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Focusing Tip #899 – “A traumatized part won’t let me sleep”

ByAnn Weiser Cornell July 24, 2024March 25, 2025

Is there a traumatized part of you that won’t let you sleep? Read on… Lauren writes: I suffer from chronic insomnia (over…

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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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"If I sense something is unsafe or that I can’t trust it, is my body telling me something I should pay attention to?"
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Focusing Tip #852 – Past Trauma and Triggers – “Can I trust the inner message that something can’t be trusted?”

ByAnn Weiser Cornell July 26, 2023July 9, 2024

Can you believe the messages you’re receiving from inside? Read on… Adar writes: I wanted to see if you can share with…

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Working with repressed trauma and missing memories
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Working with repressed trauma and missing memories

ByAnn Weiser Cornell July 11, 2023July 9, 2024

You might not remember…but your body remembers. Your body still carries the impact of events that happened in your past. And you…

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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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"Those very difficult emotions continue to haunt me, and I feel stuck between finding temporary comfort and being re-traumatized."
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Focusing Tip #845 – Past Trauma – “I get overwhelmed by strong emotions from trauma.”

ByAnn Weiser Cornell May 31, 2023July 9, 2024

What if you get overwhelmed by strong emotions that come from trauma? Read on… Linda writes: I easily get overwhelmed by my…

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“As this occurred some 60 years ago there is no one left to ask what happened...”
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Focusing Tip #828 – Working with repressed trauma with no memories

ByAnn Weiser Cornell January 18, 2023July 9, 2024

Can you work with repressed trauma if you have no memory of what happened? Read on… Andrew writes: I have become aware…

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Can the Focusing process re-traumatize me? Or my clients?
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Focusing Tip #798 – “Can the Focusing process re-traumatize me?”

ByAnn Weiser Cornell June 1, 2022July 9, 2024

What is happening if you bring attention to a painful feeling and it feels worse? Read on… A Reader writes: Sometimes when…

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Focusing Tip #755 – “I can’t accept this emotionally abusive part of me.”

ByAnn Weiser Cornell June 2, 2021July 9, 2024

Do you have an emotionally abusive part in you that you don’t want to accept? Read on… Susie writes: I have recently…

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What can you do if the feeling you are experiencing is someone else's feeling, not your own? Read on..
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Focusing Tip #684 – “I am feeling my mother’s hopelessness – it’s not mine”

ByAnn Weiser Cornell December 11, 2019July 9, 2024

What can you do if the feeling you are experiencing is someone else’s feeling, not your own? Read on… Gudrun writes: When…

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      Getting Free:
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      • On-Demand Courses
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