Creative Edge Focusing Blog http://www.cefocusing.com/wordpress Dr. McGuire's blog: Ultimate Self-Help:Parenting, Education, Health, Intimacy, Business Wed, 19 Nov 2008 15:38:52 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en PRE-FOCUSING PRACTICE: RELAXATION #3 — GUIDED IMAGERY: THE FOREST Free Downloads: Complete Focusing Instructions Manual (17 pages) Instant “Ahah!” Mini-Manual “Ajas” Instantaneos Mini-Manual  From Creative Edge Focusing: This month's Relaxation Exercise : Week One ---"Ahhhhh....pause with me for ten minutes....and just relax!!! I will send this exercise each week as a reminder to pause... Being able to set aside the jumbled thoughts of the ... http://www.cefocusing.com/wordpress/?p=179 PASSIVE LISTENING: STOP ARGUMENTS, RESOLVE CONFLICT, SAVE THE WORLD Free Downloads: Complete Focusing Instructions Manual (17 pages) Instant “Ahah!” Mini-Manual “Ajas” Instantaneos Mini-Manual "Passive Listening: Just Being Quiet, Not Interrupting! This is going to be extremely basic. And, maybe, extremely difficult!! All you are going to do is exchange equal, timed, passive listening turns with the other person, instead of arguing. Passive listening means ... http://www.cefocusing.com/wordpress/?p=178 INTUITIVE FOCUSING PRACTICE: RIGHT BRAIN, NON-LINEAR BODILY-FELT SENSE NOT THE SAME AS BONES OR MUSCLE Free Downloads from this blog: Complete Focusing Instructions Manual (17 pages) Instant “Ahah!” Mini-Manual “Ajas” Instantaneos Mini-Manual Pre-Focusing Practice B. Getting A Felt Sense #2: "From The Bottom Up" (from Complete Focusing Instructions) Remember, especially at the beginning, time those "1 minute" pauses. You will be amazed at how long a minute is, how seldom we ... http://www.cefocusing.com/wordpress/?p=177 LISTENING/FOCUSING SKILLS: RELAXATION, GUIDED IMAGERY “AT THE BEACH” Free Downloads: Complete Focusing Instructions Manual (17 pages) Instant “Ahah!” Mini-Manual “Ajas” Instantaneos Mini-Manual From Creative Edge Focusing (TM): Through these weekly e-reminders, I am trying to help you to (a) begin to have brief, safe times getting to know your Inner Space, if this is new to you; (b) teach you Intuitive Focusing through a series ... http://www.cefocusing.com/wordpress/?p=176 LISTENING/FOCUSING SKILLS: STARTING A SELF-HELP PRACTICE GROUP Free Downloads: Complete Focusing Instructions Manual (17 pages) Instant “Ahah!” Mini-Manual “Ajas” Instantaneos Mini-Manual This month: From Instant "Ahah!" Mini-Manual, p. 7, #2.Active Listening: Short-Circuiting An Angry Confrontation. Starting A Simple Listening/Focusing Practice Group So, we have reframed "anger" as "upsetness" and suggested that an "upset" person will respond to empathic, active listening rather than attack-back. And, ... http://www.cefocusing.com/wordpress/?p=175 FOCUSING PRACTICE: USING TOUCH TO “GET IN TOUCH” WITH THE “INTUITIVE FEEL” Free Downloads: Complete Focusing Instructions Manual (17 pages) Instant “Ahah!” Mini-Manual “Ajas” Instantaneos Mini-Manual Pre-Focusing Practice B. Getting A Felt Sense #2: "From The Bottom Up" (from Complete Focusing Instructions) In order to access right-brain, non-linear solutions to problems, you must learn to find and pay attention to "the bodily-felt sense," the "intuitive feel" that is ... http://www.cefocusing.com/wordpress/?p=174 INTUITIVE FOCUSING: GUIDED IMAGERY EXERCISE VS. MEDITATION Free Downloads: Complete Focusing Instructions Manual (17 pages) Instant “Ahah!” Mini-Manual “Ajas” Instantaneos Mini-Manual From Creative Edge Focusing (TM): Through these weekly e-reminders, I am trying to help you to (a) begin to have brief, safe times getting to know your Inner Space, if this is new to you; (b) teach you Intuitive Focusing through a ... http://www.cefocusing.com/wordpress/?p=173 LISTENING/FOCUSING: WAYS TO PRACTICE ACTIVE LISTENING Free Downloads below: Complete Focusing Instructions Manual (17 pages) Instant “Ahah!” Mini-Manual “Ajas” Instantaneos Mini-Manual Each four weeks, we practice one Instant "Ahah!,", one Relaxation Exercise, and one Getting A Felt Sense Exercise. Our purpose: Helping you incorporate Listening and Focusing into your everyday life. This month: From Instant "Ahah!" Mini-Manual, p. 7, #2.Active Listening: ... http://www.cefocusing.com/wordpress/?p=172 PRE-FOCUSING PRACTICE: FINDING YOUR BODILY-FELT SENSE! Free Downloads Complete Focusing Instructions Manual (17 pages) Instant “Ahah!” Mini-Manual “Ajas” Instantaneos Mini-Manual From Creative Edge Focusing: This month's Getting A Felt Sense Exercise : "From The Bottom Up" GETTING A FELT SENSE: FINDING THE "INTUITIVE FEEL," THE CREATIVE EDGE Here you are learning the difference between thinking up an answer in your head and ... http://www.cefocusing.com/wordpress/?p=171 FOCUSING RELAXATION EXERCISE: THE BEACH AND THE SACRED Free Downloads: Complete Focusing Instructions Manual (17 pages) Instant “Ahah!” Mini-Manual “Ajas” Instantaneos Mini-Manual From Creative Edge Focusing: This month's Relaxation Exercise : Week Two ---"Ahhhhh....pause with me again for ten minutes....and just relax!!! I will send this exercise each week for four weeks as a reminder to pause... Kathy's Experience of The Sacred At ... http://www.cefocusing.com/wordpress/?p=170