Focusing Tip #611 – What is the effect of childhood emotional wounds on your life today?
Janet writes: Can our Self-in-Presence be wounded? Is that why we have developed parts that feel they need to protect/defend/hide from us?…
Focusing Tip #608 – Focusing is too much inner attention
A Reader writes: When I try to do Focusing I feel a dark, painful area of my body, and I get a…
Focusing Tip #592 – Do you ever wonder why trying to fix yourself doesn’t work?
Michelle writes: I have been operating under the idea that I would recognize a shift from Focusing by having “a solution” to…
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Focusing Tip #589 – I feel my parts have ruined my life
Are you angry at the parts of you that have held you back from living your potential? Jim writes: Ann, when you…
Focusing Tip #569 – What good does it do to know that I was hurt in the past?
“Knowing that I don’t want to be attacked does not prevent other people from attacking me.” Michelle writes: Ann, I’m hoping you…
Focusing Tip #554 – Does it work best to speak TO the various inner parts of you, or ABOUT them?
“At times I feel confused about how this language works…” Nancy writes: I think one of the most helpful aspects of Inner…
Focusing Tip #504 – Where and What is “Life Forward Energy”?
“Is it Self-in-Presence that has life forward energy, or is it parts?” Annie writes:Does Self-in-Presence have/contain life forward energy? If not, where…
Focusing Tip #499 – “I hate myself!”
“What would happen was a tensing in my body accompanied by the thought, “I hate myself.” Dear Readers:In these Weekly Tips, I’ve…
Focusing Tip #451 – A Felt Sense Helps Find Just the Right Gift…
“I realized I am buying gifts always in a sense of panic, and the fear of lack…” How can Focusing support us…
Focusing Tip #423 – Focusing for Healing Trauma
“I feel like I am encountering old trauma. Is Focusing able to help heal that?” A Reader writes: In my Focusing process…
