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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23 practices

Treatment and medication Any ordinary day Clear all

How long you have

A minute 13 Five minutes 9 Twenty minutes 1

Who it is written for

A practitioner 23 Me 18

Where you are right now

Coping, mostly 20 Struggling right now 3

On your own, or with someone

On my own 19 Involves someone else 4

Theme · Treatment and medication

Medication and how it works 148Systems for daily life 90 Your nervous system 87 Get started 69 Getting assessed and diagnosed 64 Your sense of time 58 What anger actually is 58 Moving your body 56 Exercise, food and other supports 55 Food, caffeine and fuel 53 The moment before you snap 49 Treatment and medication 48 What ADHD actually is 48 Bringing the future closer 46 Choosing your response 45 Screens and attention 44 Touch and bodywork 38 Equanimity and perspective 37 Grounding and settling 34 When everything feels flat 34 Structure and routine 33 Feelings and focus 32 The fear underneath anger 31 Reading, numbers and learning differences 31 Practising under provocation 30 Growing empathy 29 What worry does 26 Shame and stigma 25 Cool the body first 25 Being seen and judged 24 Breathing 24 Making it stick 24 The cost of avoiding 24 Treatment and medication 23 Remembering to do it 20 Knowing your partner 20 When you use something to cope 19 Feeling from the inside 16 Facing it a step at a time 16 Shared spiritual life 16 Breaking the worry loop 16 What you are actually defending 14 Fondness and admiration 14 Emotions as signals 13 Obsessions and compulsions 13 Righteous anger and perfectionism 13 Answering bids 12 Tolerate distress 12 Staying regulated in conflict 11 Listening and understanding 10 Gratitude 9 Posture and how you carry yourself 9 Use your strengths 8 Self-compassion 8 Affection and touch 7 Shame 7 Rituals of connection 7 Anger, alcohol and the body 6 When anger turns to harm 6 Question the thought 6 Rebuilding trust 5 Notice the pattern and flex 3 Rest and pacing 3 When you go numb 3 Your worth is not conditional 3 Panic and the body 3 Repair after rupture 3 Living with uncertainty 3 Work with your brain 2 Find meaning 2 Act on your values 2 Face it gently 2 Keep the bond 2 Meaning after harm 2 Get it out of your head 2 Your window of tolerance 1 Safety and grounding 1 Listen to the body 1 Care for yourself in loss 1

When · Any ordinary day

Any ordinary day 23 Under stress 5 In a change 3

Some anxiety medicines have no fast setting at all. They work on the receiving side of the system and take two to four weeks to show anything, so taking one in a bad moment does nothing and proves nothing.

For the right person the trade is a good one: nothing to become dependent on, no withdrawal, no dangerous mixing with alcohol, and nothing to reach…

Five minutesTreatment and medicationMedical and treatmentQur’an 16:69

The gentler alternatives are for avoiding a habit forming medicine in the first place. They cannot carry someone who is already dependent, and offering one as a straight swap mid crisis sets everybody up to fail.

Once a body has adapted to one of these medicines, only a careful reduction of that same medicine will get a person off it, and a different drug will…

Five minutesTreatment and medicationMedical and treatmentQur’an 39:53

Take a few photographs of your bedroom, then look at them later and circle whatever has to change or go. Seeing the room in a picture shows you things you stopped noticing years ago while standing in it.

The list is usually short and dull: the light on a charger, the pile of unfinished things on the chair, the television, the clock you keep checking.…

Twenty minutesTreatment and medicationMedical and treatmentQur’an 13:11

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