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RageSootheRatio
Canada
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 Posted - 08/29/2008 : 19:39:35
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Great thread! While we're "listing" books / resources, just thought I'd mention one that doesn't seem to have come up: Eugene Gendlin's Focusing.
Focusing is an extremely gentle and warm, accepting approach. It is something I have returned to again and again, over the decades. While it wasn't something I explicitly used with my initial Sarno work with headaches/sinus pain, I am using it for the anxiety/depression equivalents which come up from time to time.
For those in pain, you might be interested in these articles:
A Remarkable Focusing Session with Pain from Severe Physical Damage
http://www.focusingresources.com/articles/severephysicaldamage.html
Focusing with Small Physical Ailments
http://www.focusingresources.com/articles/smallphysicalailments.html
You might be interested in (Focusing teacher) Ann Weiser Cornell's book, The Radical Acceptance of Everything. Here's links to excerpts from the book:
Radical Gentleness: The Transformation of the Inner Critic
http://www.focusingresources.com/downloads/radical_gentleness.pdf
http://www.focusingresources.com/downloads.html
Of course, lots more articles here:
http://www.focusingresources.com/articles/main.html
and basic information about Focusing plus lots of Q and A here:
http://www.focusingresources.com/faqs.html
ALSO.. as another general comment on this thread: don't forget the importance of the SOOTHING !!! While "attacking the books, journaling, forum" etc is something I do too, I do try to remind myself that it is the basic soothe/rage ratio which Sarno wrote about, that is key for me!! In fact, I am beginning to wonder whether just changing the ratio (ie radically increasing the soothing elements in my life) is not more important than the journaling for me at this point.
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