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

3 practices

Feeling from the inside 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

Where you are right now · Struggling right now

Coping, mostly 10 Getting ready for something 3 Struggling right now 3

Theme · Feeling from the inside

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

Approach

Mindfulness 2 Body based 1

When · Any ordinary day

Under stress 7 Any ordinary day 3

Thirst, hunger, the ache of having sat too long: these are not nagging, they are instructions. When self-care keeps failing, it is often because the instruction never arrived.

People who have been through a lot sometimes stop registering the signal at all, and then eating, sleeping and resting all go sideways. If that is…

Five minutesFeeling from the insideBody basedQur’an 30:8

If you keep falling asleep whenever you sit quietly, take it as news rather than as a failed attempt. Your body is telling you how tired it is.

Welcome the first few times. Being tired enough to drop off the moment nobody needs anything from you is worth knowing about, and the honest response…

Five minutesFeeling from the insideMindfulnessQur’an 75:14

Sleeping until the middle of the afternoon, day after day, is usually not rest. It is closer to the body shutting down, and it tends to leave you flatter rather than restored.

The tell is how you feel on waking: real rest gives something back, while shutdown leaves the day already gone and you no better for it. Nudging the…

LongerFeeling from the insideMindfulnessQur’an 9:118

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