Practices

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Theme · Let the wave come

Medication and how it works 177Your nervous system 120Systems for daily life 114What anger actually is 103Getting assessed and diagnosed 93 The moment before you snap 88 Choosing your response 81 Get started 74 Treatment and medication 71 Moving your body 71 Grounding and settling 71 Equanimity and perspective 68 Feelings and focus 66 Your sense of time 66 Touch and bodywork 65 Staying regulated in conflict 65 Cool the body first 65 What ADHD actually is 65 Screens and attention 62 Exercise, food and other supports 61 The fear underneath anger 61 Bringing the future closer 60 Food, caffeine and fuel 59 When everything feels flat 54 Practising under provocation 46 The cost of avoiding 44 Growing empathy 36 Structure and routine 36 Breathing 35 Shame and stigma 35 Reading, numbers and learning differences 34 What worry does 34 Making it stick 33 Treatment and medication 31 Emotions as signals 30 Being seen and judged 30 Remembering to do it 27 Tolerate distress 27 Feeling from the inside 25 Knowing your partner 25 Breaking the worry loop 24 When you use something to cope 24 Facing it a step at a time 24 What you are actually defending 24 Answering bids 24 Repair after rupture 19 Shame 19 Obsessions and compulsions 18 Shared spiritual life 17 Rebuilding trust 17 Righteous anger and perfectionism 17 Fondness and admiration 15 When anger turns to harm 15 Affection and touch 15 Rituals of connection 13 Listening and understanding 13 Posture and how you carry yourself 13 Self-compassion 12 Question the thought 11 Use your strengths 10 Gratitude 9 Anger, alcohol and the body 8 When you go numb 7 Rest and pacing 5 Living with uncertainty 5 Panic and the body 5 Safety and grounding 4 Meaning after harm 4 Letting it out safely 4 Calm the body 3 Notice the pattern and flex 3 Let the wave come 3 Working with anger 3 Act on your values 3 Your worth is not conditional 3 Name what you feel 3 Care for yourself in loss 2 Ask and say no well 2 Ride the urge 2 Patience and trust 2 Validate yourself and others 2 Listen to the body 2 Your window of tolerance 2 Work with your brain 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 grief rises like a wave, let it come and let it pass. Do not brace against it or push it down.

Grief arrives in waves, not a straight line. A wave allowed to rise will also fall. Fighting it is what makes it last.

A minuteLet the wave comeGriefQur’an 2:156

Let yourself weep. Tears over someone you love are not a failure of faith or of strength.

Crying is not the opposite of patience. It is the body grieving honestly, and it passes more cleanly when it is not shamed.

A minuteLet the wave comeGriefQur’an 12:84

Take the sorrow you cannot say to anyone else and pour it out to God, in your own plain words.

You do not have to hold it alone or find the right phrase. Say the raw thing to the One who already knows it.

Five minutesLet the wave comeGriefQur’an 12:86

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