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Internal Family Systems live sessions & demos. Free and open-sourced peer-work. This is not therapy. We claim no expertise and sell nothing but hope.

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  1. 506: Onyx A. revisits

    🔸 Judging grace 🎓 What I'd like to do differently: I'm off-base when I finish her sentences, but she moves so quickly, I feel like my questions often slow her down, so it’s all I can offer. And I get struck by these feelings of serendipity; like in this call, trying to keep up at top speed but...

  2. 505: Christine A. revisits

    🔸 Practitioner qualifications 🎓 What I'd like to do differently: Talking too much. Sorry, Christine. Semi-IFS calls (when someone wants to talk about a thing, outside of usual IFS schedule) are tricky. Re: "how it feels when mom says…" I felt like protectors wouldn’t let us go there, so I…

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  3. 503: Karyssa A. revisits

    🔸 Healthy anger. Explode or do nothing. ----- 🗳 Send anonymous feedback to James: Feedback Form 😀Come chat with us: Discord 🙏PLEASE help Internal Family Systems reach more people. Subscribe, give a rating, or comment here: Itunes YouTube How to leave a review - iPhone 👉 Find your ACE score...

  4. 502: Steve A. revisits

    🔸 My father: I've had enough / would like some resolution 🎓 What I'd like to do differently: The way Steve frequently shares his somatic state is so helpful; something I'm missing by doing audio-only. I should add it to my default, "use anytime" set of questions. Around min 31, I struggled to...

  5. 501: Sam A. revisits

    🔸 Ah there it is again, this big mound of disappointment in myself ----- 🗳 Send anonymous feedback to James: Feedback Form 😀Come chat with us: Discord 🙏PLEASE help Internal Family Systems reach more people. Subscribe, give a rating, or comment here: Itunes YouTube How to leave a review…

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  6. 499: Riben A. revisits

    🔸 Nothing I can possibly understand about an abstract fetal part; the root of my anger issues. 🎓 What I'd like to do differently: First call at new time slot: 630am (in Vietnam). I stopped offering it after a few months, having become aware of those crafty parts always suggesting any IFS stuff…

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  7. 497: Christine guides Mimi A.

    🔸 Another version of me that could be with my mother. 🔹 Parts: P: Membrane, buffer. Doing the job of creating another me. Blocking the comparison to another. Needs more time in nature and free expression, free hand doodling for 5 minutes, 5 days. "Open your eyes and really see" P: Gotta find…

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  8. 496: Jules A. revisits

    🔸 LSD. My partner, my self. 🎓 What I'd like to do differently: When I would meet my former business partner on the job site, my first task was to figure out how much he already had to drink. And knowing that, I still couldn't predict how productive we would be. Are we going to get some work…

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  9. 498: Genie A. revisits

    🔸 If mom wants to go… 📌 Justine call referenced is #411 ----- 🗳 Send anonymous feedback to James: Feedback Form 😀Come chat with us: Discord 🙏PLEASE help Internal Family Systems reach more people. Subscribe, give a rating, or comment here: Itunes YouTube How to leave a review - iPhone 👉 Find...

  10. 495: Christine A. revisits

    🔸 Smoke; a solid ally, something to hold on to in a storm. 🎓 What I'd like to do differently: Funky energy today, failing to shift my sleep schedule before going to Vietnam next week. And more tempted to go completely off script working w Christine, like in experimenting w not you-turn today....

  11. 494: Grace A. revisits

    🔸 At risk all the time. More than validation. ----- 🗳 Send anonymous feedback to James: Feedback Form 😀Come chat with us: Discord 🙏PLEASE help Internal Family Systems reach more people. Subscribe, give a rating, or comment here: Itunes YouTube How to leave a review - iPhone 👉 Find your ACE...

  12. 493: Onyx A. revisits

    🔸 Too gay... (nobody likes the critic)📌 The last convo we're referencing was not published. ----- 🗳 Send anonymous feedback to James: Feedback Form 😀Come chat with us: Discord 🙏PLEASE help Internal Family Systems reach more people. Subscribe, give a rating, or comment here: Itunes YouTube…

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  13. 492: Karyssa A. revisits

    🔸 No point in being here anymore ----- 🗳 Send anonymous feedback to James: Feedback Form 😀Come chat with us: Discord 🙏PLEASE help Internal Family Systems reach more people. Subscribe, give a rating, or comment here: Itunes YouTube How to leave a review - iPhone 👉 Find your ACE score with…

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  14. 491: Steve A. - first call

    🔸 Will I be any good at this? ----- 🗳 Send anonymous feedback to James: Feedback Form 😀Come chat with us: Discord 🙏PLEASE help Internal Family Systems reach more people. Subscribe, give a rating, or comment here: Itunes YouTube How to leave a review - iPhone 👉 Find your ACE score with this...

