🔸 Jo: I can't do check-ins on my own. Me: prove it.

🔸 Rosie came back! I demonstrate yet again that the practitioner doesn't have to be very clever for IFS to work; the healing comes from you. Let's get to know this reactive part.

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🔸 Why do I do this? It's been a month: has Luke's work with the exile paid off? With a bundle of new diagnoses, is parts work relevant? And about this addict part...

🔸 A part that hates disappointing people, including me.

🔸 Brandon does it his way. I feel like a passenger on an excursion far from the beaten path, but with a driver I trust completely. I play 'count the parts' and just enjoy the ride.

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🔸 James investigates physical wellbeing, the parts that fight over his time spent on it, and the one who feels guilty.

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🔸 ""You're not allowed to have fun"" part, we learn more about where that comes from. Plus babies. But first a followup: the ""no boundaries"" part got a win! I get the feeling that the closer Jo gets to caring for babies, the better, and we're full-on here.

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🔸 A whirlwind of parts. I scramble for footing.

Alone, not good enough → Prove I'm good enough → Blank out the emotions.

A part says: "Weak. I should have stayed the course, I jumped around too much, following each part that came up." 

Another part: "Too heavy handed. It's our first call. See what happens when you don't match energy? You lost her when you focused too much on one particular step (staying in appreciation)"

Another part: "Meh. Can't win 'em all... Dinner time!"

Another: "mmm but... remember whiskey!?" 

Another: "Sometimes trust is forged by the shared difficulty, by trying and failing and trying again. This could be the start of a beautiful relationship" 

I pray she calls back.

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🔸 Rachel sees an IFS therapist, but thinks they may have hurried through some steps (protectors before exiles). We get to know those protectors, and it's wonderful. We explore some aspects of the process more deeply; perhaps a good illustration for anyone new to IFS.

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🔸 Productivity > stress > freeze > flatten/avoid. Amazing how similar these patterns are in so many of us, and how profound an introduction of Self is to that cycle… But what’s in that snow globe??

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