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Creative Edge Focusing (TM) teaches self-help skills which allow individuals and organizations to create innovative ideas and solutions from The Creative Edge, the "intuitive feel" of an issue or situation that is "more-than-words."

In Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking, Malcolm Gladwell validated the huge role that "intuitive thinking" plays in decision making. Creative Edge Focusing (TM) teaches how to turn this right-brain information into creative problem solving, using our core skills of Intuitive Focusing and Focused Listening.

Through The Creative Edge Pyramid , these core skills can be applied at all levels, from individual to interpersonal to groups/teams to Creative Edge Organizations. They can be used by friends, lovers, parents, teachers, helping professionals, support group facilitators, and in non-profit and for-profit corporations and organizations.

Creative Edge Focusing E-Newsletters deliver exercises from The Complete Focusing Instructions and Instant "Ahah!" Mini-Manual, two free downloads at

Creative Edge Focusing. You get them by subscribing to the E-Newsletter and joining the e-support group.

Over a year, the e-newsletters go through all of the exercises, practicing each for one month. You can start anywhere in the cycle and proceed through. There are three e-reminders each week to practice (a) a relaxation exercise (b) an exercise for finding a "felt sense," an essential part of Intuitive Focusing and (c) a Focused Listening or Intuitive Focusing exercise from Instant "Ahah!"s that you can add into your life, at home and at work, right now.

Especially if you join the e-newsletter mid-month, you can check these archives for the e-newsletters you missed for that four week cycle of exercises.

Remember, you can subscribe to the e-newsletter for exercises and the e-support group for ongoing practice and demonstrations in the sidebar at Creative Edge Focusing.

There, you will also find, in the upper right-hand corner, a link to Dr. McGuire's blog, "Ultimate Self-Help: Parenting, Education, Health, Intimacy, Business" .

