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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87 practices

Your nervous system Any ordinary day Clear all

How long you have

A minute 15 Five minutes 54 Twenty minutes 11 Longer 7

Who it is written for

A practitioner 87 Me 85 Someone I care about 66 My husband or wife 1

Where you are right now

Coping, mostly 47 Struggling right now 29 Getting ready for something 11

On your own, or with someone

On my own 81 Involves someone else 5 Both of us together 1

Theme · Your nervous system

Medication and how it works 148Systems for daily life 90 Your nervous system 87 Get started 69 Getting assessed and diagnosed 64 What anger actually is 58 Your sense of time 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 Reading, numbers and learning differences 31 The fear underneath anger 31 Practising under provocation 30 Growing empathy 29 What worry does 26 Cool the body first 25 Shame and stigma 25 Being seen and judged 24 The cost of avoiding 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 Emotions as signals 13 Obsessions and compulsions 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 Shame 7 Affection and touch 7 Rituals of connection 7 Anger, alcohol and the body 6 When anger turns to harm 6 Question the thought 6 Rebuilding trust 5 Your worth is not conditional 3 Repair after rupture 3 Panic and the body 3 Living with uncertainty 3 Rest and pacing 3 When you go numb 3 Notice the pattern and flex 3 Find meaning 2 Meaning after harm 2 Act on your values 2 Face it gently 2 Keep the bond 2 Work with your brain 2 Get it out of your head 2 Care for yourself in loss 1 Listen to the body 1 Safety and grounding 1 Your window of tolerance 1

Approach

Body based 78 Medical and treatment 9

When · Any ordinary day

Any ordinary day 87 Under stress 24 In a change 5 After a row 2 Coming and going 1 When apart 1

There is a listening programme that filters music into the range of the human voice, given in short sittings that add up to a few hours, to make speech easier for the body to take in.

It is delivered by a trained provider rather than downloaded and run at home, usually in small doses with a pause if things stir up. If you have…

LongerYour nervous systemBody basedQur’an 67:23

This is given in small doses with pauses built in, and the pace is meant to bend around you. Ask for less if you need less.

There are shorter and longer versions, and versions without a human voice for people who find singing in a particular language hard to hear. A…

LongerYour nervous systemBody basedQur’an 2:286

If your usual trouble is going blank, feeling unreal or watching yourself from a distance, this is the kind of work that tends to reach that.

When you are numb, techniques that ask you to notice what you feel in your body have very little to work with, because the noticing is the part that…

LongerYour nervous systemBody basedQur’an 2:248

Neurofeedback reads your brain's electrical activity through sensors on your scalp and turns it into a game. Nothing goes into your head.

You might watch a plane that flies smoothly when your brain produces the pattern being encouraged and wobbles when it does not. Nobody tells you how…

LongerYour nervous systemMedical and treatmentQur’an 91:7

The screen tells you nothing and asks you nothing. The plane simply flies better or worse, and the adjusting happens on its own.

That suits people who cannot easily put what they feel into words, which includes a great many children and a great many adults after trauma. There…

LongerYour nervous systemMedical and treatmentQur’an 16:78

Some people end up fully flipped, awake until three in the morning and unable to surface until evening. That is genuinely hard to reset, and not for want of trying.

Ordinary sleep advice is not built for this. What tends to be needed is help with timing: light at the right hour, a plan to move the whole cycle in…

LongerYour nervous systemBody basedQur’an 30:23

Trauma sleeplessness usually has two layers: night itself carries meaning, and the body's clock has moved. Both need attention.

If bad things happened at night, lying in the dark listening to every sound is not a bad habit, it is vigilance doing its job. Sleep advice alone…

LongerYour nervous systemBody basedQur’an 39:42

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