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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4 practices

Growing empathy Twenty minutes Clear all

How long you have · Twenty minutes

A minute 14 Five minutes 14 Twenty minutes 4 Longer 4

Who it is written for

A practitioner 4 Me 4 Someone I care about 1

Theme · Growing empathy

Systems for daily life 38 Medication and how it works 30 Moving your body 26 Treatment and medication 19 Screens and attention 18 Getting assessed and diagnosed 17 What ADHD actually is 17 Get started 17 Feelings and focus 16 The cost of avoiding 15 Your nervous system 14 Reading, numbers and learning differences 14 Food, caffeine and fuel 11 Your sense of time 10 Exercise, food and other supports 10 What anger actually is 10 Bringing the future closer 9 Touch and bodywork 8 The moment before you snap 8 Shared spiritual life 7 Emotions as signals 6 Cool the body first 6 The fear underneath anger 6 Breaking the worry loop 6 Tolerate distress 6 Shame 6 Grounding and settling 6 When everything feels flat 5 Facing it a step at a time 5 When you use something to cope 5 Shame and stigma 5 Staying regulated in conflict 5 Breathing 5 Remembering to do it 5 When anger turns to harm 4 Being seen and judged 4 Choosing your response 4 Growing empathy 4 Repair after rupture 4 Righteous anger and perfectionism 4 Rituals of connection 4 What worry does 4 Practising under provocation 3 Equanimity and perspective 3 Use your strengths 3 Making it stick 3 Knowing your partner 3 Anger, alcohol and the body 3 Structure and routine 3 Rebuilding trust 3 Obsessions and compulsions 2 Posture and how you carry yourself 2 Feeling from the inside 2 Letting it out safely 2 Answering bids 2 Rest and pacing 1 Safety and grounding 1 Keep the bond 1 Care for yourself in loss 1 Treatment and medication 1 Question the thought 1 Living with uncertainty 1 What you are actually defending 1 Listen to the body 1

When

Any ordinary day 3 When apart 1

You cannot decide to feel closer to people. You can decide to eat with them, walk with them, sit near them and say one true thing, and the closeness tends to follow.

The chemistry gets talked about a great deal and it is the least useful part. What you can act on is the diary: a standing meal with someone, a hand…

Twenty minutesGrowing empathyMedical and treatmentQur’an 30:21

Go long enough without company and almost anyone will do. That is worth knowing about yourself, and worth watching for in someone who lives alone.

Loneliness does not make you a poor judge of character on purpose. It just lowers the bar until whoever turns up seems fine. The steadier answer is…

Twenty minutesGrowing empathyMedical and treatmentQur’an 4:8

Four ordinary things take the edge off a hot temper: being touched by someone you trust, eating with people, moving your body hard enough to breathe, and sitting still for a few minutes a day.

None of them are about anger directly, which is the point. Exercise lowers what you are already carrying before the argument starts. A shared meal…

Twenty minutesGrowing empathyMedical and treatmentQur’an 76:8

If eating together helps, it is the together that is helping. Being full is not a route to feeling close, and treating it as one goes wrong quickly for some people.

Sit down with somebody once a week and eat whatever you were going to eat anyway. That is the whole practice. If you notice yourself reaching for…

Twenty minutesGrowing empathyMedical and treatmentQur’an 90:14

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