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

Twenty minutes Coping, mostly Trauma informed Clear all

Area

After harm 2 Anger 1

How long you have · Twenty minutes

A minute 10 Five minutes 6 Twenty minutes 3 Longer 2

Who it is written for

Me 3 A practitioner 1

Where you are right now · Coping, mostly

Struggling right now 5 Coping, mostly 3

Theme

The fear underneath anger 1 Safety and grounding 1 Listen to the body 1

Approach · Trauma informed

ADHD skills 73 Medical and treatment 61 Core 34 CBT 29 Body based 22 Gottman 21 Emotionally focused 8 Mindfulness 8 Trauma informed 3 Grief 2 DBT skills 2 Parts work 2

Think of the reaction as a small program sitting quietly, waiting for one particular condition. It is not running all the time, and which condition wakes it is a question with an answer.

Keep a short list for a few weeks. Only what was happening in the ten seconds before: a tone of voice, being interrupted, somebody standing over you…

Twenty minutesThe fear underneath angerTrauma informedQur’an 30:8

Move the body gently, a walk, a stretch, to discharge what fear leaves stored in it.

Fear is physical energy. Letting the body move helps it complete and settle what it could not before.

Twenty minutesListen to the bodyTrauma informedQur’an 62:10

Build one place or time in your day that reliably feels safe, and return to it when you need steadying.

Healing needs a floor to stand on. A predictable pocket of safety is that floor; protect it.

Twenty minutesSafety and groundingTrauma informedQur’an 6:82

Looking for a whole subject rather than a single practice? Start from the nine areas.