Part 2 of 4. Exiles, managers, and firefighters. None of them is the foundation. Once you beginning recognizing parts, you need names for the ones that keep showing up. IFS uses three. You do not have to love the labels. You do have to stop confusing them with the image of God in you. Exiles: …
Part 1 of 4. The image of God, what IFS actually is, and what trauma does to the likeness of God in us. You can love someone and want to leave the room in the same minute. You can want prayer and not be able to sit still for it. You can believe God is …
Internal Family Systems starts with a simple claim that many people feel before they can name it. You are not one single voice. You are a system. There is the part that keeps the calendar tight and the house in order. The part that goes blank in conflict. The part that snaps when it has …