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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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How long you have · A minute
A minute 7Five minutes 19Twenty minutes 6Longer 2
Who it is written for
A practitioner 7Me 6Someone I care about 3
Where you are right now
Coping, mostly 5Getting ready for something 2
On your own, or with someone
On my own 6Involves someone else 1
Theme · Grounding and settling
Medication and how it works 22Get started 20Systems for daily life 20Bringing the future closer 17Structure and routine 16The moment before you snap 16Your nervous system 15Fondness and admiration 14Your sense of time 14Choosing your response 14Growing empathy 13Treatment and medication 13Knowing your partner 11Answering bids 11Staying regulated in conflict 10Gratitude 9Making it stick 9Food, caffeine and fuel 9Exercise, food and other supports 9What anger actually is 9Getting assessed and diagnosed 8Touch and bodywork 8Cool the body first 8Listening and understanding 8Moving your body 7Grounding and settling 7Breathing 7Screens and attention 7What ADHD actually is 7Feelings and focus 6Affection and touch 6When everything feels flat 6Remembering to do it 6Treatment and medication 5The cost of avoiding 5The fear underneath anger 5Shared spiritual life 5Equanimity and perspective 5Being seen and judged 5Shame and stigma 4Practising under provocation 4Posture and how you carry yourself 4Feeling from the inside 3Emotions as signals 3When you use something to cope 3What worry does 3Self-compassion 3Question the thought 2Your worth is not conditional 2What you are actually defending 2Obsessions and compulsions 2Notice the pattern and flex 2Reading, numbers and learning differences 2Rebuilding trust 2Tolerate distress 2Facing it a step at a time 2Anger, alcohol and the body 1Shame 1Rituals of connection 1Repair after rupture 1Breaking the worry loop 1Panic and the body 1Keep the bond 1Get it out of your head 1Face it gently 1
When · Any ordinary day
Under stress 15Any ordinary day 7Coming and going 4When apart 1After a row 1

You do not need a diagnosis to be worth teaching this to. Something that takes seconds, costs nothing and travels with you is worth having before you need it.

Practise it on an ordinary day, sitting on the bus or waiting for the kettle, so your hands already know it when the day is not ordinary. That is…

A minuteGrounding and settlingBody basedQur’an 106:4

If talking about feelings has always felt foreign or a bit embarrassing, treat this as a once a day checklist instead. Five boxes, no discussion, nothing to perform.

Plenty of people who go blank at how are you feeling can tell you straight away whether their shoulders are tight or their breathing is shallow.…

A minuteGrounding and settlingBody basedQur’an 7:205

Ask who you are today and what body you are living in today, and let the answer be different from yesterday's. You are more fluid than solid.

Hard experience tends to freeze a person into a description: the damaged one, the difficult one, the one who cannot cope. Asking the question daily…

A minuteGrounding and settlingBody basedQur’an 89:27

When you sit down to breathe, notice your pelvis. Tucked hard under or tipped hard forward both squeeze the breath; somewhere in the middle lets the diaphragm move.

Rock gently forward and back a few times and stop where the breath feels easiest, rather than aiming for a posture that looks correct. You will…

A minuteGrounding and settlingBody basedQur’an 2:22

Before twisting, draw your belly gently in towards your spine. It looks after your lower back, and it is worth feeling for its own sake: you steady the middle before you turn towards anything.

The physical version is simple. A light drawing in of the abdomen, not a clench, held while you rotate and released as you come back. The felt…

A minuteGrounding and settlingBody basedQur’an 16:15

Learn one plain standing position and keep coming back to it: feet under hips, hips under shoulders, ears above shoulders, chin drawn back a little, arms hanging.

The point is not that this posture is correct. It is that having one shape you return to gives you something to measure by, so you can tell that…

A minuteGrounding and settlingBody basedQur’an 2:22

When you offer someone a practice, ask them to tell you if it did nothing, and mean it. Say out loud that plenty of these do not land.

People agree that things helped for all sorts of reasons: not wanting to seem difficult, not wanting to disappoint you, having learned long ago that…

A minuteGrounding and settlingBody basedQur’an 16:53

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