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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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Shame Coping, mostly Clear all

How long you have

A minute 2 Five minutes 1

Who it is written for

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

Where you are right now · Coping, mostly

Struggling right now 15 Coping, mostly 3 Getting ready for something 1

On your own, or with someone

Both of us together 2 Involves someone else 1

Theme · Shame

Medication and how it works 104Systems for daily life 70 Getting assessed and diagnosed 63 Your nervous system 61 What anger actually is 60 Staying regulated in conflict 60 Get started 48 Moving your body 48 Equanimity and perspective 46 Choosing your response 44 Bringing the future closer 43 The moment before you snap 43 The fear underneath anger 42 Exercise, food and other supports 41 Your sense of time 40 Treatment and medication 39 Touch and bodywork 38 Feelings and focus 38 Screens and attention 32 When everything feels flat 32 What ADHD actually is 30 Growing empathy 28 Grounding and settling 27 Structure and routine 26 The cost of avoiding 26 Knowing your partner 25 Answering bids 24 Food, caffeine and fuel 24 What worry does 23 Practising under provocation 22 What you are actually defending 20 Cool the body first 20 Emotions as signals 20 Treatment and medication 20 Making it stick 19 Breathing 19 Repair after rupture 19 Being seen and judged 18 Shared spiritual life 17 Rebuilding trust 17 Righteous anger and perfectionism 16 Affection and touch 15 Fondness and admiration 15 Breaking the worry loop 14 Shame and stigma 14 Rituals of connection 13 Listening and understanding 13 Remembering to do it 13 Feeling from the inside 12 When you use something to cope 11 When anger turns to harm 11 Reading, numbers and learning differences 10 Tolerate distress 10 Gratitude 9 Facing it a step at a time 9 Self-compassion 8 Use your strengths 8 Anger, alcohol and the body 6 Obsessions and compulsions 6 Question the thought 5 Posture and how you carry yourself 4 Meaning after harm 4 Safety and grounding 4 Act on your values 3 Shame 3 Panic and the body 3 Let the wave come 3 Notice the pattern and flex 3 Name what you feel 3 Calm the body 3 Your worth is not conditional 3 Working with anger 3 Ask and say no well 2 Your window of tolerance 2 Work with your brain 2 Ride the urge 2 Rest and pacing 2 Patience and trust 2 Listen to the body 2 Care for yourself in loss 2 Validate yourself and others 2 Keep the bond 2 Hold a boundary 2 Help someone grieving 2 Get it out of your head 2 Find meaning 2 Face it gently 2 When you go numb 1 Living with uncertainty 1

Approach

Emotionally focused 2 Trauma informed 1

When

Coming and going 1 Any ordinary day 1 Under stress 1

When someone tells you they have failed, the most useful thing you can do is nothing clever. Let your face stay soft and keep looking at them.

Shame is braced for disgust, so it reads your face before it hears your words. A quick reassurance can even land as a rush to move on. Slower is…

A minuteShameEmotionally focusedQur’an 93:3

When someone's shame fills the room, check your own state before you say anything. If you start to shrink, or to worry that you are handling this badly, they will feel it.

Shame is catching. The particular risk is a quiet spiral of your own, along the lines of I am no good at this, which pulls you out of the room at the…

A minuteShameTrauma informedQur’an 53:32

You did not choose which things hurt you. Where you are tender was set long before you had any say in it, and the only live question is what you do with it now.

This is worth saying out loud between two people, because each usually thinks their own soft spot is embarrassing and the other's is obvious. Try…

Five minutesShameEmotionally focusedQur’an 30:54

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