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

3 practices

Reading, numbers and learning differences Twenty minutes Coping, mostly Clear all

How long you have · Twenty minutes

A minute 2 Five minutes 4 Twenty minutes 3 Longer 1

Who it is written for

A practitioner 3 Someone I care about 2

Where you are right now · Coping, mostly

Getting ready for something 6 Struggling right now 5 Coping, mostly 3

On your own, or with someone

Both of us together 2 Involves someone else 1

Theme · Reading, numbers and learning differences

Systems for daily life 21 Medication and how it works 19 Moving your body 17 The cost of avoiding 11 Get started 11 Getting assessed and diagnosed 11 Screens and attention 10 Touch and bodywork 8 Your nervous system 8 Treatment and medication 7 Shared spiritual life 7 Feelings and focus 7 What anger actually is 6 Breaking the worry loop 5 Staying regulated in conflict 5 Bringing the future closer 5 The moment before you snap 5 Exercise, food and other supports 5 Food, caffeine and fuel 5 What ADHD actually is 5 When anger turns to harm 4 The fear underneath anger 4 Growing empathy 4 Grounding and settling 4 When everything feels flat 4 Repair after rupture 4 Righteous anger and perfectionism 4 Rituals of connection 4 Knowing your partner 3 Reading, numbers and learning differences 3 Your sense of time 3 Breathing 3 Structure and routine 3 Emotions as signals 3 Making it stick 3 Rebuilding trust 3 Anger, alcohol and the body 2 Shame and stigma 2 Use your strengths 2 What worry does 2 Feeling from the inside 2 Equanimity and perspective 2 When you use something to cope 2 Cool the body first 2 Answering bids 2 Tolerate distress 1 Keep the bond 1 Choosing your response 1 Facing it a step at a time 1 Care for yourself in loss 1 Remembering to do it 1 Rest and pacing 1 Posture and how you carry yourself 1 Obsessions and compulsions 1 Safety and grounding 1 Listen to the body 1 Practising under provocation 1 Treatment and medication 1

If a child is behind in reading, the gap rarely closes on its own with another year of the same. Asking for a proper assessment now is kinder than hoping that maturity will do the work.

National figures show reading proficiency barely shifting between primary school and the end of secondary, which tells you that catching up later is…

Twenty minutesReading, numbers and learning differencesCoreQur’an 16:43

Build numbers and break them up again. Seven is five and two, and also six and one, and a child who can see that has the thing mental arithmetic is made of.

Blocks, buttons, coins, anything you can push into two piles and back together. Ask which numbers fit inside other numbers and let the child show you…

Twenty minutesReading, numbers and learning differencesCoreQur’an 87:8

In practice, you sometimes have to stop a child using the trick that has kept them afloat, so the weaker skill finally gets used. Expect them to hate it for a while.

If memorising is doing the work, the part that should be doing it never gets a turn. So build short pieces of practice where the workaround is simply…

Twenty minutesReading, numbers and learning differencesCoreQur’an 94:5

Looking for a whole subject rather than a single practice? Start from the nine areas.