The One Inside

Burdens are beliefs, feelings, and memories from the past.

A very long time ago I worked at a bank as a teller and went to teller school. In teller school, they did not teach us what counterfeit money feels and looks like. They taught us what real money feels and looks like so we would know what was authentically real.

I notice a softness in my face, a slowness in my body, a clearness in my mind. I notice my belly and spine relax, my hands move slower, and my arms feel light.

They are stuck in “the basement” so we are not influenced, flooded, or overwhelmed by their feelings. We are often not aware they are even there.

Disharmony is the experience of wrestling with yourself internally.

IFS is a simple and complex model.

parts who are afraid to be “called in” because in the past this meant emotional, verbal, or physical punishment. Allow Self to be with angry, overeating/drinking/shopping, avoidant protector who feels overwhelmed and needs a way out of having to feel in order to survive.

Consider the things you tend to say to yourself about yourself. These are your parts.

Your parts are waiting for leadership, for an adult with resources to help them and be with them in the ways they need.