Series: Our Birthright Gifts (8 Cs- IFS Therapy)
All the links to posts in one easy-to-find location: Calmness, Clarity, Curiosity, Compassion, Confidence, Courage, Creativity
The Series posts continue with the Gifts series published during the days leading up to Christmas. Those are busy days and if you missed any of the days, here they are in one place.
Series: Our Birthright Gifts (8 Cs- IFS Therapy)
As I healed, I was surprised to find that deep inside of me was a remarkable human being. Shame and religion had taught me something entirely different. It taught me that I was unworthy, flawed, and some would say, wicked. When introduced to the “8 Cs of Self Leadership”—a core concept of Internal Family Systems (IFS)—I recognized a me that had always been there but often got buried underneath layers of pain and trauma-based coping strategies. Un-layering this me was a gift I gave to myself and it has enabled me to give hope to others.This series describes each of these gifts that I treasure every day: Calmness, Clarity, Curiosity, Compassion, Confidence, Courage, Creativity, and Connectedness. These gifts, handed to us at birth, were intended to be opened in safe, nurturing childhoods but it is never too late to open them.
I have copied the IFS systems sheet to think through how these gifts are lived out in my life, and if not, what I need to do about it.