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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65 practices

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How long you have

A minute 34 Five minutes 23 Twenty minutes 6 Longer 2

Who it is written for · A practitioner

A practitioner 65 Me 61 Someone I care about 46

Where you are right now

Struggling right now 29 Coping, mostly 20 Getting ready for something 16

On your own, or with someone

On my own 55 Involves someone else 7 Both of us together 3

Theme · Cool the body first

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 Grounding and settling 71 Moving your body 71 Get started 70 Choosing your response 69 Equanimity and perspective 68 Touch and bodywork 65 Cool the body first 65 What ADHD actually is 65 Treatment and medication 65 Feelings and focus 64 Your sense of time 64 Exercise, food and other supports 61 The fear underneath anger 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 Breathing 35 Shame and stigma 35 Growing empathy 35 What worry does 34 Structure and routine 34 Reading, numbers and learning differences 34 Making it stick 33 Treatment and medication 31 Emotions as signals 30 Being seen and judged 28 Feeling from the inside 25 Breaking the worry loop 24 Facing it a step at a time 24 Tolerate distress 24 When you use something to cope 24 Remembering to do it 22 What you are actually defending 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 Living with uncertainty 5 Rest and pacing 5 Letting it out safely 4

Approach

Body based 52 Mindfulness 8 Core 5

When

Under stress 31 Any ordinary day 25 After a row 9

Shouting it out does not empty the tank. Going over it loudly, in your head or at somebody, tends to keep the anger topped up rather than draining it.

There is a difference between letting pressure out of the body and rehearsing the grievance. A walk, a swim, hard cleaning, prayer: all of that…

Twenty minutesCool the body firstBody basedQur’an 89:27

Anger leaves fuel in the body with nowhere to go. Spend it on something physical, without replaying the argument while you do.

This is not getting it off your chest. The target is the surplus energy, so stairs, a brisk walk, or a hard ten minutes of almost anything will do…

Twenty minutesCool the body firstBody basedQur’an 28:73

Movement can settle you or wind you further up, and the difference is mostly what your mind is doing while you move.

Pacing the kitchen while you build the case against someone keeps the whole system revved. The same twenty minutes spent counting breaths or noticing…

Twenty minutesCool the body firstBody basedQur’an 13:28

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

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