It was such an honor to be in dialogue with Richard.
He guides all of our parts into an open space where healing can begin. We finish our conversation with Richard walking us through an amazing meditation. You’ll want to listen all the way through this BIG TALK! What it means when we spiritually bypass.The intersection between IFS and spirituality.Why we sometimes turn to addictive behavior.Why we are so reactive when we’re triggered.Plus, Richard and I cover so much more! This episode is packed full! Listen now to hear a beautiful story of how SELF showed up for me to heal a wounded part when I was anxious and not able to fall to sleep. In this way, IFS is a very spiritual practice, as well. It’s in that state of Self that we can heal those parts. Instead of going to battle against our wounded inner parts, we can get curious about them. As Richard explains, “They’re all trying their best to keep us safe.”
And then as we live out our lives, we try to protect ourselves from experiencing these parts again by placing them into exile.īut … there are no bad parts. In this episode, Richard explains how our parts can be forced into extreme roles through experiences of abuse or trauma. This part was constantly protecting herself and becoming defensive. She’s the part that wrote 9 books in 10 years.īut in her extreme state, this part of me was having meltdowns on calls with her team. This part has the ability to get a lot done and can take charge when she needs to. Or if you ever said, “A part of me wants to just. Or when you’re embarrassed you recoil into a fearful place. Like when you’re super annoyed with a loved one and you lash out. You know how sometimes it feels like there are different parts of you that show up at different times? IFS is based on the premise that we come into this world with our mind subdivided into a number of parts. I had so many questions to ask him-I could have kept him on the show for hours! What is IFS?įor those of you unfamiliar with IFS, I want to demystify it for you. It’s helped me become a better teacher, a better wife, a better mother, and a better mother to myself.Īnd that’s why it was such an honor to have Richard Schwartz come on Dear Gabby BIG TALK and describe his work. Why was I so obsessed with IFS? Because IFS has been life-altering for me. I read every book, went deeper in my own therapy and talked about it to anyone who would listen. Hearing him describe in detail the mission behind IFS and the promise of the practice helped me understand why and how it was working so well for me. One day, I came across a podcast with a therapist named Richard Schwartz talking about a therapeutic process he developed called Internal Family Systems (IFS).Īs he described the process I screamed out loud, “This is what my therapist has been doing for years!” My own experiences with IFS have been extraordinary and life-changing.įor more than nine years, I was practicing IFS with my therapist and didn’t even realize it until recently! I’m proud to share this conversation with Richard Schwartz, PhD, the founder of the groundbreaking therapy known as Internal Family Systems.
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