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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Self-compassion A minute Any ordinary day Clear all

How long you have · A minute

A minute 3 Five minutes 4 Longer 1

Who it is written for

Me 3 A practitioner 2 Someone I care about 2

Where you are right now

Coping, mostly 2 Struggling right now 1

Theme · Self-compassion

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

When · Any ordinary day

Any ordinary day 3 In a change 1

The aim was never to stop needing the aids. It is to find ways round the parts that do not work well, and then to keep using them.

People tend to treat the alarms, the lists, the whiteboard by the door as scaffolding they ought to take down eventually. That is usually why it all…

A minuteSelf-compassionADHD skillsQur’an 4:28

Everyone has something about themselves they wish were different, and something they cannot do reliably however much they mean to. Yours has a name and a good deal of research behind it, which is not the same as being uniquely broken.

Say this carefully, because there is a careless version that does real damage. Everyone is a bit ADHD is not what is meant, and it leaves a person…

A minuteSelf-compassionADHD skillsQur’an 20:115

When you fall off task, restart without the pile-on. Talk to yourself like a good coach, not a critic.

The lost hour is gone; the next one is not. Skip the self-attack and just begin again.

A minuteSelf-compassionADHD skillsQur’an 2:286

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