You & All Your Parts

Are you a parent? A grandparent? An animal parent? Do you have Parts? Then you need to read this book! Laura shares why she recommends you purchase or borrow Dr. Becky. Kennedy's book, Good Inside: A Guide to Becoming the Parent You Want to Be. Just add the book to your summer reading list!

Tune in and learn the value of walking through your daily agenda with your Parts first thing in the morning. They'll appreciate you including them and you'll experience less upset and anxiety in your day.

Building upon the work done last week, Laura walks you through a variety of scenarios where you might want to utilize your Safe Space Imagery so that your Parts feel cared for and safe. Tune in and commit to helping your Parts feel comfortable no matter what is happening in your outside world.

Do your Parts have a safe place to retreat to? Join Laura as she guides you through an exercise from Joanne Twombley that focuses on creating a safe space for your Parts that you can use whenever your Parts need a little comfort.

Laura shares one of her all-time favorite quotes and then shows you how she used it in real life during a recent road trip when one of her younger Parts wanted to put Laura into a sugar coma. You won't want to miss this episode!

Are you looking for a book to help you learn to talk to yourself in a more loving manner? Look no further than The Loving Parent Guidebook put out by Adult Children of Alcoholics.  Laura walks you through how the ACA views Parts compared to Internal Family Systems.

Laura returns to one of her favorite topics: Inner Critics. Listen in to see if you too have a Critic you might not be aware of.

Have you ever tried the mirror exercise by Louise Hay? It's a powerful tool for practicing self-love and building a positive self-image. In this episode, we dive deep into this exercise and explore its benefits and what Parts crop up when you do the exercise. Grab a pen and paper and get ready to meet some of your Parts!

One of Laura's clients told her that they couldn't talk to their Parts the way she does - all lovey-dovey and stuff. Honestly, it kind of ticked off one of her Parts. It felt like they were being judged for being too affectionate or something. Luckily, another Part reminded her she didn’t start out all lovey-dovey back in the day. Listen in to what Laura shared with her client about their concerns...

Are you a fan of playing games? Or does it bring up some bad memories from your past? Well, in this episode, Laura shares her experience of rediscovering games as a way to add joy and connection to their life, especially after giving up sugar and alcohol. But playing games isn't always sunshine and rainbows - it can also bring up some complicated feelings that need to be worked through. Tune in to...

Trying to change your relationship with substances or relationships that you've been relying on for happiness? Instead of turning to things like food, alcohol, gambling, or a partner to feel good, start looking for small moments of joy in your day. Let your Parts help you find those moments. Take them on what can be a lifelong journey of celebrating the small moments of happiness that are availabl...

Wouldn't it be a wonderful world if all our Parts got along? Uh. That isn't Laura's lived experience. There is always someone with a different point of view in Laura's system. Listen in and see if her experience resonates with you.

Laura loves her Inner Critics. She believes that building a relationship with your Inner Critics will change your life. Not all critics come out kicking and screaming. Sometimes they're subtle. Listen in as Laura shares one of hers that took her a couple of weeks to even realize she was overly blended with.

Are you ready to trade in your black and white thinking for something more expansive? Listen is as Laura talks through one of the favorite tools she learned in coaching school, Both/And Thinking.

Have you ever stopped to consider where your beliefs came from? A friend of Laura's recently made her stop in her tracks and ask an even bigger question: are they serving you? Listen in as she talks through where a deeper reflection led her and maybe you'll find yourself curious about your own beliefs.

Do you have a Worrier Part? Laura shares research about how we worry, and how she has found it helpful to update her Worrier Parts.

Laura shares how her understanding of Carol Dweck's work on Growth vs. Fixed Mindsets has changed over the years. Listen in, you might be surprised at Laura's take.

This week in Letters to Laura, someone asks her to talk about "Positive" Parts and then asks why some of our Parts seems to have access to more Self-Energy than other Parts. Laura dives into a bit of deep theory about our Parts and their own access to Self-Energy.

Tune in as Laura talks you through tips on why concrete timeframes, numbers, and following up with your Parts, particularly if you're having to do challenging things, can be very reassuring to your Parts. She'll provide scripts you can use with your own Parts.

Do your Parts have trouble sitting in silence? Do Parts of you want to take up a mediation practice but other Parts balk or resist it? Tune in as Laura talks through some practical tips that might help you if you have a system that resists sitting quietly.

Activation Warning: This week, in Letters to Laura, a subscriber asks how you manage two Parts in your system after Spiritual Abuse has occurred when the subscriber still has Spiritual Parts in her system. Skip this if it feels too triggering, but Laura talks about the delicacy needed to meet the needs and hopefully heal some of the Parts in polarized systems after Spiritual Abuse.

As a follow on to last week's topic, let's consider this: have you ever been talking to someone and you just KNOW they're not paying attention to you? How does that make you feel? Laura talks about why attunement with your Parts is so important as she shares one of her favorite quotes from a client regarding our Parts. Tune in!

If your Parts show up as thoughts, emotions, physical sensations, and memories, when do you need to engage with them? When is the best time to connect with your Parts vs. letting sleeping Parts lie? Laura talks through this very issue. Tune in for her answer and other practical tips for working with your Parts.

Ever feel "blah" after a big event in your life? Is it hard to keep your commitments to yourself, such as following your food plan even though you were "perfect" during a holiday gathering? Welcome to the Post Event Blues! Listen as Laura talks about how you can guard against it and why it's essential to talk to your Parts to help you for the next big event.

Whatcha gonna do when the best-laid plans go awry? Because guess what? They will. Life happens as much as we might not want it to, and will hit the fan. Laura walks through how she works with her Parts when things go wrong. Listen in and drop her a line to let us know what resonates with you and your Parts.