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

Cool the body first Twenty minutes Any ordinary day Clear all

How long you have · Twenty minutes

A minute 8 Five minutes 13 Twenty minutes 2 Longer 2

Who it is written for

Me 2 A practitioner 2 Someone I care about 1

Theme · Cool the body first

Systems for daily life 28 Moving your body 21 Medication and how it works 20 Get started 16 What ADHD actually is 12 Screens and attention 12 Reading, numbers and learning differences 12 Treatment and medication 11 Your nervous system 11 Getting assessed and diagnosed 10 Your sense of time 9 What anger actually is 8 The cost of avoiding 8 Feelings and focus 8 Exercise, food and other supports 8 Food, caffeine and fuel 8 Shared spiritual life 7 Bringing the future closer 7 Touch and bodywork 7 Grounding and settling 6 Breaking the worry loop 6 When everything feels flat 5 Tolerate distress 5 When you use something to cope 5 The fear underneath anger 5 The moment before you snap 5 Breathing 5 Righteous anger and perfectionism 4 When anger turns to harm 4 Facing it a step at a time 4 Shame and stigma 4 Practising under provocation 3 Remembering to do it 3 Rituals of connection 3 Structure and routine 3 Use your strengths 3 Knowing your partner 3 Growing empathy 3 Emotions as signals 3 Being seen and judged 3 Making it stick 2 Repair after rupture 2 Cool the body first 2 Choosing your response 2 What worry does 2 Shame 2 Anger, alcohol and the body 2 Feeling from the inside 2 Posture and how you carry yourself 2 Rebuilding trust 2 Equanimity and perspective 2 Obsessions and compulsions 2 Living with uncertainty 1 What you are actually defending 1 Keep the bond 1 Safety and grounding 1 Rest and pacing 1 Answering bids 1 Question the thought 1 Care for yourself in loss 1 Treatment and medication 1 Listen to the body 1

Approach

Core 1 Body based 1

When · Any ordinary day

Under stress 2 Any ordinary day 2 After a row 2

Anger numbs. If it is doing the work of a painkiller for you, it will be hard to put down while the pain underneath is still untreated.

Ask what tends to be there in the half hour before you flare: a bit of shame, feeling small, an old fear about being left. The anger often arrives to…

Twenty minutesCool the body firstCoreQur’an 94:1

If the irritability came in alongside a low patch, or a spell of racing thoughts and hardly any sleep, have the mood looked at rather than treating the temper on its own.

Irritability is part of depression, and it belongs to the mixed and elevated states of bipolar disorder too. Anger skills are still worth having, and…

Twenty minutesCool the body firstBody basedQur’an 78:9

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