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Focusing Tip #900 – Slowing Down – “I can’t keep up when opinions are flying around”
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Focusing Tip #900 – Slowing Down – “I can’t keep up when opinions are flying around”

ByAnn Weiser Cornell August 7, 2024April 2, 2025

Is it hard to keep up when people speak quickly and opinions are flying around? Read on… Aleena writes: I read your…

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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 #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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“The sensation of feeling guilty is often present in my life...”
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Focusing Tip #857 – Boundaries and Self-Love – “I feel guilty that my life is better than my sister’s”

ByAnn Weiser Cornell September 5, 2023July 9, 2024

What can you do if you are haunted by a feeling of guilt for something that’s not your fault? Read on… Julie…

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“Is this Focusing style of understanding something that can be applied to relationships with others?”
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Focusing Tip #823 – Using Focusing skills with other people in relationship

ByAnn Weiser Cornell December 7, 2022July 9, 2024

Can Focusing skills be applied to how we treat other people? Read on… Stephanie writes: In my own Focusing, I will have…

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Something in me is annoyed
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Focusing Tip #814 – “Do I speak up or say nothing?”

ByAnn Weiser Cornell September 28, 2022August 7, 2024

How do you decide? Read on… Chantall writes: How do you handle the annoyance of an upstairs neighbor who walks too loud?…

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Blame people for this
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Focusing Tip #762 – “I blame other people for the mess we’re in”

ByAnn Weiser Cornell July 28, 2021August 1, 2024

Do you find yourself caught in thinking that other people are causing your problems? Read on… A Reader writes: Things were getting…

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"Am I prolonging and making the situation worse by dwelling on it too much?"
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Focusing Tip #700 – Critical Coworkers – “I had a bad work experience…”

ByAnn Weiser Cornell April 15, 2020August 28, 2024

Is it possible you are making things worse by returning to painful events and feelings? Read on… Christina writes: I had a…

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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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Focusing Tip #512 – “Impulsive in actions and words, arrogant, touchy, boastful… Can anything be done to influence such people?”

ByAnn Weiser Cornell June 1, 2016July 24, 2024

Do you know someone who is arrogant, touchy, mocking, boastful, and defensive? Is there any way to influence such a person? A…

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    • SHIFT
      Start Your Shift
      Your Path to Lasting Change
      The Inner Relationship Focusing Training Program
      Getting Free
      Getting Free:
      A Year of Untangling
      • Live, Online Courses
      • On-Demand Courses
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      • Books + Manuals
      • Free Resources
      • For Healing Professionals
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