June 17 2008 #167
Last week we wrote about nagging thoughts. Dana Ganihar had a further clarification: “I want to respond to something that is VERY…
June 10 2008 #166
Nagging Thoughts When You're Not Focusing ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Kim writes, "Thoughts and feelings run through me while I'm in my car, taking out…
June 3 2008 #165
Does a Felt Sense Have an Opposite? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Jennifer asks: "I'm wondering if every felt sense always has a corresponding opposite, separate…
May 27 2008 #164
How to Trust the Inner Voice ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ A few weeks ago I wrote about how my "inner sense of rightness" guided me…
May 20 2008 #163
Using Focusing in Psychotherapy ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I've just returned from the great Focusing International Conference in Quebec, and here are two questions I…
May 13 2008 #162
The Purpose of Focusing ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I’ve often received this question: "What is Focusing really for? I know there are many benefits, but…
May 6 2008 #161
Following up on last week’s Tip, Dana Ganihar wrote to give another example of saying we know something: "I was focusing, and…
April 29 2008 #160
How we "know" what we don’t know ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I have a couple of great instances to help people get how Focusing lets…
Focusing Tip #159 – What’s Mind Got to Do with It?
What’s Mind Got to Do with It? I got an email that made me realize I wanted to say something about body…
April 15 2008 #158
Working with Long-Standing Issues So in today’s Tip I’d like to share what I offered to her at the time, and also…
