24 Someone I care about 23 Me 21

Where you are right now

Coping, mostly 17 Struggling right now 7

On your own, or with someone · On my own

On my own 24 Involves someone else 10

Theme · What worry does

Your nervous system 108What anger actually is 83 Medication and how it works 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 Your sense of time 52 Touch and bodywork 52 Food, caffeine and fuel 49 What ADHD actually is 49 Moving your body 48 Bringing the future closer 46 When everything feels flat 44 Exercise, food and other supports 44 Treatment and medication 43 Getting assessed and diagnosed 42 Feelings and focus 38 Practising under provocation 36 Staying regulated in conflict 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 Feeling from the inside 23 Tolerate distress 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 Breaking the worry loop 13 Obsessions and compulsions 13 Answering bids 13 Fondness and admiration 13 Righteous anger and perfectionism 13 Self-compassion 12 Emotions as signals 12 Question the thought 11 Facing it a step at a time 11 Knowing your partner 10 Shame 10 Use your strengths 9 Anger, alcohol and the body 8 Posture and how you carry yourself 8 Repair after rupture 8 Shared spiritual life 7 Gratitude 7 When anger turns to harm 7 Living with uncertainty 4 Meaning after harm 4 Letting it out safely 4 When you go numb 4 Your worth is not conditional 3 Calm the body 3 Act on your values 3 Name what you feel 3 Working with anger 3 Notice the pattern and flex 3 Let the wave come 3 Rest and pacing 3 Rebuilding trust 3 Safety and grounding 3 Keep the bond 2 Get it out of your head 2 Listen to the body 2 Your window of tolerance 2 Work with your brain 2 Find meaning 2 Rituals of connection 2 Face it gently 2 Ride the urge 2 Care for yourself in loss 2 Hold a boundary 2 Affection and touch 2 The cost of avoiding 2 Patience and trust 2 Panic and the body 2 Listening and understanding 1 Validate yourself and others 1

When

Any ordinary day 19 Under stress 5

Strong feeling about injustice can look a lot like being argumentative. Do not file conviction as defiance without checking.

For many young people these commitments are not a phase but a large part of who they understand themselves to be. Treat them as beliefs to be…

Five minutesWhat worry doesCBTQur’an 8:2

Some young people are behind their age emotionally and socially, and the growing up genuinely has not finished. It is a question of timing rather than of character.

This lands very differently in a family than the words immature or lazy do. If you expect the emotional handling of a twenty year old from someone…

Five minutesWhat worry doesCBTQur’an 65:7

The mind that runs ahead into everything that could go wrong is the same mind that plans well, sees round corners and has things ready in time. One trait, pointed in two directions.

If you have been told all your life that you overthink, it is worth saying plainly that this trait has served you. The aim is not to flatten it. It…

Twenty minutesWhat worry doesCBTQur’an 6:59

If attention and planning are already hard work for you, then the very tools for handling anxiety are the things you find difficult. That is not a failure to try. It means the plan needs more scaffolding and more repetition.

Expect to need things that sit outside your head: written steps, alarms, someone who checks in, a shorter ladder with smaller rungs. Go slower than a…

LongerWhat worry doesCBTQur’an 65:7

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