In this episode of Going Inside, I sit down with Sara Avant Stover, a women’s leadership coach and author who blends Internal Family Systems (IFS) with entrepreneurship. We dive deep into how IFS can help entrepreneurs find balance between work and life, explore the motivations behind our drive to be productive, and discuss how tapping into our inner resources can enhance our work and overall well-being.

Key Takeaways:

1. IFS as a Tool for Slowing Down:
   IFS helps us tap into our inner resources, slowing down workaholic tendencies and fostering curiosity about the parts of us driving over productivity.
2. Balancing Business with Self-Care:
   Sara shares her experience of taking a month-long sabbatical each year to recharge, explaining how stepping away from work brings fresh clarity and helps create a more sustainable, simplified approach to business.
3. Listening to Our Higher Self:
   IFS encourages us to hold "inner family meetings," where we bring our parts to the table and tap into our innate confidence and clarity as leaders, finding new ways to approach entrepreneurship.

Learn more about Sara Avant Stover at https://saraavantstover.com/
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In this episode of Going Inside: Healing Trauma From the Inside Out, I’m joined by Dr. Laura Patryas, an expert in the intersection of Internal Family Systems (IFS) and non-duality. Together, we explore how these two approaches can deepen our understanding of healing from the inside out.

Below are the 8 F’s of Dr. Laura's Nondual IFS:

1. Feel—Tune into the bodily felt sense of your inner parts, energies, thoughts and emotions with tenderness. Naming them can help. Stay here as long as feels natural.

2. Feel-through—Inquire "Am I this part, thought, emotion, sensation?" Sense the presence that remains when each part is felt-through deeply. This helps uncover your true Self.

3. Field—Open to all parts from the spacious field of Self's awareness that underlies all experiences, thoughts, and sensations.

4. Friend—With unconditional friendship, attune to and embrace even extreme parts, listening to their stories and core beliefs.

5. Flow—Sense the Self harmonizing and flowing with different energies, allowing the paradox of individuality and oneness.

6. Fluid—Notice the fluid boundaries and lack of separation between Self and parts, inner and outer.

7. Freedom—As integration unfolds, feel the freedom of open, peaceful flow within the universal field.

8. Fulfilment/Fullness—Experience the richness of this present moment without craving any other state

• Learn more about Dr. Laura Patryas at https://www.drlaurapatryas.org/
• Tune into Dr. Laura's IFS Nondual Meditation

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In this episode of Going Inside: Healing Trauma from the Inside Out, I’m joined once again by Bob Falconer to dive into the intersection of trauma, Internal Family Systems (IFS) therapy, and spirit-based work. Bob shares his personal journey into embracing spirituality within therapy, despite initial resistance within the IFS community. We dive into profound topics about connection to Spirit Guides, working with Unattached Burdens, and much more.

Key Takeaways:

1. Spirituality in Therapy - Bob shares how his work increasingly focuses on spirit-based therapy, emphasizing the importance of a spiritual connection that remains present even during intense suffering.

2. Thoughts on Other Therapeutic Models - We reflect on the damage caused by certain therapeutic models, especially those emphasizing therapist authority and disempowering clients. It’s important to question the roots of these models, including IFS, and maintain humility in their application.

3. Humility as Therapists - It’s important to have humility in therapy, recognizing that while we have tools and knowledge as therapists, there is still much we don’t know. We must honor clients’ systems and maintain an open, questioning attitude toward therapeutic models.

Learn more about Bob Falconer at https://robertfalconer.us/

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