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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3 practices

Being seen and judged A practitioner Under stress Clear all

How long you have

A minute 2 Twenty minutes 1

Who it is written for · A practitioner

A practitioner 3 Me 3

On your own, or with someone

On my own 2 Both of us together 1

Theme · Being seen and judged

Cool the body first 31 Grounding and settling 30 The moment before you snap 28 Choosing your response 23 Your nervous system 23 Touch and bodywork 22 What anger actually is 20 The fear underneath anger 18 Feelings and focus 16 Equanimity and perspective 15 The cost of avoiding 10 Breathing 10 Feeling from the inside 9 Systems for daily life 9 Tolerate distress 8 Medication and how it works 8 Moving your body 8 Screens and attention 8 Practising under provocation 8 Shame 8 Getting assessed and diagnosed 7 What worry does 7 When anger turns to harm 6 Bringing the future closer 6 Making it stick 6 When everything feels flat 6 Shame and stigma 6 Breaking the worry loop 6 Emotions as signals 5 Food, caffeine and fuel 5 Treatment and medication 5 Facing it a step at a time 5 Obsessions and compulsions 4 Get started 4 What you are actually defending 4 Growing empathy 4 Posture and how you carry yourself 4 Letting it out safely 4 Being seen and judged 3 Righteous anger and perfectionism 3 Question the thought 3 Exercise, food and other supports 3 Your sense of time 2 Self-compassion 2 Treatment and medication 2 Reading, numbers and learning differences 2 When you use something to cope 2 Structure and routine 2 Remembering to do it 1 Rest and pacing 1 What ADHD actually is 1 Panic and the body 1 Anger, alcohol and the body 1

Approach

CBT 2 Narrative 1

When · Under stress

Any ordinary day 22 Under stress 3 In a change 2 Coming and going 1

If most of your talking happens somewhere everything gets counted, likes, views, replies, then of course a room full of people feels like a scoreboard too. The habit was learned somewhere real.

Notice when the feeling arrives. It is usually before anyone has said anything: a sense that a number is being kept on you. Then name where you…

A minuteBeing seen and judgedCBTQur’an 3:29

Unless you have turned up somewhere in fancy dress, you are not the main thing on anyone's mind. Most of the people around you are working out where to park and what they are going to eat.

This is not a trick for making the feeling vanish. The feeling usually hangs about for a while. It is more that when you walk in and the whole room…

A minuteBeing seen and judgedCBTQur’an 49:12

Sometimes the help you need is not insight. It is someone sitting with you while you sort out what actually happened this week and which bit of it mattered.

When anxiety is running at full speed, everything arrives at the same volume and nothing can be ranked. A bad week becomes one undifferentiated bad…

Twenty minutesBeing seen and judgedNarrativeQur’an 15:97

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