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

Self-compassion Struggling right now On my own Clear all

How long you have

A minute 1 Five minutes 2

Who it is written for

Me 3 A practitioner 3 Someone I care about 3

Where you are right now · Struggling right now

Coping, mostly 8 Struggling right now 3 Getting ready for something 1

Theme · Self-compassion

Your nervous system 44 What anger actually is 31 Grounding and settling 30 Cool the body first 26 The moment before you snap 24 Get started 23 Touch and bodywork 19 When everything feels flat 17 Choosing your response 17 Shame and stigma 16 Equanimity and perspective 16 What ADHD actually is 15 The fear underneath anger 14 Food, caffeine and fuel 14 Your sense of time 14 Screens and attention 14 Tolerate distress 13 Systems for daily life 13 Obsessions and compulsions 11 Medication and how it works 11 Moving your body 11 Shame 10 Breathing 10 Treatment and medication 10 Feeling from the inside 9 Feelings and focus 9 Getting assessed and diagnosed 9 Being seen and judged 8 When you use something to cope 8 What worry does 7 Treatment and medication 7 Practising under provocation 7 Bringing the future closer 6 Question the thought 6 Making it stick 6 Structure and routine 5 Exercise, food and other supports 5 Breaking the worry loop 5 Emotions as signals 4 Letting it out safely 4 Remembering to do it 4 Growing empathy 4 Self-compassion 3 Posture and how you carry yourself 3 When you go numb 3 What you are actually defending 3 Living with uncertainty 3 Reading, numbers and learning differences 2 When anger turns to harm 2 Facing it a step at a time 2 Use your strengths 1 Anger, alcohol and the body 1 Righteous anger and perfectionism 1 Rest and pacing 1 Panic and the body 1 The cost of avoiding 1

When

Under stress 2 Any ordinary day 1

Everyone has something about themselves they wish were different, and something they cannot do reliably however much they mean to. Yours has a name and a good deal of research behind it, which is not the same as being uniquely broken.

Say this carefully, because there is a careless version that does real damage. Everyone is a bit ADHD is not what is meant, and it leaves a person…

A minuteSelf-compassionADHD skillsQur’an 20:115

It tends to run the same way each time. You struggle with something, you feel awful about it, so you keep away from it, and anyone who raises it gets a sharp answer, which makes you keep away harder.

The relief when you avoid it arrives instantly, which is exactly why the loop tightens. Meanwhile the pile of unopened post has not moved, so next…

Five minutesSelf-compassionADHD skillsQur’an 39:53

The goal was never to enjoy the dull task. It is to arrive at something more like: I hate this and I can still do it well enough.

Both halves are doing work. Moving towards the thing you dislike, rather than away from it, is what loosens the avoidance. And well enough is what…

Five minutesSelf-compassionADHD skillsQur’an 94:5

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