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felt sense

“In an exercise on contacting the inner critic, I felt my inner critic as a physical sensation...”
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Focusing Tip #747 – Is the tightness in my chest a felt sense?

ByAnn Weiser Cornell April 7, 2021July 9, 2024

Is the tightness in your chest giving you wise inner guidance? Or something else? Read on… John writes: In an exercise on contacting…

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What living at a fast pace might be preventing us from experiencing... Read on...
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Focusing Tip #742 – “My friend says he never gets felt senses.”

ByAnn Weiser Cornell March 3, 2021July 16, 2024

What living at a fast pace might be preventing us from experiencing… Read on. A Reader writes: I have a friend who…

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What if your body is trying to communicate with you, but you don't understand its language? Read on...
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Focusing Tip #734 – “I never get information from my felt sense”

ByAnn Weiser Cornell December 16, 2020August 27, 2024

What if your body is trying to communicate with you, but you don’t understand its language? Read on… Barry writes: I’ve been…

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“I have a lot of feelings and images but they are not in the body....”
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Focusing Tip #664 – I’m not able to contact a felt sense in my body

ByAnn Weiser Cornell July 17, 2019August 6, 2024

What do we mean when we say that the felt sense (in Focusing) is in the body? Read on… A Reader writes:…

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"I feel my emotions easily but I'm not so connected to my body"
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Focusing Tip #641 – “I feel my emotions easily but I’m not so connected to my body”

ByAnn Weiser Cornell January 23, 2019August 27, 2024

What if you feel your emotional states easily, but it’s hard to feel your body? Read on… Gene writes: When I look…

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Does it bother you when you have a feeling and you don't know what it means? Read on...
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Focusing Tip #636 – “I need to find out the meaning of my felt sense.”

ByAnn Weiser Cornell December 12, 2018July 30, 2024

Does it bother you when you have a feeling and you don’t know what it means? Read on… Jael writes: Sometimes I…

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I can't tell what gives my life meaning.
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Focusing Tip #634 – “I can’t tell what gives my life meaning.”

ByAnn Weiser Cornell November 30, 2018August 27, 2024

Do people tell you that you’re supposed to be able to feel what gives your life meaning, but you can’t feel it?…

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How can you trust your inner feeling that something is right, even if it's not logical?
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Focusing Tip #613 – “If I keep thinking about negative outcomes and expectations, I feel bad in my body…”

ByAnn Weiser Cornell June 13, 2018August 27, 2024

How can you trust your inner feeling that something is right, even if it’s not logical? Read on… Bhavani writes: Can a…

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Focusing Tip #607 – “Focusing is a way of being present to the life within us, and how that life wants to live….”
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Focusing Tip #607 – “Focusing is a way of being present to the life within us, and how that life wants to live….”

ByAnn Weiser Cornell May 2, 2018September 19, 2024

What is meant by the term ‘felt shift’ and why is that so special? Dear Readers: One year ago I was teaching…

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Focusing Tip #604 – My body sometimes shakes
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Focusing Tip #604 – My body sometimes shakes

ByAnn Weiser Cornell April 11, 2018July 9, 2024

Jacek writes: I have a question related to trauma & Focusing. When I quiet down and let go, my body starts to move…

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