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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 3Five minutes 9Twenty minutes 2
Who it is written for
A practitioner 3Someone I care about 3Me 2
Where you are right now · Getting ready for something
Coping, mostly 6Getting ready for something 3
Theme · Exercise, food and other supports
The moment before you snap 7Practising under provocation 5Systems for daily life 5Cool the body first 5Medication and how it works 5Food, caffeine and fuel 5Making it stick 4Exercise, food and other supports 3Structure and routine 2Bringing the future closer 2Choosing your response 2Feeling from the inside 2Feelings and focus 2Grounding and settling 2Posture and how you carry yourself 2Breathing 2Treatment and medication 2Treatment and medication 2What ADHD actually is 2What anger actually is 2Your sense of time 1Moving your body 1Equanimity and perspective 1Growing empathy 1

There is no brain scan, EEG trace or blood test that can tell you whether someone has ADHD. Anything sold as an objective biological test for it is promising more than the science can give.

Group differences do exist, including in the theta to beta balance, but a difference that appears when you average hundreds of people cannot identify…

A minuteExercise, food and other supportsMedical and treatmentQur’an 2:247

Balance difficulties do turn up more often in ADHD, by something like half again. That is a fact about company, not about cause, and it does not turn balance training into a treatment.

Plenty of things could sit behind a link like that. More falls and knocks, more risk taken, or genetics feeding both at once. Working on balance…

A minuteExercise, food and other supportsMedical and treatmentQur’an 17:12

Protocols that spin a child in a chair or tip them backwards and forwards to train balance do not improve ADHD. What they mainly produce is a dizzy child.

There is a cost beyond the wasted afternoons. Something unpleasant that was introduced as treatment teaches a child what treatment feels like, and…

A minuteExercise, food and other supportsMedical and treatmentQur’an 31:19

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