Richard Schwartz — IFS, Psychedelic Experiences without Drugs, and More | The Tim Ferriss Show

Richard Schwartz — IFS, Psychedelic Experiences without Drugs, and Finding Inner Peace for Our Many Parts | Brought to you by Helix Sleep (http://helixsleep.com/tim), LinkedIn Jobs (http://linkedin.com/tim), Athletic Greens (http://athleticgreens.com/tim). Show Notes: https://tim.blog/2021/01/14/richard-schwartz-internal-family-systems/#more-54276 Richard Schwartz is on the faculty of the department of psychiatry at Harvard Medical School. He began his career as a family therapist and an academic at the University of Illinois at Chicago, where he discovered that family therapy alone did not achieve full symptom relief. In asking patients why, he learned that they were plagued by what they called “parts.” These patients became his teachers as they described how their parts formed networks of inner relationships that resembled the families he had been working with. He also found that as they focused on and, thereby, separated from their parts, they would shift into a state characterized by qualities like curiosity, calm, confidence, and compassion. He called that inner essence the Self and was amazed to find it even in severely diagnosed and traumatized patients. From these explorations, the Internal Family Systems (IFS) model was born in the early 1980s. IFS is now evidence based and has become a widely used form of psychotherapy, particularly with trauma. It provides a non-pathologizing, optimistic, and empowering perspective and a practical and effective set of techniques for working with individuals, couples, families, and—more recently—corporations and classrooms. Please enjoy! SUBSCRIBE: http://bit.ly/1dSzTkW LINK TO ALL SHOW TRANSCRIPTS: https://tim.blog/2018/09/20/all-transcripts-from-the-tim-ferriss-show/ About Tim Ferriss: Tim Ferriss is one of Fast Company’s “Most Innovative Business People” and an early-stage tech investor/advisor in Uber, Facebook, Twitter, Shopify, Duolingo, Alibaba, and 50+ other companies. He is also the author of five #1 New York Times and Wall Street Journal bestsellers: The 4-Hour Workweek, The 4-Hour Body, The 4-Hour Chef, Tools of Titans and Tribe of Mentors. The Observer and other media have named him “the Oprah of audio” due to the influence of his podcast, The Tim Ferriss Show, which has exceeded 500 million downloads and been selected for “Best of Apple Podcasts” three years running. Connect with Tim Ferriss: Sign up for "5-Bullet Friday" (Tim's email newsletter): https://go.tim.blog/5-bullet-friday-1/ Visit the Tim Ferriss PODCAST: https://tim.blog/podcast/ Visit the Tim Ferriss BLOG: https://tim.blog/ Follow Tim Ferriss on TWITTER: https://twitter.com/tferriss/ Follow Tim Ferriss on INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/timferriss/ Like Tim Ferriss on FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/TimFerriss/ Start [00:00] The aftermath from sharing my story of childhood abuse with the world [08:24] How Richard first conceived of the “parts” that became foundational to IFS [15:18] IFS as a non-pathologizing therapy [22:38] A brief overview of IFS [29:11] IFS as similar to psychedelics in how it prompts self-discovery [37:30] Richard guides me through a spontaneous IFS session. [40:01] A post-game analysis of our session [1:04:41] Applications for suicidal ideation [1:09:55] “The curious paradox is that when I accept myself just as I am, then I change.” —Carl Rogers [1:16:15] Could IFS prepare someone for a psychedelic experience? [1:17:38] How can someone make IFS a daily practice? [1:23:49] When couples experience a “protector war” and how to resolve it [1:27:56] What are trailheads, and how can they lead us toward a breakthrough? [1:34:27] Resources to further explore IFS (These can be found at the top of the show notes at https://tim.blog/2021/01/14/richard-schwartz-internal-family-systems/#more-54276.) [1:36:25] Parting thoughts. [1:39:23]