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

23 practices

Breaking the worry loop Me Clear all

How long you have

A minute 2 Five minutes 15 Twenty minutes 5 Longer 1

Who it is written for · Me

A practitioner 24 Someone I care about 24 Me 23

Where you are right now

Coping, mostly 13 Struggling right now 9 Getting ready for something 1

On your own, or with someone

On my own 13 Involves someone else 10

Theme · Breaking the worry loop

Medication and how it works 155Your nervous system 113Systems for daily life 103What anger actually is 89 The moment before you snap 88 Choosing your response 81 Get started 73 Grounding and settling 67 Equanimity and perspective 66 Moving your body 63 Cool the body first 61 Staying regulated in conflict 60 Food, caffeine and fuel 59 Feelings and focus 58 The fear underneath anger 58 Bringing the future closer 58 Your sense of time 58 Touch and bodywork 56 Getting assessed and diagnosed 50 What ADHD actually is 48 Practising under provocation 46 Exercise, food and other supports 46 When everything feels flat 44 Treatment and medication 42 Screens and attention 40 Growing empathy 34 Breathing 34 Being seen and judged 30 Making it stick 30 Shame and stigma 30 Structure and routine 28 Remembering to do it 26 Tolerate distress 26 What worry does 25 Knowing your partner 25 Treatment and medication 25 Answering bids 24 What you are actually defending 23 Feeling from the inside 23 Breaking the worry loop 23 Emotions as signals 22 When you use something to cope 22 Repair after rupture 19 Facing it a step at a time 18 Rebuilding trust 17 Shared spiritual life 17 Affection and touch 15 Fondness and admiration 15 Obsessions and compulsions 14 Rituals of connection 13 Listening and understanding 13 Posture and how you carry yourself 13 Righteous anger and perfectionism 13 Shame 13 Self-compassion 12 Question the thought 11 Use your strengths 10 Gratitude 9 Anger, alcohol and the body 8 The cost of avoiding 7 When anger turns to harm 5 Rest and pacing 5 Living with uncertainty 5 When you go numb 5 Safety and grounding 4 Meaning after harm 4 Letting it out safely 4 Let the wave come 3 Notice the pattern and flex 3 Working with anger 3 Calm the body 3 Your worth is not conditional 3 Act on your values 3 Name what you feel 3 Panic and the body 3 Help someone grieving 2 Keep the bond 2 Reading, numbers and learning differences 2 Listen to the body 2 Patience and trust 2 Ride the urge 2 Get it out of your head 2 Validate yourself and others 2 Your window of tolerance 2 Work with your brain 2 Find meaning 2 Face it gently 2 Care for yourself in loss 2 Ask and say no well 2 Hold a boundary 2

When

Any ordinary day 15 Under stress 6 After a row 1 Coming and going 1

With a child, make it a job rather than a lesson. They are the detective, the worried thought is the claim, and the task is to collect what supports it and what does not before deciding anything.

Two columns on a page, in their handwriting, not yours. Ask what a friend would notice, what happened the last three times, what would have to be…

Twenty minutesBreaking the worry loopCBTQur’an 17:36

Sometimes there really is evidence for the fear. Say so. The balance comes from the other column being fuller, not from pretending the first column is empty.

Children are being bullied, are laughed at, do get things wrong in front of everyone. If you wave that away, they learn the exercise is fixed and…

Twenty minutesBreaking the worry loopCBTQur’an 53:28

Short sessions spread over days beat one long night. The settling of what you learned happens after you stop, and a short night undoes a good deal of the day's work.

A perfectionist will not cut their hours to be kinder to themselves, but they will cut them to get a better mark. So argue it on those terms.…

LongerBreaking the worry loopCBTQur’an 25:47

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