Link: Focusing, and Treasure Maps to the Soul

I stumbled across this article about Focusing and Treasure Maps to the Soul. I expected the usual mumbo-jumbo ("try harder!"), but this resonates for me in a compassionate way. I've been reading a bunch of articles and blog posts on the Focusing Resources website.

"During the course of our daily lives, as we encounter those situations that are perpetually stuck, we find ourselves attempting one solution after another. Each of these attempts is only partially successful at dealing with the logistical and experiential challenges of that situation, bringing limited feelings of relief at best. [...] Partial Selves may then need a kind of reparative process, which includes giving them acknowledgement, respect, compassion, and a kind of deep listening for what they have been trying to contribute to the person."

Link: On being gay in medicine

A beautiful article on what has changed in two decades around being a gay doctor.
I could not believe that in a mere two decades we had gone from “I’ve decided not to write you a recommendation” to “Your job is to get this guy’s partner a fellowship.”