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Jennifer O'Sullivan

@jenniferosullivan.bsky.social
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Inner Wayfinding with Parts Work & Time-Tested Mind-Body Practices 💫 Certified Internal Family Systems (IFS) Practitioner 💫 Embodied Awareness~ Yoga & Mindfulness 💫 Currently Pursuing: Positive Psychology & Coaching GDip www.sati.yoga

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Jennifer O'Sullivan @jenniferosullivan.bsky.social · 08/07/2025
This month on the pod,, we're training up compassion. Highlights: ~ cultivating an open-hearted attitude ~ character strengths of enlightened beings ~ Lojong, Tibetan Buddhist Mind Training for cultivating compassion www.skillfulmeanspodcast.co...
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#109 Training in Compassion - Skillful Means Podcast
Continuing our series on Awakening the Heart, this month we're exploring the Buddhist path of the bodhisattva through the cultivation of bodhicitta - the awakened heart-mind that forms the foundation of compassionate living. Drawing from Maha...
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Jennifer O'Sullivan @jenniferosullivan.bsky.social · 10/06/2025
Anger can catalyze us but can't sustain us. How do we keep our spirits up when the world feels overwhelming? Out now: why shouldn't feel guilty for endorsing we foreground what brings us joy and happiness. Check out Skillful Means Podcast 🎧 on your fav player: www.skillfulmeanspodcast.co...
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Jennifer O'Sullivan @jenniferosullivan.bsky.social · 27/05/2025
Feeling cynical lately? Me too! Who can blame us? I mean... Out now on the pod, a guided practice to help you (and me) stay open-hearted. Inspired by the teachings of Roshi Joan Halifax. Check out Skillful Means Podcast 🎧 on your fav player: www.skillfulmeanspodcast.co...
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#106 Strong Back, Soft Front Guided Meditation - Skillful Means Podcast
This month's practice features an embodied mediation to help you stay present with life's challenges without becoming overwhelmed or shutting down. Inspired by Roshi Joan Halifax's teachings, you'll cultivate a foundation of stability to unde...
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Jennifer O'Sullivan @jenniferosullivan.bsky.social · 14/05/2025
There is nothing wrong with your feelings. In the latest pod, I share Buddhist and psychological takes on working with difficult emotions. And I offer some simple ways to create a welcoming environment for all your parts. 🎧 on the web or your fav app: www.skillfulmeanspodcast.co... #skyIFS
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#105 Embracing Difficult Emotions - Skillful Means Podcast
This month, we're looking at a question that comes up a lot:All parts are supposed to be welcome, but how do we work with feelings we don't like?Drawing on Buddhist wisdom and the function of emotions, we're exploring:Why equanimity is about inclu...
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Jennifer O'Sullivan @jenniferosullivan.bsky.social · 08/05/2025
ICYMI: When you need to feel both grounded AND energized. 🎧 on your fav player or at: www.skillfulmeanspodcast.co...
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#104 Earth and Sky Guided Visualization Practice - Skillful Means Podcast
The Taoists believe that we can harness the stabilizing qualities of Earth Qi along with the generative qualities of  Heaven/Sky Qi to improve physical health, increase longevity, and cultivate inner harmony. In this guided practice, Jen...
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Jennifer O'Sullivan @jenniferosullivan.bsky.social · 30/04/2025
#skyIFS, I'm trying something out: drop-in yoga, mindfulness, and parts work gatherings. These pay-what-you-can sessions will help you reconnect to your inner wisdom and ground your awareness in embodied presence. For "these times." First one: May 8 at 12pm EDT. www.sati.yoga/ifs-coaching...
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Pause & Reset Sessions: Desk-friendly Yoga, Mindfulness, and IFS Parts Work with Jennifer O'Sullivan, Level 3 Certified IFS Practitioner
Gentle Yoga, Mindfulness, and IFS Parts Work to help you reconnect to your inner wisdom and ground your awareness in embodied presence.
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Jennifer O'Sullivan @jenniferosullivan.bsky.social · 29/04/2025
New practice on Skillful Means Podcast! For when you're feeling both drained AND wired. This Taoist Earth & Sky Qi meditation brings you grounded stability + that spark to keep going. Just 10 minutes to feel human again. 🎧 on your fav player or at: www.skillfulmeanspodcast.co...
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#104 Earth and Sky Guided Visualization Practice - Skillful Means Podcast
The Taoists believe that we can harness the stabilizing qualities of Earth Qi along with the generative qualities of  Heaven/Sky Qi to improve physical health, increase longevity, and cultivate inner harmony. In this guided practice, Jen...
