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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2 practices

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How long you have · Longer

A minute 34 Five minutes 23 Twenty minutes 6 Longer 2

Who it is written for · A practitioner

Me 2 A practitioner 2 Someone I care about 1

Theme · Cool the body first

Treatment and medication 12 Systems for daily life 12 Moving your body 12 Medication and how it works 10 Feelings and focus 9 Your nervous system 8 Food, caffeine and fuel 7 Screens and attention 6 Getting assessed and diagnosed 6 Choosing your response 5 What anger actually is 5 When everything feels flat 5 The fear underneath anger 4 Making it stick 4 Shame and stigma 4 Use your strengths 4 Equanimity and perspective 4 Growing empathy 4 When you use something to cope 4 Being seen and judged 4 The cost of avoiding 4 Reading, numbers and learning differences 3 Facing it a step at a time 3 What ADHD actually is 3 Exercise, food and other supports 3 Obsessions and compulsions 2 Tolerate distress 2 Anger, alcohol and the body 2 Cool the body first 2 Get started 2 Grounding and settling 2 The moment before you snap 2 Bringing the future closer 2 Breathing 2 Shame 1 Your sense of time 1 Structure and routine 1 Touch and bodywork 1 Living with uncertainty 1 What worry does 1 What you are actually defending 1 Breaking the worry loop 1 Feeling from the inside 1 Panic and the body 1 Practising under provocation 1 Question the thought 1 Rest and pacing 1 Self-compassion 1

Automatic is not the enemy. An out of date automatic is. The aim is to practise the calmer response until it runs on its own, the way the old one already does.

At the start it feels artificial, and it should. You are choosing deliberately what the other response does for free. Give it enough repetitions and…

LongerCool the body firstBody basedQur’an 33:42

People who train regularly seem to be set off less easily, not because they care less but because a fitter body reads fewer situations as emergencies.

This one works on the scale of weeks, so it belongs in the ordinary part of your life rather than in the middle of a flare. Two or three sessions a…

LongerCool the body firstBody basedQur’an 33:42

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