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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Obsessions and compulsions Five minutes Someone I care about Clear all

How long you have · Five minutes

A minute 2 Five minutes 2 Twenty minutes 1

Who it is written for · Someone I care about

A practitioner 11 Me 9 Someone I care about 2

On your own, or with someone

Both of us together 1 Involves someone else 1

Theme · Obsessions and compulsions

Medication and how it works 71 Your nervous system 57 What anger actually is 42 Systems for daily life 39 Exercise, food and other supports 38 What ADHD actually is 36 Your sense of time 33 Equanimity and perspective 30 Grounding and settling 26 Treatment and medication 25 Moving your body 24 Screens and attention 23 The fear underneath anger 22 What worry does 22 Shame and stigma 20 The cost of avoiding 16 Breaking the worry loop 15 What you are actually defending 15 Get started 15 Bringing the future closer 15 Feelings and focus 15 Cool the body first 14 Breathing 14 Structure and routine 13 Reading, numbers and learning differences 13 The moment before you snap 12 Remembering to do it 12 Facing it a step at a time 11 Food, caffeine and fuel 10 When you use something to cope 9 When anger turns to harm 9 Making it stick 8 Righteous anger and perfectionism 8 Choosing your response 7 Growing empathy 7 Self-compassion 7 When everything feels flat 6 Emotions as signals 6 Tolerate distress 4 Shame 3 Getting assessed and diagnosed 3 Being seen and judged 3 Practising under provocation 2 Obsessions and compulsions 2 Anger, alcohol and the body 2 Question the thought 1 Rest and pacing 1 Use your strengths 1 Living with uncertainty 1 Touch and bodywork 1 Help someone grieving 1 Feeling from the inside 1 Letting it out safely 1

When

Under stress 1 Any ordinary day 1

You can take someone's fear entirely seriously without walking through the frightening story with them. Say you can see how frightening it feels, and leave the plot alone.

It reads colder written down than it lands in the room. What the person needs is to feel believed. What they do not need is a second person weighing…

Five minutesObsessions and compulsionsCBTQur’an 50:16

Offer choices rather than instructions. With a problem that runs on control, being told what to do gives that control somewhere to dig in.

Two or three real options, the trade-offs said plainly, and then the pick is genuinely theirs. That holds for the big decisions too, like moving to a…

Five minutesObsessions and compulsionsCBTQur’an 22:78

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