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Lesson 8 — Living the ACT Life | ACT Course

Living the ACT life means bringing the six core ACT processes into ordinary daily choices. This lesson gathers the course together around psychological flexibility: being present, opening to experience, loosening from thoughts, contacting the observing self, clarifying values, and taking committed action.

ACT Course

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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.

Taoism and IFS

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Myths, Mis-Reads & What Unattached Burdens Are Not: Clearing Confusion in the IFS Field

This article clarifies common myths about unattached burdens using Internal Family Systems, explaining what they are, what they are not, and how healing remains grounded and empowering.

Internal Family Systems

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Motivational Interviewing (MI) Course

A free IFS Academy course on Motivational Interviewing (MI) for beginners, taught in plain language as the real method of Miller and Rollnick. Covers what MI is, the spirit of MI (PACE), the core skills (OARS), the four processes, change talk and sustain talk, evoking, and planning, across twelve short lessons. Ends with Internal Family Systems (IFS) and parts work practice.

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Module 12 — MI as a Way of Being | Motivational Interviewing Course

A free IFS Academy course on the closing idea of Motivational Interviewing: MI as a way of being rather than a toolkit. Covers how every MI skill expresses one underlying stance, why the spirit is what people actually feel, how to recognize good MI from the receiving end, turning MI inward toward your own ambivalence, and using MI in everyday conversations with family, friends, and colleagues. Ends with Internal Family Systems (IFS) and parts work practice.

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Module 10 — Sharing Information and Advice the MI Way | Motivational Interviewing Course

A free IFS Academy course on sharing information and advice the MI way, using Elicit-Provide-Elicit. Answers whether you can give advice in Motivational Interviewing, and covers asking permission first, the elicit-provide-elicit method, offering options instead of directives, and the chunk-check-chunk rhythm for longer information. Ends with Internal Family Systems (IFS) and parts work practice.

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