How Can You Use Open Focus to Improve the Way You Pay Attention with Author Susan Shor Fehmi

Do you get easily distracted when working and switch your focus to something else on the wall or on your desk? Do you want to improve the way you pay attention?   For this week’s episode of the Weekend Wellness Hour Show, we discussed Open Focus™ with Susan Shor Fehmi, the wife of the late Les Fehmi who developed this methodology. Susan is a psychotherapist who began studying with Les to improve her own attentional skills decades ago.   Susan explained Open Focus™ and how it helps people change the way they pay attention. She explained how her late husband discovered the concept when he finally “let go” of “trying” so hard.   We discussed the different brain wave states and how performing open focus shifts us from a beta state to alpha state. This improves our ability to focus in a relaxed state.   We also touched on narrow focus and why it’s needed for parts of our life but only for short periods of time. Susan related it to the sympathetic nervous system and being in fight or flight mode.   Susan shared how the open focus attentional style helps people reduce pain and improve relationships with others. She explained the importance of recognizing space in ourselves and our surroundings as a way to achieve open focus.   Susan co-authored the book "The Open-Focus Life" with her late husband Les Fehmi to bring awareness to the practice of Open Focus™ to improve attentional skills.  She is currently the Director of the Princeton Biofeedback Centre, LLC in Princeton, N.J. where she combines the teaching of Open Focus™ training with multi-channel, phase synchrony neurofeedback.    Please join us to learn how you can change your attentional skills to improve your health, relationships and focus.   Please feel free to visit www.openfocus.com or reach out to Susan at [email protected].   -Dr. Amy Novotny   Subscribe to PABR Institute's email list for free Tips for Relief: https://pabrinstitute.activehosted.com/f/1   www.pabrinstitute.com