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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2 practices

Growing empathy Someone I care about Under stress Clear all

How long you have

A minute 1 Five minutes 1

Who it is written for · Someone I care about

Me 4 A practitioner 4 Someone I care about 2

Theme · Growing empathy

Grounding and settling 29 Cool the body first 26 Your nervous system 21 The fear underneath anger 17 What anger actually is 14 Feelings and focus 11 Equanimity and perspective 11 The moment before you snap 10 The cost of avoiding 9 Systems for daily life 9 Breathing 8 Moving your body 8 What worry does 7 When anger turns to harm 6 Screens and attention 6 Shame and stigma 6 Tolerate distress 6 Breaking the worry loop 6 Medication and how it works 5 Facing it a step at a time 5 Choosing your response 5 Letting it out safely 4 When everything feels flat 4 Shame 4 Bringing the future closer 3 Exercise, food and other supports 3 What you are actually defending 3 Self-compassion 2 Your sense of time 2 Structure and routine 2 Treatment and medication 2 Reading, numbers and learning differences 2 Making it stick 2 Getting assessed and diagnosed 2 Feeling from the inside 2 Growing empathy 2 Food, caffeine and fuel 2 Righteous anger and perfectionism 2 Anger, alcohol and the body 1 What ADHD actually is 1 Rest and pacing 1 When you use something to cope 1 Get started 1 Remembering to do it 1 Obsessions and compulsions 1

Approach

CBT 1 Body based 1

When · Under stress

Any ordinary day 12 Under stress 2 When apart 1

When you are already angry, imagining your way into someone else's head asks the tired part of you to do the heavy lifting. Start with your body instead: look at their face, let your breathing and your shoulders come closer to theirs.

Perspective taking is a fine skill on a calm day. In the middle of a row it tends to slide into arguing with a version of the other person you have…

A minuteGrowing empathyBody basedQur’an 9:128

Underneath both versions sits the same small dread: somebody being displeased with you. That is the thing to practise surviving, and it does get easier.

Start where it is cheap. Send back the wrong order. Say you would rather not, once, to a person who will be mildly annoyed and nothing worse. Sit…

Five minutesGrowing empathyCBTQur’an 7:156

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