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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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365 practices
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Area
Focus, starting, and ADHD 119Your body 85Anger 82Low mood and hard feelings 44Worry and anxiety 35
How long you have · Five minutes
A minute 191Five minutes 365Twenty minutes 118Longer 57
Who it is written for
A practitioner 361Me 340Someone I care about 214My husband or wife 32
Where you are right now · Struggling right now
Coping, mostly 822Struggling right now 365Getting ready for something 201
On your own, or with someone
On my own 281Involves someone else 55Both of us together 29
Theme
Your nervous system 27What anger actually is 20Grounding and settling 16Touch and bodywork 15Screens and attention 14Medication and how it works 12Getting assessed and diagnosed 12When everything feels flat 12Shame and stigma 12The moment before you snap 12Get started 11Equanimity and perspective 11The fear underneath anger 9Feelings and focus 9Your sense of time 9Cool the body first 8Obsessions and compulsions 8What ADHD actually is 8Breathing 7Breaking the worry loop 7Feeling from the inside 7Emotions as signals 7Systems for daily life 7Choosing your response 7Shame 6When you use something to cope 6What worry does 6Treatment and medication 5The cost of avoiding 5Food, caffeine and fuel 5Growing empathy 5Reading, numbers and learning differences 5When you go numb 5Remembering to do it 5When anger turns to harm 4Moving your body 4Question the thought 4Structure and routine 3Being seen and judged 3Treatment and medication 3Tolerate distress 3Practising under provocation 3Posture and how you carry yourself 3Exercise, food and other supports 3Bringing the future closer 2Making it stick 2Facing it a step at a time 2Self-compassion 2Letting it out safely 1What you are actually defending 1Living with uncertainty 1Rest and pacing 1
Approach
ADHD skills 88Body based 77Core 54CBT 47Medical and treatment 46Mindfulness 25Emotionally focused 15Trauma informed 7DBT skills 3Parts work 1Grief 1Gottman 1
When
Any ordinary day 158Under stress 129After a row 55In a change 14Coming and going 5When apart 4

The tools that reach what words cannot are physical: feet on the floor, a long breath out, pushing hard against a wall, deliberately walking away from something.

Some of what happened is held below language, which is why the most articulate account of it can leave you unchanged. Movement that finishes…

Five minutesYour nervous systemBody basedQur’an 76:2

Long stress does not have one look. Some people end up permanently switched on. Others end up flat, heavy and hopeless. The two need opposite things.

If you are the switched on kind, the work is coming down: a longer breath out, less caffeine, a real end to the working day. If you are the flattened…

Five minutesYour nervous systemMedical and treatmentQur’an 30:23

Long histories of unresolved stress show up in bodies: inflammation, gut trouble, broken sleep, conditions that end up labelled unexplained. Being told it is all in your head is both wrong and useless.

There is a well known overlap between hard early lives and diagnoses such as fibromyalgia, chronic fatigue and several autoimmune conditions. Overlap…

Five minutesYour nervous systemMedical and treatmentQur’an 94:3

The unsettled pattern is not simply a smaller rhythm. It is a jagged one, swinging up and down without much order to it.

Which matches how it feels from inside: fine at eleven, flooded by half past, flat by two. If that is you, the aim is not to iron the swings out into…

Five minutesYour nervous systemBody basedQur’an 13:28

Some routes ask you to do something: breathing, moving, stretching. Others ask you to receive: music, warm water, somebody else's voice. Keep one of each, because which one you can manage depends on the day.

When you are shut down and heavy, an active practice can be more than you are able to start. When you are wired and watchful, lying still while…

Five minutesYour nervous systemBody basedQur’an 28:73

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