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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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How long you have · A minute
A minute 5Five minutes 16Twenty minutes 10Longer 1
Who it is written for
Someone I care about 5A practitioner 5Me 3
Where you are right now · Coping, mostly
Coping, mostly 5Struggling right now 2
On your own, or with someone
On my own 4Involves someone else 1
Theme · Screens and attention
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 15Equanimity and perspective 14Knowing your partner 14Affection and touch 14Get started 13Systems for daily life 13Repair after rupture 13What anger actually is 13Growing empathy 12Your sense of time 12Cool the body first 12Treatment and medication 11Structure and routine 10Grounding and settling 9Gratitude 9Listening and understanding 8When everything feels flat 8Feelings and focus 8Moving your body 7Getting assessed and diagnosed 7Touch and bodywork 6Making it stick 6Exercise, food and other supports 6Remembering to do it 6Rituals of connection 6Shared spiritual life 6Screens and attention 5What you are actually defending 5Rebuilding trust 5Being seen and judged 5Emotions as signals 5Practising under provocation 4Tolerate distress 4Breathing 4Food, caffeine and fuel 4Shame and stigma 4Treatment and medication 4Name what you feel 3Question the thought 3What ADHD actually is 3When you use something to cope 3Safety and grounding 3Self-compassion 3What worry does 3The cost of avoiding 3Reading, numbers and learning differences 2When anger turns to harm 2Calm the body 2Facing it a step at a time 2Hold a boundary 2Let the wave come 2Meaning after harm 2Notice the pattern and flex 2Obsessions and compulsions 2Patience and trust 2Ride the urge 2Shame 2Validate yourself and others 2Working with anger 2Your worth is not conditional 2Breaking the worry loop 1Your window of tolerance 1Righteous anger and perfectionism 1Panic and the body 1Listen to the body 1Act on your values 1Keep the bond 1Help someone grieving 1Get it out of your head 1Feeling from the inside 1Face it gently 1Care for yourself in loss 1Ask and say no well 1Anger, alcohol and the body 1
Approach
ADHD skills 3Core 1CBT 1

A ping about a parcel and a ping about your mother's health feel identical in the second before you look. Give that feeling a name, false urgency, and you get a little room.

The buzz carries no information about importance. It borrows the feeling of importance and lends it to whatever happened to arrive. Naming it in the…

A minuteScreens and attentionADHD skillsQur’an 62:11

One gentle way to name it: those are being used as words to play with, and they were never really words for playing with. Said kindly, it lands without anyone being told off.

The young person in front of you almost certainly says it too, so any version that sounds like a reprimand will close the conversation down. Naming…

A minuteScreens and attentionCoreQur’an 25:72

When you wave off what your child is into, they rarely hear a comment about gaming. They hear something about themselves.

At that age a good part of who someone is gets built out of what they love, so a shrug at the thing usually lands as a shrug at the person. You do…

A minuteScreens and attentionCBTQur’an 3:14

Gaming for an hour before you start the work almost never costs an hour. Do the thing that has to be done first, then the thing you want.

Once something enjoyable is running, whatever you were meant to do afterwards looks duller than it already did, and the hour quietly becomes three.…

A minuteScreens and attentionADHD skillsQur’an 62:9

Charge the phone in another room overnight and use a proper alarm clock. Small change, and it takes the decision away from you completely.

In bed the phone is right there, and stopping is left to you at the hour you have the least left. Out of the room, there is nothing to resist. Buy…

A minuteScreens and attentionADHD skillsQur’an 13:28

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