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"There is a feeling of feeling inferior or feeling less... and there is a part that knows this comes from childhood..."
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Focusing Tip #854 – Emotional Wounds of Childhood – “I compare myself negatively to other people”

ByAnn Weiser Cornell August 16, 2023July 9, 2024

What if you know that your painful feelings now are connected to the past? Read on… Gloria writes: Sometimes, at work, and…

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Here's the good news: Healing is still possible. Whenever you receive what you would have needed back then, healing can happen.
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What is the effect of childhood emotional wounds on your life today?

ByAnn Weiser Cornell July 4, 2023July 9, 2024

What is the effect of childhood emotional wounds on your life today? Parts develop because: 1. Something hard/painful/bad happened. And,2. You didn’t…

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Focusing Tip #513 – “My parents interpreted a good majority of what I had to tell them as ‘complaining’.”

ByAnn Weiser Cornell June 8, 2016July 30, 2024

If you got shut down in the past for complaining too much, how can you make sure you’re not complaining too much…

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What do we do with those 'helpful' messages from other people that show up in our thoughts?
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Focusing Tip #635 – “This inner message is not my own…”

ByAnn Weiser Cornell December 5, 2018September 12, 2024

What do we do with those ‘helpful’ messages from other people that show up in our thoughts? Read on… Michelle writes: Often…

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Childhood trauma
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Focusing Tip #615 – “I feel difficult emotions, but not a felt sense…”

ByAnn Weiser Cornell June 27, 2018July 9, 2024

What can you do when an old childhood-trauma-based issue has been triggered? Read on… Paul writes: Focusing is challenging for me. It…

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childhood abuse
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Focusing Tip #593 – “I cannot understand why there’s still a traumatized vulnerable child within me…”

ByAnn Weiser Cornell January 24, 2018July 9, 2024

If you were traumatized by someone, why doesn’t the hurt and anger heal when that person starts treating you better? A Reader…

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      Your Path to Lasting Change
      The Inner Relationship Focusing Training Program
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      Getting Free:
      A Year of Untangling
      • Live, Online Courses
      • On-Demand Courses
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