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No Bad Parts by Richard C. Schwartz PhD

Discover an empowering new way of understanding your multifaceted mind--and healing the many parts that make you who you are.

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Is there some part of yourself that you wish would go away? Most of us would say yes, whether we call it addiction, the inner critic, "monkey mind," neurosis, sinfulness, bad habits, or some other disparaging name. Yet what if there were a different way to approach these aspects of yourself that leads to true healing instead of constant inner struggle? With No Bad Parts, Dr. Richard Schwartz teaches a revolutionary paradigm of understanding and relating with ourselves--a method that brings us into inner harmony, enhances self-compassion, and opens the doors to spiritual awakening. 

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Dr. Schwartz is the creator of Internal Family Systems (IFS), a paradigm-changing model of consciousness that has been transforming psychology for decades. Here, you'll learn why IFS has been so effective in areas such as trauma recovery, addiction therapy, depression, and more. IFS overturns the idea that we have one "true" identity and recognizes that having multiple parts is not a pathology, but a normal and healthy function of the human mind. Dr. Schwartz shares insights and practices to help you recognize your own "inner family" of parts, understand how each part seeks to help and protect you even when it seems problematic, engage in inner dialogue to restore balance and self-love--and deepen your awareness of the higher Self that holds and encompasses every facet of your diverse consciousness.

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"Inclusively Supportive"

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Self-Care Tags:

Empowering

Normalizing

Compassionate

Interactive

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Special Considerations Before Reading:

(Content Warning)

​​“The mono-mind paradigm has caused us to fear our parts and view them as pathological. In our attempts to control what we consider to be disturbing thoughts and emotions, we just end up fighting, ignoring, disciplining, hiding, or feeling ashamed of those impulses that keep us from doing what we want to do in our lives. And then we shame ourselves for not being able to control them. In other words, we hate what gets in our way.”

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“Parts are little inner beings who are trying their best to keep you safe.”

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