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Doorways to a More Authentic You 2 - Summer 2025

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Doorways 2 continues to build on the skills and concepts practiced in DW1. DW1 (or the equivalent of Focusing Levels 1&2 with another teacher) are a prerequisite to taking DW2. In this course you’ll continue to grow in your Focusing and Companioning skills - dealing with inner critics, feelings about feelings, recognizing close and distant processes, sensing what a part is not wanting, and more!
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Contents

Welcome‼️

So glad to have you for the 2nd half of Doorways! Take some time before we start to engage with a few of the things here.

Cultivating your Self@E.A.S.E. and Clearing A Space Pages
Clearing a Space Pages video.mp4
Zoom link for all our live, online classes
Optional: Schedule a discounted Guided Focusing Session with Paula
A note on the usage of Doorways Written Materials
➡️ Class Roster 💕 for scheduling partnerships.
How does this Podia thing work
Where have we come from - WATCH THIS first!

Class 1 - The Gentle Holding in Transitions

In this first week we’ll remind ourselves of what we’ve hopefully learned so far - as well as look at some key things about beginnings and endings of a session.

Main Takeaways:
  • A Focusing session can be started in three ways: (1) with an issue, (2) with a presently felt body sensation, (3) coming into the body with an openness to what wants attention
  • One reason the starting place is important is that it opens up the many uses of Focusing: decisions, puzzling repetitive patterns, emotional healing, creativity, etc.
  • Ending the Focusing session is important because it can help with containment and a sense of moving forward in the next most authentic and “right” step toward healing and wholeness.
Doorways 2 Reading - Week 01.pdf
Week 01 - Liturgy of Grace.pdf
Lead Ins.pdf

Class 1 - The Healing Power of Empathy

Empathy and Shame - Brene Brown
Empathy vs Sympathy - Brené Brown video
Doorways 2 Reading - Week 02.pdf
Doorways2 Liturgy of Grace Week 02.pdf

Class 1 - The Art of Not Asking Questions

Main Skills

  • Knowing the difference between a “reflection” and a “reminder”
  • Being able to add a “cushion” to a reminder
  • Being able to take extra time when feeling something “positive” in the body
  • As Focuser, knowing how to ask for a reminder
Key Concepts
  • A reflection is a statement that mirrors without offering a next step. A reminder is an invitation to take a next step.
  • Adding “cushions” to reminders makes them gentler, and easier for the Focuser to adapt or ignore.
  • In a session where reminders are given, the Focuser is still in charge.
Doorways 2 Reading - Week 03.pdf
DW2 Liturgy of Grace
Self Instructions and Reminders.pdf
Types of reFlections we've learned so far...
DW3 Summer 2025 - class 1.mp4

Class 2 - Close and Distant process

Doorways 2 Reading - Week 04.pdf
DW2 Liturgy of Grace - Week 04.pdf
A discussion about close:distant process
Pop Quiz!!!
Optional Demo: DW2 Wk 03 demo video

Class 2 - Unhurried Depths of Soul

No reading this week‼️
How a Canal Locks works - a model for our process
Focusing locks Model.pdf
Checking in Mid-way
DW2 Liturgy of Grace - Week 05.pdf
IRF Relational Movements Poster-1.pdf
DW2 Class Recording 07.15.25.mp4

Class 3 - Feelings about the Feelings

Doorways 2 Reading - Week 06.pdf
DW2 Liturgy of Grace - Week 06.pdf

Class 3 - What Your Harsh Inner Critic Needs Most

By now you've experienced inner critic voices (or choirs of critics). In what ways do we create space for the inner critic to be welcomed and listened to?
Doorways 2 Reading - Week 07.pdf
DW2 Liturgy of Grace - Week 07.pdf
Shifting your inner critic - AWC
What is that? A short video of what a “critic” needs…
Inner Critic Attunement.mp3
Inner Critic reflections and reminders.pdf
DW2 Class recording Feeling about Feeling.Inner Critic 07.29.25.mp4

Class 4 - Felt Shift Gift of Grace

Doorways 2 Reading - Week 08.pdf
DW2 Liturgy of Grace - Week 08.pdf
For more on inner critic - Read this online article
Optional Reading: Why Focusing Works.pdf

Class 4 - Where have we come from? Where are we going?

Doorways 2 Reading - Week 09.pdf
For more on Process Skipping, watch this
Five Questions to Help you Evaluate the Psychological Health of “Spiritual” and “Growth” Practices
Your Liturgy of Grace

Class 4 - Where are We Going?

Doorways 2 Reading - Week 10.pdf
Optional Reading from AWC: Body, what body?
Invitations to Savoring.pdf
DW2 Class 08.21.25.mp4

To be continued... more opportunities to learn and practice Focusing

What comes next?