Focusing Tip #583 – “I find it hard to have radical acceptance for myself.”
Michelle writes: I’m wondering if you can clarify something for me. You often talk about the importance of “radical acceptance” especially within…
Focusing Tip #582 – Are your physical symptoms something to get rid of, or something to connect with and listen to?
Kim writes: I am currently working with a nutritional coach to help me with some digestive issues. In addition to nutritional approaches,…
Focusing Tip #581 – Is this tightness a felt sense?
What if you want to do Focusing with a vague, hard-to-describe felt sense but what you feel isn’t hard to describe? Patricia…
Focusing Tip #580 – Why do I lose interest in so many things?
Do you get energized about doing something for yourself and then lose interest? Over and over? Greg writes: My question has to…
Focusing Tip #579 – Does it all feel like too much tragedy, too much upset and instability?
Many of you are asking: How do I handle how overwhelmed and anxious and sad I feel at the terrible things that…
Focusing Tip #578 – Can Focusing help shift obsessive thoughts?
What can you do when you get caught in obsessive thoughts that take you in an endless circle of seeing problems? Robert…
Focusing Tip #577 -When early childhood trauma gets triggered
If you’re triggered by what people say, and you know it’s from your own past, what do you do? Sally writes: I’m…
Focusing Tip #576 – “I reassured the part that it could relax but…”
Merilyn writes: Recently I had to mind my 10 month old granddaughter for the whole night, and because she wouldn’t settle in…
Tip #575 – “I’m not getting any messages from this part…”
They say your inner “felt sense” has meaning and is supposed to tell you something… but what if it doesn’t? A Reader…
Focusing Tip #574 – How long does it take to untangle a tangle?
“Even though I get hopeless and impatient I do enjoy being compassionate with myself.” Ellen writes: How long does it take to…
