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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2 practices

Breaking the worry loop Struggling right now Any ordinary day Clear all

How long you have

Five minutes 1 Twenty minutes 1

Who it is written for

A practitioner 2 Someone I care about 2 Me 2

Where you are right now · Struggling right now

Coping, mostly 14 Struggling right now 2

Theme · Breaking the worry loop

Your nervous system 29 Get started 20 Screens and attention 17 Medication and how it works 16 What ADHD actually is 13 What anger actually is 12 Systems for daily life 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

When · Any ordinary day

Under stress 6 Any ordinary day 2 After a row 1

Asking again and again whether it will be alright, and being told yes, buys a few seconds of calm and guarantees the next round of asking. The kindness in the answer is what keeps it going.

You can hear it in the shape of the question: the same one, worded slightly differently, asked of the same person. If you are the one being asked,…

Five minutesBreaking the worry loopCBTQur’an 6:59

Sometimes there really is evidence for the fear. Say so. The balance comes from the other column being fuller, not from pretending the first column is empty.

Children are being bullied, are laughed at, do get things wrong in front of everyone. If you wave that away, they learn the exercise is fixed and…

Twenty minutesBreaking the worry loopCBTQur’an 53:28

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