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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Let the wave come Me Under stress Clear all

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Theme · Let the wave come

The moment before you snap 32 Cool the body first 30 Grounding and settling 29 Choosing your response 28 Touch and bodywork 22 Staying regulated in conflict 20 Your nervous system 19 What anger actually is 18 Equanimity and perspective 15 The fear underneath anger 15 Feelings and focus 12 Tolerate distress 11 Breathing 10 Answering bids 9 Systems for daily life 9 Feeling from the inside 8 Moving your body 8 Practising under provocation 8 Medication and how it works 7 What worry does 7 Making it stick 6 Bringing the future closer 6 Shame 6 Affection and touch 6 Breaking the worry loop 6 When everything feels flat 5 Question the thought 5 Food, caffeine and fuel 5 Treatment and medication 5 Knowing your partner 5 What you are actually defending 5 Emotions as signals 4 Posture and how you carry yourself 4 Getting assessed and diagnosed 4 Get started 4 Letting it out safely 4 Shame and stigma 4 Growing empathy 4 Let the wave come 3 The cost of avoiding 3 Being seen and judged 3 Calm the body 3 Facing it a step at a time 3 Listening and understanding 3 Name what you feel 3 Obsessions and compulsions 3 Exercise, food and other supports 3 Righteous anger and perfectionism 3 Safety and grounding 3 Screens and attention 3 Working with anger 3 Self-compassion 2 Meaning after harm 2 Ride the urge 2 Your sense of time 2 When you use something to cope 2 When anger turns to harm 2 Rebuild trust 2 Patience and trust 2 Panic and the body 1 Listen to the body 1 Act on your values 1 Care for yourself in loss 1 Anger, alcohol and the body 1 Shared spiritual life 1 Structure and routine 1 Treatment and medication 1 Validate yourself and others 1 What ADHD actually is 1 Rest and pacing 1 Repair after rupture 1 Remembering to do it 1 Your window of tolerance 1

When grief rises like a wave, let it come and let it pass. Do not brace against it or push it down.

Grief arrives in waves, not a straight line. A wave allowed to rise will also fall. Fighting it is what makes it last.

A minuteLet the wave comeGriefQur’an 2:156

Let yourself weep. Tears over someone you love are not a failure of faith or of strength.

Crying is not the opposite of patience. It is the body grieving honestly, and it passes more cleanly when it is not shamed.

A minuteLet the wave comeGriefQur’an 12:84

Take the sorrow you cannot say to anyone else and pour it out to God, in your own plain words.

You do not have to hold it alone or find the right phrase. Say the raw thing to the One who already knows it.

Five minutesLet the wave comeGriefQur’an 12:86

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