Personal stories

Cameroon – Focusing in Action

Personal storiesPsychosocial Support and Community Wellness | Posted on April 4, 2024 | Author Pat Omidian

Our weekly follow up zoom sessions with front line community workers in Cameroon have been going on for three years now, ever since they completed a custom-designed Community Wellness Focusing training with Pat Omidian.   Because the original participants have trained their colleagues and invited them […]

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Creating Space for Community

Personal storiesPsychosocial Support and Community Wellness | Posted on March 2, 2023 | Author Mitch Darer

Each of us lives in community. Our family is our first one. In Focusing, we learn to create a space of radical acceptance for our inner community. FII is now offering a series of bi-monthly gatherings “Creating Space for Community”, to explore concepts around inner/outer community […]

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My Fear is My Friend

Personal storiesPsychosocial Support and Community Wellness | Posted on January 18, 2023 | Author Mitch Darer

We have learned a lot about fear these past few years.  It’s a very powerful reaction that comes from many different directions and in many forms. The pandemic, storms, droughts, climate change, political unrest, wars… Of course we are justified in being afraid. Fear is […]

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We promote social change by supporting people and communities as they move towards wellness, seek inner healing, and discover creative solutions to local problems. We base our work on a deep vision of how human beings thrive when physically and emotionally safe, and are free to secure their needs and shape their communities in ways that hold meaning and significance for them. Our approach is grounded in the philosophy and experience of Community Wellness Focusing.

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