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

2 practices

Being seen and judged Five minutes Getting ready for something Clear all

How long you have · Five minutes

Five minutes 2 Twenty minutes 1

Who it is written for

A practitioner 2 Me 2

Where you are right now · Getting ready for something

Coping, mostly 9 Struggling right now 3 Getting ready for something 2

On your own, or with someone

Involves someone else 1 On my own 1

Theme · Being seen and judged

Medication and how it works 36 Food, caffeine and fuel 12 Choosing your response 11 Cool the body first 9 Your nervous system 9 Exercise, food and other supports 9 Practising under provocation 8 The moment before you snap 8 What ADHD actually is 7 Facing it a step at a time 7 Reading, numbers and learning differences 6 Treatment and medication 6 Getting assessed and diagnosed 6 Touch and bodywork 5 Grounding and settling 5 Your sense of time 4 Bringing the future closer 4 Equanimity and perspective 4 When everything feels flat 4 Remembering to do it 4 What anger actually is 4 Making it stick 3 Tolerate distress 3 Feelings and focus 3 Moving your body 3 Systems for daily life 2 The fear underneath anger 2 Breathing 2 Being seen and judged 2 The cost of avoiding 2 Shame and stigma 2 Treatment and medication 1 What you are actually defending 1 Breaking the worry loop 1 Structure and routine 1 Screens and attention 1 Get started 1 Feeling from the inside 1 When you use something to cope 1 Living with uncertainty 1

Approach

CBT 1 Narrative 1

Give the ladder a name that sounds like yours. Challenges you set yourself land completely differently from tasks you have been handed.

Write the steps out with whoever is helping rather than receiving a finished list. The words matter more than they should: a challenge invites you to…

Five minutesBeing seen and judgedCBTQur’an 5:54

Pick something ordinary you want to be able to do on your own, book your own appointment, buy your own shopping, and aim at that. It pulls harder than the goal of feeling less anxious.

One young woman said what moved her was not the distress. It was working out how much she still leaned on her mum, and wondering who would make the…

Five minutesBeing seen and judgedNarrativeQur’an 20:26

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