Focusing Tip #514 – “The feelings are always hurt, anger, grief, hopelessness.”
“I feel very powerful sensations in my chest, and the feelings are always hurt, anger, grief, hopelessness.” Joan writes:I recently started doing…
Focusing Tip #511 – What the Body Wants For You, From Getting What You Want…
“What does it mean, to ask what the body wants from having X?” Jo writes:In last week’s Tip you wrote that the…
Focusing Tip #510 – “People violate my boundaries…”
“I have frequently had negative interactions with bosses and family members who violate my boundaries.” Rachel writes:I have frequently had negative interactions…
Focusing Tip #509 – “I don’t like that I like showing off.”
“How do I work with my client who said ‘I don’t like that I like it’?” A Reader writes: I have a…
Focusing Tip #508 – “What can I do if I don’t feel heard at all?”
“I was shocked, and doubly shocked at how vulnerable I had just been.” Mary Anne writes:I’m remembering a time when I was…
Focusing Tip #507 – “How do I tell people what Focusing is?”
“When my friends ask me what Focusing is, I don’t know what to say.” A Reader writes:This might seem like a simple…
Focusing Tip #506 – Is change possible with chronic illness?
“My chronic illnesses feel like stuck places that surely can never change.” Holly writes:Last week’s Tip really spoke to my heart as…
Focusing Tip #505 – “What if I am sure I can’t change…”
“I feel in my body: ‘This will never change.” A Reader writes:There is one stuck area I have been working on for…
Focusing Tip #504 – Where and What is “Life Forward Energy”?
“Is it Self-in-Presence that has life forward energy, or is it parts?” Annie writes:Does Self-in-Presence have/contain life forward energy? If not, where…
Focusing Tip #503 – Unconscious Material and Focusing
“Why is it not your job to bring unconscious material into the client’s awareness?” Melanie writes: I was interested in your comment…
