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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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44 practices
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Area
Worry and anxiety 21Anger 18Focus, starting, and ADHD 5
How long you have
A minute 7Five minutes 24Twenty minutes 11Longer 2
Who it is written for
A practitioner 44Me 37Someone I care about 20My husband or wife 1
Where you are right now · Getting ready for something
Coping, mostly 146Struggling right now 88Getting ready for something 44
On your own, or with someone
Involves someone else 18On my own 18Both of us together 8
Theme
Practising under provocation 16Facing it a step at a time 12The cost of avoiding 5Feelings and focus 4Being seen and judged 2Choosing your response 1Living with uncertainty 1The moment before you snap 1Screens and attention 1Breaking the worry loop 1
Approach · CBT
Medical and treatment 125ADHD skills 89Core 55CBT 44Body based 39Mindfulness 34DBT skills 2Narrative 1Emotionally focused 1Gottman 1
When
Any ordinary day 30Coming and going 9In a change 3Under stress 2

Ask everybody, at the start, what they use and how it goes for them there. Not only the ones who arrive with an obvious phone problem.

Two questions do most of the work: which platforms are you on, and what is it like for you on them. Asked early, without any warning tone, it makes…

Five minutesScreens and attentionCBTQur’an 63:9

Say the difficult sentence out loud, on your feet, in something like the real conditions. Thinking it through in your head is a different skill from getting it out of your mouth when your pulse is up.

Acting it out feels awkward and that awkwardness is part of why it works: the version of you who has to speak is the aroused one, so that is the…

Twenty minutesThe moment before you snapCBTQur’an 41:35

When a decision feels impossible, put a date on it rather than pressing for the commitment. We will try this and look at it again in three months turns a life sentence back into a choice.

Plenty of people hear any decision as permanent, so picking a course or a job or a city feels like sentencing themselves to it. A review date changes…

Five minutesLiving with uncertaintyCBTQur’an 18:23

Before you go towards the thing you are afraid of, it helps to have two things to hand: a way to settle your body, and a fairer account of what is likely to happen.

Neither of them is meant to take the fear away. They are there so you can stay in the situation long enough for it to teach you something, and that…

Five minutesBreaking the worry loopCBTQur’an 2:153

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