Today we're talking about Grief (we know, deep breath). The common thread that runs through us all, the thread that so many of us are scared to touch. 

We hope that this episode serves as a love letter to the parts of you that have been holding grief alone. We hope they feel seen and heard. We hope that it may open your system up to consider new ways of being with your own grief and the grief of others. 

In this episode Grace shares some of her personal journey with grief and what she learned on a recent IFS grief retreat with Ann Sinko. We want to thank the trainers and teachers we've learned so much from, our guides in this work, for giving us a way to be with the most tender and sacred parts of ourselves and our clients. 

Send us your questions/comments/concerns at [email protected] or on Instagram @partsygirlspod

Note: IFS content starts at minute 32:00! (skip ahead to miss the gabs). 

To learn more about Internal Family Systems click here: https://ifs-institute.com/

Hey you. We're glad you're here. 

No matter how the Presidential election results impacted your system, we imagine it brought parts to the surface for you just like it did for us. We hope you can use today's episode to start to be curious about which of your parts may have been working in overdrive the past few days (weeks, months), and maybe even find a pathway to be with them.

When our external world becomes uncertain and shaky, there's hope (we think) in knowing that turning inward can give us access to at least a little bit more calm and grounding. When so much is out of our control, we can tend to the parts of us that so desperately need to feel that someone (you) will ride the waves with them no matter what. 

Coming off an election and going into the holidays may feel overwhelming, intimidating, and exhausting. Listen along as we share some ways to connect inside, take care of your understandably activated parts, or even just survive. We're sending so much tender care and heartfelt self energy to our listeners who may be needing that right now. 

Don't worry, we threw some laughs in there too if that's what your system needs right now instead. 

Send us your questions/comments/concerns at [email protected] or on Instagram @partsygirlspod

Note: IFS content starts at minute 26:45! (skip ahead to miss the gabs). 

To learn more about Internal Family Systems click here: https://ifs-institute.com/

Like we never left!
After a little summer hiatus, we're ready to jump back in to all things IFS with you. In today's episode we'll share a little about what we've been doing this summer, including our experiences being on staff at IFS level 1 trainings. 
We share a little about our learnings from being program assistants, some trailheads that came up for us, and some quick key takeaways you can start to implement in your practice. 
We also get a liiitle spooky, talking about past Halloween costumes and traumatic experiences at Halloween attractions.. 

We're so excited to introduce our JINGLE! We hope you love it as much as we do and dance along in solidarity. 

Send us your questions at [email protected] or on Instagram @partsygirlspod

Note: IFS content starts at minute 28:15! (skip ahead to miss the gabs). 

To learn more about Internal Family Systems click here: https://ifs-institute.com/

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We are back with the final episode (for now) of our "people who know more than us" series. Taking you out with an absolute bang (no pun in tended), we welcome the magnificent Patricia Rich!
Patricia is an LCSW, certified sex therapist, level 3 certified IFS therapist, CST supervisor, and a leader in the field of using the IFS framework to work with folx exploring their own sexuality.
Patricia shares her personal journey and what has drawn her to creating her own model: Sex-Led Sexuality. We learn about the basics of this evolving model, why it's important and supportive for clients, and some of the details of the model including the 6 S's of Self-Led Sexuality.
Listen along with us as we get a real time opportunity to tap into what this topic brings up for us, and Patricia encourages you, listener, to see what it brings up for you.

This exciting and engaging topic is sure to be as stimulating for you as it was for us ;). We are so grateful that Patricia lent us her time, knowledge, and beautiful self-energy and left us with more curiosity and interest that when we began.

You can learn all about Patricia and her work (including access to her free Six S's of Sexual Energy Graphic) at her website: 
https://www.patriciarich.com

This will be the final episode for season 1 of Partsy Girls! We are taking the next few months to record some exciting new episodes with fresh topics and incredible guests. We'll be back before you know it with our new JINGLE, and more exploration of this model that is so important to both of us. We appreciate all of the support from our listeners during season 1 and can't wait for what's next. Byeeeeee!

To learn more about Internal Family Systems click here: https://ifs-institute.com/

With so much giddy excitement we introduce you to the extraordinary Bethany Barta! What an absolute treat. 

Bethany is an LCSW and her mission is to be a facilitator and guide on the human journey toward Self Discovery and Wholeness. She utilizes many tools to support folx on their path; she has been trained to provide practices from Gestalt Therapy, Sacred Facilitation, Warrior Goddess Empowerment, Addictions Counseling, Internal Family Systems, Trauma Informed Care and many more modalities to midwife you to your true self. 

Join our fruitful discussion on the integration of Bethany's beautiful trifecta; IFS, EMDR, and Warrior Goddess Empowerment. Bethany lets us into the ways she integrates, and  shares some exciting places she hopes to go next. Get inspired with us as Bethany shares the beautiful and intuitive journey she has gone on through her career, and what has led her to the work she does today. 

