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

3 practices

Rest and pacing Me Any ordinary day Clear all

How long you have

Five minutes 1 Twenty minutes 1 Longer 1

Who it is written for · Me

A practitioner 3 Me 3 Someone I care about 1

Where you are right now

Coping, mostly 2 Getting ready for something 1

On your own, or with someone

On my own 2 Involves someone else 1

Theme · Rest and pacing

Medication and how it works 132Your nervous system 85 Systems for daily life 80 Get started 68 Food, caffeine and fuel 53 Your sense of time 52 The moment before you snap 49 Moving your body 48 What anger actually is 48 Choosing your response 45 Bringing the future closer 45 Exercise, food and other supports 41 Equanimity and perspective 36 Screens and attention 35 Grounding and settling 33 What ADHD actually is 33 Touch and bodywork 31 The fear underneath anger 31 Practising under provocation 30 Getting assessed and diagnosed 30 Growing empathy 28 Treatment and medication 28 Feelings and focus 28 When everything feels flat 27 Structure and routine 27 Being seen and judged 24 Breathing 23 Cool the body first 23 Shame and stigma 22 Making it stick 21 Remembering to do it 20 Knowing your partner 20 Treatment and medication 18 What worry does 17 When you use something to cope 17 Shared spiritual life 16 Breaking the worry loop 15 Feeling from the inside 15 Fondness and admiration 14 Facing it a step at a time 13 What you are actually defending 13 Answering bids 12 Tolerate distress 11 Staying regulated in conflict 11 Listening and understanding 10 Obsessions and compulsions 10 Righteous anger and perfectionism 10 Posture and how you carry yourself 9 Gratitude 9 Use your strengths 8 Self-compassion 8 Emotions as signals 8 Affection and touch 7 Rituals of connection 7 Anger, alcohol and the body 6 Question the thought 6 Rebuilding trust 5 Shame 5 Living with uncertainty 3 Your worth is not conditional 3 Rest and pacing 3 Repair after rupture 3 When you go numb 3 Notice the pattern and flex 3 The cost of avoiding 3 Meaning after harm 2 Keep the bond 2 Get it out of your head 2 Act on your values 2 Find meaning 2 When anger turns to harm 2 Work with your brain 2 Face it gently 2 Your window of tolerance 1 Listen to the body 1 Panic and the body 1 Safety and grounding 1 Care for yourself in loss 1 Reading, numbers and learning differences 1

When · Any ordinary day

Any ordinary day 3 Under stress 1 Coming and going 1

Half watching a programme while half answering emails is the worst of both. The work takes twice as long and the evening gives you nothing back.

Pick one and let it be the whole thing. If it is work, work, and you will usually finish earlier than you expected. If it is rest, shut the laptop,…

Five minutesRest and pacingADHD skillsQur’an 94:7

Rest is not the prize waiting at the end of the work. It is part of what makes the work possible, and it does not have to be earned first.

Self control runs down over a day the way a battery does, and the thing that fills it back up is properly stopping. What that looks like is yours to…

Twenty minutesRest and pacingADHD skillsQur’an 10:67

There are two jobs here, not one. Free up the time, and then be able to sit in it without feeling like a fraud.

Working more efficiently buys hours back, and that is the easier half. The harder half is the belief that rest is only for people who have finished…

LongerRest and pacingADHD skillsQur’an 9:91

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