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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2 practices
Who it is written for · Me
On your own, or with someone
Theme · Shame
When · After a row

When you go blank or shut down under pressure, try meeting it with 'of course I did'. That response was learned somewhere it was needed, and it is still running long after the danger passed.

Put a place on it if you can. Whose house were you in when going quiet was the safest thing available? Naming where it came from does two things at…

Five minutesShameEmotionally focusedQur’an 4:28

There is a real difference between not caring and not knowing how. A lot of what gets called failing at a relationship is simply a skill nobody ever taught you.

If you go blank when your partner cries, or answer hurt with logic, ask who ever showed you anything better. Probably nobody did. A gap like that can…

Five minutesShameEmotionally focusedQur’an 93:7

Looking for a whole subject rather than a single practice? Start from the nine areas.