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Jennifer O'Sullivan @jenniferosullivan.bsky.social · 25/04/2025
Another great one from Worry Lines. I've got a cluster of parts that have internalized a lot of beliefs around how I should act, particularly because I circulate in spiritual spaces. How about you?
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Jennifer O'Sullivan @jenniferosullivan.bsky.social · 24/04/2025
My tween parts are all: OMG, we have something in common with Will Wheaton. 🤩 You didn't see that... Anyway... This is a great pitch for what getting on your own side with IFS looks like. #skyIFS
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Jennifer O'Sullivan @jenniferosullivan.bsky.social · 24/04/2025
All the time
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Jennifer O'Sullivan @jenniferosullivan.bsky.social · 24/04/2025
The Q get the most from clients: how do I create space around my feelings so I don't start throwing things? ICYMI: a meditation that can help you get some space and clarity when you don't have time to do a deep dive with your parts. #skyIFS #IFS www.skillfulmeanspodcast.co...
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#103 I See You, I'm With You Guided IFS Practice - Skillful Means Podcast
There are definitely times when we need to get a hold of ourselves. But how do we do that without dismissing our feelings? This brief Parts Work practice is for moments when you feel too activated or busy for deeper introspection but also nee...
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Jennifer O'Sullivan @jenniferosullivan.bsky.social · 15/04/2025
Let your parts know that you see them. This quick #IFS meditation will help you stay grounded (access Self Energy) without bypassing what you're really feeling. Try this out when you aren't able to do a full check-in with your parts. #skyIFS www.skillfulmeanspodcast.co...
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#103 I See You, I'm With You Guided IFS Practice - Skillful Means Podcast
There are definitely times when we need to get a hold of ourselves. But how do we do that without dismissing our feelings? This brief Parts Work practice is for moments when you feel too activated or busy for deeper introspection but also nee...
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Jennifer O'Sullivan @jenniferosullivan.bsky.social · 13/04/2025
I put my kid on a plane to Japan without me this morning. One of the everyday benefits of parts work is being able to access the equanimity that lies in the middle of my worried mama parts and my inner excited teenager. #skyifs
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Jennifer O'Sullivan @jenniferosullivan.bsky.social · 10/04/2025
ICYMI: Grounding practices that build resilience! 🌱 Learn 6 principles for accessing your inner strength + how to honor your values without creating division. Listen now: www.skillfulmeanspodcast.co...
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#100 What's Stopping You? Buddhist and IFS Perspectives on Resistance - Skillful Means Podcast
Ever wonder why you feel resistant to doing something that you actually want to do? This month we're unpacking the complexities of resistance through Buddhist teachings and IFS Parts Work. We're going to scrap the self-sabotaging label and ge...
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Jennifer O'Sullivan @jenniferosullivan.bsky.social · 04/04/2025
Yes. I’ve been thinking about ways to buffer ourselves against the ongoing damage of cultural burdens. We can do all this inner work and still get knocked down by “this.” I think this kind of analysis has to be part of that buffering. #skyIFS
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Jennifer O'Sullivan @jenniferosullivan.bsky.social · 01/04/2025
During "these times" are you taking care of your mental health and wellbeing? Find out how grounding practices not only help us cope with adversity, but they're also empowering. + 6 principles of effective grounding practices + tips for creating a toolkit www.skillfulmeanspodcast.co...
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#100 What's Stopping You? Buddhist and IFS Perspectives on Resistance - Skillful Means Podcast
Ever wonder why you feel resistant to doing something that you actually want to do? This month we're unpacking the complexities of resistance through Buddhist teachings and IFS Parts Work. We're going to scrap the self-sabotaging label and ge...
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Jennifer O'Sullivan @jenniferosullivan.bsky.social · 27/03/2025
Having ADHD, I used to blame procrastination on my brain. But when I asked my procrastinating parts what was happening, their answers changed my business. Now I treat procrastination as a smoke signal. Get to know your procrastinators with this #IFS meditation 🎧: www.skillfulmeanspodcast.co...
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#101 Working with Resistance Guided IFS Practice - Skillful Means Podcast
Instead of speculating endlessly about why you might be avoiding something, ask the part that's hesitating!Based on Internal Family Systems (IFS), this guided parts work practice will help you identify and get to know the part (or parts) that are ...
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Jennifer O'Sullivan @jenniferosullivan.bsky.social · 18/03/2025
Rather than pushing through resistance, what might it be trying to tell you? Out now on Skillful Means Podcast: an #IFS meditation to help you get to know and work with resistant parts. 🎧: www.skillfulmeanspodcast.co...