Along with this, Bethany shares about some of her own exiles, ways she un-blends and accesses self-energy, and some offerings she has. We feel so lucky to have Bethany as a friend and mentor in both of our lives and we continue to learn so much from her all the time! 

Bethany is available for individual and group consultation in both EMDR and IFS, and check out her website if your in her area and want to learn more about Bethany's offerings for retreats and events. 
https://www.insightcounselingcenter.com/bethany-barta

To learn more about Internal Family Systems click here: https://ifs-institute.com/

Ever wondered how the heck to apply IFS to working with kids? Same!

In this week's episode of the "people who know more than us" series, we're honored to welcome Carmen Jiminez-Pride (pause here for applause). Carmen brings so much to the table it's hard to know where to start. Carmen is an LCSW, Registered Play Therapist, Sand Tray expert, IFS Institute trainer, entrepreneur, podcast host, author, product creator, and all around bad ass human! (That's the short list).

We were lucky enough to pick Carmen's brain in this episode, exploring the ways she integrates IFS, play therapy, and sand tray work in her therapeutic practice with children. She breaks down the differences and similarities in working with parts of children vs adults. She demonstrates how vital creativity is in working with youth. She also tells us what she'd say to parents who want to support their children in their mental health journey.

On top of all that goodness, Carmen shares what work she's done in her own system to become the business woman and therapist she is today, how she likes to get into self energy, and we learn a little about her makeup routine...

With so much gratitude we introduce you to the absolute force that is Carmen Jiminez-Pride, and hope you're as wowed as we were!

For information on Carmen's books, products, consultation, training, and all other resources, see below:

www.carmenpride.com
www.trainwithcarmen.com
www.playtherapywithcarmen.com 
Social Media~ @Pridelcsw 

To learn more about Internal Family Systems click here: https://ifs-institute.com/

We are so excited to bring the first episode of our new series "people who know more than us" to you, and what a way to start.

With so much gratitude we welcome Diana Dugan Richards to our show. Diana is a registered and licensed dietician as well as an IFS certified practitioner. Diana works with clients in their relationship with food, body image, weight, and size, and creates a space where client's can be empowered to find their own philosophies around these topics. With specialties in binge eating, compulsive overeating, emotional eating, restriction and under eating, stress response eating, food anxiety, and food addiction, Diana brings so much wisdom to the way IFS can integrate in this field.

In this episode, we discuss the way parts show up to protect us in relation to food and body image. We explore the protectors that tend to come online and which exiles may be lying beneath. We discuss the ways traditional eating disorder treatment can be viewed as manager-led and the potential dangers of addressing food and bodies in that way. We also dive into the ways Diana has navigated her own system in order to create space for curiosity with clients and how that has led to her pioneering the work that combines nutrition counseling and IFS. 

There is so much more we could say about what Diana brings to the community and the world, but we'll let her talk for herself; we know you'll love her as much as we do.

To learn more about the work Diana is doing or to get in touch with her, see below:

Diana's website can be found here: https://namastenutrition.net/
Her email is: [email protected]
You can find her book and personal endorsements on her website along with other podcasts she has been featured on. 
Diana, in collaboration with Jeanne Catanzaro also created a module for the IFSI Continuity Program in 2019 called "Self-Led Eating" which can be found on the IFSI website. 

To learn more about Internal Family Systems click here: https://ifs-institute.com/

And just like that, we're back! We're so excited to bring you a jam-packed episode after our brief pause. In this episode, we use our own experiences of feeling disconnected to explore what disconnection even means through an IFS lens. What leads us to freeze? What are the warning signs in our system? And most importantly, how do we reconnect? Follow along as we share the ways our systems experience a "freeze" state and some of the ways we turn inward to get answers and connection. AND, at the end of the episode we introduce our new series (yay).  For those of you who just join us for the gabs, don't worry! We also cover LIB, The Oscars, One Day, RHOSLC, sour candy, and more... 

Send us your questions at [email protected] or on Instagram @partsygirlspod

Note: IFS content starts at minute 29:30! (skip ahead to miss the gabs). 

To learn more about Internal Family Systems click here: https://ifs-institute.com/

A quick update and more information about when we will be back! 

To learn more about Internal Family Systems click here: https://ifs-institute.com/

So many reasons to celebrate on today's episode. We're digging deeper into polarizations,  we have our very first guest (yay!), and our girl Gypsy Rose is finally free y'all.  Building from last week, we're bringing another episode around polarized parts. Natalie's super generous friend Haley joins us to talk pop culture and let's us do a live session! Grace guides Haley through working with a polarization and here's a unique opportunity to listen to what it's like to be on the client end of things if you haven't experienced it yourself yet. If YOU'D like to be our next guest, let us know ;). 

Send us your questions at [email protected] or on Instagram @partsygirlspod

Note: IFS content starts at minute 25:40! (skip ahead to miss the gabs). 

To learn more about Internal Family Systems click here: https://ifs-institute.com/