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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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Area

Focus, starting, and ADHD 442Anger 294Your body 232Low mood and hard feelings 84 Worry and anxiety 78 Your marriage 39 After harm 6 Grief and loss 4 Yourself and your limits 3

How long you have · Five minutes

A minute 750Five minutes 1182Twenty minutes 380Longer 143

Who it is written for · Me

A practitioner 1297Me 1182Someone I care about 792My husband or wife 115

Where you are right now

Coping, mostly 674Struggling right now 340Getting ready for something 168

On your own, or with someone

On my own 931Involves someone else 183Both of us together 68

Theme

Medication and how it works 97 Your nervous system 67 What anger actually is 50 Equanimity and perspective 42 The moment before you snap 39 Touch and bodywork 37 Grounding and settling 35 Getting assessed and diagnosed 35 Choosing your response 35 Systems for daily life 34 Get started 34 Exercise, food and other supports 32 Your sense of time 32 Food, caffeine and fuel 30 Practising under provocation 28 When everything feels flat 28 The fear underneath anger 27 What ADHD actually is 26 Feelings and focus 25 Bringing the future closer 25 Screens and attention 23 Moving your body 21 Cool the body first 20 Breathing 18 Shame and stigma 18 Treatment and medication 18 Feeling from the inside 16 What you are actually defending 16 Remembering to do it 15 Breaking the worry loop 15 What worry does 15 Being seen and judged 14 Emotions as signals 14 Structure and routine 13 Growing empathy 13 When you use something to cope 11 Making it stick 11 Tolerate distress 11 Treatment and medication 10 Facing it a step at a time 9 Staying regulated in conflict 9 Rebuilding trust 9 Obsessions and compulsions 9 Knowing your partner 8 Righteous anger and perfectionism 8 Self-compassion 7 Posture and how you carry yourself 6 Shame 6 Listening and understanding 5 Question the thought 5 Shared spiritual life 4 When you go numb 4 Living with uncertainty 3 Use your strengths 3 Rituals of connection 3 When anger turns to harm 3 Meaning after harm 2 Reading, numbers and learning differences 2 Work with your brain 2 Find meaning 2 The cost of avoiding 2 Act on your values 2 Anger, alcohol and the body 2 Rest and pacing 2 Repair after rupture 2 Working with anger 1 Calm the body 1 Ask and say no well 1 Affection and touch 1 Panic and the body 1 Notice the pattern and flex 1 Let the wave come 1 Your worth is not conditional 1 Help someone grieving 1 Get it out of your head 1 Your window of tolerance 1 Face it gently 1 Letting it out safely 1

Approach

ADHD skills 273Medical and treatment 261Body based 172Core 170CBT 117Mindfulness 98 Emotionally focused 30 Gottman 24 DBT skills 13 Trauma informed 12 Narrative 6 Grief 5 Parts work 1

When

Any ordinary day 826Under stress 173After a row 98 In a change 41 Coming and going 36 When apart 7 Something good 1

Some routes ask you to do something: breathing, moving, stretching. Others ask you to receive: music, warm water, somebody else's voice. Keep one of each, because which one you can manage depends on the day.

When you are shut down and heavy, an active practice can be more than you are able to start. When you are wired and watchful, lying still while…

Five minutesYour nervous systemBody basedQur’an 28:73

When somebody tells you a practice will calm you, treat that as a hypothesis about you rather than a fact. Try it and watch what actually happens.

Promised effects set people up to fail. When the promised calm does not turn up, the usual conclusion is that their body is broken, rather than that…

Five minutesYour nervous systemBody basedQur’an 2:260

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