Focusing Initiatives International

Focusing Initiatives International We promote social change by supporting people and communities to develop wellness, inner healing, and creative solutions to local problems.

Community wellness is based on a public health approach with two assumptions. First, most illnesses are preventable, including various types of mental illness. Second, the community itself contains many solutions to its own health needs and already has many techniques to encourage for resilience and wellness. With minimal training, people can be taught to contact their inner source of resilience.

With the right kind of attention, healing begins. We teach these skills. Culturally-specific strategies enhance the community’s ability to recover. To tap into this cultural wisdom, we identify those in the community who are already recovering and thriving. We learn from them, adopt and adapt strategies, and help them share their experiences with others in their community. Through our process, community members:
* find the resilience to address problems
* improve community connections
* change how they face the stresses of daily life
* overcome creative blocks
* explore spiritual connections in their inner lives
* discover how they can be part of positive changes in the world

To foster resilience and community engagement, Focusing International:
*Offers workshops on human development, including psychosocial wellness, healing from trauma, and coping with and reducing stress. We promote locally existing positive coping skills and wellness practices to create just and peaceful communities.
*Mentors trainers throughout the world in Focusing and other processes that aid in self-reflection, communication and greater listening skills, so that they can become more effective leaders and promote wellness, emotional safety, and human development in their own communities.
*Provides technical assistance to individuals and organizations to help them design, establish, fund, and operate local programs and projects to promote human development. Outcomes:
The success of our programs has been evaluated by two independent organizations and includes:
*Reduced violence in families and schools
*Improvements in wellbeing and physical health
*Reduced reliance on over-the-counter and illegal drugs and alcohol
*Increased capacity to facilitate peace and reconciliation

02/05/2024

Millions of children in Pakistan like Muhammad Ali are child laborers, unable t… Patricia Omidian needs your support for Bring Light to Dark, Cold Classrooms

Join us to support this amazing project!
02/05/2024

Join us to support this amazing project!

Millions of children in Pakistan like Muhammad Ali are child laborers, unable t… Patricia Omidian needs your support for Bring Light to Dark, Cold Classrooms

Hello Focusing Friends, check out our free webinar happening next Monday May 1st at 5:15am PST.Sign up: https://webinars...
04/25/2023

Hello Focusing Friends, check out our free webinar happening next Monday May 1st at 5:15am PST.

Sign up: https://webinars.focusinginternational.org/webinars/help-for-helpers-122/

This group is a weekly gathering to empower, hearten and encourage therapists, counselors, teachers and helpers of all kinds.

A weekly gathering to empower, hearten and encourage therapists, counselors, teachers and helpers of all kinds

Hello Focusing Friends, check out our free webinar happening this Saturday April 29th at 12pm PST.Sign up: https://webin...
04/25/2023

Hello Focusing Friends, check out our free webinar happening this Saturday April 29th at 12pm PST.

Sign up: https://webinars.focusinginternational.org/webinars/saturday-listening-space-159/

"This is a place where I will be available to listen to all and any who come. We can hear one another’s hopes and fears, share our feelings, just pass the time in a mutually supportive space."
- Anna Willman

A listening space: this is an online drop-in support group.

Hello Focusing Friends, check out our free webinar happening this Thursday April 27th at 11am PST.Sign up: https://webin...
04/25/2023

Hello Focusing Friends, check out our free webinar happening this Thursday April 27th at 11am PST.

Sign up: https://webinars.focusinginternational.org/webinars/beginning-focusing-bits-89/

Focusing is a gift you can give to your whole being. You can start with effective little bits that build into a grounded ability to deal with what comes in your daily life.

Drop-in Focusing Foundations ~ Designed for Beginners!

Check out our free webinar happen next Monday April 24th at 5:15am PST. Help for Helpers.Sign up: https://webinars.focus...
04/17/2023

Check out our free webinar happen next Monday April 24th at 5:15am PST. Help for Helpers.

Sign up: https://webinars.focusinginternational.org/webinars/help-for-helpers-121/

"This group is a weekly gathering to empower, hearten and encourage therapists, counselors, teachers and helpers of all kinds."

A weekly gathering to empower, hearten and encourage therapists, counselors, teachers and helpers of all kinds

Check out our free webinar happen this Thursday April 20th at 11am PST. Beginning Focusing Bits.Sign up: https://webinar...
04/17/2023

Check out our free webinar happen this Thursday April 20th at 11am PST. Beginning Focusing Bits.

Sign up: https://webinars.focusinginternational.org/webinars/beginning-focusing-bits-88/

"Do you want to find a way to accept your whole being, grow more genuine relationships in your life, or are you looking for a way to deal with stress or inner conflicts?"

Drop-in Focusing Foundations ~ Designed for Beginners!

Check out our free webinar happen this Thursday April 20th at 9:15am PST. "UNfocusing" intro to focusing as your inner G...
04/17/2023

Check out our free webinar happen this Thursday April 20th at 9:15am PST. "UNfocusing" intro to focusing as your inner GPS.

Sign up: https://webinars.focusinginternational.org/webinars/unfocusing-introduction-to-focusing-as-your-inner-gps/

"When we turn our attention inward, we start to notice these subtle sensations. “Refocusing” happens organically, as the subtle sensations gradually come into focus and become meaningful."

Webinars on Focusing, community wellness, and psychosocial support

04/12/2023

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