Focusing Tip #571 – What to do when feelings are too big or overwhelming
Do you hesitate to spend time with your feelings because they are likely to swallow you up? Eve writes: Last week you…
Focusing Tip #570 – Do your feelings disappear just when you want to learn something from them?
A Reader writes: A lot of times in Focusing I am supposed to ask the feeling something, but that usually makes me…
Focusing Tip #569 – What good does it do to know that I was hurt in the past?
“Knowing that I don’t want to be attacked does not prevent other people from attacking me.” Michelle writes: Ann, I’m hoping you…
Focusing Tip #568 – When you aren’t hungry but you eat anyway
“And then I become aware I am munching on something I didn’t even want…” Connie writes: Around 4:00 to 6:00 PM on…
Focusing Tip #567 – What do you do when the different parts of you are talking to each other and getting nowhere?
“An example would be a part of me that feels anxious, and another part that is angry at it for being anxious….”…
Focusing Tip #566 – Not sure if you can trust what you feel
“The body seems tired and the mind restless and generating thoughts… and I do not know if I am making this up.”…
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Focusing Tip #565 – Do you have a hard time listening to your inner critic because you can’t hear it?
Bhavani writes: When people talk about listening to an inner critic I used to get confused because I don’t hear a voice…
Focusing Tip #564 – Focusing with sadness and powerlessness about a medical procedure
A Reader writes: I am having an issue with a medical concern. Having reached out to my doctor I am experiencing an…
Focusing Tip #563 – Focusing to shift social anxiety – Ann’s story
What do you do when you long to just be yourself but you don’t trust that anyone will like you? Dear Readers:I…
Focusing Tip #562 – “Focusing doesn’t work because all I get is fog.”
When you are trying to listen to your inner wisdom, do you get frustrated and angry when nothing comes? Sam writes: I…
