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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The moment before you snap Twenty minutes Someone I care about Clear all

How long you have · Twenty minutes

A minute 12 Five minutes 12 Twenty minutes 3

Who it is written for · Someone I care about

Me 8 A practitioner 8 Someone I care about 3 My husband or wife 1

Where you are right now

Coping, mostly 2 Getting ready for something 1

On your own, or with someone

On my own 2 Involves someone else 1

Theme · The moment before you snap

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 Grounding and settling 6 Breaking the worry loop 6 Shame and stigma 5 Cool the body first 5 Breathing 5 Remembering to do it 5 Food, caffeine and fuel 5 When you use something to cope 4 The fear underneath anger 4 Facing it a step at a time 4 Anger, alcohol and the body 3 Structure and routine 3 The moment before you snap 3 What worry does 3 When everything feels flat 2 Touch and bodywork 2 Letting it out safely 2 Equanimity and perspective 2 Tolerate distress 2 Shame 2 Making it stick 2 Righteous anger and perfectionism 2 Use your strengths 2 When anger turns to harm 2 Getting assessed and diagnosed 1 Rest and pacing 1 Being seen and judged 1 Obsessions and compulsions 1 Choosing your response 1 What you are actually defending 1 Growing empathy 1

Approach

CBT 2 Core 1

When

Any ordinary day 2 After a row 1

If waiting has always been hard for you, and your attention has always been restless, that belongs in the anger picture rather than in a separate story.

Irritability, reactivity and a mind that will not settle often arrive as a set. Working on the anger while ignoring the attention leaves the ground…

Twenty minutesThe moment before you snapCoreQur’an 2:268

Most of us rehearse the crushing line we wish we had said. Try spending that same time writing what you would actually like to say next time, and keep it short enough to remember.

Take one real episode from the past week and write two things: what happened, and one sentence you would rather have used. Something like I am…

Twenty minutesThe moment before you snapCBTQur’an 41:34

Say the difficult sentence out loud, on your feet, in something like the real conditions. Thinking it through in your head is a different skill from getting it out of your mouth when your pulse is up.

Acting it out feels awkward and that awkwardness is part of why it works: the version of you who has to speak is the aroused one, so that is the…

Twenty minutesThe moment before you snapCBTQur’an 41:35

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