🧭Four Tendencies | Free Course
- Jul 31
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Updated: 13 hours ago
Free Course by Everything IFS Academy
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Welcome to the Free Four Tendencies Course for Everyday People
🎧 Audio is read by AI
In the mid-2010s, while researching why habit advice transforms some people and completely fails others, the writer Gretchen Rubin built a framework around one deceptively simple question: how do you respond to expectations? She called it the Four Tendencies, and it has since become one of the most widely loved mirrors for self-understanding in the world, road-tested by the millions of people who have taken her quiz and mapped by a survey of a nationally representative sample. If you've ever wondered why you can be endlessly reliable in one part of your life and mysteriously stuck in another, this framework was built for exactly that wondering.
This course teaches the pure Four Tendencies, with no other systems blended in. It's written in plain, emotionally relatable language anyone can follow, whether you work in a helping field or have never set foot in a therapy room. It isn't clinical training; it's the Four Tendencies you can actually put to use in your own life. Each module offers clear teaching, real-life examples through characters you'll recognize from your own world, and the practical insights this framework is known for.
This course is self-paced, with no tests, exams, or homework. Feel free to go through it in order, or jump around to whatever interests you most.
Course outline
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The Basics
The Four Tendencies Framework The Upholder The Questioner The Obliger The Rebel
How the Four Tendencies Mix The Tendency Overlaps
Living It Four Tendencies in Everyday Life
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