• E13. Parts Party with Scott Doniger
    Nov 3 2025
    Our Guest for episode 13 is Scott Doniger, a Chronic Stress Counseling and Jungian LifeStage Coach, based in Boulder, Colorado. He guides people (of any age, race, gender, or sexual orientation) stuck in chronic stress and unresolved physical illness to find a smoother way to live. He is the author of 'Hijacked' a book about common parts that people encounter and how they take us over. Scott is an active road cyclist, hiker and mountaineer, and teacher and mentor to students at the University of Colorado at Boulder. We had loads of fun chatting with Scott and we hope you enjoy listening. Listeners can learn more at www.scottdoniger.com For a copy of Scott's book: scott@scottdoniger.com

    IFS Australia: https://mindbeyond.com.au/

    IFS Institute: https://ifs-institute.com/

    Adriana: https://www.instagram.com/adriana_draws_therapy

    Ella: https://www.facebook.com/evolutionofintimacy23/

    Show More Show Less
    48 mins
  • IFS Meditation: Working with Shaming Protectors with Stephanie Mitchell
    Oct 9 2025

    This meditation is an invitation to hear from parts of your system that use shaming. (While also giving full permission to instead stay with parts that are not ready to get to know the shaming part/s, if that is what is needed.) A lovely opportunity to experience some IFS, led with much Self Energy by the wonderful Stephanie Mitchell.

    Stephanie is offering a 'Shame Sanctuary' retreat in QLD Australia for those who are called to join (therapists and others welcome).

    Learn more about Stephanie, her work & retreats below (and claim your free ebook):

    https://stephaniemitchell.com.au/

    IFS Australia: https://mindbeyond.com.au

    IFS Institute: https://ifs-institute.com

    Adriana: https://adriananaraicounselling.com.au/

    Ella: https://www.facebook.com/evolutionofintimacy23

    Show More Show Less
    16 mins
  • E12. Parts Party with Stephanie Mitchell
    Oct 9 2025

    Stephanie Mitchell is a Level 3 Certified IFS Therapist working in private practice on the Sunshine Coast. She specialises in working with adults who have experienced labels of early developmental trauma, BPD and psychosis and is currently undertaking research on IFS and psychosis, in a collaboration between the University California San Francisco and Flinders Uni.

    This episode is a wonderful opportunity to hear about what IFS therapy can be like from the client perspective- over many years of sessions, as Stephanie generously introduces us to some of her parts, and how they have evolved and unburdened with the support of her IFS therapist.

    Stephanie is offering a 'Shame Sanctuary' retreat for those who are called (therapists and others welcome), and this episode explores some of the burdens and complexities of shame from the perspective of parts and Self.

    Learn more about Stephanie, her work & retreats below (and claim your free ebook):

    https://stephaniemitchell.com.au/

    IFS Australia: https://mindbeyond.com.au

    IFS Institute: https://ifs-institute.com

    Adriana: https://www.instagram.com/adriana_draws_therapy

    Ella: https://www.facebook.com/evolutionofintimacy23

    Show More Show Less
    41 mins
  • E11. Parts Party with Loranie Leas
    Sep 24 2025
    Dr Loranie Leas, is a clinical/health psychologist and Psychology Board approved supervisor and she is a certified administrator and coder for the Adult Attachment Interview (AAI). Loranie is also an approved IFSI consultant and is currently a co-lead mentee trainer for IFSI. During this episode of the Parts Party, Loranie shares about working with and unburdening a caretaking part of herself- leading to a rich conversation about healthy anger, and the cultural burden that many women hold, of caring for other people's parts while neglecting their own. More about Loranie: https://www.halaxy.com/profile/dr-loranie-leas/psychologist/313255?clinic=313280

