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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Use your strengths Twenty minutes Someone I care about Clear all

How long you have · Twenty minutes

Five minutes 1 Twenty minutes 2 Longer 4

Who it is written for · Someone I care about

Me 3 A practitioner 2 Someone I care about 2

Where you are right now

Struggling right now 1 Coping, mostly 1

Theme · Use your strengths

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

One psychiatrist took up a dance class in lockdown, three times a week, at something he was frankly not good at. Being bad at it was the reason it kept working.

A repetitive session on a machine asks very little of you once your body knows it. Something with steps to follow, in time with other people, keeps…

Twenty minutesUse your strengthsADHD skillsQur’an 29:69

Some of the low, grey stretches are not depression. They are what happens when there has been nothing on the go for a while, and the colour comes back when a project starts.

It is a quieter thing than depression and it does not look like much from outside. Sleep is fine, you are still working, but the zest has gone out of…

Twenty minutesUse your strengthsADHD skillsQur’an 62:10

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