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Focusing Tip #901 – Anxious Parts – “A lot of my thoughts are rooted in some sort of worry”

ByAnn Weiser Cornell August 15, 2024April 2, 2025

Do you spend time imagining uncertain futures or ruminating about the past? Read on… A Reader writes: A lot of my thoughts…

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What if you pick up on the other person's mood and their stressful feelings stress you?
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Focusing Tip #758 – “My adult daughter offloads on me…”

ByAnn Weiser Cornell June 23, 2021July 29, 2024

What if you pick up on the other person’s mood and their stressful feelings stress you? Read on… Katelynn writes: My adult…

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What do you do when parts of you are talking?
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Focusing Tip #567 – What do you do when the different parts of you are talking to each other and getting nowhere?

ByAnn Weiser Cornell July 12, 2017July 9, 2024

“An example would be a part of me that feels anxious, and another part that is angry at it for being anxious….”…

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Are there negative thoughts and feelings
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Focusing Tip #560 – Are there negative thoughts and feelings?

ByAnn Weiser Cornell May 17, 2017September 24, 2024

Labeling a thought or a feeling as “negative” is already a strategy for suppression. Julie writes: I was struck by your Tip…

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Focusing Tip #555 – What can you do when feelings of anxiety are compounded by feelings of hating to feel that way?

ByAnn Weiser Cornell April 12, 2017July 9, 2024

“Not wanting to feel the anxiety usually makes it increase in intensity…” Monica writes: Anxiety seems to always be present in my…

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      Start Your Shift
      Your Path to Lasting Change
      The Inner Relationship Focusing Training Program
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      A Year of Untangling
      • Live, Online Courses
      • On-Demand Courses
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      • For Healing Professionals
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    • Boost Self-Acceptance
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