In Eugene Gendlin’s writing, he points to how we can live differently when we live in a way informed by our felt sense. This blog uses both his practice of Focusing and his second practice, Thinking at the Edge or TAE, to share ways we can discover via our felt sense, the ways we want live or create.

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.

This blog covers three ways that you can improve your Focusing partnerships, including by asking for what you need as the Focuser, being clear with your boundaries as the listener. The advice is inspired by Dr. Janet Klein’s Interactive Focusing, as well as by Gendlin’s words.

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.