Today’s guest is Derek Scott... that is right! Derek of the famous IFS YouTube channel.

He and I act like we aren’t being recorded and won't have people listening to us chat away.

We talk about all the IFS things but parenting is the main thread which runs through from beginning to end.

We talk about our own exiles who affect our parenting and about those shaming firefighters who were around our own parents and now show up around us while we parent. Oh my.

Derek teaches the dynamic between power and apology and repair. We cry a bit about the grief of parenting as our children grow up and move through life transitions.

We discuss our own experiences with becoming parents which includes a bit of my own infertility journey. Derek wonders about a figure who is involved being a passenger, not a part. 

Derek gives an example of how he teaches IFS using psychodrama. This opens up a conversation about firefighters and their important role.

He walks through how he helps heal suicidal parts.

Derek is warm and funny. This episode is packed full of information while at the same time being just a conversation between friends.

Enjoy!

*If you want more of Derek, and you will, my friends over at the IFS Talks podcast have had him on twice lately --  go check them out wherever you listen to podcasts.

*Derek's website: https://ifsca.ca/

Derek's YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCRw6sRKzEVdbgw32JEKO-0Q