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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.
Write the exact thing you are furious about on a paper plate, tape it to the wall, and throw wet cotton balls at it. It sounds childish, and it does more than swinging at nothing.
Half the good of it is in the writing. Vague anger has to become a sentence before it can go on the plate, and reading that sentence back usually…
You get to choose when to face it. Deciding not now, to stay safe today, is a valid choice, not failure.
Timing is yours. Pausing the hard work to protect yourself is part of the work, not a retreat from it.
When you are ready, face the hard memory in small, bearable doses, with support, not all at once and not never.
Avoiding forever keeps the fear alive; flooding yourself re-wounds. Small, chosen doses are how it loses its grip.
It helps to have one small set of moves you use whatever the worry is wearing today. Not a fresh technique for each fear, just the same few steps, learned well enough to reach for without thinking.
Anxiety changes costume. This month it is contamination, next month it is being late, next year it is your health. If every version needs its own…
Coming back after a bad patch is quicker than getting there was the first time. Most people expect the opposite, which is why a setback feels so final.
Looking for a whole subject rather than a single practice? Start from the nine areas.
What you learned did not vanish. It went out of reach for a while, usually because something else was going on in your life. Pick up a rung or two…