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#101 Working with Resistance Guided IFS Practice - Skillful Means Podcast
Instead of speculating endlessly about why you might be avoiding something, ask the part that's hesitating!Based on Internal Family Systems (IFS), this guided parts work practice will help you identify and get to know the part (or parts) that are ...
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Jennifer O'Sullivan @jenniferosullivan.bsky.social · 13/03/2025
Struggling with procrastination, perfectionism, or just feeling stuck? It might not be what you think! ICYMI: On this month's episode of the podcast, I unpack resistance and the hidden wisdom in our hesitations! #IFS www.buzzsprout.com/466651/e...
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#100 What's Stopping You? Buddhist and IFS Perspectives on Resistance - Skillful Means Podcast
Ever wonder why you feel resistant to doing something that you actually want to do? This month we're unpacking the complexities of resistance through Buddhist teachings and IFS Parts Work. We're going to scrap the self-sabotaging label and ge...
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Jennifer O'Sullivan @jenniferosullivan.bsky.social · 10/03/2025
"The eighth quality is not involving oneself in spurious talk or useless argument that is not beneficial." Haha, the Buddha basically warned us about social media 2500 years ago.
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Jennifer O'Sullivan @jenniferosullivan.bsky.social · 09/03/2025
Resistance isn't futile—it's a sign that something needs attention! In the current episode of Skillful Means Podcast, explore the five hindrances that slow down growth and how to navigate them. What might your resistance tell you? #IFS www.buzzsprout.com/466651/e...
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#100 What's Stopping You? Buddhist and IFS Perspectives on Resistance - Skillful Means Podcast
Ever wonder why you feel resistant to doing something that you actually want to do? This month we're unpacking the complexities of resistance through Buddhist teachings and IFS Parts Work. We're going to scrap the self-sabotaging label and ge...
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Jennifer O'Sullivan @jenniferosullivan.bsky.social · 06/03/2025
One of things I noticed while living in Holland is that Dutch ppl are really adept at maintaining boundaries between work and personal life. They close the store right on time. If you drop something on them at 5pm Fri, they will tell you: (cont)
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Jennifer O'Sullivan @jenniferosullivan.bsky.social · 06/03/2025
Really feeling the truth of this. No individual technique is sacrosanct.
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Jennifer O'Sullivan @jenniferosullivan.bsky.social · 04/03/2025
Ever wonder why you feel resistant to doing something that you actually want to do?  This month on the podcast, I'm unpacking the complexities of resistance through two lenses: Buddhism and #IFS Parts Work. www.buzzsprout.com/466651/e...
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#100 What's Stopping You? Buddhist and IFS Perspectives on Resistance - Skillful Means Podcast
Ever wonder why you feel resistant to doing something that you actually want to do? This month we're unpacking the complexities of resistance through Buddhist teachings and IFS Parts Work. We're going to scrap the self-sabotaging label and ge...
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Jennifer O'Sullivan @jenniferosullivan.bsky.social · 02/03/2025
Also this. 💯
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Jennifer O'Sullivan @jenniferosullivan.bsky.social · 02/03/2025
For whoever needs to hear this: feeling anxious or angry does NOT mean you’re disregulated. Those are NORMAL responses to injustice and uncertainty. Neg emos are messengers. Lean in. Get curious. 🧵
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Jennifer O'Sullivan @jenniferosullivan.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
I’ve been reluctant to associate Severance with IFS. Not everything to do with walling off the brain is about parts as we think of them. But ep 207 has me wondering. Is Lumon trying to isolate burdened parts (trauma) so ppl don’t have to experience those memories anymore? #severance
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Jennifer O'Sullivan @jenniferosullivan.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
There’s an aspect of #IFS that you can’t read in a book or learn in a training. To fully realize the potential of parts work, you have to embody the premise that all parts are worthy and deserving of your care. And that they have something to contribute. IFS is a way of being not a checklist.
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Jennifer O'Sullivan @jenniferosullivan.bsky.social · 27/02/2025
Which all the 💩 that's going on, we need practices that help us find our ground. This yin yoga class features poses that support deep regeneration. Through stillness, we reconnect with our innate capacity for stability & self-trust. www.skillfulmeanspodcast.co... #yinyoga #ifs #mindfulness
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#99 Come Home to Yourself, Yin Yoga Guided Practice - Skillful Means Podcast
As a practice of being, Yin Yoga creates a unique container for exploring the restless impulses to fix while encouraging us to relax into self-acceptance. In this short practice, Jen shares three postures that target the Earth element as a wa...
