207 Transform Your Leadership with Internal Family Systems (IFS): Interview with Dr. Richard Schwartz
Release Date: 09/20/2024
The MINDset Game® Podcast
As humans, we have an immense capacity for love and wisdom, with the power to be a source of light in the world. However, often due to trauma and other challenging experiences, we may develop patterns and create stories that might not be fully true, but end up holding us back from accessing our inner light. Exploring a concept known as the human energy consciousness field may offer insights that can help us transfigure these patterns and achieve mental, emotional, and physical healing. As an expert on the human energy field and the healing sciences, Donna Evans Strauss currently serves on the...
info_outlineThe MINDset Game® Podcast
It’s often said that our thoughts create our reality. Therefore, while many people focus on the steps they need to take in order to achieve optimal results in their personal and professional lives, the true path to success may begin with the thoughts that you train your mind to engage on a daily basis. As the go-to mind coach of the NBA and Major League Baseball, Devon Bandison works with Fortune 100 companies and people from all walks of life. He’s an international TEDx speaker whose work has been featured in The Wall Street Journal, Good Morning America, Inc Magazine and other leading...
info_outlineThe MINDset Game® Podcast
Within teams, organizations, and interpersonal relationships, creating an environment in which everyone feels free to express their ideas and opinions is crucial for achieving optimal results. However, people often hesitate to say what’s really on their minds, particularly if they believe that it may conflict with widely held views or expectations. The key to communicating more skillfully lies in finding your authentic voice, or the one that supports who you need to be in order to best serve a situation. As the founder of Abella Consulting and Say It Skillfully Inc., Molly Tschang...
info_outlineThe MINDset Game® Podcast
In today’s world, it often seems that conflict and division are widespread. However, over the course of human history, there have been many different phases on our evolutionary journey – and research indicates that we may now be on the precipice of shifting back toward greater unity. Making this brighter, more harmonious future a reality begins with the choices we make at an individual level. Dr. Jude Currivan is a cosmologist, planetary healer, futurist, author, Evolutionary Leaders Circle member and, previously, a senior UK-based international business woman. She has a Master’s...
info_outlineThe MINDset Game® Podcast
As the ancient Greek philosopher Heraclitus observed, “The only constant in life is change.” While change in our personal and professional lives is inevitable, adapting to it can be difficult and often leads to feelings of resistance. When it comes to organizational change initiatives, the ADKAR® model – which stands for Awareness, Desire, Knowledge, Ability and Reinforcement – is renowned for guiding successful change, beginning at the individual level. As a senior fellow at Prosci, the leading global change management research and training organization that developed the ADKAR...
info_outlineThe MINDset Game® Podcast
Have you ever wrestled with an inner critic that berated you for any perceived flaws and prevented you from celebrating your strengths and achievements? While it can be difficult to fully accept yourself exactly as you are, self-acceptance is essential not only for your own happiness, but also the health of your relationships with others – and for leaders, self-acceptance is one of the keys to building high-performing teams. Dr. Laura Gallaher is an organizational psychologist, keynote speaker, USA Today best-selling author, and leadership coach. After the space shuttle Columbia...
info_outlineThe MINDset Game® Podcast
In a world filled with distractions, it can be challenging to focus your energy on the pursuits that will bring you optimum happiness and fulfillment. The secret to reaching your goals, overcoming barriers that may be holding you back, and attracting what you truly desire may lie in the powerful quantum fields that surround each of us. Dr. Jeffrey Fannin is known globally for his work on brain mapping, including his research on cognitive neuroscience, focusing on brain function and changing subconscious limiting beliefs. He has worked in the neuroscience field, mapping and analyzing the brain...
info_outlineThe MINDset Game® Podcast
The greatest challenges for any business include figuring out how to make their product or service stand out amidst a competitive field, attract clients, and drive sales. While large companies may have adequate resources to invest in building a widely recognized brand, most small and medium-sized businesses must rely on marketing strategies that will quickly yield results. John Dwyer, our guest in Episode 225 of The Mindset Game® podcast, is a marketing enigma – a direct response customer attraction expert who thinks way outside of the box. With a mantra that one’s marketing needs to...
info_outlineThe MINDset Game® Podcast
Whether you’re a sales professional or a business owner or leader, maintaining a consistent stream of current and prospective clients is crucial for business growth and success. However, many people are uncomfortable with the sales process, often due to a fear of rejection or feeling like they are being bothersome. To overcome these feelings, it’s crucial to develop a mindset that is focused on the value you bring and how you can help others achieve things they didn’t think were possible – what Mark Hunter, our guest in Episode 224 of The Mindset Game® podcast, refers to as the...
info_outlineThe MINDset Game® Podcast
While the term “addiction” is generally associated with the misuse of drugs or alcohol, there is a wide range of substances or behaviors that have the potential to become addictive – including those that are generally considered positive, such as work or exercise. To prevent or heal from addiction of any kind and maintain a balanced relationship with the things you enjoy, it may be helpful to understand the neuroscience behind why we get addicted. Clinician and scholar Anna Lembke, our guest in Episode 223 of The Mindset Game® podcast, is a professor of psychiatry at the Stanford...
info_outlineAs complex beings, we all encompass many different inner parts, or aspects of ourselves. Often, these parts may conflict, or we may feel ashamed or angered by those parts that we consider “bad” and therefore, try to suppress them. However, each of our parts serves a particular function that is meant to help us in some way, and by understanding where they all might have come from, how they work together, and how to foster healing and harmony among our various parts when needed, we can create space for our true, core selves to shine through.
Dr. Richard Schwartz, our guest in Episode 207 of The Mindset Game® podcast, is the creator of Internal Family Systems (IFS), a widely used, evidence-based form of psychotherapy that is particularly effective for dealing with trauma. It provides a non-pathologizing, optimistic, and empowering perspective and a practical set of techniques for working with individuals, couples, families, corporations, and classrooms. After beginning his career as a family therapist, Dr. Schwartz now serves on the faculty of Harvard Medical School, and has published five books, including “No Bad Parts: Healing Trauma and Restoring Wholeness with the Internal Family Systems Model.” In this week’s episode, Dr. Schwartz shares the following:
- The 8 Cs of “Self” or Self-leadership — calm, confident, curious, compassionate, courageous, creative, clear, and connected — which represent who we truly are at our core when we allow the other parts of ourselves to step aside and create space
- How understanding the different parts of ourselves can help us become more effective leaders, particularly for those who may have developed an over-attachment to the inner parts that have fueled their success
- A framework to better understand the different parts of yourself – including the critics, protectors, managers, and inner children – and why they may behave in certain ways
Dr. Schwartz then guides us through an exercise designed to help us get in touch with those parts of ourselves that serve as protectors.
To learn more about Dr. Schwartz and Internal Family Systems (IFS), visit https://ifs-institute.com.
To learn more about The Mindset Game podcast, visit www.TheMindsetGame.com. To subscribe, visit https://apple.co/3oAnR8I.