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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Obsessions and compulsions Five minutes Coping, mostly Clear all

How long you have · Five minutes

A minute 2 Five minutes 3 Twenty minutes 1

Who it is written for

A practitioner 3 Someone I care about 2 Me 1

Where you are right now · Coping, mostly

Struggling right now 8 Coping, mostly 3

On your own, or with someone

On my own 1 Both of us together 1 Involves someone else 1

Theme · Obsessions and compulsions

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

When

Any ordinary day 2 Under stress 1

You can take someone's fear entirely seriously without walking through the frightening story with them. Say you can see how frightening it feels, and leave the plot alone.

It reads colder written down than it lands in the room. What the person needs is to feel believed. What they do not need is a second person weighing…

Five minutesObsessions and compulsionsCBTQur’an 50:16

It can help to give the parts of your brain jobs. The front of your head is the manager, the memory system is the librarian, and the alarm is a security guard who is good at his work and far too keen on it.

The point is not accuracy, it is having language you can reach for quickly. Saying the guard is overreacting again gets you further than trying to…

Five minutesObsessions and compulsionsCBTQur’an 70:19

Offer choices rather than instructions. With a problem that runs on control, being told what to do gives that control somewhere to dig in.

Two or three real options, the trade-offs said plainly, and then the pick is genuinely theirs. That holds for the big decisions too, like moving to a…

Five minutesObsessions and compulsionsCBTQur’an 22:78

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