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

Living with uncertainty Five minutes A practitioner Clear all

How long you have · Five minutes

Five minutes 3 Twenty minutes 1 Longer 1

Who it is written for · A practitioner

A practitioner 3 Me 3 Someone I care about 1

Where you are right now

Struggling right now 1 Coping, mostly 1 Getting ready for something 1

On your own, or with someone

On my own 2 Involves someone else 1

Theme · Living with uncertainty

Medication and how it works 111Your nervous system 72 Getting assessed and diagnosed 59 What anger actually is 57 Equanimity and perspective 44 Touch and bodywork 43 Exercise, food and other supports 39 Systems for daily life 39 Your sense of time 37 What ADHD actually is 37 The moment before you snap 36 When everything feels flat 35 Grounding and settling 35 Get started 34 Screens and attention 31 Choosing your response 30 Food, caffeine and fuel 29 The fear underneath anger 29 Feelings and focus 28 Practising under provocation 28 Treatment and medication 27 Bringing the future closer 25 Moving your body 24 Cool the body first 23 What worry does 23 Shame and stigma 20 Breathing 19 Emotions as signals 19 Feeling from the inside 17 The cost of avoiding 16 Structure and routine 16 Breaking the worry loop 15 Reading, numbers and learning differences 15 What you are actually defending 15 Growing empathy 14 Facing it a step at a time 13 Being seen and judged 13 Making it stick 12 When you use something to cope 12 Treatment and medication 12 Remembering to do it 12 Righteous anger and perfectionism 11 Obsessions and compulsions 11 When anger turns to harm 9 Tolerate distress 9 Self-compassion 7 Shame 7 When you go numb 6 Posture and how you carry yourself 6 Question the thought 4 Living with uncertainty 3 Anger, alcohol and the body 2 Rest and pacing 2 Panic and the body 2 Use your strengths 2 Letting it out safely 1

When

In a change 2 Any ordinary day 1

Listen for the condition you have attached to acting: I will apply once I know I will get it, I will go once I know I will like it. If that condition could never actually be met, it is not caution, it is a door you have quietly locked.

From the inside it rarely feels like avoidance. It feels sensible, even responsible, because who would go to all that trouble without knowing. The…

Five minutesLiving with uncertaintyCBTQur’an 31:34

A no is usually information about fit rather than a report on your worth. Some of them have to happen before you can tell which places are right for you.

This is a real reframe rather than a comforting one, because a rejection does carry usable information: about what they were after, about what you…

Five minutesLiving with uncertaintyCBTQur’an 2:216

When a decision feels impossible, put a date on it rather than pressing for the commitment. We will try this and look at it again in three months turns a life sentence back into a choice.

Plenty of people hear any decision as permanent, so picking a course or a job or a city feels like sentencing themselves to it. A review date changes…

Five minutesLiving with uncertaintyCBTQur’an 18:23

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