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Clearing Space for the New; New Moon in Aquarius...
Clearing Space for the New; New Moon in Aquarius…
Today, January 24th, we have a New Moon in Aquarius @ 1:42 pm PST (4:42 pm EST). This is our first New Moon of the Year and can help us to set the tone of our year, and even our new decade. Tomorrow, January 25th, we celebrate the Year of the Rat ~ the Rat is the first zodiac sign of the Chinese Calendar and so we have a lot of new beginnings this year of 2020. Rat is yang energy and represents…
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My therapist taught me this practice today and I found it very helpful. Based on my responses to questions she asked afterwards she was even able to accurately tell me physical complaints I've been having.
“Focusing, a mind body practice from which Clearing A Space evolved, came out of research done by Carl Rogers and Eugene Gendlin at the University of Chicago. The object of their research was to ask the question, “When is psychotherapy effective, and when is it not?” They found, that the effectiveness of therapy was not directly related not to the therapeutic method, nor to the skill of the therapist, but to the client’s ability to discover answers within himself. Successful clients, it was found, waited until they got an internal, body sense of a problem or issue, and then “listened” to the answer that unfolded from this body sensation. Those clients who accessed their implicit bodily experience– their’ felt sense’– were more likely to benefit from psychotherapy than those who did not.
Gendlin, intrigued by this result, developed a systematic way to teach individuals how to get a body sense of a problem. Focusing is basically a formalization of the process that “successful” clients naturally use in psychotherapy.
Although Focusing was originally developed to help in the resolution of problems, Gendlin found that for Focusing to be most successful, it was initially helpful just to identify each concern and not try to solve the problem it posed. (Gendlin, 1979) Each concern is labeled and then “placed outside the body.”The individual imagines taking that issue and placing it at the right distance away from her body. Each succeeding issue is treated in the same way, until there are no more issues left. The end result is that the Focuser achieves a “clear space” inside the body. This technique of “Clearing a Space” became formalized as the first step in the Focusing method.
Over time, it became apparent that Clearing A Space had value in its own right. The “clear space” a person created by naming and letting go of each issue or problem is an active, fully conscious state. It differs from other meditation or relaxation states in that the individual does not have a narrow field of attention. It is an active rather than a passive state, developed not by diverting one’s attention, but by at first paying full attention to what is in the way of feeling all clear inside.”
How to Do a Slow Declutter of Your Home and Life
While the Christmas decorations were taken down and packed away before New Year’s Eve, it quickly became obvious that every single room in the house was still in a bit of a mess. Nothing was falling apart and there were no piles of old newspapers or broken coat hangers lurking in corners, but there was clutter. Lots and lots of clutter. The Bloke and I are not hoarders in the traditional sense,…
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This chapter has been one of my favorites to write. You see, I carry shame around the places in my life that feel messy. The areas I let slip, or that feel overwhelming when I try to hold it all together. My closet is the perfect example. (For the record, it’s clean right now. And I did it myself. Small victory.) But I have a habit of stuffing things into closets and drawers—yes, multiple—because I want my lived-in spaces to look tidy. To feel controlled. Organized. Presentable. I try really hard to keep it that way. But you know how life goes. Those hidden spaces become places of quiet shame. The parts I hope no one sees. The parts that whisper, “You’re failing.” But what if… instead of hiding those spaces, I opened them up? What if, even with fear and shame, I let someone in? Someone who doesn’t flinch. Who sees it all and feels more certain of me, not less? That’s what this chapter is about. It’s about the power of vulnerability. The courage it takes to let someone see the parts you usually keep behind a closed door. And the kind of connection that forms. Not in the polish, but in the quiet corners where you’re fully, unapologetically human. Radical authenticity is not about performing openness. It’s about being witnessed, without hiding or stuffing away any of the parts of you to be seen a tidy or palatable. It’s about creating intimacy that goes far deeper than physical touch. And maybe, when we allow ourselves to be seen—closets, drawers, and all—we make space for a love that doesn’t ask us to hide.
This chapter has been one of my favorites to write. You see, I carry shame around the places in my life that feel messy. The areas I let slip, or that feel overwhelming when I try to hold it all together. My closet is the perfect example. (For the record, it’s clean right now. And I did it myself. Small victory.) But I have a habit of stuffing things into closets and drawers—yes, multiple—because I want my lived-in spaces to look tidy. To feel controlled. Organized. Presentable. I try really hard to keep it that way. But you know how life goes. Those hidden spaces become places of quiet shame. The parts I hope no one sees. The parts that whisper, “You’re failing.” But what if… instead of hiding those spaces, I opened them up? What if, even with fear and shame, I let someone in? Someone who doesn’t flinch. Who sees it all and feels more certain of me, not less? That’s what this chapter is about. It’s about the power of vulnerability. The courage it takes to let someone see the parts you usually keep behind a closed door. And the kind of connection that forms. Not in the polish, but in the quiet corners where you’re fully, unapologetically human. Radical authenticity is not about performing openness. It’s about being witnessed, without hiding or stuffing away any of the parts of you to be seen a tidy or palatable. It’s about creating intimacy that goes far deeper than physical touch. And maybe, when we allow ourselves to be seen—closets, drawers, and all—we make space for a love that doesn’t ask us to hide.
Growing My Ta Da List
Turning “To Do” into “Ta Da” Yesterday was an incredibly productive day, especially in light of my complete lack of progress on Friday. I took advantage of feeling infinitely better than I had on Friday to move a few things from my To Do list to my Ta Da list. Not only did my walking buddy and I increase our walk again (getting ever closer to 2.5 miles!), but I’m hitting 10,000 steps more often…
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Regardless of the situation, significant accumulations of junk can be an eyesore, and dealing with them can be pretty stressful. However, the process doesn’t have to be. In fact, there are many perks of removing unwanted junk. Here are some of them.