Toddler's feelings are transparent. As we age and learn to symbolize through language, we can also "lose touch" with ourselves and become unable to express ourselves. Intuitive Focusing and Active, Empathic Listening can help children "stay in touch" and express themselves as they grow. Intuitive Focusing and Focused Listening can also help adults to "refind" and express themselves authentically.
Many books and articles lead to acceptance of tears as transformative and spiritually meaningful, including Frey, Crying, Gaylin, Feelings: Our Vital Signs, Ross, The Fountain and The Furnace, and Chodrin's The Way of Compassion. Dr. McGuire also lists her own many articles on tears, inner child healing, afect in Experiential Focusing Therapy, "being touched and being moved," and Active Grieving.
Photos of lotus flower unfolding (in Arkansas!) are metaphor for the gentle opening from potential to actualization that comes from Intuitive Focusing.
Using Intuitive Focusing to pay attention to a strong positive emotional experience of "being touched" in a situation can lead to finding words and images for core spiritual and life-directing meanings, leading to a clear action path ahead.
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For a listing of Self-help manuals, CDs, and DVDs by a variety of Certified Focusing Professionals helping you learn Focusing, and a listing of links to Focusing Teachers worldwide offering…