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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3 practices

Living with uncertainty Five minutes Clear all

How long you have · Five minutes

Five minutes 3 Twenty minutes 1 Longer 1

Who it is written for

Me 3 A practitioner 3 Someone I care about 1

Where you are right now

Coping, mostly 1 Getting ready for something 1 Struggling right now 1

On your own, or with someone

On my own 2 Involves someone else 1

Theme · Living with uncertainty

Medication and how it works 111Your nervous system 73 What anger actually is 60 Getting assessed and diagnosed 59 Equanimity and perspective 44 Touch and bodywork 43 Systems for daily life 40 Exercise, food and other supports 39 The moment before you snap 39 Your sense of time 38 What ADHD actually is 37 Get started 35 When everything feels flat 35 Grounding and settling 35 Choosing your response 35 Screens and attention 31 Treatment and medication 31 Food, caffeine and fuel 30 Feelings and focus 29 The fear underneath anger 29 Practising under provocation 28 Bringing the future closer 27 Moving your body 24 Cool the body first 23 What worry does 23 Shame and stigma 20 Breathing 19 Emotions as signals 19 Feeling from the inside 17 Structure and routine 16 The cost of avoiding 16 What you are actually defending 16 Breaking the worry loop 15 Remembering to do it 15 Reading, numbers and learning differences 15 Growing empathy 14 Being seen and judged 14 Facing it a step at a time 13 When you use something to cope 12 Treatment and medication 12 Making it stick 12 Obsessions and compulsions 11 Tolerate distress 11 Righteous anger and perfectionism 11 When anger turns to harm 9 Staying regulated in conflict 9 Rebuilding trust 9 Knowing your partner 8 Shame 7 Self-compassion 7 When you go numb 6 Posture and how you carry yourself 6 Listening and understanding 5 Question the thought 5 Shared spiritual life 4 Rituals of connection 3 Living with uncertainty 3 Use your strengths 3 Work with your brain 2 Panic and the body 2 Repair after rupture 2 Anger, alcohol and the body 2 Act on your values 2 Find meaning 2 Meaning after harm 2 Rest and pacing 2 Affection and touch 1 Notice the pattern and flex 1 Your window of tolerance 1 Working with anger 1 Your worth is not conditional 1 Let the wave come 1 Help someone grieving 1 Get it out of your head 1 Face it gently 1 Letting it out safely 1 Calm the body 1 Ask and say no well 1

When

In a change 2 Any ordinary day 1

Listen for the condition you have attached to acting: I will apply once I know I will get it, I will go once I know I will like it. If that condition could never actually be met, it is not caution, it is a door you have quietly locked.

From the inside it rarely feels like avoidance. It feels sensible, even responsible, because who would go to all that trouble without knowing. The…

Five minutesLiving with uncertaintyCBTQur’an 31:34

A no is usually information about fit rather than a report on your worth. Some of them have to happen before you can tell which places are right for you.

This is a real reframe rather than a comforting one, because a rejection does carry usable information: about what they were after, about what you…

Five minutesLiving with uncertaintyCBTQur’an 2:216

When a decision feels impossible, put a date on it rather than pressing for the commitment. We will try this and look at it again in three months turns a life sentence back into a choice.

Plenty of people hear any decision as permanent, so picking a course or a job or a city feels like sentencing themselves to it. A review date changes…

Five minutesLiving with uncertaintyCBTQur’an 18:23

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