Focusing Tip #604 – My body sometimes shakes
Jacek writes: I have a question related to trauma & Focusing. When I quiet down and let go, my body starts to move…
Focusing Tip #603 – Where does violence come from?
Dear Readers: Today I am filled with sadness as I think of the great American leader and peacemaker who was assassinated fifty…
Focusing Tip #602 – A part of me doesn’t want to do Focusing
“Now it’s a struggle between the parts that don’t want to do anything regularly and the parts that want to do Focusing…
Focusing Tip #601 – I find it frightening to try to sense the dissociating part in my body.
A Reader writes: I just realized that I dissociate. I can’t control it when it happens. It, whatever in me takes over…
Focusing Tip #600 – What does it mean to be a “person with a person”?
“What does it mean to be a ‘person with a person’ in Focusing, and in daily life?” Tina writes: I felt very…
Focusing Tip #599 – How can you discover the unconscious beliefs that may be limiting what is possible for you?
Jackie writes: I really appreciated the Tip last week about changing core beliefs. My question is: what power do unconscious or subconscious…
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Focusing Tip #598 – If you have a negative core belief about yourself, how can you change it?
Jim writes: Can (and how can) focusing be used to change core beliefs? Do I turn to the belief and say (for…
Focusing Tip #597 – How do you move from gentle empathic listening to energized action?
“The problem is, when I stop Focusing and go on doing my daily activities, I am still partially in that quiet state,…
Focusing Tip #596 – How do you feel when people talk about love?
“When everyone is talking about love it can awaken something in us that feels deeply alone… and that can be painful.” Dear…
Focusing Tip #595 – “Avoiding conflict is a core aspect of who I am…”
Are you so strongly identified with something that you’d be lying to say it’s just part of you? Bruce writes: This morning…
