Welcome to Part 2 of my series: What is IFS? Internal Family Systems Therapy, Explained. In this video, I present IFS's answer to the questions: "Who am I?" and "When I feel lost, how do I find myself again?" I describe how our true self or "big S self" is often hidden by the parts of us that have adapted defenses to deal with our painful or traumatic experiences and how IFS uses parts work to help us to unblend from our parts and reconnect to our real self.

I describe the eight C's of the self and explain why is is so easy to lose connection with our authentic self and become blended with our parts. Discuss the concept of neural integration as way of explaining unblending from a scientific perspective. Finally, I end by arguing that reconnecting with our true self is not only essential for our own personal growth, but is also imperative for successful collaboration in our complex and increasingly polarized society.

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00:00 The True Self According to Internal Family Systems
02:55 What Are Parts?
05:55 What Does it Mean to “Unblend” From Parts?
07:02 What is the Big S Self?
08:28 The 8 C’s of the Self.
09:42 Why We Lose Connection With the True Self
10:56 Neural Integration and the Neuroscience of the True Self
12:52 Reconnecting to the True Self for Personal AND Societal Growth

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