  15. 490: Sam A. revisits

    🔸 I can never grow up 🎓 What I'd like to do differently: Glad I got a redo on "change bodies"! It didn’t feel quite right but I was in "you can do anything" mode. -----🗳 Send anonymous feedback to James: Feedback Form😀Come chat with us: Discord🙏PLEASE help Internal Family Systems reach more...

  16. 🇻🇳 Trò chuyện với các phần nội tâm - Hệ thống Gia đình Nội tâm (Tiếng Việt)

    #InternalFamilySystems #IFS #HệThốngGiaĐìnhNộiTâm #PartsWork #SứcKhoẻTinhThần #ChữaLành #ViệtNam #TâmLýHọc #KhámPháBảnThân ----- 🗳 Gửi phản hồi ẩn danh cho James: Feedback Form 😀 Hãy trò chuyện với chúng tôi trên Discord: Discord 🙏 VUI LÒNG giúp hệ thống gia đình nội tâm bộ tiếp cận được nhiều...

  17. 489: Christine guides Genie A.

    🔸 Breaking it down into little bits ----- 🗳 Send anonymous feedback to James: Feedback Form 😀Come chat with us: Discord 🙏PLEASE help Internal Family Systems reach more people. Subscribe, give a rating, or comment here: Itunes YouTube How to leave a review - iPhone 👉 Find your ACE score with...

  18. 488: Jules A. on MDMA - first call

    🔸 Sex is love, Insight's a drug 📌 Jules edited the call; I am not sure what, if anything, was cut. I also have no way of *knowing* what drug/dose Jules took, and because this is our first chat, have no baseline to compare to. Please test your drugs, it's cheap and easy: https://dancesafe.org...

  19. 487: Christine A. revisits

    🔸 Lights out, no sweet dreams. 🎓 What I'd like to do differently: Am I saying "life out" towards the end instead of "lights"? Maybe that's what I heard around 21m and got it wrong in my notes. Sounds like I'm not listening very well. ----- 🗳 Send anonymous feedback to James: Feedback Form…

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  20. 486: Mimi A. revisits

    🔸 Hazy speaks, avalanche, notes on MDMA ----- 🗳 Send anonymous feedback to James: Feedback Form 😀Come chat with us: Discord 🙏PLEASE help Internal Family Systems reach more people. Subscribe, give a rating, or comment here: Itunes YouTube How to leave a review - iPhone 👉 Find your ACE score...

  21. 485: Grace A. revisits

    🔸 Keep whipping, she might get it right eventually ----- 🗳 Send anonymous feedback to James: Feedback Form 😀Come chat with us: Discord 🙏PLEASE help Internal Family Systems reach more people. Subscribe, give a rating, or comment here: Itunes YouTube How to leave a review - iPhone 👉 Find your...

  22. 484: Christine guides Mio A.

    🔸 My life's work: A safe haven inside my Self ----- 🗳 Send anonymous feedback to James: Feedback Form 😀Come chat with us: Discord 🙏PLEASE help Internal Family Systems reach more people. Subscribe, give a rating, or comment here: Itunes YouTube How to leave a review - iPhone 👉 Find your ACE...

  23. 483: Karyssa A. revisits

    🔸 I don’t excel in this area | (New_Job * (ADHD - medication)) ----- 🗳 Send anonymous feedback to James: Feedback Form 😀Come chat with us: Discord 🙏PLEASE help Internal Family Systems reach more people. Subscribe, give a rating, or comment here: Itunes YouTube How to leave a review - iPhone…

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  24. 482: Theresa A. revisits

    🔸 Legalize it. (The enthusiast turned up) 🛌 See my tips for ⁠How to Go To Bed On Time⁠ 🎓 What I'd like to do differently: I sound low and unfocused, but didn't notice at the time. I had just returned from a couple days camping, thought I was recharged. I guess there was a lot involved in…

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  25. 481: Sam A. revisits

    🔸 The critic: You see them, dont you? ----- 🗳 Send anonymous feedback to James: Feedback Form 😀Come chat with us: Discord 🙏PLEASE help Internal Family Systems reach more people. Subscribe, give a rating, or comment here: Itunes YouTube How to leave a review - iPhone 👉 Find your ACE score…

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  26. 480: Onyx A. revisits

    🔸 Bringing the love forward. ----- 🗳 Send anonymous feedback to James: Feedback Form 😀Come chat with us: Discord 🙏PLEASE help Internal Family Systems reach more people. Subscribe, give a rating, or comment here: Itunes YouTube How to leave a review - iPhone 👉 Find your ACE score with this...

