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

2 practices

The cost of avoiding Five minutes Me Clear all

How long you have · Five minutes

A minute 2 Five minutes 2 Twenty minutes 3

Who it is written for · Me

Someone I care about 16 A practitioner 16 Me 2

Where you are right now

Coping, mostly 1 Struggling right now 1

On your own, or with someone

Involves someone else 1 On my own 1

Theme · The cost of avoiding

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

When

Under stress 1 Any ordinary day 1

Some people are not scared of the day, they are flattened by it. Staying home lifts the weight for an hour, then removes the few good things the day still held.

Low mood makes school heavy rather than dangerous: no energy, no interest, everything asking too much. Staying away helps at first and then takes…

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There is a particular good feeling in getting out of something you were dreading. Give it a name at home, because it is exactly what makes tomorrow harder.

Children recognise this straight away when it is put plainly: the lovely feeling when you find out you do not have to go. Adults know it too, in the…

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