Discovering Gendlin’s Focusing at 90 with Julie Friedeberger

This celebrates EPISODE 50 of The Living Process as well as Gendlin's 100th anniversary. Julie shares her life story, including her Jewish heritage and the history of persecution of her family, her husband's persecution during the Second World War and sharing this history with Gene Gendlin and his escape to America. Julie worked on the original research with Gendlin in the late 1950s and was a client in that research.

She discusses her move to England, and her dedication to teaching and writing about Yoga. Julie also talks about the challenges of her own cancer and caring for her husband with dementia, which took years to recover from. Therapy and Focusing played a significant role in her recovery.

At 90, Julie rediscovered Gene’s work and began guided Focusing sessions, now pursuing practitioner training. This episode is a heartfelt tribute to Gene’s 100th anniversary, Julie's life story, and the 50th episode of The Living Process.

Episode 50 - https://youtu.be/6h-ipxRo1G4

The Living Process - all episodes and podcast links: https://www.londonfocusing.com/the-living-process/

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Julie Friedeberger Bio: Born in NYC 1935. She worked as a Research Secretary at the U of C counselling centre when Gendlin was there. She left America for London in 1961 to marry her husband, painter Klaus Friedeberger. Later and for many years she taught teaching and wrote about yoga and trained with Swami Dharmananda Saraswati in the Satyananda tradition. Jule wrote A Visible Wound: A Healing Journey through Breast Cancer (1996) and The Healing Power of Yoga (2006). The books are out of print but available on Amazon and ABE Books.

https://www.dunerastories.monash.edu/dunera-stories/klaus-friedeberger.html

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The Living Process with guest, Monica Gomez Galez, hosted by Greg MadisonBiodecoding & Wholebody Focusing. Episode 49 Monica tells many fascinating stories about her Focusing journey and her life experiences. For example at her first Focusing event she shared a cigarette with a man outside, telling him that she thought these Focusing people are crazy. That man turned out to be Eugene Gendlin. Monica combines Biodecoding, a way of working with physical symptoms, with Wholebody Focusing. Each physical symptom points to a solution which returns the whole being to its balance. Through Biodecoding and Focusing she has a better understanding of her own Body History, and has been able to evolve her listening practice to include an awareness of biological function. These ideas are based on an approach by psychotherapists and researchers Christian Flèche, Dr. Ryke Gerd Hamer, Marc Fréchet, and others. Episode 49 - Biodecoding and Wholebody Focusing with Monica Gomez Galaz: https://youtu.be/UCrjIoLRJkIThe Living Process - all episodes and podcast links: https://www.londonfocusing.com/the-living-process/TLP YouTube video channel: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLC0TgN6iVu3n9d9q2l43z1xBMYY3p9FQLBio: Monica has a background in Engineering and Finance before becoming a Coach, a certifying Coordinator, and Focusing Trainer offering courses in Mexico City. She currently teaches Focusing and A Process Model in Montserrat, northern Spain. She has a book coming out soon, Rotos para Descosidos, offering a fresh and honest look at the experiences of couples. Monica always enjoys good conversation with a generous amount of humour. She is considering offering a new certifying programme in Mexico. Her email is: mggalaz@hotmail.com https://wholebodyfocusing.com/community/monica-gomez-galaz

The Power of Gentle Presence, with John Amodeo, PhD on The Living Process with Greg Madison, PhD. Episode 48. I am pleased to welcome back Dr John Amodeo to talk about his new book, The Power of Gentle Presence, Insights for Inner Peace and Deeper Relationships.

John brings his usual good humour and years of experience as a psychologist, Buddhist meditator and Focusing person to this discussion of the many topics he touches on in his new book.

The book integrates new versions of articles from his widely-read regular column in Psychology Today. In this episode John and I talk about emotional safety, shame, love, the inner critic and understanding these issues on a wider national level in contemporary politics. John Amodeo. PhD, LMFT, holds graduate degrees in both Clinical Psychology and Transpersonal Psychology. He is the author of five books and has a very popular regular column in Psychology Today. John is a Certified Focusing Trainer and Certified Focusing-Oriented Therapist. He has lectured at universities internationally, and has featured on national television and radio programs. He has led workshops at Esalen Institute, JFK University, The Omega Institute, and The New York Open Center, and resides in Sonoma County, California.For more information on John and his work see:

https://www.johnamodeo.comEpisode 48. with John Amodeo: https://youtu.be/3J9a2C1rbocThe Living Process - all episodes and podcast links:https://www.londonfocusing.com/the-living-process/Living Process on the FOT Youtube Channel:https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLx3FqA70kQWuHCHmEiZnkn1VcrRIPbcvkThe Living Process is available on Youtube and all podcast platforms. Transcripts are also available on each platform. #Focusing #Gendlin #Zen #johnamodeo #buddhist #Bodytherapy #Experientialpractice #Awareness #Somaticwork #Zenmeditation #authenticity #bodymind #buddhist #shame #couplestherapy #focusingorientedtherapy #presence