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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Breaking the worry loop A minute Clear all

How long you have · A minute

A minute 2 Five minutes 15 Twenty minutes 6 Longer 1

Who it is written for

A practitioner 2 Me 2 Someone I care about 2

Where you are right now

Coping, mostly 1 Struggling right now 1

On your own, or with someone

On my own 1 Involves someone else 1

Theme · Breaking the worry loop

Staying regulated in conflict 46 The moment before you snap 39 Choosing your response 36 Cool the body first 34 Grounding and settling 28 What anger actually is 26 Medication and how it works 25 Your nervous system 25 Systems for daily life 24 Bringing the future closer 22 The fear underneath anger 22 Answering bids 22 Get started 20 Treatment and medication 18 Your sense of time 17 Equanimity and perspective 17 Structure and routine 16 Fondness and admiration 15 Growing empathy 14 Affection and touch 14 Practising under provocation 14 Making it stick 14 Knowing your partner 14 Repair after rupture 13 Touch and bodywork 13 Feelings and focus 12 Getting assessed and diagnosed 11 Food, caffeine and fuel 11 The cost of avoiding 9 Breathing 9 Gratitude 9 When everything feels flat 9 Moving your body 9 Exercise, food and other supports 9 What ADHD actually is 8 Being seen and judged 8 Tolerate distress 8 Listening and understanding 8 Treatment and medication 8 Remembering to do it 7 Screens and attention 7 Rituals of connection 6 Shame and stigma 6 Shared spiritual life 6 What worry does 6 What you are actually defending 6 Feeling from the inside 5 Rebuilding trust 5 Shame 5 Emotions as signals 5 Posture and how you carry yourself 5 Self-compassion 4 Question the thought 4 Facing it a step at a time 3 Safety and grounding 3 Obsessions and compulsions 3 When you use something to cope 3 Name what you feel 3 Reading, numbers and learning differences 2 Righteous anger and perfectionism 2 Patience and trust 2 Calm the body 2 Panic and the body 2 Notice the pattern and flex 2 Meaning after harm 2 Validate yourself and others 2 Let the wave come 2 When anger turns to harm 2 Working with anger 2 Breaking the worry loop 2 Your worth is not conditional 2 Hold a boundary 2 Ride the urge 2 Help someone grieving 1 Get it out of your head 1 Your window of tolerance 1 Anger, alcohol and the body 1 Face it gently 1 Letting it out safely 1 Listen to the body 1 When you go numb 1 Care for yourself in loss 1 Ask and say no well 1 Act on your values 1 Keep the bond 1 Rest and pacing 1

When

Under stress 1 Any ordinary day 1

The thought that nobody at the party will want to talk to you is chemistry, not a report about the world. You do not have to disprove it. You only have to notice where it came from.

Arguing with an anxious thought while the alarm is still ringing is heavy work and it rarely goes well. Reclassifying it is lighter: this is what my…

A minuteBreaking the worry loopCBTQur’an 50:16

Being told not to worry has never once stopped anybody worrying, including you. If a friend said it to you tomorrow you would carry straight on.

This is worth saying to a parent who feels they are failing at comforting their child. They are not bad at it. The words simply do not do that job…

A minuteBreaking the worry loopCBTQur’an 2:186

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