Relationships: A Relationship-Positive Way to Take a Break and Regroup When Tempers Flare
(Text from the images above) It’s okay to take a moment in a stressful situation with another person. And, what you do…
Relationships: What We Can Learn From Our Criticisms of Others
Our criticisms of others can be a deep well of self-understanding and change. Especially in our close relationships. Here is someone you…
Focusing Tip #827 – “Is Focusing self-centered and self-absorbed?”
Are you self-centered and self-absorbed if you spend time listening to your feelings? Read on… A Reader writes: I told some of…
Focusing Tip #823 – Using Focusing skills with other people in relationship
Can Focusing skills be applied to how we treat other people? Read on… Stephanie writes: In my own Focusing, I will have…
Focusing Tip #762 – “I blame other people for the mess we’re in”
Do you find yourself caught in thinking that other people are causing your problems? Read on… A Reader writes: Things were getting…
Focusing Tip #758 – “My adult daughter offloads on me…”
What if you pick up on the other person’s mood and their stressful feelings stress you? Read on… Katelynn writes: My adult…
Focusing Tip #687 – “I can’t get over my partner’s having kids with another woman.”
If you’re tormented by feelings about your partner’s past and other relationships, what can you do? Read on… a note For New…
Focusing Tip #650 – Focusing with lack of attraction
What can you do when the feelings are missing that you know would naturally be there? Read on… Tom writes: My love…
Focusing Tip #600 – What does it mean to be a “person with a person”?
“What does it mean to be a ‘person with a person’ in Focusing, and in daily life?” Tina writes: I felt very…
Focusing Tip #468 – How Does Vulnerability Relate to Intimacy?
“Life and relationships go better as we make room for our human vulnerability, not shut it down.” Dear Readers:Today, I’d like to…
