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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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304 practices

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Area

Focus, starting, and ADHD 173Your body 56 Anger 33 Worry and anxiety 30 Low mood and hard feelings 12

How long you have · Twenty minutes

A minute 372Five minutes 792Twenty minutes 304Longer 102

Who it is written for · Someone I care about

A practitioner 425Me 380Someone I care about 304My husband or wife 57

Where you are right now

Coping, mostly 158Struggling right now 84 Getting ready for something 62

On your own, or with someone

On my own 172Involves someone else 84 Both of us together 48

Theme

Systems for daily life 37 Moving your body 26 Medication and how it works 20 Screens and attention 16 The cost of avoiding 15 What ADHD actually is 15 Treatment and medication 14 Reading, numbers and learning differences 12 Your nervous system 11 Your sense of time 10 Get started 10 Feelings and focus 8 Exercise, food and other supports 8 Bringing the future closer 7 What anger actually is 7 Breaking the worry loop 6 Grounding and settling 6 Remembering to do it 5 Breathing 5 Shame and stigma 5 Cool the body first 5 Food, caffeine and fuel 5 The fear underneath anger 4 When you use something to cope 4 Facing it a step at a time 4 Anger, alcohol and the body 3 What worry does 3 The moment before you snap 3 Structure and routine 3 Making it stick 2 When everything feels flat 2 Equanimity and perspective 2 Righteous anger and perfectionism 2 When anger turns to harm 2 Shame 2 Tolerate distress 2 Touch and bodywork 2 Use your strengths 2 Letting it out safely 2 Getting assessed and diagnosed 1 Obsessions and compulsions 1 Rest and pacing 1 Being seen and judged 1 What you are actually defending 1 Growing empathy 1 Choosing your response 1

Approach

ADHD skills 106Medical and treatment 72 Core 41 CBT 40 Body based 28 DBT skills 6 Mindfulness 4 Parts work 2 Trauma informed 2 Grief 2 Narrative 1

When

Any ordinary day 221Under stress 34 In a change 22 After a row 12 Coming and going 10 When apart 4 Something good 1

Deep rest needs a dose like anything else. If a long daily relaxation is leaving you flatter each week rather than steadier, make it shorter.

Someone can start a forty day programme of long guided rest with the best intentions and find that by the second week they are sinking instead of…

Twenty minutesYour nervous systemBody basedQur’an 25:47

Real rest, closeness and unhurried prayer all ask for the same thing: being still while feeling safe. That is harder than it sounds if stillness has ever been dangerous.

It is why some people cope beautifully in a crisis and find a quiet evening unbearable, and why intimacy and slow worship are often the last things…

Twenty minutesYour nervous systemBody basedQur’an 78:10

If a practice feels like homework you are failing at, turn it into a game. Some feedback tools do this for you, bringing colour and birdsong to a grey screen as your heart rhythm settles.

Trying hard to relax is a trap. The effort keeps you keyed up, and then you have one more thing to be bad at. Play sidesteps that entirely. It is the…

Twenty minutesYour nervous systemBody basedQur’an 16:78

You do not need other people to reach a settled state. Breath, a slow walk somewhere green, a cat asleep on your lap: all of them get you there.

The name social engagement system makes it sound as though company is the only door, which is bleak if you are isolated, and worse if people are the…

Twenty minutesYour nervous systemBody basedQur’an 2:22

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