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
On your own, or with someone
Theme · Treatment and medication
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 14Equanimity and perspective 14Affection and touch 14Systems for daily life 13Get started 13What anger actually is 13Repair after rupture 13Your sense of time 12Cool the body first 12Growing empathy 12Treatment and medication 11Structure and routine 10Grounding and settling 9Gratitude 9When everything feels flat 8Listening and understanding 8Feelings and focus 8Moving your body 7Getting assessed and diagnosed 7Exercise, food and other supports 6Shared spiritual life 6Remembering to do it 6Making it stick 6Rituals of connection 6Touch and bodywork 6Emotions as signals 5Being seen and judged 5What you are actually defending 5Rebuilding trust 5Screens and attention 5Practising under provocation 4Treatment and medication 4Tolerate distress 4Breathing 4Shame and stigma 4Food, caffeine and fuel 4Name what you feel 3What worry does 3The cost of avoiding 3Safety and grounding 3When you use something to cope 3Self-compassion 3Question the thought 3What ADHD actually is 3Patience and trust 2When anger turns to harm 2Calm the body 2Facing it a step at a time 2Hold a boundary 2Reading, numbers and learning differences 2Let the wave come 2Meaning after harm 2Notice the pattern and flex 2Obsessions and compulsions 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 1Act on your values 1Panic and the body 1Listen to the body 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

A lot of what people now know about ADHD came from a video. Some of it is genuinely good, some of it is not, and asking someone what they have been watching is a fair question to open with.

Creators who live with ADHD have done real good here. They have made people feel recognised and made asking for help less frightening, and some…

A minuteTreatment and medicationMedical and treatmentQur’an 21:7

Most children with ADHD can tell you exactly what they should have done. The knowing was never the missing piece, which is why a course teaching the knowing changes so little.

Watch closely and you see the skill appear in quiet moments and vanish in loud ones, when another child has already grabbed the ball and there is…

A minuteTreatment and medicationCoreQur’an 9:105

If mindfulness is going to help with ADHD, the version with a chance is small and spread out. A few seconds of noticing, several times a day, rather than one long sitting you come to dread.

A forty five minute block asks you to get settled in one place and then somehow carry that into the afternoon, and the carrying is exactly what tends…

A minuteTreatment and medicationCBTQur’an 22:78

By response rate, extended release stimulants are among the most effective medicines in psychiatry, and most people tolerate them well. That is worth hearing plainly, particularly from people who are not generally keen on medication.

What the long acting form buys you is coverage. A dose that has faded by four in the afternoon leaves the evening bare, and the evening is where home…

A minuteTreatment and medicationMedical and treatmentQur’an 26:80

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