Links To Archived E-Newsletters Below
If you are a new subscriber, most likely you want to just check the top few, looking for Week1 of the four week cycle presently underway if you want to "catch up". Visitors may just want to scroll through and see what catches their interest. Each of the exercises (Instant "Ahah!", Relaxation, and Felt Sense) is repeated four times before moving on to new ones, with new "tips for practicing" each week.
Interpersonal: Personality Tests MBTI and Keirsey Week 1 (4/2/2008)
Instant Ahah #9: Creativity ---From Blocks to Ahahs Week 1 (3/31/2008)
Interpersonal" Klein's Interactive Focusing Model Week 4 (3/27/2008)
Instant Ahah #8: "I Don't Want To Talk About My Day" Week 4 (3/26/2008)
Complete Focusing:On POSITIVE or "What's In The Way?" Week 3 (3/23/2008)
Interpersonal MORE: Group Conflict using DF vs CEDM Week 3 (3/20/2008)
Instant Ahah! #8: Increasing Sexual Intimacy Week 3 (3/18/2008)
Complete Focusing:On POSITIVE or "What's In The Way?" Week 2 (3/16/2008)
Interpersonal MORE: Oops! Link for Interpersonal Chapter Week 2 (3/14/2008)
Interpersonal MORE: The One Minute Apology Week 2 (3/14/2008)
Instant Ahah! #8: Instant Intimacy -- What You Can Learn Week 2 (3/10/2008)
Complete Focusing: On A POSITIVE Experience Week 1 (3/9/2008)
Interpersonal MORE: The Third Person Listening Facilitator Week 1 (3/5/2008)
Instant Ahah! #8: Instant Intimacy -- Sharing Your Day Week 1 (3/4/2008)
Complete Focusing: Interpersonal Situation Week 4 (3/2/2008)
Interpersonal: Myth of Dominance and Focusing Protocol Week 4 (2/28/2008)
Instant Ahah! #6: Toppling The Pyramid Week 4 (2/27/2008)
Complete Focusing: Interpersonal Situation Week 3 (2/24/2008)
Interpersonal: Verbal Abuse Vs. Focusing Protocol Week 3 (2/22/2008)
Instant Ahah! #6: Finding Your Touchstone Mission Week 3 (2/19/2008)
Complete Focusing: Interpersonal Situation Week 2 (2/17/2008)
Interpersonal: Non-Violent Communication Week 2 (2/13/2008)
Instant Ahah! #6: One Small Thing Examples Week 2 (2/11/2008)
Complete Focusing: Interpersonal Situation Week 1 (2/9/2008)
Interpersonal Felt Sensing Exercise!!! Week 1 (2/7/2008)
Interpersonal Felt Sensing: This flower is beautiful TO ME Week 1 (2/7/2008)
Instant Ahah! #6: Empowerment Organization Week 1 (2/4/2008)
Complete Focusing Session: "How Am I Today" with Inner Nurturing Week 4 (2/2/2008)
Caring Feeling Presence: Healing Your Aloneness Week 4 (1/31/2008)
Instant Ahah! #5: Best of hierarchy AND consensus Week 4 (1/29/2008)
Complete Focusing Session: Noticing Critics, Conflicts Week (1/25/2008)
Getting A Felt Sense NEW: The InnerCritic, Inner Abuser, Other Difficult Week 3 (1/23/2008)
Instant Ahah! #5: Caring Feeling Presence At Work Week 3 (1/21/2008)
Complete Focusing Session: Getting Help Learning Focusing Week 2 (1/18/2008)
Getting A Felt Sense NEW: Caring About Unpleasant Parts of Self Week 2 (1/15/2008)
Instant Ahah! #5: Sharing Leadership and Impasse Resolution Week 2 (1/14/2008)
Complete Focusing Session: How am I today? Week 1 (1/12/2008)
Getting A Felt Sense NEW: Creating A Caring Inner Relationship Week 1 (1/9/2008)
Instant Ahah! #5: Having Great Meetings! Collaborative Decision Making: Week 1 (1/7/2008)
Holiday Pause: Perfect Moment of Being (12/29/2007)
Holiday Fun and Stress Relief? Free Personality Tests and Focusing Reminders (12/14/2007)
December Holiday Break With E-Support (12/3/2007)
Felt Sense #4 : Situation Discloses Life Direction Week 4 (11/29/2007)
Relaxation #4: Counting Meditation instead of Focusing? Week 4 (11/27/2007)
Instant Ahah! #4: From Migraine to Tears of Meaning Week 4 (11/26/2007)
Felt Sense #4 : Situation Collisions, Negative Spirals Week 3 (11/24/2007)
Relaxation #4: Counting. Take Ten To Relax Week 3 (11/20/2007)
Instant Ahah! #4: Tears of Being Touched and Being Moved Week 3 (11/19/2007)
Felt Sense : Do your situations leave a residue? Week 2 (11/16/2007)
Relaxation #4: Are You Counting For Calming? Week 2 (11/14/2007)
Instant Ahah! #4: Grieving = Alchemy Week 2 (11/12/2007)
Felt Sense : Intuitive Feel of a Situation Week 1 (11/8/2007)
Relaxation #4: Counting Meditation. Week 1 (11/6/2007)
Instant Ahah! #4: Five-Minute Grieving Week 1 (11/5/2007)
Felt Sense : Clearing A Space Week 4 (11/1/2007)
Relaxation #3: The Forest as Summer Camp. Week 4 (10/30/2007)
Instant "Ahah!"s #3: Social Action for Passive Listening? Week 4 (10/29/2007)
Felt Sense : "Clearing A Space" Before Focusing Turn Week 3 (10/25/2007)
Relaxation #3: The Forest. Real Raindrops . Week 3 (10/23/2007)
Instant "Ahah!"s #3: Al Gore of Passive Listening Week 3 (10/22/2007)
Felt Sense : "Clearing A Space" Week 2 (10/19/2007)
Relaxation #3: Forest . Are you falling off the wagon? Week 2 (10/16/2007)
Instant "Ahah!"s #3: Does Passive Listening Work? Week Two (10/15/2007)
Felt Sense : "Clearing A Space" Week 1 (10/12/2007)
Relaxation #3: Going to The Forest! Week 1 Oct 9 2007 (10/9/2007)
Instant "Ahah!"s #3: Turns Save the World? Week One (10/8/2007)
Felt Sense "Bottom Up" Week 4 (10/4/2007)
Relaxation #2: The Beach -Guided Imagery Week Four Oct 2 2007 (10/2/2007)
Instant "Ahah!"s #2: Review Active Listening Week Four (10/1/2007)
Felt Sense "Bottom Up" and Touch Week 3 (9/27/2007)
Relaxation #2: The Beach -Guided Image vs. Meditation Week Three Sept 25 2007 (9/25/2007)
Instant "Ahah!"s #2: Practice Active Listening Week Three (9/24/2007)
Felt Sense "From The Bottom Up" Week 2 (9/20/2007)
Relaxation #2: The Beach Week Two Sept 18 2007 (9/18/2007)
Instant "Ahah!"s #2: Active Listening and Anger Week Two (9/17/2007)
Felt Sense "From The Bottom Up" Week 1 (9/13/2007)
Relaxation #2: The Beach Week One Sept 11 2007 (9/11/2007)
Instant "Ahah!"s #2: Active Listening and Anger Sept.11,2007 (9/11/2007)
Pre-Focusing "Two Different People" Week 4 (9/6/2007)
Relaxation #1: Noticing. 4th week Sept 4 2007 (9/4/2007)
Instant "Ahah!"s #1: Review of Practicing Week 4 Sept 3, 2007 (9/3/2007)
Pre-Focusing "Two Different People" Week 3 (8/30/2007)
Relaxation #1: Noticing. 3rd week Aug 28 2007 (8/28/2007)
Copy of Pre-Focusing "Two Different People" PRINT AND PRACTICE (8/23/2007)
Sex, Food, Focusing Aug 27 2007 (8/21/2007)
Relaxation #1: Noticing. 2nd Aug 21 2007 (8/21/2007)

These materials are offered purely as self-help skills. In providing them, Dr. McGuire is not engaged in rendering psychological, financial, legal, or other professional services. If expert assistance or counseling is needed, the services of a competent professional should be sought.

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