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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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4 practices
Twenty minutes remove filterSomeone I care about remove filterWhen apart remove filterClear all
Area
Focus, starting, and ADHD 1Anger 1Worry and anxiety 1Your body 1
How long you have · Twenty minutes
A minute 1Five minutes 3Twenty minutes 4Longer 1
Who it is written for · Someone I care about
A practitioner 4Someone I care about 4Me 3
Where you are right now
Coping, mostly 2Struggling right now 2
On your own, or with someone
Involves someone else 3On my own 1
Theme
Growing empathy 1Your nervous system 1What worry does 1Screens and attention 1
Approach
CBT 2Medical and treatment 1Body based 1
When · When apart
Any ordinary day 221Under stress 34In a change 22After a row 12Coming and going 10When apart 4Something good 1

Go long enough without company and almost anyone will do. That is worth knowing about yourself, and worth watching for in someone who lives alone.

Loneliness does not make you a poor judge of character on purpose. It just lowers the bar until whoever turns up seems fine. The steadier answer is…

Twenty minutesGrowing empathyMedical and treatmentQur’an 4:8

If you want a way back in with a teenager who has gone quiet, ask them to show you the game. Not to assess it. Just to be shown something they are good at.

It works because it asks almost nothing of them. No eye contact, no explaining how they feel, no returning to whatever the last argument was about.…

Twenty minutesScreens and attentionCBTQur’an 31:19

Pulling away from people sits upstream of a good deal: low mood, social fear, and the slow shrinking of where someone is willing to go. Whatever the eventual label, getting a person back into contact is rarely wasted work.

You do not need the diagnosis settled before you start. One regular arrangement with one person, at a fixed time, somewhere easy to reach, does work…

Twenty minutesWhat worry doesCBTQur’an 2:186

You do not need other people to reach a settled state. Breath, a slow walk somewhere green, a cat asleep on your lap: all of them get you there.

The name social engagement system makes it sound as though company is the only door, which is bleak if you are isolated, and worse if people are the…

Twenty minutesYour nervous systemBody basedQur’an 2:22

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