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.

Narrowed down

22 practices

What you are actually defending A practitioner Clear all

How long you have

A minute 5 Five minutes 15 Twenty minutes 1 Longer 1

Who it is written for · A practitioner

Me 23 Someone I care about 22 A practitioner 22 My husband or wife 2

Where you are right now

Coping, mostly 18 Struggling right now 3 Getting ready for something 1

On your own, or with someone

On my own 21 Both of us together 1

Theme · What you are actually defending

Medication and how it works 175Your nervous system 119Systems for daily life 111What anger actually is 97 Getting assessed and diagnosed 93 The moment before you snap 80 Moving your body 71 Grounding and settling 71 Get started 70 Choosing your response 69 Equanimity and perspective 68 Touch and bodywork 65 Treatment and medication 65 What ADHD actually is 65 Cool the body first 65 Feelings and focus 64 Your sense of time 64 The fear underneath anger 61 Exercise, food and other supports 61 Screens and attention 60 Food, caffeine and fuel 58 When everything feels flat 54 Bringing the future closer 53 Practising under provocation 46 The cost of avoiding 43 Growing empathy 35 Breathing 35 Shame and stigma 35 Structure and routine 34 Reading, numbers and learning differences 34 What worry does 34 Making it stick 33 Treatment and medication 31 Emotions as signals 30 Being seen and judged 28 Feeling from the inside 25 When you use something to cope 24 Facing it a step at a time 24 Tolerate distress 24 Breaking the worry loop 24 What you are actually defending 22 Remembering to do it 22 Shame 19 Obsessions and compulsions 18 Righteous anger and perfectionism 17 When anger turns to harm 15 Posture and how you carry yourself 13 Self-compassion 11 Anger, alcohol and the body 8 Use your strengths 8 Question the thought 8 When you go numb 7 Panic and the body 5 Rest and pacing 5 Living with uncertainty 5 Letting it out safely 4

Approach

Core 13 Mindfulness 9

When

Any ordinary day 14 Under stress 4 Coming and going 1 After a row 1 In a change 1 Something good 1

A small child works out how to feel about itself by looking at its parents' faces. If that face was missing, or busy, the looking does not stop, it just moves on to teachers, coaches, friends and strangers.

It is part of why being disrespected can feel so much larger than the moment deserves. Some of that old search is still running. The work is slow and…

Twenty minutesWhat you are actually defendingCoreQur’an 50:16

Understanding an idea is not the same as being changed by it. The explaining is soil preparation, and the crop comes later.

Somebody can follow the whole argument about respect and self-acceptance, agree warmly with all of it, and lose their temper the same way that…

LongerWhat you are actually defendingCoreQur’an 22:46

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