{"id":32,"date":"2007-10-29T16:30:40","date_gmt":"2007-10-29T20:30:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.cefocusing.com\/wordpress\/?p=32"},"modified":"2007-10-29T16:34:45","modified_gmt":"2007-10-29T20:34:45","slug":"five-minute-grieving-what-to-do-if-a-patient-friend-coworker-starts-crying","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cefocusing.com\/wordpress\/five-minute-grieving-what-to-do-if-a-patient-friend-coworker-starts-crying\/","title":{"rendered":"Five-Minute Grieving: What to do if a patient, friend, coworker starts crying"},"content":{"rendered":"

Finding The Meaning Of Tears<\/font><\/a><\/strong><\/h2>\n

\u201cBeing Touched\u201d and \u201cBeing Moved\u201d : The Spiritual Value of Tears<\/font><\/a><\/strong><\/h2>\n

Download the above articles to learn more<\/font> about the use of Intuitive Focusing to unravel the meanings signalled by tears.<\/p>\n

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\u201cOpening Up\u201d, Not \u201cBreaking Down\u201d<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Most of the time, we walk around \u201cbeing\u201d our symptoms instead of \u201crelating\u201d to them.<\/strong> The physician\u2019s office is a place where accidental openings into the \u201cfelt senses\u201d underlying symptoms have an increased likelihood of happening. It thus becomes important for physicians, and other health professionals, to capitalize on these moments where the defenses fall, and the preverbal felt experiencing underlying symptoms, becomes available for transformation.<\/p>\n

Inter-office conflict or stress at home can also cause a co-worker or employee to \u201cbreak down\u201d and start crying.<\/strong> Or a friend may become teary while sharing. Instead of being afraid of a \u201cbreak down,\u201d see it as an \u201copening up,\u201d an opportunity to unblock and build anew. See Culture of Creativity<\/a> to understand the Creative Edge Core Principles underlying growth and creativity.<\/p>\n

People Are Skilled At \u201cNot Crying\u201d <\/strong><\/p>\n

Five minute grieving is based upon the following premises, drawn from my 25-year experience as a psychotherapist and peer counseling teacher:<\/strong><\/p>\n