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

2 practices

What you are actually defending A minute Any ordinary day Clear all

How long you have · A minute

A minute 2 Five minutes 10 Twenty minutes 1 Longer 1

Who it is written for

Someone I care about 2 Me 2 A practitioner 2

Theme · What you are actually defending

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

Approach

Core 1 Mindfulness 1

When · Any ordinary day

Under stress 4 Any ordinary day 2

Respect comes from the Latin for looking, with the prefix meaning again. It is literally the second look, the head that turns as somebody important walks past.

Knowing that does something useful. A word that felt close to sacred turns into a plain social behaviour you can examine: who gets looked at twice,…

A minuteWhat you are actually defendingCoreQur’an 31:18

Your mind is always slightly behind what is happening. Reality moves and you are the response, which leaves you permanently a step late and permanently not quite sure.

Put that way, uncertainty is not a flaw in your thinking, it is the position you are standing in. You are flying into the next moment without having…

A minuteWhat you are actually defendingMindfulnessQur’an 16:23

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