Internal Family Systems
Welcome to the Internal Family Systems Course!
Have you ever felt like different parts of you pull in different ways? Like one part feels scared, while another wants to be brave? Internal Family Systems, or IFS, is a kind way to understand our minds. It was created by Dr. Richard Schwartz. In IFS, we see our thoughts and feelings as a family of "parts." These parts might be worried, angry, or fun. At the center is your true Self – calm, kind, and wise.
This course will help you meet your parts, listen to them, and let your Self lead. You'll learn simple tools for feeling better every day. No big words needed – just curiosity and care. Let's start this journey together!
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Lesson 1: Your Internal Family
Internal Family Systems, or IFS, is a kind way to understand our minds. It was created by Dr. Richard Schwartz. IFS helps us see why we feel mixed up sometimes. It shows us how to make peace inside ourselves.
Internal Family Systems, or IFS, is a kind way to understand our minds. It was created by Dr. Richard Schwartz. IFS helps us see why we feel mixed up sometimes. It shows us how to make peace inside ourselves.
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Lesson 1: Understanding and Healing Exiles in IFS - The Path Meditation
What is the Path Meditation? It's a simple visualization created by Dr. Richard Schwartz, the founder of IFS. You imagine walking a path while asking your parts to step back temporarily. This lets you feel what it's like to be in your pure Self – calm, kind, and wise.
What is the Path Meditation? It's a simple visualization created by Dr. Richard Schwartz, the founder of IFS. You imagine walking a path while asking your parts to step back temporarily. This lets you feel what it's like to be in your pure Self – calm, kind, and wise.
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Lesson 2: Understanding and Healing Exiles in IFS
Exiles feel things like shame, fear, or loneliness. They come from tough times in our past, like when we were kids and something bad happened. Maybe someone yelled at us, or we felt left out.
Exiles feel things like shame, fear, or loneliness. They come from tough times in our past, like when we were kids and something bad happened. Maybe someone yelled at us, or we felt left out.
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Lesson 1: Making It Stick - Integration in IFS
Why is it important? Without integration, old habits can come back. Protectors might get scared again, or exiles might hide. But with practice, your inner family works as a team. You feel calmer, happier, and stronger every day.
Why is it important? Without integration, old habits can come back. Protectors might get scared again, or exiles might hide. But with practice, your inner family works as a team. You feel calmer, happier, and stronger every day.
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The Journey of a Lifetime
Internal Family Systems (IFS) Therapy is an integrative psychotherapy model developed by Dr. Richard C. Schwartz in the 1980s.
It views the human mind as naturally composed of multiple sub-personalities or "parts," each with its own perspectives, emotions, and roles. These parts interact like members of a family, and IFS aims to foster harmony among them by accessing the "Self" – a core essence of calm, curiosity, and compassion that leads the internal system.
