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.

Narrowed down

22 practices

What you are actually defending Someone I care about Clear all

How long you have

A minute 5 Five minutes 15 Twenty minutes 1 Longer 1

Who it is written for · Someone I care about

Me 23 Someone I care about 22 A practitioner 22 My husband or wife 2

Where you are right now

Coping, mostly 19 Struggling right now 2 Getting ready for something 1

On your own, or with someone

On my own 19 Involves someone else 2 Both of us together 1

Theme · What you are actually defending

Systems for daily life 110Medication and how it works 109Your nervous system 94 Moving your body 70 What anger actually is 69 What ADHD actually is 61 Your sense of time 60 Exercise, food and other supports 58 Grounding and settling 58 Treatment and medication 54 Screens and attention 49 The fear underneath anger 48 Equanimity and perspective 48 Cool the body first 46 The cost of avoiding 41 Bringing the future closer 39 Shame and stigma 34 What worry does 32 Get started 31 Structure and routine 30 Reading, numbers and learning differences 30 Breathing 28 The moment before you snap 27 Feelings and focus 27 Food, caffeine and fuel 25 Breaking the worry loop 24 Remembering to do it 24 What you are actually defending 22 Making it stick 18 Facing it a step at a time 18 When you use something to cope 17 Tolerate distress 15 Growing empathy 15 Choosing your response 15 When everything feels flat 14 When anger turns to harm 13 Righteous anger and perfectionism 12 Self-compassion 11 Shame 10 Anger, alcohol and the body 8 Emotions as signals 8 Getting assessed and diagnosed 7 Use your strengths 7 Practising under provocation 6 Obsessions and compulsions 5 Being seen and judged 5 Touch and bodywork 4 Letting it out safely 4 Feeling from the inside 3 Help someone grieving 2 Rest and pacing 2 Question the thought 2 Living with uncertainty 1

Approach

Core 15 Mindfulness 7

When

Any ordinary day 14 Under stress 3 After a row 2 Coming and going 1 Something good 1 In a change 1

A small child works out how to feel about itself by looking at its parents' faces. If that face was missing, or busy, the looking does not stop, it just moves on to teachers, coaches, friends and strangers.

It is part of why being disrespected can feel so much larger than the moment deserves. Some of that old search is still running. The work is slow and…

Twenty minutesWhat you are actually defendingCoreQur’an 50:16

Understanding an idea is not the same as being changed by it. The explaining is soil preparation, and the crop comes later.

Somebody can follow the whole argument about respect and self-acceptance, agree warmly with all of it, and lose their temper the same way that…

LongerWhat you are actually defendingCoreQur’an 22:46

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