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The Blue Suitcase (Focusing Practice)

(Time to read: ~3 minutes) I’ve just started taking an Inner Relationship Focusing course, and I had my first practice session this afternoon. I first learned about this body-led practice over 20 years ago, by reading Eugene Gendlin’s book “Focusing”. I immediately felt enormous joy and relief at the encouragement to trust my “body-knowing”, even […]

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My Best New Year’s Eve Ever

(Time to read: ~ 2 minutes) One of the things I began to focus on in 2011 was how I wanted to celebrate some of the significant annual holidays. One event that has a lot of meaning for me is New Year’s Eve, but I had not really focused on how I wanted to celebrate […]

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Annual Letter 2010

(Time to read: ~6 minutes) Sunday, Dec 26, 2010 I have noticed that each time I start to write one of these letters, my attention goes to the things that were new or different about the past year. This year I’ve decided to start with the “constants” in my life – the things that are […]

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Getting people to consider a new possibility

“The quickest way I know to get people to consider a new possibility is to show respect for the life in them that led them to the old possibility.” – Marshall Rosenberg

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Tough Day

(Time to read: ~2 minutes) Today was a tough day for me. I had supper with some dear friends who were in town to give a workshop. They all seem to know what they are supposed to be doing with their lives. And I’m not sure. Some days it is amazing to be seeking to […]

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My Birthday Appreciations 2011

(Time to read: 1 minute for the first 2 sections, 9 minutes for the whole thing) Third Time Lucky I have been working for three years to get this decade’s birthday celebration to feel complete for me, and I think it has finally happened, with much thanks to John. I had a wonderful birthday lunch […]

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My Birthday Celebrations 2011

(Time to read: ~ 6 minutes) Some people enjoy having large birthday parties, but they’ve not been as satisfying for me as the opportunity to meet with just one or two of my friends or family at a time. So my pattern has been to have several birthday celebrations each year. Mom, Dad and John […]

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