In this episode, Marty and Bill’s co-authors Allison Dyer and Islena Faircrest discuss creating The Parts Work Guidebook, released on Kindle with a paperback coming soon. They explain how the book grew from their Parts Work Practice group, where they adapted exercises from Bonnie Weiss and Jay Earley’s Self Therapy Workbook, eventually writing their own guide with 24 exercises to help people learn Internal Family Systems parts work and build self-leadership. The co-authors describe the four-year collaborative process, including conflicts, editing challenges, and “rupture and repair” moments that activated protectors and exiles, and how they used the book’s exercises, structure, humor, and self-regulation to keep writing. Each shares personal growth around impatience, caretaking, avoidance, and connection.

Chapters:

00:00 Welcome and Guests

01:11 Meet the Coauthors

03:08 How the Book Began

05:06 Project Management Hurdles

06:56 Writing as Healing

09:49 What the Guidebook Is

12:32 Group Writing Challenges

15:53 Alison on Activation

17:40 Gratitude After Glitches

18:50 Humor As Regulation

21:51 Writing Like Family

23:59 Balancing Healing And Deadlines

27:01 Bill Get It Done Part

31:00 Allison Caretaker Lessons

33:35 Islena Avoidance And Growth

36:09 Book Prompt And Farewell

Links and Resources:

• Parts Work Guidebook - https://partsworkguidebook.com

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• Internal Family Systems -https://ifs-institute.com/

• Compassionate Results Coaching -https://www.compassionateresultscoaching.com/

• Bill’s book, ‘Compassionate Results Guidebook’ - https://compassionateresultsguidebook.com

• ‘Listening is the Key', Dr. Kettelhut’s website -https://www.listeningisthekey.com/

• Marty’s new book, ‘Leadership as Relation’ -https://amzn.to/3KKkCZO

• Marty’s earlier book, ‘Listen… Till You Disappear’ -https://amzn.to/3XmoiZd

• Parts Work Practice - Free IFS Practice Group Sessions -https://www.partsworkpractice.com

• Contact Marty -[email protected]

• Contact Bill -[email protected]