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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Breaking the worry loop A minute Someone I care about Clear all

How long you have · A minute

A minute 2 Five minutes 15 Twenty minutes 6 Longer 1

Who it is written for · Someone I care about

Someone I care about 2 A practitioner 2 Me 2

Where you are right now

Coping, mostly 1 Struggling right now 1

On your own, or with someone

On my own 1 Involves someone else 1

Theme · Breaking the worry loop

Cool the body first 26 Grounding and settling 24 Systems for daily life 24 The fear underneath anger 22 Your nervous system 21 What anger actually is 16 Your sense of time 16 Bringing the future closer 15 Medication and how it works 14 Structure and routine 13 The moment before you snap 12 Equanimity and perspective 12 Exercise, food and other supports 9 Moving your body 9 The cost of avoiding 8 What ADHD actually is 8 Making it stick 7 Growing empathy 7 Choosing your response 7 Remembering to do it 7 Screens and attention 7 Breathing 7 Tolerate distress 7 What worry does 6 Treatment and medication 6 Food, caffeine and fuel 6 Get started 5 What you are actually defending 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

Any ordinary day 1 Under stress 1

The thought that nobody at the party will want to talk to you is chemistry, not a report about the world. You do not have to disprove it. You only have to notice where it came from.

Arguing with an anxious thought while the alarm is still ringing is heavy work and it rarely goes well. Reclassifying it is lighter: this is what my…

A minuteBreaking the worry loopCBTQur’an 50:16

Being told not to worry has never once stopped anybody worrying, including you. If a friend said it to you tomorrow you would carry straight on.

This is worth saying to a parent who feels they are failing at comforting their child. They are not bad at it. The words simply do not do that job…

A minuteBreaking the worry loopCBTQur’an 2:186

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