All Parts Welcome - Richard Schwartz, PhD + Elizabeth Gilbert: Creativity & Internal Family Systems

Join Sounds True founder Tami Simon and Internal Family Systems founder Dr. Richard C. Schwartz for a groundbreaking three-part conversation series, All Parts Welcome. Tami and Richard will host three special guests to discuss the Internal Family Systems model and how it can support our spiritual journey.

In this episode, Elizabeth Gilbert, bestselling author of eight books, including "Eat Pray Love," “Big Magic,” “The Signature of All Things,” and “City of Girls,” joins Tami and Richard for an incredible conversation on creativity, spirituality, and two-way prayer.

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[Sophia-yorp]

Dr Schwartz's legacy is IFS and his beautiful loving wise heart. This collab with Elizabeth was valuable. Thank you.

[dianarichards]

Liz, thank you for your exquisite explanation of a Self-led flourishing system. And to you, Dick, for your ever present noticing.

[casrunoleary]

This was a beautiful conversation, I cannot even begin to express how grateful I am for each one of you💞Thank You!

[Andrew-dgqm]

This is the best talk I’ve never heard. I’m shocked YouTube didn’t let me find it sooner!

[abancommissariat]

Just started experimenting with reaching out to my Spirit Guides, my SGs as I call them. So important in my life day by day.

[bellaendale]

That role playing of how to have a loving relationship with the spirit of fear from @2:16 - how to converse with fear..man has revolutionarized my way of thinking..I paused the video..thought about what I heard..sat still ..and listened again. This is a video to listen to slowly and then relisten to unlearn and relearn..thank you SO much for this peaceful encouraging and challenging impartation ❤

[Ladidasana]

This interview was one of the best! I found it fascinating looking at the self, no self, higher self and how to view these ideas and integrate these parts. Liz gave some amazing examples and tools that reflected her real authenticity Dick always reminds us to be loving and accepting toward ourselves. Listened to this one twice! Thanks.

[carolgerber]

Fabulous and very helpful conversation. I LOVE Dick Schwartz! Learning to love and accept my many parts is a daily and ongoing practice. My life is so much freer because of this work. ❤ A big thank you to Liz as well, for great examples and extra context. Merci!

[joannecousensalburger]

Wow, wow, wow!! Tami #TamiSimon, love the curls! Thanks you for all your work and for SOunds True! Thank you for this interview and for having relationships with humans like Liz and Dick. Thank you, Liz, #ElizabethGilbert for giving me so much genuine Lizness and loveliness and peaceful truth. Thank you, Dick #DrRichardSchwartz, for IFS and for your ongoing life's work. I am a grateful student and fan!

[debraaskelson]

Parts work is extremely helpful and a part is Richard’s calm manner. Liz offered helpful tools and vulnerability as to how she is managing her parts. Thx

[joycewitte]

Very interesting conversation. Great idea to name your parts with proper names Liz. I'm going to do that too. Dick thank you for articulating the difference between the empty self, and the full Self. And now we have Guides, great! Love IFS. Thanks Tami for hosting two people I admire.❤ ❤

[jewelair]

Very helpful to hear both Dr. Schwartz’ and Elizabeth’s perspectives and to hear how Elizabeth experiences this. I’ve heard Tori Amos speak on her songs as being their own entities who come and visit her and allow her to “translate” them into the songs they become.

[bevspangler]

Wow thx. Such a clear and vibrant description from Liz of what can happen when honest dogged parts work blossoms into results, moment to moment in real life. Its actionable and practical, from a source of Love.

[peacefulisland]

"Toward" is an intimate, curious, coming together, deliberate movement; "about" is around, approximate, impersonal, guesswork.
One word emphasizes connection, the other separation.

[andrewfrench]

Thanks for a very helpful dialogue about IFS, coming at it from three different directions. The 'about/towards' question was also very interesting. As a language teacher, I suspect that 'feel about' is often used as a softer synonym for 'think about', even though the verb 'feel' should point us towards a more emotional response. ( It's revealing that we never say 'think towards' something or somebody). Also the word 'towards' is more about relationship than 'about'. So even small word choices can have a big impact on dialogue with our parts.

[maytem]

One of the best podcasts I have heard in a long time!!

[astoll]

Touched 🥹 tearing-up with gratitude *~towards~* these beautifully compassionate & resonating framing insights here, especially those caringly 🤲unfolded to encouragingly way-show share of one’s own wonderfully vulnerable & self-nurturing experiences. 💗 Cheers to such wholly caring for our eco-systems internally first & foremost, as they ⛲️ripple to our outer, sensibility remembering.

[farmcat]

Dick Schwartz makes me feel grounded, and grounded in building confidence in my-self

[lindseyjarrell]

This is a very special conversation. Thank you.

[elephant]

thanks for this beautiful conversation