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

Facing it a step at a time A minute Someone I care about Clear all

How long you have · A minute

A minute 2 Five minutes 11 Twenty minutes 4 Longer 1

Who it is written for · Someone I care about

A practitioner 3 Me 2 Someone I care about 2

Where you are right now

Struggling right now 1 Coping, mostly 1

Theme · Facing it a step at a time

Cool the body first 26 Grounding and settling 24 Systems for daily life 24 The fear underneath anger 22 Your nervous system 21 Your sense of time 16 What anger actually is 16 Bringing the future closer 15 Medication and how it works 14 Structure and routine 13 Equanimity and perspective 12 The moment before you snap 12 Moving your body 9 Exercise, food and other supports 9 The cost of avoiding 8 What ADHD actually is 8 Screens and attention 7 Growing empathy 7 Remembering to do it 7 Choosing your response 7 Making it stick 7 Breathing 7 Tolerate distress 7 Food, caffeine and fuel 6 What worry does 6 Treatment and medication 6 What you are actually defending 5 Get started 5 Shame and stigma 5 When everything feels flat 4 Practising under provocation 4 Shame 4 Self-compassion 3 When you use something to cope 3 Emotions as signals 2 Breaking the worry loop 2 When anger turns to harm 2 Reading, numbers and learning differences 2 Righteous anger and perfectionism 2 Feelings and focus 2 Facing it a step at a time 2 Feeling from the inside 2 Obsessions and compulsions 2 Anger, alcohol and the body 1 Touch and bodywork 1 Help someone grieving 1 Getting assessed and diagnosed 1 Letting it out safely 1

When

Under stress 1 Any ordinary day 1

Coming back after a bad patch is quicker than getting there was the first time. Most people expect the opposite, which is why a setback feels so final.

What you learned did not vanish. It went out of reach for a while, usually because something else was going on in your life. Pick up a rung or two…

A minuteFacing it a step at a timeCBTQur’an 3:139

When a child digs in, try reading it as frightened rather than difficult. Most of them want to get this right and simply do not yet know how.

Refusal that looks like defiance is usually fear sitting on top of a missing skill, and those two call for different responses. Treat it as defiance…

A minuteFacing it a step at a timeCBTQur’an 4:28

Looking for a whole subject rather than a single practice? Start from the nine areas.