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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Self-compassion Five minutes Struggling right now Clear all

How long you have · Five minutes

A minute 1 Five minutes 2

Who it is written for

Someone I care about 2 Me 2 A practitioner 2

Where you are right now · Struggling right now

Coping, mostly 5 Struggling right now 2

Theme · Self-compassion

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

It tends to run the same way each time. You struggle with something, you feel awful about it, so you keep away from it, and anyone who raises it gets a sharp answer, which makes you keep away harder.

The relief when you avoid it arrives instantly, which is exactly why the loop tightens. Meanwhile the pile of unopened post has not moved, so next…

Five minutesSelf-compassionADHD skillsQur’an 39:53

The goal was never to enjoy the dull task. It is to arrive at something more like: I hate this and I can still do it well enough.

Both halves are doing work. Moving towards the thing you dislike, rather than away from it, is what loosens the avoidance. And well enough is what…

Five minutesSelf-compassionADHD skillsQur’an 94:5

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