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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Use your strengths Twenty minutes A practitioner Clear all

How long you have · Twenty minutes

Five minutes 2 Twenty minutes 2 Longer 4

Who it is written for · A practitioner

Me 3 Someone I care about 2 A practitioner 2

Where you are right now

Struggling right now 1 Coping, mostly 1

Theme · Use your strengths

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

One psychiatrist took up a dance class in lockdown, three times a week, at something he was frankly not good at. Being bad at it was the reason it kept working.

A repetitive session on a machine asks very little of you once your body knows it. Something with steps to follow, in time with other people, keeps…

Twenty minutesUse your strengthsADHD skillsQur’an 29:69

Some of the low, grey stretches are not depression. They are what happens when there has been nothing on the go for a while, and the colour comes back when a project starts.

It is a quieter thing than depression and it does not look like much from outside. Sleep is fine, you are still working, but the zest has gone out of…

Twenty minutesUse your strengthsADHD skillsQur’an 62:10

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