The Open-Focus Life
Practices to Develop Attention and Awareness for Optimal Well-Being

I really wanted to like this book and I did appreciate some aspects of it— the emphasis on opening up our focus and being able to shift between attention styles was good and healthy. However, in one of the examples in the chapter on emotional pain, the client allowed her painful emotions to go out i......more

I had never heard of the Open-Focus technique but was intrigued by the book's description. I always thought that being able to be laser-focused was a good thing, but this books shows you how that can also be harmful. Because of this book, I'm paying more attention to my space-within and around me. I......more

The Open-Focus Life is an interesting book presenting this technique to ground you more and pay attention to the space around you and your feelings. It provides a lot of practical examples of people who successfully used it to make areas in their life better. It gets a bit repetitive at points, and I......more

I appreciated the differentiation of ways to focus my attention. My son has told me in the past not to focus so hard. It is draining. Now I am practicing half-listening, not putting so much energy into what others are saying unless it is a relative. Not sure how important the concept of space is. It......more

This book reflects on learning to pay attention and how to be flexible with your focus can profoundly change how you respond to everyday life. The Open-Focus Life shows you many different ways of paying attention and illustrates how to use different attention styles as powerful tools to help you fee......more