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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2 practices

Shame Twenty minutes Any ordinary day Clear all

How long you have · Twenty minutes

A minute 1 Five minutes 3 Twenty minutes 2 Longer 1

Who it is written for

A practitioner 2 Me 2 Someone I care about 1

Theme · Shame

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

Under stress 3 Any ordinary day 2 Coming and going 1

When a child cannot stop what is happening, the mind often settles on the one explanation that leaves some control: it must be me. Being powerless and being at fault are not the same thing, though they can feel identical.

Try separating what was genuinely within your reach at that age from what you assumed, or were told, was your job. A child cannot make a parent stop…

Twenty minutesShameTrauma informedQur’an 2:286

A child facing a frightening parent often reaches for the safer story: I am the bad one and they are fine. It costs the child their sense of worth and buys them a world that still makes sense.

If that bargain feels familiar, notice that it was clever rather than foolish. A small person who depends on someone cannot afford to know that…

Twenty minutesShameTrauma informedQur’an 17:70

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