No Bad Parts: An Introduction to Internal Family Systems (IFS)
You know the voices inside your head – the one that tells you you’re not good enough, the one that makes you check your teeth for gunk before leaving the house, or maybe the one that has an outsized temper tantrum when slighted. The noise can be unrelenting. But what if you could befriend these chatter boxes, our roommates inside our minds? Enter Internal Family Systems (IFS).
In this episode of Hold That Thought, hosts Becca Havian and Taylor Lord explore the basics of IFS, a model of psychotherapy that helps us better understand ourselves by identifying and getting close to our sub-personalities or “parts.”
This episode is the fifth and final episode in the first Hold That Thought mini-series — Building a Home in Your Mind. Come back next week for the start of our second mini-series about connecting to others.
Topics Include: Internal Family Systems, IFS, therapy, mental health and wellness, identity, meditation, relationships, personal development, parts work.
Resources:
“What is IFS Therapy? | Intro to Internal Family Systems” YouTube video by Dr. Tori Olds
"The Huberman Lab" episode with Dr. Schwartz
"We Can Do Hard Things" episode with Dr. Schwartz
"The Untethered Soul" by Michael Singer
“No Bad Parts: Healing Trauma and Restoring Wholeness with the Internal Family Systems Model” by Richard Schwartz
