How do we make colors out of darkness?

How we can be open in a divided world “We practice creative ways to be comfortable and curious about our differences.” Imagine yourself relaxing on a park bench on a sunny spring morning. You relish the warmth  of the breeze on your face and reflect […]

I am working with Pat Omidian to train refugee workers and administrators in Uganda to improve their psychosocial work and incorporate aspects of Focusing into daily life.  We are teaching this course online. One session was about reflecting on what we are experiencing in a […]

Communication can be a problem at the best of times, with us all living in different time zones and some of us traveling for long periods of time and checking in from ever more distant and shifting time zone addresses in a multitude of countries.

This is one of nine articles from our recent Journal: Resilience Initiatives.  A donation of any amount will give you the complete e-Journal.  Please click here. I have volunteered to work with Afghan refugees for three years now. One of my clients came to me, […]

This is one of nine articles from our recent Journal: Resilience Initiatives.  A donation of any amount will give you the complete e-Journal.  Please click here.   I was attending a school committee meeting on racism led by the Superintendent and attended mostly by school […]

“Resilience Initiatives” You can receive a FREE PDF COPY of our new journal, Resilience Initiatives – with a donation of any size through the end of September.  Focusing Initiatives International recognizes that many people are doing wonderful, healing work in communities around the world and […]