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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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822 practices

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Area

Focus, starting, and ADHD 345Anger 190Your body 127Worry and anxiety 60 Low mood and hard feelings 48 Your marriage 39 After harm 6 Grief and loss 4 Yourself and your limits 3

How long you have · Five minutes

A minute 553Five minutes 822Twenty minutes 265Longer 85

Who it is written for

A practitioner 739Me 674Someone I care about 452My husband or wife 80

Where you are right now · Coping, mostly

Coping, mostly 822Struggling right now 365Getting ready for something 201

On your own, or with someone

On my own 571Involves someone else 189Both of us together 62

Theme

Medication and how it works 63 Getting assessed and diagnosed 41 Your nervous system 37 What anger actually is 36 Systems for daily life 31 Equanimity and perspective 29 Exercise, food and other supports 27 Your sense of time 25 Get started 23 Touch and bodywork 23 What ADHD actually is 22 Bringing the future closer 21 Treatment and medication 20 The moment before you snap 19 When everything feels flat 19 The fear underneath anger 18 Moving your body 17 What worry does 17 Feelings and focus 17 Choosing your response 17 Practising under provocation 17 Screens and attention 16 Grounding and settling 14 What you are actually defending 14 Food, caffeine and fuel 13 Structure and routine 12 Emotions as signals 12 Righteous anger and perfectionism 11 Breathing 10 The cost of avoiding 9 Feeling from the inside 9 Growing empathy 9 Staying regulated in conflict 9 Rebuilding trust 9 Being seen and judged 9 Treatment and medication 8 Knowing your partner 8 Making it stick 7 Breaking the worry loop 7 Cool the body first 6 Shame and stigma 6 Remembering to do it 6 When you use something to cope 5 Self-compassion 5 Listening and understanding 5 When anger turns to harm 5 Tolerate distress 5 Shared spiritual life 4 Facing it a step at a time 4 Reading, numbers and learning differences 4 Posture and how you carry yourself 3 Rituals of connection 3 Use your strengths 3 Obsessions and compulsions 3 Repair after rupture 2 Anger, alcohol and the body 2 Work with your brain 2 Find meaning 2 Panic and the body 2 Act on your values 2 Meaning after harm 2 Affection and touch 1 Living with uncertainty 1 Your window of tolerance 1 Working with anger 1 Your worth is not conditional 1 Shame 1 Rest and pacing 1 Question the thought 1 When you go numb 1 Notice the pattern and flex 1 Let the wave come 1 Help someone grieving 1 Get it out of your head 1 Face it gently 1 Calm the body 1 Ask and say no well 1

Approach

ADHD skills 210Medical and treatment 178Core 134Body based 93 CBT 77 Mindfulness 59 Gottman 23 Emotionally focused 22 DBT skills 11 Trauma informed 6 Narrative 5 Grief 4

When

Any ordinary day 664Under stress 66 After a row 59 In a change 20 Coming and going 9 When apart 3 Something good 1

There are implanted devices that send small pulses along the vagus nerve, used for epilepsy, rheumatoid arthritis, depression and other conditions. Breath practice is a slow, unplugged cousin of the same idea.

Worth knowing mostly for what it implies. One nerve, nudged electrically, is used for an inflammatory disease and for a mood disorder, two things we…

Five minutesYour nervous systemBody basedQur’an 32:9

When somebody tells you a practice will calm you, treat that as a hypothesis about you rather than a fact. Try it and watch what actually happens.

Promised effects set people up to fail. When the promised calm does not turn up, the usual conclusion is that their body is broken, rather than that…

Five minutesYour nervous systemBody basedQur’an 2:260

Looking for a whole subject rather than a single practice? Start from the nine areas.