  27. 479: Milan A. revisits (2024)

    🔸IBS & a desire covered by happiness 🔹 Parts: Part feels stuck/lonely. Lonely forever. A grey clay ball. Memories of 4yo, doing stuff on my own. Sadness. Scared to try new things scared to be exposed scared of judgement. 🎓 What I'd like to do differently: Too much hypothesizing. Listening…

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  28. 478: Christine guides Riben A.

    🔸 What is it like to have a safe place to share? 🔹 Parts: E: Lost. ill equipped. 12 yrs old P: Disassociate: a dark black wall. A protective layer. "Poof!" P: the manager: skeletal form, "been around for ever". trying not to be lost 🎓 What I'd like to do differently: Talk less, guide less…

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  29. 477: Kerri A. revisits

    🔸 Is Self actually genuinely connecting? 🎓 What I'd like to do differently: If this is a self-like part or Sally, I'm trying not to pull the rug out from under it. I'm standing back, observing, keeping my responses more neutral / hypothetical like “I can imagine, *if* a part is hearing that...

  30. 476: Christine A. revisits

    🔸 Not great! (am I allowed to say that?) 🔹 Parts: E: mousy, dark hair. grapes. Looking for a leader. ----- 🗳 Send anonymous feedback to James: Feedback Form 😀Come chat with us: Discord 🙏PLEASE help Internal Family Systems reach more people. Subscribe, give a rating, or comment here: Itunes...

  31. 475: Genie A. revisits

    🔸 Terrible boring kaleidoscopic fruit salad. *The picture might not be accurate 🎓 What I'd like to do differently: I didn’t offer that minute of meditation any earlier, like I said I would. And I'm holding back a lot of "sounds like ADHD..." The compromise that works for my system has been to...

  32. 474: Theresa A. revisits

    🔸 Time to learn what works for me 🔹 Parts: Media gobbler Rushing to do everything or else health fails. Why can’t we be like people who spin all the plates. Science says do the optimal thing Don’t be pathetic, don’t pity me Wants me to create a program we can do! ----- 🗳 Send anonymous…

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  33. 473: Grace A. - first call

    🔸 If we don't avoid, when do we rest? ----- 🗳 Send anonymous feedback to James: Feedback Form 😀Come chat with us: Discord 🙏PLEASE help Internal Family Systems reach more people. Subscribe, give a rating, or comment here: Itunes YouTube How to leave a review - iPhone 👉 Find your ACE score…

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  34. 471: Karyssa A. - first call

    🔸 Serious symbols; fear of dying again. ----- 🗳 Send anonymous feedback to James: Feedback Form 😀Come chat with us: Discord 🙏PLEASE help Internal Family Systems reach more people. Subscribe, give a rating, or comment here: Itunes YouTube How to leave a review - iPhone 👉 Find your ACE score...

  35. 470: Sam A. - first call

    🔸 To be an amazing woman 🔹 Parts: P: If I can just get this right. Must pick the best option, The perfect intervention. wedding day. E: im not good. Lump in throat P: critiquey. Things go to shit, you can try all you want to understand, it’s not good enough. Cloaked. Rebellious teen “you don’t...

  36. 439: Justine A. revisits

    🔸 She doesn't have to do anything ----- 🗳 Send anonymous feedback to James: Feedback Form 😀Come chat with us: Discord 🙏PLEASE help Internal Family Systems reach more people. Subscribe, give a rating, or comment here: Itunes YouTube How to leave a review - iPhone 👉 Find your ACE score with…

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  37. 461: Onyx A. revisits

    🔸 Fear & anger; losing partner, job, self. ----- 🗳 Send anonymous feedback to James: Feedback Form 😀Come chat with us: Discord 🙏PLEASE help Internal Family Systems reach more people. Subscribe, give a rating, or comment here: Itunes YouTube How to leave a review - iPhone 👉 Find your ACE…

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  38. 469: Genie A. revisits

    🔸 Genie's year-one review 🎓 What I'd like to do differently: Listening back, I notice the shift in energy after meditation. I should offer that sooner. It’s not true that I never skip 'feel towards', I just wanted to drive it home here. In fact, her intuition of “ask it for space or to see me”…

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  39. 468: ⏫ Riben A. revisits

    🔸 Performing for no one, managed to be pretty. 2️⃣ The 5 year old and the dark spot. 🎓 What I'd like to do differently: Too pushy? Yes, I can hear it: “Don’t say it again, James! Give it a rest, try direct access!” Maybe I should have! But, I'm in the dark a lot here. My concern with D.A. is…

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  40. 466: Christine guides Mio A.

