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Common Questions About Taoism and IFS FAQ-Style Blog
This article explains how Internal Family Systems can be integrated with Taoist principles even if you are not spiritual, showing how balance, ease, and non-forcing support parts work.
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Taoist Embodiment Meets IFS Dialogue: Practices That Harmonize Where Movement, Breath, and Parts Work Meet
This article explores how Taoist embodiment practices deepen Internal Family Systems by bringing parts work into the body, helping people access Self-energy through breath, movement, and felt sense.
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No Bad Parts, No Bad Forces: Reclaiming Wholeness A Taoist View of Inner Polarities
This article explores what “no bad parts” means in Internal Family Systems, using Taoist wisdom to show how inner polarities, shadow, and suffering can be met without judgment.
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Wu Wei & Parts Work: Letting Go Without Losing Direction Non-Force as a Healing Tool What is wu wei, and why does it matter in IFS
This article explores how Taoist wu wei aligns with Internal Family Systems, showing how non-forcing presence allows parts to soften and Self-led healing to unfold naturally.
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IFS & Taoism: Blending the TwoFoundational Blog
This article explores how Internal Family Systems naturally aligns with Taoism, showing how both traditions trust inner wisdom, balance, and non-forced healing led by calm presence.
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Shadow, Suffering & the Tao of Exiles Turning Toward the Deepest Pain with Presence Exiles in IFS: the hidden heart of suffering
This article explores how Internal Family Systems understands exiles through a Taoist lens, showing how suffering and shadow become gateways to healing when met with presence rather than force.
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Therapist as Taoist Leader: Healing Without ForceLeading from Self, Not Control The Taoist ideal of leadership
This article explores Taoist leadership through the Tao Te Ching and applies it to Internal Family Systems, showing how Self-led therapy relies on presence, humility, and trust rather than control.
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Free IFS Enneagram Course
This free course explores the Enneagram as a system for understanding motivation rather than behavior. Thoughtfully informed by Internal Family Systems, it offers a grounded approach to the nine types without simplification or pressure to type.
Free IFS Ray Course
This free course explores the Seven Rays as fundamental streams of consciousness shaping psychology, spirituality, and human development. Thoughtfully informed by Internal Family Systems, it offers a grounded way to understand these forces without turning them into labels.
Japji Sahib Pauree 17
Japji Sahib Pauree 17 points toward the boundlessness of the Divine, naming countless forms, names, qualities, and expressions that can never be fully captured or contained. Guru Nanak emphasizes humility before the infinite, reminding the seeker that language and intellect fall short. Through an Internal Family Systems (IFS) lens, this pauree softens parts that crave certainty or mastery and invites Self-led presence with mystery rather than control.
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