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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2 practices

Facing it a step at a time Five minutes Struggling right now Clear all

How long you have · Five minutes

A minute 1 Five minutes 2

Who it is written for

Me 2 Someone I care about 2 A practitioner 2

Where you are right now · Struggling right now

Getting ready for something 7 Coping, mostly 4 Struggling right now 2

On your own, or with someone

On my own 1 Both of us together 1

Theme · Facing it a step at a time

Your nervous system 27 What anger actually is 20 Grounding and settling 16 Touch and bodywork 15 Screens and attention 14 Shame and stigma 12 The moment before you snap 12 Getting assessed and diagnosed 12 When everything feels flat 12 Medication and how it works 12 Get started 11 Equanimity and perspective 11 The fear underneath anger 9 Feelings and focus 9 Your sense of time 9 Obsessions and compulsions 8 Cool the body first 8 What ADHD actually is 8 Feeling from the inside 7 Emotions as signals 7 Choosing your response 7 Breathing 7 Systems for daily life 7 Breaking the worry loop 7 When you use something to cope 6 Shame 6 What worry does 6 The cost of avoiding 5 Reading, numbers and learning differences 5 Food, caffeine and fuel 5 When you go numb 5 Treatment and medication 5 Growing empathy 5 Remembering to do it 5 Question the thought 4 Moving your body 4 When anger turns to harm 4 Structure and routine 3 Treatment and medication 3 Practising under provocation 3 Posture and how you carry yourself 3 Exercise, food and other supports 3 Being seen and judged 3 Tolerate distress 3 Making it stick 2 Self-compassion 2 Bringing the future closer 2 Facing it a step at a time 2 What you are actually defending 1 Letting it out safely 1 Rest and pacing 1 Living with uncertainty 1

When

After a row 1 Under stress 1

Being pushed into something before you are ready does more than frighten you. It teaches you that the pacing you were promised cannot be trusted, and that is the harder thing to repair.

After a step that overwhelmed them, most people go straight back to avoiding, and they also start negotiating every later step defensively, which is…

Five minutesFacing it a step at a timeCBTQur’an 28:31

Start with the body. Slow breathing, muscles let go one at a time, a piece of music, a familiar object in a pocket. Small levers, and they turn fear from something happening to you into something you are doing something about.

Children in particular notice the body first: the racing heart, the sick stomach, the tight chest. That is the part they are actually frightened of.…

Five minutesFacing it a step at a timeCBTQur’an 20:25

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