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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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3 practices

Question the thought Five minutes Under stress Clear all

How long you have · Five minutes

A minute 2 Five minutes 3

Who it is written for

Me 3 A practitioner 2

Where you are right now

Struggling right now 2 Coping, mostly 1

Theme · Question the thought

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

Approach

When · Under stress

Under stress 3 Any ordinary day 2

Name one hard thing today and ask what it might be growing in you: patience, humility, nearness to God.

Not denying the difficulty. Finding the meaning inside it that makes it bearable.

Five minutesQuestion the thoughtCoreQur’an 94:5

When a thought lands hard, ask whether you know it for certain, and what you would actually put forward if you had to make the case. Then go looking for the bits that point the other way.

Do this once you have settled a little, not in the worst of it, or the questions become another way of arguing with yourself. Write the answers down…

Five minutesQuestion the thoughtCBTQur’an 17:36

Imagine yourself some years from now, well past this, and let that version of you say something to you about today. Write down whatever arrives.

It sounds like a party trick and it usually is not. The future you tends to speak in a tone you cannot yet manage towards yourself, less panicked and…

Five minutesQuestion the thoughtCBTQur’an 2:269

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