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!

The spiral of silence is that we stay silent with our opinions that we sense are in the minority. As a result, we stay silent on many things: what our opinions and emotions are, especially about contentious issues like climate change.

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.

The inclusion of heart energy or self-compassion during the receiving step adds a new element to the focusing attitude. In order to maximize its benefits, it is helpful to activate this energy at the beginning of a focusing session, so we have it online when we get to the felt sense of an issue.

Most of the time our body wisdom is helpful. But sometimes it’s out of date. Learn how to tell the difference, including when to embrace procrastination, and when to use it as a sign that you’re ready to change something about yourself.

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.

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.