The Besties are back!!!

It's Season 2 of the Self Led Besties Podcast, and in this first episode, Christine, Hallie, and David have a playful conversation about both the art and science of Internal Family Systems. They laugh, get deep and personal, and mix a lot of great metaphors.

And, stay tuned for the lightning round in which Hallie reads many of her inspired sticky notes and everyone responds with one sentence! Please share in the comments the ways in which you experience IFS as both an art and a science, or what your desk notes might say. :) We'd love to hear from you!

00:00 Welcome Back & Halle's Notes
02:40 Is IFS More Art Than Science?
07:00 The Myofascial Release Metaphor
09:20 The Map Is Not the Territory
13:20 Performing IFS & the Pressure of Evaluation
16:25 Learning the Principles & Improvising
19:55 IFS as Painting, Play & Creativity
24:05 The Art AND Science of IFS
28:40 The Quick-Fire Notes 31:45 Resistance Is Valuable
33:30 Closing & Reflections

As a special treat for the Season One Finale of The Self Led Besties Podcast...we decided to be on camera (on the YouTube version at least)!!!

Whenever Hallie and Christine would have "babbling parts," David would graciously call them "babbling brooks," so we decided to call this episode "Three Babbling Brooks."

David begins by telling about what has been alive in him lately - pondering the nature of vulnerable, wounded parts and the various layers around them. From there, we talk about how wounding happens from the inside out and healing occurs as Self brings loving attention to all the layers from the outside in.

As Hallie says, "We've been on the Needs Bus lately," so of course we also bring in how unmet needs relate to wounds and burdened parts. Join us in this silly and serious discussion, and as always, please share any questions or resonance in the comments section below.

0:02 Introduction and Season Finale Announcement
0:42 Theme Song and Lip Sync
2:51 Discussion on Authenticity and Voice Messages
4:10 David's Introduction to Wounding and Healing
5:20 Emotional Beliefs and Protective Parts
7:44 Healing Process and Self-Energy
10:26 Visual and Somatic Components in Healing
13:41 Christine and Hallie's Observations on Protective Parts
16:32 Self-Energy and Integration
34:38 Exploring Needs and Burdening
39:18 Healing and Meeting Needs
54:28 Personal Reflections on the Season
61:29 Upcoming Projects and Workshops

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In this episode, Hallie leads David and Christine through a beautiful exercise piggy backing off of the needs exercise from last episode (though this can also be used as a stand alone exercise).

Hallie explains why it so important to connect to our needs and how the world might be a more supportive place to live if we all valued needs.

Then, after a short "coming into presence" moment, Hallie guides us (and you) through rating each of the needs based first on our body compass then letting parts express whatever comes up for them.

After getting an overall rating for how well our nine universal needs are met in this chapter of our lives, Hallie guides us in exploring how our highest and lowest rated needs could be met by Self, Support (from another person), and the Strategies our parts use to get Supply.

This exercise has the potential to bring so much clarity, compassion, and creativity into our systems. Please feel free to follow along or just listen, and we'd love to hear how the exercise was for you in the comment section below.

0:00 Intro
0:10 Theme Song
0:36 Exercise Introduction
1:48 Exercise Overview
3:58 Coming Into Presence
7:28 The 9 Universal Human Needs
15:35 The Wheel Of Needs
20:11 Rating Our Needs
22:02 The Need for Safety
24:59 The Need for Sustenance
26:50 The Need For Rest
29:22 The Need For Love
30:49 The Need For Understanding
32:32 The Need For Belonging
35:03 The Need For Purpose
36:46 The Need For Creativity
39:19 The Need For Freedom
41:36 Calculating Our Needs Percentage
44:00 Percentage Indicators
46:38 Strategy Overview
52:40 The Importance Of Authenticity
57:24 Lowest & Highest Scores
58:41 Highest Scoring Need
59:53 Highest Score Strategies
1:01:31 Lowest Scoring Need
1:02:16 Lowest Score Strategies
1:04:21 New Strategies For Lowest Score?
1:08:13 Invitation To Further Exploration
1:11:02 Christine's Experience
1:23:52 David's Experience
1:30:21 Closing & Goodbyes
1:32:00 Theme Song
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