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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3 practices

Growing empathy Struggling right now Any ordinary day Clear all

How long you have

Five minutes 2 Longer 1

Who it is written for

A practitioner 3 Me 3 Someone I care about 2

Where you are right now · Struggling right now

Coping, mostly 25 Struggling right now 3 Getting ready for something 1

On your own, or with someone

On my own 2 Both of us together 1

Theme · Growing empathy

Your nervous system 29 Get started 20 Screens and attention 17 Medication and how it works 16 What ADHD actually is 13 Systems for daily life 12 What anger actually is 12 Food, caffeine and fuel 10 Shame and stigma 10 Your sense of time 10 Treatment and medication 9 When everything feels flat 9 Obsessions and compulsions 8 Reading, numbers and learning differences 8 Getting assessed and diagnosed 8 Touch and bodywork 7 Equanimity and perspective 7 Shame 6 When you use something to cope 6 The moment before you snap 6 The fear underneath anger 6 Grounding and settling 5 Moving your body 5 Being seen and judged 5 Tolerate distress 5 Feelings and focus 5 Structure and routine 5 What worry does 4 Cool the body first 3 Exercise, food and other supports 3 Practising under provocation 3 Question the thought 3 Treatment and medication 3 The cost of avoiding 3 Feeling from the inside 3 Growing empathy 3 Emotions as signals 3 Choosing your response 3 Living with uncertainty 2 Breaking the worry loop 2 When you go numb 2 Posture and how you carry yourself 2 Self-compassion 1 Making it stick 1 Bringing the future closer 1 What you are actually defending 1 Facing it a step at a time 1 Breathing 1 Remembering to do it 1 Use your strengths 1

Approach

CBT 1 Medical and treatment 1 Body based 1

When · Any ordinary day

Under stress 3 Any ordinary day 3 After a row 1

If you have gone numb around other people's pain, the numbness almost certainly started as protection. It kept you upright at a time when feeling all of it would have flattened you.

The trouble is that it does not switch itself off when the danger passes. You find yourself unmoved in front of someone you love, and then you blame…

Five minutesGrowing empathyBody basedQur’an 6:54

If you keep saying yes and then feeling furious about it, the problem may not be that you care too much. Often it is that you cannot bear anyone being displeased with you.

The two look identical from outside and they need completely different answers. Genuine feeling for someone is warm and tiring. Fear of disapproval…

Five minutesGrowing empathyCBTQur’an 76:9

There is a particular relief in hearing a room of strangers admit the same frightened thing you have never said aloud. It is why groups reach people that advice does not.

You go in expecting contempt. What comes back is usually recognition, along with a few nods from people who have been ruder to their families than…

LongerGrowing empathyMedical and treatmentQur’an 49:13

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