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

3 practices

Remembering to do it Twenty minutes Any ordinary day Clear all

How long you have · Twenty minutes

A minute 6 Five minutes 11 Twenty minutes 3

Who it is written for

Me 3 Someone I care about 3 A practitioner 3

Where you are right now

Getting ready for something 2 Coping, mostly 1

Theme · Remembering to do it

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

When · Any ordinary day

Any ordinary day 3 After a row 1 Under stress 1

Take one of the gaps you already have, the commute or the walk or the shower, and use it to ask what is coming up this week and what might be slipping. No new tool, no new app, just the question.

That turns something accidental into something you can count on. It works best in the same place each time, so that the place starts asking the…

Twenty minutesRemembering to do itADHD skillsQur’an 24:37

Anything that comes round every month should be leaving your account without you. Direct debits and standing orders take the remembering out of the job altogether, which beats any reminder you could set.

It is worth an afternoon. List what recurs, automate what can be automated, and put one calendar note to check the statement each month instead of…

Twenty minutesRemembering to do itADHD skillsQur’an 23:8

Every extra step in a task is another place to lose it. Three clicks and done beats a process with a form, an envelope and a walk to the postbox, even when the second one saves a little money.

Before you commit to a routine, count its steps, then take some out. Bin bags stored next to the bin, stamps kept with the envelopes, paying on the…

Twenty minutesRemembering to do itADHD skillsQur’an 16:91

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