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

Your sense of time Twenty minutes Coping, mostly Clear all

How long you have · Twenty minutes

A minute 12 Five minutes 25 Twenty minutes 3

Who it is written for

Me 3 Someone I care about 3 A practitioner 2 My husband or wife 1

Where you are right now · Coping, mostly

Getting ready for something 6 Coping, mostly 3 Struggling right now 1

On your own, or with someone

On my own 2 Both of us together 1

Theme · Your sense of time

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

When

Any ordinary day 2 After a row 1

Part of what keeps the late start going is that it has genuinely worked. You have produced something good in one long night before, and you remember it clearly.

So telling you that leaving it late is a bad plan tends to fail, because you have evidence and the other person does not. The honest version is…

Twenty minutesYour sense of timeADHD skillsQur’an 18:23

The dreaming is not the problem. It is that bills, forms and renewal dates are dull enough to stop registering at all, and those are the things that actually damage a life.

People who are managing well in every visible way still get brought down by a lapsed policy or an unopened letter from the council. Trying to care…

Twenty minutesYour sense of timeADHD skillsQur’an 78:11

When someone reminds you often enough, things do get done. But the sense of time doing the work is theirs, which is why it all collapses the moment they stop.

Worth naming out loud in a household, because the reminding costs the relationship something and never builds the missing part. A better arrangement…

Twenty minutesYour sense of timeADHD skillsQur’an 103:3

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