Focusing Tip #544 – What kind of Focusing questions might help me find the right way to express myself?
If you know your work needs to change, but you don’t know how, can you find out by Focusing? Kathleen writes: I…
Focusing Tip #543 – How soon after recognizing a trigger of sadness or depression would be the best time to do a healing process like Focusing?
“Is there a time after recognizing the trigger of your sadness … before seeking to restore and heal through active Focusing?” Anne…
Focusing Tip #542 – Worried that if you do Focusing, you’ll distance yourself from your emotions and from life?
“If I use Focusing do I attempt to create distance between me and my feelings…?” Michelle writes: I notice that I often…
Focusing Tip #541 – Wondering how to work toward your goals without becoming your own tyrant?
“You should exercise more… and if you don’t, you’re a lazy slob.” How tyrants create rebels… At the start of a new…
Focusing Tip #540 – Does it ever feel like being with your family is being trapped in a web of unspoken messages?
“This year, because I had learned Focusing, it was worse…” Holiday tangles… Today I am remembering the very first Christmas after I…
Focusing Tip #539 – Are you in a struggle with feelings like anxiety or resistance but you don’t even notice that it’s happening?
“I have a very hard time getting identified with anxiety and resistance but don’t notice until after several days of struggling…” Michelle…
Focusing Tip #538 – Do you get into a dead end with trying to bring change in old repetitive traumas?
“Around that original trauma there seems to have developed a kaleidoscope of reactive feelings…” A few months ago Leslie wrote: I seem…
Focusing Tip #537 – When you set a goal and it hasn’t happened yet, how do you keep positive?
“How do I not get discouraged by the time it’s taking, things not happening, etc…” Bhavani writes: Thank you for your response…
Focusing Tip #536 – How can you use your felt sense to come up with goals that are congruent with yourself?
“I’d like to know more about how to use Focusing on goal setting and achieving…” Bhavani writes: I’d like to know more…
Focusing Tip #535 – “Often I get days where I feel sad, even overwhelmed, accompanied by a lot of tears.”
What can you do if you feel overwhelmingly sad and you don’t want to feel that way? Ann Marie writes: Often I…
