Would you like to know yourself better—who you are, what you want, how you feel?
Do you have difficulty making decisions?
Are you in the midst of transition, maybe considering a career change, a move, negotiating a divorce, or even suffering with a life-threatening illness?

Would you like to reduce stress?
Expand your creativity?
Become a better listener?
Grow in your relationships?
Have a greater sense of clarity in your life?

If so, I’d love to help you in that process. Eugene Gendlin, the originator of Focusing, has a term “life forward” that speaks to the core of me. That is what I want for myself and all sentient beings. I believe we all have that wellspring of inner wisdom that can be tapped more easily with the process of Focusing, and I truly love being a companion to people ready to grow and flourish.

I come to Focusing from a strong Buddhist background as an ordained Zen priest with 8 years of monastic training in Japan. Focusing has given me an essential piece of the mind-body Oneness “puzzle.” My Focusing training has been with Reva Bernstein and Ann Weiser Cornell, Ph.D. and I’ve sat in on Eugene Gendlin’s Theory Construction course, an early form of Thinking at the Edge.

It is my experience that our wellspring holds the nourishment for both spirituality and creativity. Along with Focusing Inner Relationship Levels workshops, I have taught “Focusing for Musicians,” “Focusing for Writers,” and love working one-on-one with people tapping, shaping, and getting to know intimately their spirituality/creativity and helping it function in the world. Most recently, I’ve completed a unit in Clinical Pastoral Education and served as a hospital chaplain. Through this experience I’ve come to appreciate as sacred my role as “mid-wife” for people facing death or serious illness, and coping with grief and loss.

Personally I’ve found Focusing helpful in being with my mother’s Alzheimer’s, companioning in hospice programs, working with cross-cultural issues, making career decisions and learning to give space to my Inner Critic.

Choose JOY! Let’s connect. Call for a free 20-minute consultation to see if Focusing is right for you.

2007 Prices
Phone sessions
50-minute session: $70.00
3 pre-paid phone sessions: $180.00

In-person sessions
50-minute session: $90.00
3 pre-paid in-person sessions: $250.00

I am also open to trade.

Held regularly through Skagit Community College and when interest indicates.

I am always willing to teach to a group of 4 or more, so if you find people to do a Levels Focusing class with you, I’ll be happy to teach it, either in person or by phone.

Focusing for Musicians, Focusing for Writers, and other Focusing classes are held when interest is shown.

Introductory talks for groups up to 50
45-minute presentation: $180.00 plus transportation
2.5 hour mini-workshop: $350.00 plus transportation

Jan Hodgman, MA
Great Life Focusing
P.O. Box 876
Anacortes, WA 98221