Eugene Gendlin Quotes

Most traditional methods of working on oneself are mostly pain centered. People get to repeat over and over their painful emotions without knowing how to use the body's own inherently positive direction and force.

Eugene Gendlin

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• Most traditional methods of working on oneself are mostly pain centered. People get to repeat over and over their painful emotions without knowing how to use the body's own inherently positive direction and force.

  

  Eugene Gendlin
  • Pain
  • Working
  • Force