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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Growing empathy Five minutes Under stress Clear all

How long you have · Five minutes

A minute 1 Five minutes 2 Longer 1

Who it is written for

A practitioner 2 Me 2 Someone I care about 1

On your own, or with someone

Involves someone else 1 On my own 1

Theme · Growing empathy

Touch and bodywork 17 Grounding and settling 15 Your nervous system 13 The moment before you snap 10 Breathing 8 Feelings and focus 8 Cool the body first 8 Feeling from the inside 7 When anger turns to harm 6 Staying regulated in conflict 6 The fear underneath anger 5 Choosing your response 5 Tolerate distress 5 Breaking the worry loop 5 Moving your body 4 What anger actually is 4 The cost of avoiding 4 Medication and how it works 4 Equanimity and perspective 4 Question the thought 3 Listening and understanding 3 Obsessions and compulsions 3 Posture and how you carry yourself 3 What worry does 3 Getting assessed and diagnosed 3 Facing it a step at a time 3 Systems for daily life 2 Exercise, food and other supports 2 Practising under provocation 2 Screens and attention 2 Self-compassion 2 Shame 2 Shame and stigma 2 Structure and routine 2 Treatment and medication 2 Knowing your partner 2 Get started 2 Growing empathy 2 When everything feels flat 2 When you use something to cope 2 Let the wave come 1 Letting it out safely 1 Your sense of time 1 Calm the body 1 Emotions as signals 1 Food, caffeine and fuel 1 Rest and pacing 1 Working with anger 1 Rebuild trust 1 Making it stick 1 What you are actually defending 1 Righteous anger and perfectionism 1

Approach

CBT 1 Medical and treatment 1

When · Under stress

Any ordinary day 10 After a row 2 Under stress 2

Time alone can be a good idea or a dangerous one, and the difference is what sits underneath it. If you are already low, already dodging people, or drinking on your own, a plan to see fewer people is the wrong plan.

Ask honestly which one this is. Stepping back from a crowded, quarrelsome week is one thing. Disappearing because you cannot face anybody is another,…

Five minutesGrowing empathyMedical and treatmentQur’an 93:10

Underneath both versions sits the same small dread: somebody being displeased with you. That is the thing to practise surviving, and it does get easier.

Start where it is cheap. Send back the wrong order. Say you would rather not, once, to a person who will be mildly annoyed and nothing worse. Sit…

Five minutesGrowing empathyCBTQur’an 7:156

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