12| What Is Your Capacity For Joy?
Paradox and Parts
In this episode, Sarah explores the surprising ways we resist, bypass, or shrink joyâeven when life is good. She shares personal stories, nervous system insight, and five reflection prompts to help you expand your emotional capacity and stop bracing when things feel light, fun, or easeful. Youâll hear: â How joy relates to your nervous system and emotional safety â Why many women subconsciously suppress joy â A vulnerable birth + birthday story that redefined celebration â How to invite just 1% more joy into your day (without guilt) If you've ever felt guilty for feeling good,...
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11| Unscripted: When You Forget Who You Are
Paradox and Parts
This oneâs raw, real, and straight from the heart. Recorded just after a powerful embodiment call, this unscripted episode is a sacred reminder for the moments you feel stuck, off, or disconnected from your power. Sarah shares a vulnerable reflection on how forgetting who we are pulls us into functional freeze, burnout, or numbnessâand how remembering (through embodiment, God, source, and even a Care Bear Stare of wildflowers) can root us back in truth. If youâve been over-functioning, under-feeling, or just wondering why nothing feels quite right⌠this one is for you. đ Come back...
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10| Why Boundaries Feel So Hard (And What to Do About It)
Paradox and Parts
In this episode of Paradox & Parts, weâre unpacking why boundaries can feel so hard to holdâeven when you know theyâre necessary. If youâve ever said yes when you wanted to say no, spiraled in guilt after setting a limit, or frozen in the moment you needed to speak up⌠youâre not alone. And youâre not broken. Weâll explore: What boundaries actually are (and what theyâre not) How your nervous system and internal parts are trying to protect you Why itâs not about willpowerâitâs about wiring, safety, and self-leadership What it means to opt in consciously when change...
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9| Putting It All Together: Inner Work That Actually Transforms
Paradox and Parts
In this recap episode of Paradox & Parts, Sarah Failla connects the dots between the foundational tools that can radically transform how you lead your life: parts work, paradox, nervous system regulation, and thought work. These arenât just self-help buzzwords. Theyâre a map to stop self-sabotaging, start leading from within, and build a life aligned with your valuesânot your fears. Youâll learn: Why conflicting inner voices make sense (and what to do with them) How paradox is the antidote to shame and binary thinking What the nervous system has to do with your patterns, your...
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8| You Are Not Your Thoughts: How to Start Noticing the Scripts Running Your Life
Paradox and Parts
In this episode of Paradox & Parts, weâre talking about the invisible scripts you didnât know were shaping your lifeâthe thoughts, beliefs, and expectations that influence how you show up, what you assume, and how you relate to others. We explore the difference between a thought and a fact, the âmanualsâ you may be unconsciously holding others to, and how self-fulfilling prophecies play out in your closest relationships. Iâll also share a personal story from early in my marriage that opened my eyes to how two people can have totally different interpretations of the same...
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7| The Nervous System: Window of Tolerance + Why You Freeze, Snap, or Shut Down
Paradox and Parts
In this episode of Paradox & Parts, we explore the nervous systemânot in a textbook or clinical way, but in the way it actually shows up in your life. Like when you overthink a text, shut down in a meeting, or say yes when your body screamed no. I walk you through what the nervous system is, what your window of tolerance means, and how dysregulation often gets mistaken for failure, weakness, or self-sabotage. I also share the practical signs of hyperarousal and hypoarousalâand why understanding this can change the way you lead yourself through life. This oneâs grounding, honest, and...
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6| Unscripted: The Parts You Hate, the Love You Crave
Paradox and Parts
In this Unscripted episode of Paradox and Parts, I invite you into a raw, honest reflection from a walk outsideâno script, no polish, just what was alive in me that day. We talk about the parts we hate, the ones we try to hide, and the ways we self-abandon in the name of safety, approval, or perfection. I share whatâs been stirring in me latelyâdeep reckoning, tenderness, grief, and the call to radical self-responsibility. This is about gathering the pieces weâve shoved down and learning to love them⌠not to fix them, but to finally hold them. If youâre navigating shame, judgment,...
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5| Shame, Judgment, and the Parts We Push Away: The Power of Paradox
Paradox and Parts
In this episode of Paradox and Parts, I dive deeper into how shame and judgment show up when we try to live in black-and-white thinking. We talk about the parts we push awayâthe ones we think disqualify usâand how paradox invites us to hold them with compassion instead of rejection. I share personal stories around parenting, confidence, overthinking, and spiritual growth⌠and how learning to hold both/and has softened how I see myself and others. This one is raw, honest, and real. If youâve ever felt like a contradiction, or wondered why shame hits so hardâthis is for you. ...
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4| Unscripted: This Is the Work â Motherhood, Miscarriage, and Midlife Meaning
Paradox and Parts
This is part of my Unscripted seriesâraw voice notes, reflections, and real-time processing from the middle of life, growth, and everything in between. No script. No polish. Just whatâs alive right now. In this episode, I share what surfaced after a powerful embodiment sessionâgrief I didnât expect, memories I hadnât visited in years, and the realization that stepping into something new (like this podcast) can stir echoes of what weâve already lived and lost. I talk about motherhood, miscarriages, movement, and how creativity is often born from the spaces we never meant to reopen....
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3 | Stop Trying to Solve It: How Embracing Paradox Sets You Free
Paradox and Parts
In this episode of Paradox & Parts, Sarah Failla dives into the heart of what it means to be human: complex, layered, and sometimes contradictory. With warmth and honesty, she unpacks how black-and-white thinking keeps us stuckâand how embracing paradox can set us free. Through relatable stories, parts work, and a practical exercise to try this week, Sarah invites you to stop fighting whatâs true and start making space for all of you. This is a powerful conversation about self-acceptance, emotional nuance, and how learning to hold two truths at once can expand your capacity for joy,...
info_outlineđď¸ Welcome to Paradox & Parts: Embracing All of You.
This short trailer introduces you to what this podcast is all aboutâand the kind of woman itâs here for.
If youâve ever said âIâm fineâ when youâre anything but...
If youâve cared deeply, held it all together, and still wondered why it isnât working...
Youâre not aloneâand youâre in the right place.
Hosted by Master Life Coach and IFS Practitioner Sarah Failla, Paradox & Parts is for the woman whoâs done performing, done shrinking, and done waiting for permission.
Each episode explores what it means to fully embrace all the parts of youâespecially the ones youâve silenced, shamed, or never even explored.
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