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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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Rest and pacing A practitioner Any ordinary day Clear all

How long you have

Five minutes 1 Twenty minutes 1 Longer 1

Who it is written for · A practitioner

Me 3 A practitioner 3 Someone I care about 1

Where you are right now

Coping, mostly 2 Getting ready for something 1

On your own, or with someone

On my own 2 Involves someone else 1

Theme · Rest and pacing

Medication and how it works 147Systems for daily life 87 Your nervous system 87 Get started 65 Getting assessed and diagnosed 64 Your sense of time 58 Moving your body 56 What anger actually is 55 Exercise, food and other supports 55 Food, caffeine and fuel 52 What ADHD actually is 48 The moment before you snap 46 Treatment and medication 44 Screens and attention 43 Choosing your response 39 Bringing the future closer 39 Touch and bodywork 38 Equanimity and perspective 37 When everything feels flat 34 Grounding and settling 34 Feelings and focus 31 Structure and routine 31 The fear underneath anger 31 Reading, numbers and learning differences 31 Practising under provocation 30 Growing empathy 28 What worry does 26 Cool the body first 25 Shame and stigma 25 Breathing 24 Making it stick 24 The cost of avoiding 23 Treatment and medication 23 Being seen and judged 22 When you use something to cope 19 Remembering to do it 17 Feeling from the inside 16 Facing it a step at a time 16 Breaking the worry loop 16 What you are actually defending 14 Obsessions and compulsions 13 Righteous anger and perfectionism 13 Emotions as signals 13 Tolerate distress 12 Posture and how you carry yourself 9 Shame 7 Self-compassion 7 Anger, alcohol and the body 6 Use your strengths 6 When anger turns to harm 6 Question the thought 5 When you go numb 3 Living with uncertainty 3 Rest and pacing 3 Panic and the body 3

When · Any ordinary day

Any ordinary day 3 Under stress 1 Coming and going 1

Half watching a programme while half answering emails is the worst of both. The work takes twice as long and the evening gives you nothing back.

Pick one and let it be the whole thing. If it is work, work, and you will usually finish earlier than you expected. If it is rest, shut the laptop,…

Five minutesRest and pacingADHD skillsQur’an 94:7

Rest is not the prize waiting at the end of the work. It is part of what makes the work possible, and it does not have to be earned first.

Self control runs down over a day the way a battery does, and the thing that fills it back up is properly stopping. What that looks like is yours to…

Twenty minutesRest and pacingADHD skillsQur’an 10:67

There are two jobs here, not one. Free up the time, and then be able to sit in it without feeling like a fraud.

Working more efficiently buys hours back, and that is the easier half. The harder half is the belief that rest is only for people who have finished…

LongerRest and pacingADHD skillsQur’an 9:91

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