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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Self-compassion A practitioner Under stress Clear all

Who it is written for · A practitioner

A practitioner 2 Me 2 Someone I care about 2

Theme · Self-compassion

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

When · Under stress

Any ordinary day 7 Under stress 2 In a change 2

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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