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

Some people will not believe this exists whatever you show them. You are allowed to give a short honest answer and then let the conversation go.

Keep one or two plain facts ready for people who are genuinely curious, because that conversation is often worth having. It is a different…

A minuteShame and stigmaADHD skillsQur’an 16:125

When you have stopped believing you can change anything, the reflex is to avoid and to scroll. What breaks that is not encouragement, it is one small thing actually finished.

Pick something small enough to be sure of: one drawer, one email, one form. The point is not the drawer. The point is a fresh piece of evidence that…

Five minutesShame and stigmaADHD skillsQur’an 39:53

The same plan works in a calm week and falls apart in a chaotic one. That is not motivation coming and going. You began the chaotic week with less in reserve and spent most of it before the decisions that mattered arrived.

By the time you reach the important thing, a good deal has already gone on finding keys, apologising, rerouting and starting over. Which is why the…

Five minutesShame and stigmaADHD skillsQur’an 6:132

No food in the house means eating out late, which means a late night, which means a late start, which means no time to shop. It is not a character flaw. It is a loop.

The parts that feel most like personal failure, the takeaways, the extra coffee, the money going nowhere, are mostly downstream of a plan that never…

LongerShame and stigmaADHD skillsQur’an 2:286

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