Resources

CREATOR OF IFS,
DICK SCHWARTZ,
IN CONVERSATION

Listen to Dr. Schwartz talking about how he created IFS, explaining how it works as a healing and therapy modality and watch him demonstrate the IFS process with Dr. Rangan Chatterjee. On YouTube and Spotify

GABOR MATÉ
ON HOW STRESS
MAKES US ILL

Dr. Maté is a pioneer in understanding how stress and trauma affect our physical and mental health, our behaviour, our patterns and the quality of our lives and relationships. Here’s one of my favourite talks by him, available on YouTube.  

CECE SYKES, LEAD IFS TRAINER, ON ADDICTION

IFS invites us to look compassionately at the parts involved in addiction or addictive processes. Cece Sykes explains here on the IFS Talks podcast how we can begin to understand and appreciate those parts.

FRANCIS WELLER
ON GRIEF

Weller explains how, as individuals and a collective, we have so much unacknowledged, unprocessed and unresolved grief in our modern world which needs our attention. Hear him briefly here or more thoroughly here.

PSYCHEDELICS: OPENING DOORS

The use of psychedelics in therapy has been an exciting field to explore and research. Michael Pollan’s thoughts are a good place to start if you’re curious. How To Change Your Mind on Netflix offers more information and perspective.

HAVE A LAUGH ABOUT IT ALL…

If My Brain Held A Morning Meeting… Give it a watch and see if it resonates for you. 
What if self compassion was to run that meeting?
What if calm, curiosity and courage were there too?