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Jennifer O'Sullivan @jenniferosullivan.bsky.social · 22/02/2025
ICYMI {New on Skillful Means} A guided yin practice for coming home to yourself. Gentle, reclining poses help you release tension and discover the quiet power of simply being. No fixing, no improving—just returning to your ground of being. www.skillfulmeanspodcast.co... #yinyoga #ifs #mindfulness
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#99 Come Home to Yourself, Yin Yoga Guided Practice - Skillful Means Podcast
As a practice of being, Yin Yoga creates a unique container for exploring the restless impulses to fix while encouraging us to relax into self-acceptance. In this short practice, Jen shares three postures that target the Earth element as a wa...
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Jennifer O'Sullivan @jenniferosullivan.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
People ask me all the time: what exactly is a part? What is the self? In fact, these are unanswerable Qs b/c the mind continues to be quite mysterious even as we learn more about the brain. Yet, this article captures well how I make sense of things. My only addition would be the Tao. ☯️
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An hypothesis to unify IFS - PARTS & SELF
In my study of IFS I have encountered many questions from clients in workshops and online that reflect the difficulty many people (including me) have in understanding what “Parts” and “Self” are in th...
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Jennifer O'Sullivan @jenniferosullivan.bsky.social · 18/02/2025
Each month on the podcast, I share a guided practice so you can develop skillful methods to deepen self-awareness and ease suffering. This month, enjoy Yin Yoga for cultivating self-acceptance while rooting into your grounded center. www.skillfulmeanspodcast.co... #yinyoga #ifs #mindfulness
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#99 Come Home to Yourself, Yin Yoga Guided Practice - Skillful Means Podcast
As a practice of being, Yin Yoga creates a unique container for exploring the restless impulses to fix while encouraging us to relax into self-acceptance. In this short practice, Jen shares three postures that target the Earth element as a wa...
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Roshi Joan Halifax @joanhalifax.bsky.social · 16/02/2025
The Bodhisattva acts from the reality that lived experience is characterized by fundamental precariousness.
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Jennifer O'Sullivan @jenniferosullivan.bsky.social · 14/02/2025
Time capsule from 1978. From the intro of Carl Roger’s “On Personal Power.” The essence of the person-centered approach. And yet, this idea -even in therapeutic space- still feels revolutionary.
Screen grab from a book with the following quote highlighted in pink: persons who trust their own power, do not have to have “power over,” and who are willing to foster and facilitate latent strength in the other.
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Jennifer O'Sullivan @jenniferosullivan.bsky.social · 12/02/2025
New Skillful Means episode! 🎙️ When your parts are trying to juggle all the thingsl, maybe we need better discernment, not better balance. Try IFS Parts Work to explore what's truly yours to carry versus what others think you should do. www.skillfulmeanspodcast.co...
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#98 Who says you should? Uncover what matters to you. - Skillful Means Podcast
Feeling the pressure to do all the things? This episode explores the balancing act between living up to expectations, following the rules, and being true to yourself. • Identifying shoulds (compared to wants & needs)• Self-compassion vs should...
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Jennifer O'Sullivan @jenniferosullivan.bsky.social · 11/02/2025
The founder of #IFS frequently declares that IFS is not a resourcing model. This means that when we're in session with a clnt, we practitioners aren't supposed to use tools to subdue parts. This doesn't mean no resources any time. People need to know how to cope in a self-led way. Ok, how? (cont)
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Jennifer O'Sullivan @jenniferosullivan.bsky.social · 10/02/2025
Curious how positive psych pros might be combining VIA character strength & Gallup StrengthsFinder w/ clients. I'm seeing a nice synergy between what you're good at (Gallup) and what makes you happy/fulfilled (VIA). It's been interesting to note where they overlap & diverge in my own profiles.
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Jennifer O'Sullivan @jenniferosullivan.bsky.social · 08/02/2025
Who says you should? Everyone has an opinion on how to live, work, play, and make it through the next four years. ICYMI check out Skillful Means Podcast where we're exploring how to get clear on what's really yours to juggle. 🎧 wherever you get your podcasts or 👇 www.skillfulmeanspodcast.co...
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#98 Who says you should? Uncover what matters to you. - Skillful Means Podcast
Feeling the pressure to do all the things? This episode explores the balancing act between living up to expectations, following the rules, and being true to yourself. • Identifying shoulds (compared to wants & needs)• Self-compassion vs should...
