On today's episode I chat with Anna Vincentz, a Level 3 IFS therapist who resides in Denmark. We talk about: 1. Attachment: the nervous system and inner and outer coregulation with parents, children, partners, clients and therapists 2. New Danish Parenting: Children always make sense, Relationships matter most, and conscious parenting. Anna says- Parts don't want to settle for unconditional love and attachment from Self. When they actually get connection from Self they realize it is not settling...
Nov 04, 2022•1 hr 1 min•Season 4Ep. 125
On today's episode I chat with Susann Suprenant, Ph.D. Susann is a Level 1 Internal Family Systems practitioner and Guild Certified Feldenkrais Practitioner working with coaching clients in their recovery from chronic pain and other mindbody symptoms. She holds a Ph.D. in Theatre Arts, is trained in Pain Reprocessing Therapy (Howard Shubiner, MD and Alan Gordon, LCSW) and facilitates mindbody support groups with Curable Health. We talk about: 1. Benefits of getting curious about chronic symptoms...
Oct 21, 2022•56 min•Season 4Ep. 124
On today's podcast I chat with Tara Vogel, a Level One IFS trained practitioner and a certified professional astrologer and coach who is passionate about helping people stay connected to themselves and their soul's path via the cosmos. We talk about: 1. The Natal Chart 2. The Moon 3. As above so below (what is happening in the sky today?) 4. Planets as Parts 5. Knowing your child's natal chart is the best parenting hack 6. The daily moon phases- walking through each Zodiac sign Sprinkled through...
Oct 07, 2022•53 min•Season 4Ep. 123
Welcome to Season 4! Today I chat with Dr. Alison Cook, psychologist and author of Boundaries for Your Soul and her new book, The Best of You. We talk about: - Psychology and Faith - The parts that come up with the question, "What do I need?" - What is 'Self', selfishness, and Self-hood? - Alison's experience of hearing a part who feels betrayed by Self - Productive parts and the Enneagram - Codependency, Relationships, and Fawning Alison says, "The Best of You is YOU leading all the parts of yo...
Sep 16, 2022•48 min•Season 4Ep. 122
On today's episode I chat with Payam, a Psychedelic Somatic Internal Family Systems Practitioner who interfaces with various traditional and non-traditional psychedelic compounds in the treatment of trauma and chronic pain. He collaborates internationally with world-renowned doctors and therapists in the treatment of an underserved population. Additionally, he has presented his work at numerous medical conferences reporting on the nature of pain through the unitary Mind-Body paradigm while also ...
Jun 03, 2022•57 min•Season 3Ep. 120
On today's episode I chat with Kim Smith. Kim created a journal to help you have conversations between yourSelf and your parts. This is such a valuable tool for the IFS community. Kim is an author and publisher. Her late grandmother invited miraculous possibility with 3 words, "Enjoy Your Life." The mission of Unbelievable Freedom Books is to pass these words on to freedom-seeking readers everywhere. Kim is one of the most motivational and inspirational people I know. I invite you to listen for ...
May 20, 2022•40 min•Season 3Ep. 119
On today's episode I chat with Dr. Tanner Wallace, an IFS trained practitioner who is at the helm of the survivor-led trauma recovery revolution. She guides adults with complex trauma on relationship healing journeys so that they reclaim everything they lost along the way. This episode is amazing for many reasons- what I especially love about it is I think it will be helpful for people new to the IFS model and for people who get overwhelmed and flooded when they go inside. Tanner offers practica...
May 06, 2022•58 min•Season 3Ep. 118
On today's episode, I talk with Melissa Mose, MA, LMFT, who is a Level 3 trained Certified Internal Family Systems Therapist and a graduate of the Advanced Behavioral Therapy Training Institute. She specializes in treating anxiety disorders and OCD and has had a private practice in southern California for nearly 30 years. ----------- *Check out Melissa's website here: Upcoming Workshops and Groups - Melissa Mose, LMFT (melissamosemft.com) *Melissa will be speaking at this virtual conference: OCD...
