The 8-Week Parts Work

Disclaimer

Chapter 1: You Have Parts

Chapter 2: Meeting Your Protectors - The Guards at the Gate

Chapter 3: Understanding Exiles - Your Wounded Inner Children

Chapter 4: Finding Your Self - The Calm, Compassionate Core

Section II: Mapping Your System (Weeks 3-4)

Chapter 5: The Parts Mapping Exercise

Step 2: Get Curious About Each Part For each part you identify, ask yourself:

Step 3: Understand the Part's History Try to trace each part back to its origins:

Step 4: Identify Relationships Between Parts Notice how your parts relate to each other:

Chapter 6: Common Parts Everyone Has

Chapter 7: How Parts Interact and Conflict

Chapter 8: Recognizing Blended States

Section III: Dialogue and Healing (Weeks 5-6)

Chapter 9: How to Talk to Your Parts

Chapter 10: Negotiating with Protectors

Step 1: Acknowledge Their Good Intentions

Step 2: Understand Their Specific Concerns

Step 3: Validate Their Historical Experience

Step 4: Assess Current Reality Together

Step 5: Negotiate New Agreements

Chapter 11: Safely Approaching Exiles

Chapter 12: The Unburdening Process

Section IV: Integration and Daily Life (Weeks 7-8)

Chapter 13: Parts-Aware Decision Making

Step 1: Identify the Decision and Get Centered

Step 2: Invite Parts Input

Step 3: Interview Each Part Separately

Step 4: Look for Creative Solutions

Step 5: Test Internal Consensus

Step 6: Make the Decision from Self

Step 7: Create Implementation Support

Chapter 14: Relationships Through an IFS Lens

Chapter 15: Maintaining Self-Leadership

Step 1: Recognize the Takeover

Step 2: Pause and Ground

Step 3: Ask Parts to Step Back

Step 4: Access Self-Qualities

Step 5: Respond from Self

Step 6: Follow Up with Parts

Chapter 16: Your Ongoing IFS Practice