January 8 2008 #144
Last week we talked about being gentle with yourself. Focusing works best when you don’t identify with a worrying or a pushing…
January 1 2008 #143
Are You Being Gentle with Yourself? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ New Year’s is traditionally the time to make New Year’s resolutions. It’s great to set…
December 18 2007 #142
Holding All of Me, Including that Part of Me… ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ In response to last week’s tip I heard from Diana Daffner, a…
December 11 2007 #141
Focusing with Intimate Partners ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Bridget writes: Can you give any tips to Focusing with intimate partners? Here are some issues: 1….
Focusing Tip #140 – Focusing and Panic Attacks
Ian writes: “I wanted to ask if you had any thoughts about using Focusing for helping with suffering from panic attacks. I…
November 27 2007 #139
Before I get to this week’s Tip I want to share an email I received from Buddy, who suddenly had a very…
November 20 2007 #138
Protecting the Focusing Space ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Selene writes: "What do you do when your Focusing partner goes second and is explicitly Focusing on…
November 13 2007 #137
Scary Part or Scared Part? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Arno writes: I am writing you about a passage in your article "Relationship=distance+connection". Client: "There’s a…
November 6 2007 #136
Remember our recent Tip on intense pain? I just have to share with you something that Barbro Holström of Sweden wrote to…
October 30 2007 #135
Presence with Tough Places Focusing Alone ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Ruth writes: "It’s clear to me that what is coming up during many of my…
