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

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How long you have · Twenty minutes

A minute 14 Five minutes 12 Twenty minutes 3 Longer 4

Who it is written for

A practitioner 3 Someone I care about 2 Me 2

On your own, or with someone

On my own 2 Both of us together 1

Theme · Making it stick

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

Approach

Core 2 Mindfulness 1

When

Any ordinary day 2 Under stress 1

Knowing something calmly and feeling it are two separate achievements, and the second takes longer. If you can say the reasonable thing but it does not touch how you feel, you are partway, not failing.

The gap does not close by arguing with yourself harder. It closes by living it: doing the practice in real situations, in your body, while the…

Twenty minutesMaking it stickCoreQur’an 87:8

Pick the news channel you cannot stand and watch ten minutes of it on purpose. The only job is to notice what rises in you and let it go by.

Real provocation turns up when you are least ready for it. This gives you the feeling with nothing at stake: the indignation, the tightening, the…

Twenty minutesMaking it stickMindfulnessQur’an 41:35

When something is genuinely alive for the person in front of you, work with that. Whatever you had planned to cover keeps until a quieter week.

Teaching over the top of live feeling does not land, and it tells the other person that your agenda outranks their week. When there is heat, follow…

Twenty minutesMaking it stickCoreQur’an 18:23

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