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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Practising under provocation Struggling right now Any ordinary day Clear all

How long you have

A minute 1 Five minutes 2

Who it is written for

Me 3 A practitioner 3 Someone I care about 2

Where you are right now · Struggling right now

Coping, mostly 15 Getting ready for something 12 Struggling right now 3

Theme · Practising under provocation

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 Your sense of time 10 Food, caffeine and fuel 10 Shame and stigma 10 Treatment and medication 9 When everything feels flat 9 Reading, numbers and learning differences 8 Getting assessed and diagnosed 8 Obsessions and compulsions 8 Touch and bodywork 7 Equanimity and perspective 7 The moment before you snap 6 The fear underneath anger 6 When you use something to cope 6 Shame 6 Feelings and focus 5 Moving your body 5 Being seen and judged 5 Grounding and settling 5 Structure and routine 5 Tolerate distress 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 Breaking the worry loop 2 Living with uncertainty 2 Posture and how you carry yourself 2 When you go numb 2 Making it stick 1 What you are actually defending 1 Bringing the future closer 1 Use your strengths 1 Facing it a step at a time 1 Breathing 1 Self-compassion 1 Remembering to do it 1

When · Any ordinary day

After a row 3 Any ordinary day 3 Under stress 2

Be careful with the language about growing a thicker skin. Before anyone is asked to mind less, someone has to check that what they are minding really is only a slight.

Where the insults are discrimination, bullying or the run up to abuse, telling a person to toughen up is telling them to distrust an accurate reading…

A minutePractising under provocationCBTQur’an 12:18

People who get angry a lot are rarely hard. They are easily hurt, and the anger arrives about a second later to cover the hurt.

This changes what you work on. Instead of asking how to control the shouting, ask what keeps landing so easily and where that softness came from. If…

Five minutesPractising under provocationCBTQur’an 73:10

If your skin is very thin at the moment, do the first rounds in your head. Picture the slight, picture how you want to meet it, and let the real thing wait a while.

Going straight to the live version works for plenty of people and it is quicker. For someone already flinching at ordinary conversations, it can…

Five minutesPractising under provocationCBTQur’an 46:35

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