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Jennifer O'Sullivan @jenniferosullivan.bsky.social · 07/02/2025
Late Dec, I attended @rachealcook.com's planning retreat. I love her emphasis on scheduling time off. I made the strategic choice to take every 2nd Friday off. I treat it like a corp flex schedule b/c those 8ish hours are occurring across the other 13 days anyway. Really grateful for the insight.
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Jennifer O'Sullivan @jenniferosullivan.bsky.social · 07/02/2025
I’ve been thinking about self-led compartmentalization. As #IFS professionals, we describe this as “getting our parts to step back” esp when we’re in session with clients. Harder to do when we’re in the same 💩⛈️ as they are. At home, also being self-led and regulated for my kid. (cont)
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Jennifer O'Sullivan @jenniferosullivan.bsky.social · 06/02/2025
Amidst all this chaos, I'm remembering that extreme stress and anxiety almost killed me a year ago (not exaggerating, but more on that later). Its imperative that you get clear on what triggers your parts so you can develop effective strategies to take care of them. (cont) #ifs
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Jennifer O'Sullivan @jenniferosullivan.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
Not everything is a part. We also have a nervous system, which is pre-cognitive. Your nervous system influences your affect: in the broadest stroke feeling positive or negative. It's like a coat of thin veneer over your whole inner system and it affects all your parts. (cont)
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Jennifer O'Sullivan @jenniferosullivan.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
Feeling bombarded by everyone's hot takes? I am. What would happen if you tuned in to what you truly want? 🎙️ In the inaugural episode of the Skillful Means Podcast reboot, we're looking at ways to sniff out shoulds to get clear on what matters most.
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#98 Who says you should? Uncover what matters to you. - Skillful Means Podcast
Feeling the pressure to do all the things? This episode explores the balancing act between living up to expectations, following the rules, and being true to yourself. • Identifying shoulds (compared to wants & needs)• Self-compassion vs should...
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Jennifer O'Sullivan @jenniferosullivan.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
Things are getting rough. I don’t want to lose ppl to overwhelm. So I'm gearing up to offer donation-based Parts Work programs: healing circles, group coaching, etc. I did this during the pandemic, and I'm ready to do it again. For as long as it takes. To get notified: www.sati.yoga/letter/index...
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Jennifer O'Sullivan @jenniferosullivan.bsky.social · 29/01/2025
Hey there, Bsky Friends. My parts are a little shy about this, but they want to share that I'm rebooting my podcast after an unexpected hiatus. The show explores navigating life's challenges through the lenses of Buddhist mindfulness, yoga, Internal Family Systems, and positive psychology. 1/2
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Jennifer O'Sullivan @jenniferosullivan.bsky.social · 20/01/2025
Milestone: a ND person overcoming disinterest in a topic to get a paper over the finish line. My perfectionists parts actually did my a solid with this one. Thank you, dearies. I owe you one. Tomorrow, I knit and blow up some mutant monsters on a fake planet and avoid all media. Then, to work
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Jennifer O'Sullivan @jenniferosullivan.bsky.social · 19/01/2025
Bc I’ve been doing homework on weekends, I haven’t been able to join this series yet. Replays available! I’m grateful for the wise elders who have lots of insight and support to share especially bc my parts are v nervous about the chaos that may be unleashed as soon as tom.
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Jennifer O'Sullivan @jenniferosullivan.bsky.social · 17/01/2025
One of my strategies for the 2016-2020 era was scheduling retreat time. I know going on formal retreats isn't available to everyone, but even just taking one of your days off to escape to the woods to touch earth can be helpful.
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Jennifer O'Sullivan @jenniferosullivan.bsky.social · 15/01/2025
I wrote this back when there weren't many resources on IFS for reg ppl. A part of me said: you should share this more. Enjoy. ~ simple, concise introduction to parts work and the qualities of Self ~ 12 doable practices to access Self Energy ~ tips on how to get started with a parts work practice
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Free Guide to Internal Family Systems (IFS), Self, and Self Energy
When Self is in the foreground, life feels more harmonious no matter what's going on. In this free guide, you'll learn how to recognize and cultivate the Essential Qualities of the Self.
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Lisa Feldman Barrett @lisafeldmanbarrett.com · 15/01/2025
An interesting relationship between the theory of constructed emotion and art therapy. #ArtTherapy brooklynrail.org/2024/12/book...
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How Emotions Are Made and Modernism, Art, Therapy | The Brooklyn Rail
Suzanne Hudson and Tanya Sheehan have assembled a series of essays by a diverse collection of authors that situate art therapy within a much more complex postmodern perspective, threading it through i...
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