Apr 08, 2022•54 min
On today's podcast I chat with Suzan McVicker and Julia Sullivan. They are part of the Indigenous Elder IFS Council who spoke at the 2021 IFS Annual Conference. Here is their entire workshop on Youtube! (Thank you Sara Oberg!): The Spirit of the Circle: Indigenous Worldview IFS Resonance - YouTube ----- Suzan McVicker became an IFS trainer in 1999 when two year basic IFS trainings--as they were called them back then--were first offered. After joining several IFS training teams and teaching IFS i...
Mar 25, 2022•51 min•Season 3Ep. 116
On today's podcast I chat with Christopher Gray and Yaniv Rose. Chris and Yaniv run IFS and Authentic relating groups and courses that are wildly popular. Chris is a leadership development consultant, helping teams move from protection to connection, candor with curiosity, and creativity. His 20 year career as a Product Leader in Silicon Valley informs his mission in life: to end corporate suffering. He's a certified Authentic Relating facilitator and the co-developer of "The ART of IFS", which ...
Mar 04, 2022•1 hr 17 min•Season 3Ep. 115
On today's podcast I chat with Derek Scott about the stuck points that occur when working with clients or in our own systems. The video version of this episode is here: IFS Q&A #6 - YouTube The session Derek and I did is here: Complete IFS Session - YouTube For more info about Derek and ALL his offerings go here: Home - IFSCA You can get the recording of the MasterClass he references with Liz Phillips here: IFS Masterclass - IFSCA --- The One Inside: 30 days to your Authentic Self will be av...
Feb 18, 2022•46 min•Season 3Ep. 114
*****Information about the IFS and Enneagram Course starting in MARCH 2022 on both of our websites (see below)****** ---- Joan Ryan and I spend 6 episodes discussing IFS and the Enneagram. These will be weekly episodes that are around 30-minutes. Here is an outline of all the episodes: 1. Introduction to the Integration 2. Centers of Intelligence 3. Heart Center Types and IFS 4. Head Center Types and IFS 5. Body Center Types and IFS 6. Higher Qualities as Access Points to Self Energy ---- We wil...
Feb 11, 2022•30 min•Season 3Ep. 113
Joan Ryan and I spend 6 episodes discussing IFS and the Enneagram. These will be weekly episodes that are around 30-minutes. Here is an outline of all the episodes: 1. Introduction to the Integration 2. Centers of Intelligence 3. Heart Center Types and IFS 4. Head Center Types and IFS 5. Body Center Types and IFS 6. Higher Qualities as Access Points to Self Energy ---- We will be running a 6 week Course starting in March---- More details to come! Here is the original podcast Joan did about the E...
Feb 04, 2022•36 min•Season 3Ep. 112
Joan Ryan and I are spending the next 6 episodes discussing IFS and the Enneagram. These will be weekly episodes that are around 30-minutes. Here is an outline of all the episodes: 1. Introduction to the Integration 2. Centers of Intelligence 3. Heart Center Types and IFS 4. Head Center Types and IFS 5. Body Center Types and IFS 6. Higher Qualities as Access Points to Self Energy ---- We will be running a 6 week Course starting in March---- More details to come! Here is the original podcast Joan...
Jan 28, 2022•37 min•Season 3Ep. 111
Joan Ryan and I are spending the next 6 episodes discussing IFS and the Enneagram. These will be weekly episodes that are around 30-minutes. Here is an outline of all the episodes: 1. Introduction to the Integration 2. Centers of Intelligence 3. Heart Center Types and IFS 4. Head Center Types and IFS 5. Body Center Types and IFS 6. Higher Qualities as Access Points to Self Energy ---- We will be running a 6 week Course starting in March---- More details to come! Here is the original podcast Joan...
