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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Getting assessed and diagnosed Someone I care about Any ordinary day Clear all

How long you have

A minute 1 Five minutes 1

Who it is written for · Someone I care about

A practitioner 64 Me 30 Someone I care about 2

On your own, or with someone

Both of us together 1 On my own 1

Theme · Getting assessed and diagnosed

Medication and how it works 90 Systems for daily life 86 Your nervous system 66 Moving your body 55 Your sense of time 52 Exercise, food and other supports 52 What ADHD actually is 44 What anger actually is 41 Treatment and medication 34 Screens and attention 33 Bringing the future closer 32 Get started 29 Reading, numbers and learning differences 27 Structure and routine 27 Shame and stigma 24 What worry does 24 Equanimity and perspective 24 Grounding and settling 23 The cost of avoiding 22 Food, caffeine and fuel 22 The fear underneath anger 21 Breathing 19 Remembering to do it 18 Breaking the worry loop 16 When you use something to cope 15 What you are actually defending 14 Cool the body first 13 Making it stick 13 Growing empathy 12 Feelings and focus 12 The moment before you snap 12 Facing it a step at a time 10 Righteous anger and perfectionism 9 Choosing your response 8 Self-compassion 7 Use your strengths 6 When everything feels flat 6 Anger, alcohol and the body 6 Tolerate distress 5 Being seen and judged 5 Shame 5 Emotions as signals 5 When anger turns to harm 4 Obsessions and compulsions 4 Touch and bodywork 3 Getting assessed and diagnosed 2 Practising under provocation 2 Question the thought 2 Feeling from the inside 1 Rest and pacing 1

When · Any ordinary day

Under stress 2 In a change 2 Any ordinary day 2 After a row 1

Try not to ask why. If the person knew why, they would probably have sorted it out already, and the question tends to land like an accusation.

Ask what happened just before instead. What was going on, what they felt, what came after, what sort of day it had been. Those answers can be worked…

A minuteGetting assessed and diagnosedADHD skillsQur’an 3:159

The checklists were built around the loud version of this, and girls are more often the quiet version. If she is struggling and nobody has ever suggested an assessment, that is worth pressing on.

Defiance in girls can look like refusal, withdrawal or a long-running argument about friendships rather than the disruption a teacher would report.…

Five minutesGetting assessed and diagnosedADHD skillsQur’an 20:114

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