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.

Narrowed down

2 practices

Making it stick Struggling right now Under stress Clear all

Who it is written for

A practitioner 2 Me 2

Where you are right now · Struggling right now

Coping, mostly 4 Struggling right now 2

Theme · Making it stick

Grounding and settling 28 Cool the body first 19 The moment before you snap 18 Touch and bodywork 15 Your nervous system 13 What anger actually is 12 Choosing your response 11 Breathing 9 Systems for daily life 9 Screens and attention 8 The cost of avoiding 8 Feelings and focus 8 Moving your body 8 Medication and how it works 7 Feeling from the inside 7 Shame 7 Breaking the worry loop 6 What worry does 6 Equanimity and perspective 6 Bringing the future closer 5 Tolerate distress 5 Shame and stigma 5 Treatment and medication 5 When everything feels flat 4 The fear underneath anger 4 Food, caffeine and fuel 4 Letting it out safely 4 Get started 4 Posture and how you carry yourself 4 Question the thought 3 Being seen and judged 3 Obsessions and compulsions 3 Exercise, food and other supports 3 Emotions as signals 3 Growing empathy 3 Getting assessed and diagnosed 3 When anger turns to harm 3 Structure and routine 2 Your sense of time 2 Self-compassion 2 Practising under provocation 2 Reading, numbers and learning differences 2 Making it stick 2 Righteous anger and perfectionism 1 Anger, alcohol and the body 1 Remembering to do it 1 Facing it a step at a time 1 Rest and pacing 1 What ADHD actually is 1 When you use something to cope 1 Panic and the body 1 What you are actually defending 1

Approach

Mindfulness 1 Core 1

When · Under stress

After a row 2 Under stress 2 In a change 1 Any ordinary day 1

The aim is not to stop feeling angry. It is to stretch the time between the feeling arriving and you doing anything about it, from no seconds to a few.

That target has the advantage of being honest and checkable. You can ask whether you got a moment this time that you did not get last time. The anger…

A minuteMaking it stickMindfulnessQur’an 3:186

One move to interrupt, one to settle. Open your hand, then take the slow breaths: the first buys you the gap and the second gives you something to do with it.

An interrupt on its own leaves you standing there, aware and still flooded. A settling practice on its own never gets going, because the moment goes…

A minuteMaking it stickCoreQur’an 94:7

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