Jan 21, 2022•35 min•Season 3Ep. 110
Joan Ryan and I are spending the next 6 episodes discussing IFS and the Enneagram. These will be weekly episodes that are around 30-minutes. Here is an outline of all the episodes: 1. Introduction to the Integration 2. Centers of Intelligence 3. Heart Center Types and IFS 4. Head Center Types and IFS 5. Body Center Types and IFS 6. Higher Qualities as Access Points to Self Energy ---- We will be running a 6 week Course starting in March---- More details to come! Here is the original podcast Joan...
Jan 14, 2022•29 min•Season 3Ep. 109
Joan Ryan and I are spending the next 6 episodes discussing IFS and the Enneagram. These will be weekly episodes that are around 30-minutes. Here is an outline of the next 6 epis: 1. Introduction to the Integration 2. Centers of Intelligence 3. Heart Center Types and IFS 4. Head Center Types and IFS 5. Body Center Types and IFS 6. Higher Qualities as Access Points to Self Energy ---- We will be running a 6 week Course starting in March---- More details to come! Here is the original podcast Joan ...
Jan 07, 2022•36 min•Season 3Ep. 108
On today's podcast I chat with Kim Schneiderman, MSW, LCSW. Kim is an "All but paperwork and a video" away from IFS Certification. She is a psychotherapist with the Psychotherapy and Spirituality Institute (PSI) in Manhattan. She is also the author of "Step Out of Your Story: Writing Exercises to Reframe and Transform Your Life" and the Novel Perspective blog on Psychology Today. She has taught self-discovery writing workshops at the New York Open Center, the 92nd Street Y, the JCC of Manhattan,...
Dec 03, 2021•57 min•Season 3Ep. 106
On today's episode I chat with Certified IFS Therapist Joanne Twombly. Joanne wrote a chapter entitled "Integrating Phase Oriented Treatment of Clients with Dissociative Disorders" in the IFS: New Dimensions book found here: Internal Family Systems Therapy: New Dimensions | IFS Institute (ifs-institute.com) Here are all the Controversial (in the IFS world!) topics we cover: - Why we still need coping skills - Firedrill exercise to quickly unblend from parts - Integrating IFS into Phase Oriented ...
Nov 12, 2021•57 min•Season 3Ep. 105
I'm super excited to welcome back to the podcast my friend, Jenna Riemersma. Jenna and I were chatting about her concept of 'Moving Towards' and decided to do another episode together. Jenna is such an amazing teacher, and I am thrilled that she shares her wisdom with us. I felt so much Self energy and calmness in the middle of the podcast I forgot to ask about her 'Three Steps!'. Thankfully, she reminded my parts who got back online quickly. Here is an outline: - Burdened parts move against - M...
Oct 22, 2021•53 min•Season 3Ep. 104
On today's episode I chat again with my first guest ever, Jim Abrams. Jim is a frequent program assistant at IFS trainings so he is well known by many. Jim emailed me checking in and sharing lessons he is learning, and we wanted to share them with you! Outline: 1. When a problem becomes real. 2. Changing ones experience of the circumstances. 3. Holding and honoring parts who feel sad, grief, worry and joy simultaneously. 4. Sometimes we need someone else. 5. Polarities- Life is hard and life is ...
Sep 30, 2021•33 min•Season 3Ep. 103
On today's podcast I chat with Alessio Rizzo and Robert Fox about having hope when treating and living with Obsessive Compulsive Disorder. Alessio is a fully accredited Gestalt psychotherapist in the UK and a psychotherapy lecturer. He is a Level 3 IFS therapist and has been a PA for Derek Scott on the Stepping Out Program. He is working towards his IFS certification. Rob is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor who practices in Woburn, Massachusetts. He is a IFS level 3 trained and Certified and a...
