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Focusing Tip #909 – Strong Emotions – “Do you do Focusing when you’re agitated or when you’re calm?”

ByAnn Weiser Cornell October 16, 2024April 29, 2025

Do you do Focusing when you’re agitated? Or when you’re calm? Read on… Candace writes: My question is about the timing of…

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Focusing Tip #907 – “I have to get free from my eating disorder.”

ByAnn Weiser Cornell September 25, 2024April 8, 2025

Are you desperate to fix what’s wrong with you? Read on… Michaela writes: Somewhere you wrote that trying to “fix” yourself doesn’t…

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Focusing Tip #902 – Parts – “It doesn’t always feel like just something in me”

ByAnn Weiser Cornell August 21, 2024April 2, 2025

Does it sometimes not feel true to say “it’s something in me”? Read on… Angela writes: The other day I was starting…

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Focusing Tip #895 – Is it safe to do Focusing?

ByAnn Weiser Cornell June 19, 2024February 20, 2025

A Note:I want to pause today and honor June 19th, the day that we in the U.S. commemorate the ending of slavery…

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Focusing Tip #890 – “It doesn’t want me to be with it”

ByAnn Weiser Cornell May 15, 2024February 13, 2025

What if something you’re spending time with doesn’t want you there? Read on… A Reader writes: I have a question. There’s a…

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Focusing Tip #880 – Emotional triggers – “I get triggered by this person over and over again”

ByAnn Weiser Cornell March 6, 2024December 4, 2024

Do your feelings calm down but then you’re thrown back into the same stressful situation? Read on… A Reader writes: A person…

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Focusing Tip #879 – Life Change + Difficult Feelings – “I didn’t ask for this change, and it scares me”

ByAnn Weiser Cornell February 28, 2024November 20, 2024

What can you do when a big life change is forced on you, and it seems to make everything worse? Read on……

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Focusing Tip #871 – “I don’t want to feel my anger”

ByAnn Weiser Cornell December 20, 2023October 7, 2024

What do you do when even saying Hello doesn’t make anger go away? Read on… Liz writes: So, something triggers anger. Could…

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Focusing Tip #870 – “I’m jealous of my therapist’s other clients”

ByAnn Weiser Cornell December 13, 2023October 3, 2024

Do you have attachment issues coming up in the therapy relationship? Read on… Mindy writes: I am in therapy. One challenging issue…

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Focusing Tip #866 – “All I can do is cry”

ByAnn Weiser Cornell November 8, 2023October 1, 2024

Are you too much for your Focusing partner if all you can do is cry? Read on… A Reader writes: I struggle…

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      Getting Free:
      A Year of Untangling
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      • On-Demand Courses
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