You & All Your Parts
Curious about Internal Family Systems and how to consistently work with your Parts in a gentle, compassionate way that helps you feel calmer, happier, and more alive? Listen in as Laura Lively, Certified IFS Practioner, shares tips on building the crucial relationship between Self Energy and Parts.
Episodes

Jan 15, 2023
Jan 15, 2023
7 min
Tune in as Laura shares her favorite Time Travel exercise to help her system out when she has a Firefighter who wants to put out the flames of pain. As your system trusts you in Self-Energy, you will have more and more opportunities to show your Firefighters that you can lead the system.

Jan 15, 2023
Jan 15, 2023
5 min
Laura shares her two favorite conversation gambits for Parts: 'Tell me more' and 'Why is that?' She talks about how important it is to ensure you're not blended with a Judger or Inner Critic when talking with your Parts. Tune in and drop Laura a line if you have any questions.

Jan 15, 2023
Jan 15, 2023
11 min
A listener asked, "Do we have sub-systems in our Parts?" Youbetcha! Listen as Laura shares how her own Alcohol Sub-system worked until she healed it. She'll share how we don't always know what is going on in our systems until we ask the Parts. You won't want to miss this episode.

Jan 14, 2023
Jan 14, 2023
3 min
Once you begin unburdening your Parts, we find out what they want to invite back into their life. What do your healed Parts want? Tune in as Laura shares some of the most common things healed Parts invite back into their lives. She invites you to consider how you can give your Parts what they need.

Jan 14, 2023
Jan 14, 2023
5 min
Can you negotiate a better strategy for your entire system with your Parts that like to binge-watch TV? Or spend hours on a coloring app or word game on your phone? Tune in as Laura shares how she and her clients have created workable ways to negotiate with Parts that generally just want you to relax and have a good time.

Jan 14, 2023
Jan 14, 2023
3 min
Parts all have their own agenda. They (mostly) want to keep us safe and are convinced only they know how to do that. Self and Self-Energy don't have an agenda except to heal their Parts. Confused? Let Laura tell you how she can tell if Self Energy or a Part is leading in her or her clients' systems.

Dec 20, 2022
Dec 20, 2022
5 min
The first time Laura heard that she should be nice to her Inner Critics, her eyebrow raised in a perfect imitation of Mr. Spock from Star Trek. Be nice??? To the Critics?? Tune in as she explains how she became a believer. Hopefully, you'll be a convert, too, after this episode!

Dec 20, 2022
Dec 20, 2022
3 min
Tune in as Laura shares how she uses her Distractor Parts to help her out of a bind; after all, all Parts are welcome, right? How can you use your Distractor Parts to help you?

Dec 20, 2022
Dec 20, 2022
4 min
How do you use Awareness to enhance your Parts Work journey? Laura offers tips to build awareness about your inner state into your day.

Dec 19, 2022
Dec 19, 2022
6 min
Laura believes Parts want three things: to be acknowledged, accepted, and appreciated. Listen in as she explains why this might be easier said than done, and why it's so important.




