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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23 practices

What worry does Five minutes Clear all

How long you have · Five minutes

A minute 6 Five minutes 23 Twenty minutes 4 Longer 1

Who it is written for

A practitioner 23 Someone I care about 22 Me 15

Where you are right now

Coping, mostly 17 Struggling right now 6

On your own, or with someone

On my own 16 Involves someone else 7

Theme · What worry does

Medication and how it works 111Your nervous system 73 What anger actually is 60 Getting assessed and diagnosed 59 Equanimity and perspective 44 Touch and bodywork 43 Systems for daily life 40 The moment before you snap 39 Exercise, food and other supports 39 Your sense of time 38 What ADHD actually is 37 Get started 35 When everything feels flat 35 Grounding and settling 35 Choosing your response 35 Screens and attention 31 Treatment and medication 31 Food, caffeine and fuel 30 Feelings and focus 29 The fear underneath anger 29 Practising under provocation 28 Bringing the future closer 27 Moving your body 24 Cool the body first 23 What worry does 23 Shame and stigma 20 Breathing 19 Emotions as signals 19 Feeling from the inside 17 Structure and routine 16 The cost of avoiding 16 What you are actually defending 16 Breaking the worry loop 15 Remembering to do it 15 Reading, numbers and learning differences 15 Growing empathy 14 Being seen and judged 14 Facing it a step at a time 13 When you use something to cope 12 Treatment and medication 12 Making it stick 12 Obsessions and compulsions 11 Tolerate distress 11 Righteous anger and perfectionism 11 When anger turns to harm 9 Staying regulated in conflict 9 Rebuilding trust 9 Knowing your partner 8 Shame 7 Self-compassion 7 When you go numb 6 Posture and how you carry yourself 6 Listening and understanding 5 Question the thought 5 Shared spiritual life 4 Rituals of connection 3 Living with uncertainty 3 Use your strengths 3 Work with your brain 2 Panic and the body 2 Repair after rupture 2 Anger, alcohol and the body 2 Act on your values 2 Find meaning 2 Meaning after harm 2 Rest and pacing 2 Affection and touch 1 Notice the pattern and flex 1 Your window of tolerance 1 Working with anger 1 Your worth is not conditional 1 Let the wave come 1 Help someone grieving 1 Get it out of your head 1 Face it gently 1 Letting it out safely 1 Calm the body 1 Ask and say no well 1

When

Any ordinary day 20 Under stress 3

Treat the whole of social media as poison and you will never hear anything true about it again. Some of what happens there is genuinely good for people.

Drawing, making things, finding others who share an unusual interest, keeping up with people who live far away: none of that needs fixing. What…

Five minutesWhat worry doesCBTQur’an 6:17

Some young people are behind their age emotionally and socially, and the growing up genuinely has not finished. It is a question of timing rather than of character.

This lands very differently in a family than the words immature or lazy do. If you expect the emotional handling of a twenty year old from someone…

Five minutesWhat worry doesCBTQur’an 65:7

Parents see an adult sized person and assume adult sized judgement. It helps to say out loud that the wiring is still being finished well past eighteen.

The look of the young person is doing the arguing, and it is very persuasive, so only a plain statement will counter it. Say that the parts used for…

Five minutesWhat worry doesCBTQur’an 2:286

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