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

Use your strengths Twenty minutes Me Clear all

How long you have · Twenty minutes

Five minutes 3 Twenty minutes 3 Longer 4

Who it is written for · Me

Me 3 Someone I care about 2 A practitioner 2

Where you are right now

Coping, mostly 2 Struggling right now 1

Theme · Use your strengths

Systems for daily life 38 Medication and how it works 26 Moving your body 24 Get started 17 Your nervous system 14 Feelings and focus 14 What ADHD actually is 13 Treatment and medication 12 Food, caffeine and fuel 11 Your sense of time 10 Bringing the future closer 9 What anger actually is 9 Screens and attention 9 The moment before you snap 8 Getting assessed and diagnosed 8 Shared spiritual life 7 Grounding and settling 6 The fear underneath anger 6 Cool the body first 6 Touch and bodywork 6 Tolerate distress 6 Shame 5 Staying regulated in conflict 5 Breathing 5 Facing it a step at a time 5 Breaking the worry loop 5 Emotions as signals 5 When you use something to cope 5 Exercise, food and other supports 5 Being seen and judged 4 Choosing your response 4 Growing empathy 4 Remembering to do it 4 Repair after rupture 4 Rituals of connection 4 Rebuilding trust 3 Anger, alcohol and the body 3 The cost of avoiding 3 Equanimity and perspective 3 Knowing your partner 3 When everything feels flat 3 Practising under provocation 3 Righteous anger and perfectionism 3 Shame and stigma 3 Use your strengths 3 What worry does 3 When anger turns to harm 2 Making it stick 2 Answering bids 2 Feeling from the inside 2 Letting it out safely 2 Posture and how you carry yourself 2 Structure and routine 2 Keep the bond 1 Care for yourself in loss 1 Treatment and medication 1 Living with uncertainty 1 What you are actually defending 1 Safety and grounding 1 Rest and pacing 1 Question the thought 1 Obsessions and compulsions 1 Listen to the body 1

One psychiatrist took up a dance class in lockdown, three times a week, at something he was frankly not good at. Being bad at it was the reason it kept working.

A repetitive session on a machine asks very little of you once your body knows it. Something with steps to follow, in time with other people, keeps…

Twenty minutesUse your strengthsADHD skillsQur’an 29:69

Some of the low, grey stretches are not depression. They are what happens when there has been nothing on the go for a while, and the colour comes back when a project starts.

It is a quieter thing than depression and it does not look like much from outside. Sleep is fine, you are still working, but the zest has gone out of…

Twenty minutesUse your strengthsADHD skillsQur’an 62:10

Build your work around what your mind does well, novelty, hyperfocus, big-picture, not only around your gaps.

You will go further leaning on your strengths than endlessly sanding down your weaknesses.

Twenty minutesUse your strengthsADHD skillsQur’an 6:135

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