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

5 practices
How long you have
Who it is written for
On your own, or with someone
Theme · Knowing your partner
The moment before you snap 32Cool the body first 31Grounding and settling 30Choosing your response 28Your nervous system 24Touch and bodywork 22Staying regulated in conflict 20What anger actually is 20The fear underneath anger 18Feelings and focus 16Equanimity and perspective 15Tolerate distress 11The cost of avoiding 10Breathing 10Feeling from the inside 9Answering bids 9Systems for daily life 9Screens and attention 8Medication and how it works 8Moving your body 8Practising under provocation 8Shame 8Getting assessed and diagnosed 7What worry does 7Making it stick 6When everything feels flat 6Shame and stigma 6Affection and touch 6Breaking the worry loop 6Bringing the future closer 6When anger turns to harm 6What you are actually defending 5Question the thought 5Food, caffeine and fuel 5Emotions as signals 5Facing it a step at a time 5Treatment and medication 5Knowing your partner 5Posture and how you carry yourself 4Growing empathy 4Obsessions and compulsions 4Get started 4Letting it out safely 4Calm the body 3Being seen and judged 3Let the wave come 3Listening and understanding 3Name what you feel 3Exercise, food and other supports 3Righteous anger and perfectionism 3Safety and grounding 3Working with anger 3Rebuild trust 2Patience and trust 2Your sense of time 2Meaning after harm 2Self-compassion 2Reading, numbers and learning differences 2When you use something to cope 2Ride the urge 2Treatment and medication 2Structure and routine 2Care for yourself in loss 1Act on your values 1Remembering to do it 1Validate yourself and others 1What ADHD actually is 1Your window of tolerance 1Anger, alcohol and the body 1Rest and pacing 1Repair after rupture 1Shared spiritual life 1Panic and the body 1Listen to the body 1
When · Under stress

Say the real thing under the protest today: I need to know you are there for me.

Not a demand, a reach. The plainest words of the heart are the ones that land.

A minuteKnowing your partnerEmotionally focusedQur’an 2:186

When you are low today, ask your spouse for comfort in plain words.

Can you just hold me a minute. Asking directly is braver, and far more likely to work.

A minuteKnowing your partnerEmotionally focusedQur’an 40:60

If sharing a real feeling is too scary, start smaller: say out loud just how hard it is to say it.

You do not have to leap straight to the deepest disclosure. Naming the difficulty itself, this is really hard for me to talk about, is a first honest…

A minuteKnowing your partnerEmotionally focusedQur’an 94:5

Under the reactive feeling you show, anger or coldness, there is a softer primary one: fear, hurt, or loneliness. Reach for that and share it.

The heat we show a partner, criticism or withdrawal, is usually a secondary emotion covering a tender primary one underneath. Naming the softer…

Five minutesKnowing your partnerEmotionally focusedQur’an 50:16

If you are the one who goes quiet and pulls away, name the fear behind it and step back in: I shut you out because I was afraid of failing you.

Withdrawing looks like coldness but is usually self-protection from a fear of not being enough. Coming out from behind the wall, naming the fear, and…

Five minutesKnowing your partnerEmotionally focusedQur’an 40:60

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