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Focusing Tip #907 – “I have to get free from my eating disorder.”

ByAnn Weiser Cornell September 25, 2024April 8, 2025

Are you desperate to fix what’s wrong with you? Read on… Michaela writes: Somewhere you wrote that trying to “fix” yourself doesn’t…

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Focusing Tip #872 – “I swear I won’t eat so much today…”

ByAnn Weiser Cornell January 3, 2024October 7, 2024

Do you find yourself eating when you’re depressed or bored, and do you feel unable to change? Read on… A Reader writes:…

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What can we conclude if several Focusing sessions on the same issue don't bring any change?
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Focusing Tip #744 – “What happens when there is no shift?”

ByAnn Weiser Cornell March 17, 2021July 17, 2024

What can we conclude if several Focusing sessions on the same issue don’t bring any change? Read on… Richard writes: What happens…

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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 #673 - "I tend to be seduced by this part that loves sleeping and eating and not exercising."
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Focusing Tip #673 – “I tend to be seduced by this part that loves sleeping and eating and not exercising.”

ByAnn Weiser Cornell September 18, 2019August 28, 2024

Can we get real permanent change? Or are we doomed to always backslide and relapse? Read on… Jael writes: I was wondering…

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Focusing Tip #592 – Do you ever wonder why trying to fix yourself doesn’t work?

ByAnn Weiser Cornell January 17, 2018July 9, 2024

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 #434 – Should You Ask Your Parts What “Their Truths” Are?

ByAnn Weiser Cornell August 6, 2014October 24, 2024

“My companion at one point suggested that these parts all might want to share what the truth is for them…” Susan writes:My…

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Focusing Tip #272 – “I am often furious, and very ashamed of it.”

ByAnn Weiser Cornell March 23, 2011December 11, 2024

How do we “untangle” when feelings seem to react & stimulate each other? Torie writes: “I am often furious, very ashamed of…

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