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"I notice that my 'Self' is often hijacked by other parts and somatic reactions."
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Focusing Tip #848 – Working with Parts – Does your “self” need to be equal to your parts?

ByAnn Weiser Cornell June 21, 2023July 9, 2024

How can you strengthen your sense of self so you don’t stay hijacked by your parts? Read on… Roberto writes: I am…

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What if the person who is Focusing keeps moving awareness around from sensation to sensation? Read on...
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Focusing Tip #841 – When the felt sense moves around the body

ByAnn Weiser Cornell April 26, 2023July 9, 2024

What if the person who is Focusing keeps moving awareness around from sensation to sensation? Read on… A Reader writes: I’m adding…

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“How do we trust that we can hold all the feelings that might surface?”
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Focusing Tip #837 – “How do I trust that I can hold all the feelings that may come?”

ByAnn Weiser Cornell March 29, 2023July 9, 2024

Might getting in touch with feelings be too much for you? Read on… A Reader writes: When we are journeying internally to…

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“I wish I could let my strong feelings go and get on with life.”
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Focusing Tip #807 – “I wish I could let my feelings go and get on with life.”

ByAnn Weiser Cornell August 3, 2022July 9, 2024

What can you do with strong feelings that seem to be in your way? Read on… Helen writes: I get strong feelings…

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“Can Focusing be helpful in developing a bigger sense of self—if that is been missing?”
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Focusing Tip #801 – How Focusing helps develop the sense of self

ByAnn Weiser Cornell June 22, 2022July 17, 2024

How can you develop the ability to give compassion and care to yourself? Read on… Jenni writes: Can Focusing be helpful in…

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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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What can you do if you start to feel like you're making it all up? Read on...
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Focusing Tip #796 – “What if I’m making it all up?”

ByAnn Weiser Cornell May 11, 2022August 21, 2024

What can you do if you start to feel like you’re making it all up? Read on… A reader writes: Just when…

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“I decided to call back a strong, capable part of me at the end of the session...”
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Focusing Tip #787 – Stepping into feelings of strength and capability

ByAnn Weiser Cornell March 2, 2022August 26, 2024

Are all our feelings really parts of us, even the positive ones? Read on… A Reader writes: As I was Focusing, I…

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“I can feel something in me that has a terrible feeling of not being worthwhile, and this partner’s lateness is a trigger.”
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Focusing Tip #778 – “My Focusing partner is always late”

ByAnn Weiser Cornell December 8, 2021August 26, 2024

If a person in your life is always late, and you are always on time, can this relationship be saved? Read on……

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Sometimes I get the impulse to eat even though I'm not hungry.
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Focusing Tip #761 – “Sometimes I get the impulse to eat even though I’m not hungry.”

ByAnn Weiser Cornell July 20, 2021August 21, 2024

If you’ve got a part that wants to over-indulge and another part criticizing you, what can you do? Read on… Agnes writes:…

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      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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