http://www.cefocusing.com/wordpress Dr. McGuire's blog: Ultimate Self-Help:Parenting, Education, Health, Intimacy, Business Wed, 17 Jun 2009 15:47:03 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en [gallery] This 18-month old toddler is intent about learning. He is hard at work, figuring out every task, every piece of equipment put before him. He practices and practices until he masters a task. He comes back week after week to try again. He watches intently, trying to figure out "the ... http://www.cefocusing.com/wordpress/?p=826 The Enneagram is a well-regarded personality measure dividing people into nine distinct personality styles: One: Critic, Two: Helper, Three: Performer, Four: Individualist, Five: Observer, Six: Loyalist, Seven: Enthusiast, Eight: Challenger, Nine: Peacemaker. While other Enneagram experts have identified Obama as an Enneagram Nine or Three , expert Clarence Thomson of Enneagram ... http://www.cefocusing.com/wordpress/?p=799 [gallery] Toddlers, before learning words, can be so transparent, their whole body beaming out their emotions and needs. First trips to the park, 16-months old, my steadily-walking toddler grandson simply sits down, in shock and awe, many times as he sees other people his size, all kinds of dogs, people stretched out ... http://www.cefocusing.com/wordpress/?p=775 Gendlin's Focusing (Bantam, 1981, 2007; www.focusing.org ), and McGuire's Intuitive Focusing, are premiere techniques for mind/body healing. Focusing happens exactly at the edge between conscious and unconscious, the "preconscious" that is immediately available as a "bodily felt sense." McGuire's calls it  "intuitive feel," the "something-more-than-words,"  The Creative Edge, the source ... http://www.cefocusing.com/wordpress/?p=761 In the Transition Towns movement, www.transitiontowns.org,  political action is thoroughly integrated at the local level, building local sustainability and community as a basis for the "resiliency" needed to affect long-term, global change. But even more importantly, skill training for emotional and personal growth and conflict resolution is built right into hands-on, political action.  Here ... http://www.cefocusing.com/wordpress/?p=733 The "One Small Thing" method of Creative Edge Focusing (TM) helps organizations find that one small step people will take to become motivated and engaged. Building Community through Listening/Focusing Partnerships/Groups/Teams  is an easy outgrowth of these first collaborative efforts. Below is an example of the "one small thing" that turned a ... http://www.cefocusing.com/wordpress/?p=720  Empowerment Organization is a method for motivating people "from the bottom up." It includes "The One Small Thing" exercise, looking for a small action that many people will feel able to take as the first step in building grass-roots, bottom-up empowerment and community involvement.  Here is a wonderful example of "One Small ... http://www.cefocusing.com/wordpress/?p=708 [caption id="attachment_705" align="aligncenter" width="300" caption="Listening for More Than Words"][/caption] Creative Edge Listening goes beyond active or empathic listening, where the goal is communication. In Creative Edge Listening, the Listener is actively helping the speaker to pay attention to and to articulate The Creative Edge, the right-brain, "something-more-than-words" from which truly new solutions, ... http://www.cefocusing.com/wordpress/?p=700 [caption id="attachment_693" align="aligncenter" width="300" caption="Self-Reflection"][/caption] We like to think of ourselves as free. But, most of the time, we are actually simply reacting to the stimuli around us. Something happens, and we REACT. We do not usually STOP, even for a moment, to REFLECT upon what is happening. We are not ... http://www.cefocusing.com/wordpress/?p=688 [gallery] Malcolm Gladwell, in Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking (Little, Brown, 2005) shows that, contrary to popular belief, the majority of decisions are not made through careful listing of pros and cons but through following a "gut instinct" or an "intuition." Intuitive Focusing , often accompanied by Focused Listening, ... http://www.cefocusing.com/wordpress/?p=665