🔼: [[⭐️ Parts Practice]], [[⭐️ Internal Family Systems]] ## Parts The word assigned to the multifaceted aspects or “sides” of our personality. > [!INFO] Other Names > - Parts ([[⭐️ Parts Practice|Parts Work]], [[⭐️ Internal Family Systems|Internal Family Systems]], [[💡 Focusing|Focusing]]) > - Personas, Complexes (Carl Jung) > - Selves ([[💡 Voice Dialogue|Voice Dialogue]]) > - Ego States (Ego State Therapy) > - Subpersonalities > - Aspects ###### The Basics - [[🔑 We all have Parts]] - Most are quite young — teenagers, children, or even infants.[^1] - [[🔑 Each Part experiences the world a bit differently]] - [[🔑 There are no bad Parts]] - [[🔑 Parts can come in all shapes and sizes with bodies of their own]] - [[🔑 All Parts are welcome exactly as they are]] - [[🔑 Our inner family is an ecosystem]] - [[🔑 We are more than the sum of our Parts]] - [[🔑 All Parts can experience all emotions]] - [[🔑 Try not to label Parts]] - [[🔑 Parts are not their burdens, roles, or strategies]] - [[🔑 Not all Parts are burdened]] - [[🔑 Our Parts often believe we are still children]] - [[🔑 All parts have good reasons for everything they do]] - [[🔑 We need our Parts, and our Parts need us]] ###### Going Deeper - [[🔑 Thoughts come from Parts]] - [[🔑 We are not any one of our Parts]] - [[🔑 Parts use our minds and bodies to get or distract our attention]] - [[🔑 We will always have Parts]] - [[🔑 Parts do not die]] - [[🔑 Parts are literally real]] - [[🔑 Parts have Parts]] - [[🔑 Parts have Presence]] - [[🔑 Our parts will often surprise us]] ###### Parts Roles [[🔑 Not all Parts are burdened]], but [[💡 Trauma|Trauma]] and wounding force Parts to either carry the residue of painful experiences or to protect the Parts who carry them. These are the Parts we meet with, but remember: [[🔑 Parts are not their burdens, roles, or strategies]]. - [[💡 Protector Parts]] - [[💡 Exiles]] ###### Non-Part Entities - [[💡 Guides]] - [[💡 Unattached Burdens]] ###### Getting to Know Our Parts There are always Parts around, whether we’re aware of them or not. They are most easily noticed in stressful situations. We might find ourselves [[💡 Blending|blending]] with a Part and reacting from them in response to what resembles something or someone from our past. We can get to know them by following [[💡 Trailheads|trailheads]] via [[🕯️ Parts Practices]]. > [!tip] Tips & Reminders > - [[🦮 How to help Parts unblend]] > - [[🔑 Try not to label Parts]] > - [[🔑 Presence does not bypass Protectors]] > - [[🔑 Our Parts set the pace|🔑 Go at your parts’ pace]] > - [[🔑 Ask, don't speculate]] > - [[🔑 Keep your promises]] > - [[🔑 There are no bad Parts]] > - [[🔑 Presence has no agenda]] > - When you ask your parts questions, don’t think up an answer — just ask and listen for one. > - Always end with [[💡 Appreciation]] and offering the possibility of positive change. ###### FAQs ![[❓ What if I don’t like the word “Part”]] [^1]: [[📖 ✅ IFS Online Circle]] Month 1: Overview of IFS and The Flow of the Model