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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 · Twenty minutes
A minute 10Five minutes 27Twenty minutes 4Longer 6
Who it is written for
A practitioner 4Me 4Someone I care about 3
Where you are right now · Struggling right now
Coping, mostly 8Struggling right now 4Getting ready for something 2
On your own, or with someone
On my own 3Involves someone else 1
Theme · Your nervous system
What ADHD actually is 10Screens and attention 7Systems for daily life 7Moving your body 6Medication and how it works 6Food, caffeine and fuel 6Feelings and focus 6Get started 5Reading, numbers and learning differences 5Shame 5Tolerate distress 5Treatment and medication 5Your nervous system 4Cool the body first 4Emotions as signals 3Shame and stigma 3Exercise, food and other supports 3Being seen and judged 3Remembering to do it 2When you use something to cope 2What worry does 2Choosing your response 2Letting it out safely 2What anger actually is 2Living with uncertainty 1The cost of avoiding 1Use your strengths 1What you are actually defending 1Breaking the worry loop 1Your sense of time 1Question the thought 1Obsessions and compulsions 1When everything feels flat 1Grounding and settling 1Getting assessed and diagnosed 1Anger, alcohol and the body 1Equanimity and perspective 1
When
Under stress 2When apart 1Any ordinary day 1

When you cannot settle yourself, borrow somebody else's steadiness. Sitting near a calm person, even without talking, is a real thing to try.

Choose by effect rather than by closeness. Some people you love leave you more wound up than you started, and some people you barely know are easy to…

Twenty minutesYour nervous systemBody basedQur’an 2:248

If you mostly run hot and jumpy, start with slow paced breathing. If you mostly go blank and far away, work that reaches you through sound and voice tends to get further.

The idea is to pick the tool that pulls against your usual tilt. Breathing practice puts the brake back on a system that has lost it. Sound and voice…

Twenty minutesYour nervous systemBody basedQur’an 23:78

Being still is not the problem. The circuit that shuts you down under threat is the same one that lets you sleep deeply, digest, rest and curl up with someone you love.

So the aim is not to stay switched on. It is to be still and safe at the same time, which is a capacity you can rebuild rather than a symptom to…

Twenty minutesYour nervous systemBody basedQur’an 25:47

You do not need other people to reach a settled state. Breath, a slow walk somewhere green, a cat asleep on your lap: all of them get you there.

The name social engagement system makes it sound as though company is the only door, which is bleak if you are isolated, and worse if people are the…

Twenty minutesYour nervous systemBody basedQur’an 2:22

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