Sep 17, 2021•1 hr 3 min•Season 3Ep. 102
On today's episode I chat with David Mederios, Level Two trained IFS therapist. David has been a program assistant for multiple level one and level two trainings. He has presented at several annual IFS conferences. He spent a year working with Dr. Richard Schwartz and co-presented their experience treating someone diagnosed with Schizophrenia at an annual IFS Conference. David collaborated on the production of Good Grief, which toured nationally. David and I have a lot of a laughs throughout thi...
Aug 27, 2021•1 hr 1 min•Season 3Ep. 101
Here we are! - Together for the 100th episode with Dick Schwartz. Dick has always been supportive and kind to me- from meeting him when I came out of a consultation group and he was standing in a hallway alone, to an unfortunate situation at a conference. He has been open and available for this podcast, and I am so grateful. Dick has a new book out this week called "No Bad Parts," which we planned to talk about. And we do- a little bit. What happened during our chat was we just started catching ...
Jul 09, 2021•54 min•Season 2Ep. 100
On today's episode I chat with Frank Anderson. His new book, "Transcending Trauma" has been out for a month or so now, and he has done a few podcasts. I wanted to talk to him about how he is doing and what is going on in his life. So! This is not just about trauma or his book. This is not about what is happening in the IFS world since Frank is an insider. This is not about Frank's workshops and IFS manuals and all those things. This episode - the 99th episode- is about authenticity. We talk abou...
Jul 02, 2021•45 min•Season 2Ep. 99
On today's episode I chat with Norma Stevens who is an LCPC in private practice in the Baltimore/DC area. She is a Research Therapist for a Clinical Trial for Psilocybin Assisted Therapy for Depression in Cancer Patients and a Therapist for the MAPS Expanded Access Program for MDMA Assisted Psychotherapy for PTSD at the William Richards Healing Center in the Aquilino Cancer Center in Rockville, MD. She is a Certified IFS therapist and an Approved IFS Supervisor for Certification. She has worked ...
Jun 25, 2021•51 min•Season 2Ep. 98
On today's podcast I talk with New York Times Best Selling Author, Speaker and lover of IFS Gabby Bernstein. For over fifteen years, Gabby has been transforming lives—including her own. The #1 New York Times bestselling author has penned eight books including The Universe Has Your Back, Super Attractor and the latest, her first Audible Original, You Are the Guru. In her weekly podcast, Dear Gabby, she offers up real-time coaching, straight talk and conversations about personal growth and sp...
Jun 18, 2021•41 min•Season 2Ep. 97
On today's episode I chat with Liz Phillips. Liz comes to couples therapy after four decades of observing and experiencing couple disconnection, and one decade training in couples work to ensure she could be of service. She completed her Level 1 in IFS and Level 2 in IFIO and now runs IFIO-informed workshops to introduce the model to other couples therapists. IFIO stands for Intimacy from the Inside out, and it is the 'couples division' of IFS. Currently based in Toronto, Liz is a self proclaime...
Jun 11, 2021•54 min•Season 2Ep. 96
On today's episode I chat with Leslie Petruk, Assistant trainer with the IFS Institute. Leslie is a parenting EXPERT and I am thrilled she took time out of her busy schedule to hang out. This is Leslie's third time as a guest on the podcast and all my parenting parts are thrilled to have her on again. Even though this is titled "mom guilt" this episode is for any parental/adult figure who is raising little ones. We talk about: - I am Bad. -Ways shame shows up in moms - Importance of Repair (and ...
Jun 04, 2021•44 min•Season 2Ep. 95
On today's episode I chat with Justin Martin, an IFS therapist who lives in FL where he enjoys avoiding Disneyworld, taking advantage of the abundance of palm trees, and writing incredible poetry. Justin has been IFS informed for a few years and is finishing his level one IFS training. We talk about all things MEN. I so appreciate Justin's openness and vulnerability during our conversation. We cover: - Men's competitive parts - Messages men get throughout their life and the need to exile vulnera...
May 28, 2021•54 min•Season 2Ep. 94
