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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How long you have · Twenty minutes

A minute 3 Five minutes 11 Twenty minutes 2 Longer 2

Who it is written for · A practitioner

A practitioner 2 Me 1 Someone I care about 1

Where you are right now

Struggling right now 1 Coping, mostly 1

Theme · Obsessions and compulsions

Systems for daily life 37 Medication and how it works 30 Moving your body 26 Treatment and medication 18 Screens and attention 17 Getting assessed and diagnosed 17 What ADHD actually is 17 Feelings and focus 16 Get started 16 The cost of avoiding 15 Your nervous system 14 Reading, numbers and learning differences 14 Food, caffeine and fuel 11 Exercise, food and other supports 10 What anger actually is 9 Your sense of time 9 The moment before you snap 8 Touch and bodywork 8 Bringing the future closer 8 Tolerate distress 6 The fear underneath anger 6 Cool the body first 6 Emotions as signals 6 Grounding and settling 6 Shame 6 Breaking the worry loop 6 Facing it a step at a time 5 When everything feels flat 5 Shame and stigma 5 Breathing 5 Remembering to do it 5 When you use something to cope 5 When anger turns to harm 4 Choosing your response 4 What worry does 4 Growing empathy 4 Righteous anger and perfectionism 4 Structure and routine 3 Practising under provocation 3 Anger, alcohol and the body 3 Making it stick 3 Equanimity and perspective 3 Being seen and judged 3 Feeling from the inside 2 Letting it out safely 2 Use your strengths 2 Obsessions and compulsions 2 Posture and how you carry yourself 2 Treatment and medication 1 What you are actually defending 1 Living with uncertainty 1 Rest and pacing 1 Question the thought 1

When obsessions start early and dig in deep, ask gently what anxiety looks like elsewhere in the family. Often there is an undiagnosed parent, and often that parent is helping in ways that keep the whole thing running.

None of this is about blame. A parent who checks the locks for their child, answers the same question fifteen times, or arranges the evening around a…

Twenty minutesObsessions and compulsionsCBTQur’an 114:6

If the urge to arrange has to go somewhere, point it at something that can actually be finished. A kitchen drawer ends. A desk you keep re-sorting never does.

The ending is the part that matters. Finishing leaves you with something real to have done, which competes with the small relief that compulsive…

Twenty minutesObsessions and compulsionsCBTQur’an 7:31

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