Category: Trauma Recovery
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When the World Is Jogging and You’re Barely Breathing
Living with trauma in a world that doesn’t always see it Everyone around you seems to be jogging along just fine—chatting, smiling, making brunch plans. But you don’t care about brunch or other mundane, normal tasks. Your legs are shaking. Every step feels like a battle. You wonder why it’s so hard for you when…
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Meeting Your Inner Parts: 8 Gentle Practices to Begin Your IFS Journey
Exploring Internal Family Systems through writing, visualization, and self-compassion We all carry different parts within us—inner critics, protectors, exiles, caretakers, performers. These parts aren’t flaws. They’re adaptations. They’ve helped us survive, cope, and make sense of the world. Internal Family Systems (IFS) is a therapeutic approach that helps us build relationships with these parts. It…
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The Multiplicity of Self and the Iterative Mind
Society loves labels. They make things neat, simple, digestible. Introvert or extrovert. Thinker or feeler. Practical or dreamy. But what happens when you don’t fit neatly into any of those categories? What if, instead of being one person, you are a collection of many? The Question That Started It All When my therapist introduced me…
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The 8 Cs of Self in Internal Family Systems Therapy (IFS)
How Internal Family Systems helps us return to who we really are When I first started working with Internal Family Systems (IFS), I was overwhelmed by how many parts of me were in pain. Angry parts. Numb parts. People-pleasing parts. Parts that wanted to disappear. Parts that never stopped working. I thought healing meant fixing…
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Internal Family Systems and Complex Trauma
How IFS helps rebuild safety, identity, and trust There are several types of trauma therapy that address the deep and multifaceted nature of Complex PTSD (CPTSD). One therapeutic approach called Internal Family Systems (IFS) can be incredibly effective. I’ll be honest, when my therapist started telling me about it, I didn’t believe in the “mumbo…