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Sue Burrell and Jen Dunbabin: How Focusing Can Transform How We Handle ‘Hot Potato’ Conversations

Saturday, December 11, 2021
An Online Class Facilitated by Sue Burrell and Jen Dunbabin

Part of The Focusing Highlights Series

A 'hot potato' is an issue that most people don’t want to talk about. It can involve unpleasant or even dangerous consequences for anyone dealing with it. In a world of growing uncertainty, it is not surprising that our conversations and our thinking, are becoming increasingly polarized. It is becoming more difficult to hold civil conversations—or conversations at all—around ‘hot potato’ topics. In this webinar, we will use Focusing to unravel some of the complexity for ourselves, for others, and around the issue itself.

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Bio:

Sue Burrell is a Focusing trainer, past teacher, business owner, wife and mother of four, and counsellor. Recent study in Jungian psychology and dream translation, has broadened and given depth to her understanding of the larger social and historical forces at work in our culture. Using Focusing to navigate and inform difficult personal interactions, and understand the complexity around current socially divisive issues is a current and ongoing focus of research and learning. Sue co-hosts the Sydney Changes Group, which meets in person, and via Zoom on alternate months. All welcome. Details can be found on https://focusing.org/events. Sue can be reached at [email protected]

Jen Dunbabin lives in Tasmania, Australia where she is part of a team that is lifting adult Tasmanians' literacy and literacy levels and runs professional development for adult literacy practitioners. Focusing has been an integral part of her life for nearly 15 years. Since learning Inner Relationship Focusing, she has been continually adding to her knowledge, particularly Wholebody Focusing. She has been studying A Process Model for 10 years and is a long term student of the Buddha's teachings. Jen can be reached at [email protected].

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