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

3 practices

Making it stick Five minutes Getting ready for something Clear all

How long you have · Five minutes

A minute 4 Five minutes 3 Longer 1

Who it is written for

A practitioner 3 Someone I care about 3 Me 2

Where you are right now · Getting ready for something

Coping, mostly 7 Getting ready for something 3 Struggling right now 2

On your own, or with someone

On my own 2 Involves someone else 1

Theme · Making it stick

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 Getting assessed and diagnosed 6 Treatment and medication 6 Grounding and settling 5 Touch and bodywork 5 What anger actually is 4 Bringing the future closer 4 Equanimity and perspective 4 Remembering to do it 4 Your sense of time 4 When everything feels flat 4 Moving your body 3 Feelings and focus 3 Making it stick 3 Tolerate distress 3 The cost of avoiding 2 Shame and stigma 2 The fear underneath anger 2 Systems for daily life 2 Breathing 2 Being seen and judged 2 Screens and attention 1 When you use something to cope 1 Get started 1 Feeling from the inside 1 What you are actually defending 1 Living with uncertainty 1 Treatment and medication 1 Structure and routine 1 Breaking the worry loop 1

Approach

Core 2 Mindfulness 1

If a practice looks pointless, you will have dropped it by Thursday. Before you take on anything new, get clear on what it is meant to be building in you.

Ask for the mechanism in one plain sentence: this repeated thing grows that capacity. Write it somewhere you will actually see it. When the practice…

Five minutesMaking it stickCoreQur’an 53:39

Resolving harder is not a plan. What protects you in a hot moment is a skill you have already practised and a situation you have set up in your favour.

Willpower is at its thinnest exactly when you need it most: late, tired, hungry, already provoked. So do the work earlier, where it is cheap. Decide…

Five minutesMaking it stickCoreQur’an 3:200

When you offer a practice to someone, use their words for it rather than yours. Keep the fuller version ready for the day they ask where it comes from.

A plain, unmystical version suits most people and costs them nothing to accept. Anyone who gets curious can have all of it, and they will take more…

Five minutesMaking it stickMindfulnessQur’an 5:48

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