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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64 practices

Your sense of time A practitioner Clear all

How long you have

A minute 17 Five minutes 37 Twenty minutes 9 Longer 1

Who it is written for · A practitioner

A practitioner 64 Someone I care about 60 Me 58 My husband or wife 3

Where you are right now

Coping, mostly 39 Struggling right now 14 Getting ready for something 11

On your own, or with someone

On my own 52 Involves someone else 10 Both of us together 2

Theme · Your sense of time

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 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

When

Any ordinary day 58 In a change 3 Under stress 2 After a row 1

Write the morning out in small steps with times against them and stick it where you will pass it. Bathroom finished by quarter past, clothes on by half past, at the table by twenty to.

A single hour before you leave is far too long an interval to monitor, so you find out you are late only when you are late. Broken into six pieces,…

Twenty minutesYour sense of timeADHD skillsQur’an 20:130

If the internal clock is not there, put clocks in the room. Somewhere the child can see without turning round, a timer on the desk, one on the wall by where they work.

Think of it as a prop rather than a cure. The aim is not to train an ability into existence before the child is allowed to cope, it is to let them…

Twenty minutesYour sense of timeADHD skillsQur’an 6:96

Take the Friday deadline and walk it backwards onto the days. What happens Monday, what happens Tuesday, written down where both of you can see it.

Children with this difficulty rarely generate the sequence themselves, and asking them to is asking for the thing that is hard. So supply it, on…

Twenty minutesYour sense of timeADHD skillsQur’an 36:38

Walking away from a course or a job that was never going to fit can be the sensible move rather than a failure of nerve. It is also frightening, particularly when other people are paying for it.

Fit does more work here than effort does. The person who cannot survive a rigid nine to five in an open plan office may be excellent somewhere with…

LongerYour sense of timeADHD skillsQur’an 62:10

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