    IFS Australia: https://mindbeyond.com.au

    IFS Institute: https://ifs-institute.com

    Adriana: https://www.instagram.com/adriana_draws_therapy

    Ella: https://www.facebook.com/evolutionofintimacy23

    Show More Show Less
    37 mins
  • E10. Parts Party with Ruth Culver
    Sep 11 2025

    Ruth Culver is a Level 3 trained, & certified IFS practitioner based in Brighton UK where she works with adults and adolescents, as well as offering experiential workshops and trainings both in person and online. Her systemic interest in trauma, attachment and resilience led to the creation of "The Survive/Thrive Spiral” - an info-graphic which maps the inter-relatedness of IFS and Polyvagal Theory. Two other IFS integrations have also emerged through her work: "Drawing into Self” which is a method for doing IFS though guided intuitive drawing; and "IFS Constellations” : a method for doing IFS through the somatic group resonance process of constellations.

    More about Ruth and her online courses and retreats:

    https://calmheart.co.uk/workshops

    IFS in Australia:

    https://mindbeyond.com.au

    IFS International:

    https://ifs-institute.com

    More about Adriana: https://adriananaraicounselling.com.au/

    More about Ella: https://www.facebook.com/evolutionofintimacy23

    Other Resources mentioned:

    Windows to Our Children By Violet Oaklander

    Jenna Knapp's work in El Salvador: https://www.nuevaesperanzascholars.org

    Seth Porges: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NdTI3V2rop0

    Show More Show Less
    41 mins
  • E9. Parts Party with Cath Leith
    Aug 10 2025

    Cath Leith is a Certified Internal Family Systems (IFS) Trainer, Therapist and Clinical Consultant with the IFS Institute. She has recently completed the Lead Trainer Program with the IFS Institute and helps with the teaching of Level 1 trainings for IFS Australia and New Zealand.

    In this episode of the Parts Party, Cath introduces us to an inner critic- a part I'm sure we can all relate to. Cath shares how this part got a powerful update and was able to transform their role to be much more of a support in her system.

    More about Cath: https://www.selfspacecounselling.com/about-cath

    Join Cath and Maddy's retreat for IFS therapists in Nov 2025: https://www.selfspacecounselling.com/about-3

    IFS Australia: https://mindbeyond.com.au/

    IFS Institute: https://ifs-institute.com/

    Adriana: https://www.instagram.com/adriana_draws_therapy

    Ella: https://ellashannon.com/

    Show More Show Less
    44 mins
  • IFS Meditation: Unblending from a part / parts with Ella Shannon
    Jul 16 2025

    Life will always have moments that are upsetting and distressing. In these moments, parts of us get activated, and try to do their best to help us cope. They buzz with anxiety, they try to fix, they focus on others or they find ways to numb us out. This meditation might be helpful in moments where you feel blended or taken over by a part. We hope you find it supportive.

    Show More Show Less
    17 mins
  • E8. Parts Party with Martin Tore
    Jul 15 2025

    Martin Toré is the creator of IFS Buddy, an AI tool for Internal Family Systems self-therapy that gained traction overnight and now helps thousands of people worldwide, has been showcased at major healthcare conferences, and universities are reaching out to include it in their research.

    Martin was previously a physiotherapist, and he talks about how working with people living with chronic pain led him to learn about trauma and the links between trauma and pain. He shares how he learnt to come from his heart when having difficult and delicate conversations with his patients. Martin said he started working with IFS through video guidance and was able to make profound healing shifts through this self work, and shares his humble gratitude that the tool he created 'IFS Buddy' is granting free access for people worldwide to work with their parts outside of a formal IFS session.

    https://www.ifsbuddy.chat

    hello@ifsbuddy.chat

    Derek Scott's Youtube Channel that Martin mentions:

    https://www.youtube.com/@IFSCA

    IFS Australia: https://mindbeyond.com.au/

    IFS Institute: https://ifs-institute.com/

    Adriana: https://adriananaraicounselling.com.au/

    Ella: https://ellashannon.com/

    Show More Show Less
    38 mins