    🔸 Thanks for the dress, it'll go with my mask. ----- 🗳 Send anonymous feedback to James: Feedback Form 😀Come chat with us: Discord 🙏PLEASE help Internal Family Systems reach more people. Subscribe, give a rating, or comment here: Itunes YouTube How to leave a review - iPhone 👉 Find your ACE...

  41. 467: Christine guides Olivia A.

    🔸 I'm supposed to surrender to Self because... I'm stupid? ----- 🗳 Send anonymous feedback to James: Feedback Form 😀Come chat with us: Discord 🙏PLEASE help Internal Family Systems reach more people. Subscribe, give a rating, or comment here: Itunes YouTube How to leave a review - iPhone 👉…

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  42. 462: Shelley A. revisits

    🔸 What to say when "you’re not listening to me" ----- 🗳 Send anonymous feedback to James: Feedback Form 😀Come chat with us: Discord 🙏PLEASE help Internal Family Systems reach more people. Subscribe, give a rating, or comment here: Itunes YouTube How to leave a review - iPhone 👉 Find your ACE...

  43. 432: ⏫ Onyx A. revisits

    🔸 Deeply cut, not ok. The worst breakup. 2️⃣ I can't process my way out of this. 🎓 What I'd like to do differently: Plenty I could do differently... It’s hard! Maybe because I relate so much. So I kept checking in w parts in me. And that limited how much I could show up for her. But I don’t…

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  44. 440: Milan A. - first call (2023)

    🔸 The rebel wants me to be myself... too much? 🔹 Parts: The rebel, strong, important to be myself, doesn’t like being told what to do, snowballing. Teenagery. Likes its job, but not pushing people away, and sad & angry about locking up parts when it wants freedom. Trusts Milan, rather team up w...

  45. 464: Mimi A. revisits

    🔸 A glimpse over the edge 🎓 What I'd like to do differently: Too much dot-connecting / guessing? ----- 🗳 Send anonymous feedback to James: Feedback Form 😀Come chat with us: Discord 🙏PLEASE help Internal Family Systems reach more people. Subscribe, give a rating, or comment here: Itunes…

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  46. 463: ⏫ Christine A. revisits

    🔸 A bad habit. Why can’t we get this off of us? ----- 🗳 Send anonymous feedback to James: Feedback Form 😀Come chat with us: Discord 🙏PLEASE help Internal Family Systems reach more people. Subscribe, give a rating, or comment here: Itunes YouTube How to leave a review - iPhone 👉 Find your ACE...

  47. 454: Maisie A. revisits

    🔸 She can't sing like that. 🔹 Parts: P Distracted humming, decoy P teeth grinding/self harm. Stop singing, learn the truth. Worried about how I’ll respond and get into trouble. Stop me crying out loud when I was a baby. P we’ve been through this before, it’s a load of shit. Make up some stuff…

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  48. 459: ⏫ Kerri A. revisits

    🔸 FOMO. Ocean, net, shell, pearl. 🎓 What I'd like to do differently: Trying to stay out of the way. But that can backfire. If I'm not actively guiding I can become more of a backseat driver, just throwing up dot-connections. They mostly seemed to land, but, worst-case scenario would be that I'm...

  49. 434: Bee A. revisits

    🔸 Making up is life or death ----- 🗳 Send anonymous feedback to James: Feedback Form 😀Come chat with us: Discord 🙏PLEASE help Internal Family Systems reach more people. Subscribe, give a rating, or comment here: Itunes YouTube How to leave a review - iPhone 👉 Find your ACE score with this...

  50. 460: Christine guides Theresa A.

    🔸 If you just stay mad then it’s only your own heartbreak you’re holding 🔹 Parts: P: better to be angry than take on a lineage of powerlessness E: sensing, sensitive, wanting to take it all in. Had to develop a tenseness to keep out the heavy, dark energies around her. Shutting down her powers....

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