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

4 practices
How long you have · A minute
Who it is written for
Where you are right now · Coping, mostly
Theme · Practising under provocation
Staying regulated in conflict 46Choosing your response 25Answering bids 22Medication and how it works 18The fear underneath anger 18The moment before you snap 17Bringing the future closer 17Fondness and admiration 15Your nervous system 15Knowing your partner 14Affection and touch 14Equanimity and perspective 14What anger actually is 13Systems for daily life 13Get started 13Repair after rupture 13Cool the body first 12Your sense of time 12Growing empathy 12Treatment and medication 11Structure and routine 10Gratitude 9Grounding and settling 9Feelings and focus 8When everything feels flat 8Listening and understanding 8Getting assessed and diagnosed 7Moving your body 7Exercise, food and other supports 6Making it stick 6Remembering to do it 6Rituals of connection 6Shared spiritual life 6Touch and bodywork 6Emotions as signals 5Being seen and judged 5What you are actually defending 5Screens and attention 5Rebuilding trust 5Treatment and medication 4Shame and stigma 4Breathing 4Food, caffeine and fuel 4Practising under provocation 4Tolerate distress 4Safety and grounding 3The cost of avoiding 3Self-compassion 3What ADHD actually is 3Question the thought 3What worry does 3Name what you feel 3When you use something to cope 3Obsessions and compulsions 2Patience and trust 2Ride the urge 2Let the wave come 2Shame 2Reading, numbers and learning differences 2When anger turns to harm 2Hold a boundary 2Validate yourself and others 2Working with anger 2Your worth is not conditional 2Facing it a step at a time 2Calm the body 2Meaning after harm 2Notice the pattern and flex 2Feeling from the inside 1Act on your values 1Face it gently 1Keep the bond 1Anger, alcohol and the body 1Ask and say no well 1Care for yourself in loss 1Panic and the body 1Help someone grieving 1Your window of tolerance 1Righteous anger and perfectionism 1Breaking the worry loop 1Listen to the body 1Get it out of your head 1
When

The cure for feeling small is not winning the exchange. It is getting to a place where you no longer need to win it.

Telling yourself not to get angry leaves a hole where the old plan used to be, and under pressure people reach for the old plan. So give the hole…

A minutePractising under provocationCBTQur’an 8:46

The jolt you feel when someone humiliates you is very old machinery. Where standing decided whether you ate, reacting hard to a public slight made sense. In traffic it makes none.

This is an explanation and not an excuse, and it is a story about where the reflex came from rather than a proven account of what your brain is…

A minutePractising under provocationCBTQur’an 41:34

Feeling the pull to square up is not something you chose. What your face, your voice and the next thirty seconds do with it is.

Notice too that the pull is not equally sensible everywhere. There are places where standing your ground genuinely matters, and there are places,…

A minutePractising under provocationCBTQur’an 16:126

When something you thought in the moment actually worked, name it. A line you produced yourself is worth more than any phrase handed to you.

It might be as ordinary as noticing that this person does not know you, or that none of this will matter next week. Write it down while you still…

A minutePractising under provocationCBTQur’an 7:201

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