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

4 practices

Feelings and focus Getting ready for something Any ordinary day Clear all

How long you have

A minute 2 Twenty minutes 2

Who it is written for

A practitioner 4 Someone I care about 2 Me 2

Where you are right now · Getting ready for something

Coping, mostly 23 Struggling right now 5 Getting ready for something 4

On your own, or with someone

Involves someone else 2 On my own 2

Theme · Feelings and focus

Medication and how it works 35 Food, caffeine and fuel 20 The moment before you snap 18 Choosing your response 18 Cool the body first 16 Reading, numbers and learning differences 13 Exercise, food and other supports 12 Practising under provocation 12 Your nervous system 11 Your sense of time 11 Facing it a step at a time 10 What anger actually is 9 Bringing the future closer 9 Systems for daily life 9 Moving your body 8 Grounding and settling 8 Making it stick 8 What ADHD actually is 7 Remembering to do it 6 The fear underneath anger 5 Breathing 5 Equanimity and perspective 4 Feelings and focus 4 When you use something to cope 3 Posture and how you carry yourself 3 Being seen and judged 3 Feeling from the inside 3 Structure and routine 3 The cost of avoiding 2 Getting assessed and diagnosed 2 Shame and stigma 2 Get started 2 Tolerate distress 2 Screens and attention 1 Touch and bodywork 1 Self-compassion 1 Anger, alcohol and the body 1 Growing empathy 1 Rest and pacing 1

Approach

ADHD skills 2 CBT 2

When · Any ordinary day

Any ordinary day 4 Coming and going 4

Try turning 'I will not mess this up today' into 'today I am going to do this well'. You do not have to believe it yet. Said the other way round, it keeps the disaster in front of you all morning.

Notice how many of your goals are stated as things that must not happen. Do not be late, do not lose your temper, do not forget the form. Each one…

A minuteFeelings and focusCBTQur’an 13:28

Put something small at stake and you turn up more. Groups that charge a token amount get better attendance than free ones, and the same trick works on yourself.

It does not have to be money. Book the class you would have to cancel a day ahead, tell a friend you will meet them there, pay the small deposit. The…

A minuteFeelings and focusCBTQur’an 3:134

Explain the calming corner on a quiet Tuesday, not in the middle of a meltdown. New instructions do not go in once a child is already rising.

Walk them through it when nothing is happening. This is where it is, this is what you can do there, this is how you come back. Let the whole class…

Twenty minutesFeelings and focusADHD skillsQur’an 23:97

Whatever the correction is, teach it before you need it. A routine the child already knows can be started with two words instead of a negotiation in front of everybody.

Show them the table, the worksheets, what happens when they finish, and let them try it once while nothing is wrong. After that the instruction is…

Twenty minutesFeelings and focusADHD skillsQur’an 48:4

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