Focusing on positive memories provided a boost to our practice—both in creating the conditions for Focusing to happen, and as a way to enhance the experience by crossing two felt senses. This blog shares those insights in more detail, and a new one: that this work is a form of memory reconsolidation. That it explains why Focusing work is so transformative!

How we listen can greatly affect the interaction we have with the other person we are connecting with. Here are five ways to increase safety while listening which ultimately can allow for more flow in experiences (felt shifts!) or generative conversations.

Climate change progress continues to be too slow. Many scientists say it’s inevitable that we’ll overshoot the goal of 1.5 degrees Celsius. What can we do? In this blog I share some of my process in being with eco-anxiety, and new research that suggests the answer may be to welcome catastrophic thinking. To feel, think and act within the realities of the climate crisis. Luckily, Focusing can help with that.

In this blog, I cover the parts and qualities of our selves we can map with the felt sense body cards. I’ve found this work to be the best use of the cards. However, they are also quite useful for recording what comes in any Focusing session.

A really powerful and personal way to find calm is to visit a memory of a time we have felt this way in real life. For many, this is a time in nature. This blog explores ways to achieve calm, and what to do if finding calm is elusive.

Focusing and meditation are two different practices that complement each other. While they have many similarities, they have a different effect on the body and the mind. For example, in Focusing one experiences a felt shift.

This is the story of how the PUPA process came to be. A pupa is the stage in insects, between the larva and adult. In butterflies, this is the chrysalis. The PUPA process creates a safe space for transformation, by combining Focusing, Theory U and the 8Cs of Self-Leadership.

Nature has such a calming effect. When we’re in nature we relax and stress melts away. During the COVID-19 pandemic, it’s not always possible to get out into nature. The practice of Focusing can take you back to a previous time in nature. Sinking into your body and reliving a memory can evoke feelings of awe, calm, relaxation and connection.