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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Exercise, food and other supports Five minutes Under stress Clear all

How long you have · Five minutes

Five minutes 2 Twenty minutes 1

Who it is written for

A practitioner 2 Someone I care about 2 Me 2

On your own, or with someone

Involves someone else 1 On my own 1

Theme · Exercise, food and other supports

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

When · Under stress

Any ordinary day 35 Under stress 2 Coming and going 2

Keep something to eat and drink within reach for hard conversations. Handing someone a biscuit and a glass of water often settles a room faster than any instruction does.

Part of why it works is that nobody has to be told how. A person too wound up to follow a breathing exercise can still take a sip and chew. Sharing…

Five minutesExercise, food and other supportsMedical and treatmentQur’an 2:57

Being told you are too sensitive is usually someone else's comfort talking. Feeling things strongly is not the problem to solve; what to do once the feeling has arrived is.

Both halves have to be said together. Validation on its own leaves a person flooded with permission and no handles. Teaching control on its own joins…

Five minutesExercise, food and other supportsMedical and treatmentQur’an 13:28

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