Skip to content

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

44 practices

Screens and attention Any ordinary day Clear all

How long you have

A minute 7 Five minutes 23 Twenty minutes 12 Longer 2

Who it is written for

A practitioner 43 Me 35 Someone I care about 33

Where you are right now

Coping, mostly 26 Struggling right now 17 Getting ready for something 1

On your own, or with someone

On my own 28 Involves someone else 12 Both of us together 4

Theme · Screens and attention

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 When everything feels flat 34 Grounding and settling 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 The cost of avoiding 24 Being seen and judged 24 Breathing 24 Making it stick 24 Treatment and medication 23 Remembering to do it 20 Knowing your partner 20 When you use something to cope 19 Breaking the worry loop 16 Shared spiritual life 16 Feeling from the inside 16 Facing it a step at a time 16 Fondness and admiration 14 What you are actually defending 14 Righteous anger and perfectionism 13 Obsessions and compulsions 13 Emotions as signals 13 Answering bids 12 Tolerate distress 12 Staying regulated in conflict 11 Listening and understanding 10 Posture and how you carry yourself 9 Gratitude 9 Use your strengths 8 Self-compassion 8 Affection and touch 7 Shame 7 Rituals of connection 7 Question the thought 6 Anger, alcohol and the body 6 When anger turns to harm 6 Rebuilding trust 5 When you go numb 3 Your worth is not conditional 3 Repair after rupture 3 Rest and pacing 3 Panic and the body 3 Notice the pattern and flex 3 Living with uncertainty 3 Work with your brain 2 Face it gently 2 Act on your values 2 Keep the bond 2 Meaning after harm 2 Get it out of your head 2 Find meaning 2 Your window of tolerance 1 Care for yourself in loss 1 Safety and grounding 1 Listen to the body 1

Approach

ADHD skills 15 CBT 12 Core 10 Medical and treatment 7

When · Any ordinary day

Any ordinary day 44 Under stress 8 After a row 6 When apart 2 Something good 1 Coming and going 1

Ask two questions and then sit with the difference. How much time on this would you like? And how much do you think is actually good for you?

Almost nobody gives the same answer twice, and the gap between the numbers is more persuasive than anything you could have told them, because they…

Twenty minutesScreens and attentionADHD skillsQur’an 18:46

For a week, jot down what was going on just before you picked up the phone, what you were thinking while you scrolled, and how you felt when you put it down. Nothing cleverer than that.

What usually surfaces is not that screens are bad but that two or three specific things are: one account, one time of day, one mood you always reach…

Twenty minutesScreens and attentionADHD skillsQur’an 20:131

One client took two years of steady work to get a single app off her phone. If you are three weeks in and it is still there, you are not doing this wrong.

Change here is slower than nearly everyone expects, including the people helping. Saying so early protects both sides: you do not read a slow month…

LongerScreens and attentionCoreQur’an 31:19

Try one hour with the phone away and out of reach, then talk about what came up. The hour itself is the information.

What surfaces is usually specific and useful. The twenty minute mark where the hand starts moving. The exact worry about what is being missed. The…

LongerScreens and attentionCBTQur’an 62:9

Looking for a whole subject rather than a single practice? Start from the nine areas.