Let's Talk About...Creating a Parts Check-in Practice
If you're someone who's done your own IFS work, you were likely encouraged to check in with a part that you met during your session on your own regularly throughout the week. And you may have thought, how in the world do I do that? Hopefully, the therapist or coach you're working with helped you with that process. But if they didn't, you're in luck! It's the topic of this week's podcast!
While checking in with parts that you meet during session is incredibly important, so is checking in with parts in general. And one of the things that I've been focusing on more with clients these days is developing a regular parts check-in practice. In all of the IFS training that I've done, I've never really been taught how to do this, which is kind of strange, given its importance.
What do mean by a check-in process? I mean taking the time to deliberately check in with parts. This is different than noticing parts as they come up for you and/or blend with you throughout the day. While this is incredibly important, so is creating time and space to check in with your parts who may not be particularly active at that moment.
Creating and maintaining a check-in process is a really important aspect of connecting with parts, developing trust, and sustaining change. Which is why we're talking about this topic on this week's podcast episode. Specifically, we're covering:
How to create a regular check-in process
What to focus on while your check in
Why a regular check-in process is so important
What to do if you aren't consistent
I also share some resources (see below), i.e. workbooks and journals, to help you with this process in the episode show notes.
If you've had a tough time creating a check-in process--or if you're just learning that this is important--take a listen!
Resources:
Journal Back to Self, Tara Hedman
Daily Parts Meditation Practice, Michelle Glass
The One Inside, Tammy Sollenberger
Where to find me:
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