Author: Ann Weiser Cornell

The Difference Between Will Power and Self-in-Presence ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~It happens like this: you've decided to change your life. You've noticed that some habit…

Do We Need to Give External Expression to Emotions? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Jason asks, "Do you think it is necessary to give external expression…

Welcome to the Tangle ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ When a situation has multiple interconnected aspects, and it feels impossible to move forward with any of…

"I say I'm feeling sad without really having a sense of my body" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ A reader writes: "I have found that many…

What If Other People Are Blocked Too? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Sometimes what's blocked is not just your own life, but a whole situation, involving…

"I'm a bad person … I'm stupid … I'm evil." ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ A reader asks: "Often a memory of a past experience comes…

Visualizing the Desired Outcome: How Does it Help?~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ In the last Getting Unblocked E-zine I wrote about how positive visualization can help…

What If the Felt Sense Won't Talk? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Diane asks, "If your felt sense doesn't want to express itself, and you know…

Positive Visualization vs. Being Open to Negative Parts ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Jack asks, "I learned the value of positive visualization in athletics and have…

Got Some Reading to Do? How Focusing Can Help ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I'm starting to teach (with Glenn Fleisch) a two-year program on Focusing-Oriented…