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What to Do When Powerless Penelope Says, "I Need an Adult!"

The Therapy Spot - December 05, 2016 20:18 - 20 minutes ★★★★★ - 32 ratings
The part I call "Powerless Penelope" is a young part who holds an old belief: “I can’t change this problem.” When Penelope shows up in your life, she doesn’t know how powerful you really are! Listen along as we get in touch with our inner adult. for more, visit: bethrogerson.com

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An Interview With Richard Schwartz, Founder of IFS

The Therapy Spot - November 28, 2016 21:26 - 22 minutes ★★★★★ - 32 ratings
If you've ever wondered how Richard Schwartz, founder of the IFS model, uses the lens in his day to day life, this podcast is for you! For more, visit: bethrogerson.com

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A Core of Love and Light: An Interview With Lia DeLand

The Therapy Spot - November 21, 2016 20:12 - 29 minutes ★★★★★ - 32 ratings
This week, I had the pleasure of speaking with Licensed Professional Counselor Lia DeLand. During this podcast, Lia shares her individual journey with IFS. Sometimes in IFS, when we use guided imagery, we meet “guides" who assist us in the healing process of meeting our parts and releasing negat...

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More Beauty, Less Beast: Heal Your Relationship With Mindfulness

The Therapy Spot - November 10, 2016 19:57 - 22 minutes ★★★★★ - 32 ratings
Your partner might not have a house full of talking furniture, and they’re probably not under a magical enchantment. Chances are, however, that one or both of you have reverted to “Beast” form once or twice. So join me this week, and let’s get mindful of our reactions. for more, visit: bethrog...

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Naming Your Loss, Meeting Your Grief, Healing Your Sadness

The Therapy Spot - November 07, 2016 23:31 - 20 minutes ★★★★★ - 32 ratings
This week on the Therapy Spot, I’d like to address the grief and sadness we feel in response to loss. Loss is one of the many things that makes transition so difficult. Grief is a natural response to loss, whether that’s another person or simply a part of our daily routine. While grief is an o...

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Writing From Your Exiles

The Therapy Spot - October 30, 2016 20:14 - 22 minutes ★★★★★ - 32 ratings
We talk a lot about our parts here on the Therapy Spot — after all, your parts are the family members inside your mind. That’s where IFS, Internal Family Systems, gets its name! This week, I want to focus on some parts you might not know are there until they get triggered. For more, visit: bet...

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There's No Place Like Home: Connect With Your Homesick Part

The Therapy Spot - October 24, 2016 21:47 - 19 minutes ★★★★★ - 32 ratings
It’s easy to be overwhelmed when you feel homesick, or when a part of you is missing something. This week on the Therapy Spot, let’s talk about those times when we feel like we don’t have a home. For more, visit: bethrogerson.com

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An Interview With Donna Roe Daniell

The Therapy Spot - October 17, 2016 22:15 - 23 minutes ★★★★★ - 32 ratings
We’ve talked a lot about transition on the Therapy Spot in the last few months. Transition can be expected, like puberty or menopause, or it can be sudden, like death or divorce. Even when it knocks you out of your comfort zone, transition is an opportunity to grow. Yet so many of us fear or eve...

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Metacognition: Getting a Bird’s Eye View of Your Thoughts

The Therapy Spot - October 10, 2016 18:58 - 18 minutes ★★★★★ - 32 ratings
If you’ve ever had a bad interaction with someone, you might think, “Wow, they really made me feel small and unimportant.” The idea that other people make us feel something, however, is one of the biggest myths in society today. In reality, you can’t change other people’s actions, but you can ...

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Getting to Know Your Parts: The People-Pleaser

The Therapy Spot - October 03, 2016 22:26 - 22 minutes ★★★★★ - 32 ratings
Sometimes, we have parts that exist to protect us, but might be harming us or our relationships in the long run. Our people-pleasing parts, for example, are often trying to protect the young, vulnerable parts of ourselves that we refer to as "exiles." This week, let’s get curious towards our peo...

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The 7 Magic P’s to Strengthen Your Stress-Busting Muscles

The Therapy Spot - September 26, 2016 20:27 - 13 minutes ★★★★★ - 32 ratings
Most of us already know that certain lifestyle behaviors can go a long way towards reducing our stress. Unfortunately, we also know that change isn’t easy! Even though you’ve heard more than once that deep breathing, meditation, better sleep hygiene, exercise, and building and maintaining health...

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Make A Self-Date: Meditate!

The Therapy Spot - September 19, 2016 22:04 - 16 minutes ★★★★★ - 32 ratings
Thanks to all the frantic transitions that happen at this time of year, I’ve seen quite a lot of stress and anxiety walking into my office on these warm, sunny, early autumn days. So this week, I want to reissue a podcast from last fall, when I interviewed Richard Miller, PhD, on the subject of ...

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Give Your Resilient Parts Some On the Job Training

The Therapy Spot - September 09, 2016 19:31 - 25 minutes ★★★★★ - 32 ratings
Stress and anxiety are unavoidable - that’s why we have resilient parts to help us survive difficult life situations. But sometimes those parts get overwhelmed, and you may feel stuck. Are you ready to give your resilient parts some on the job training? This week on the Therapy Spot, I had the...

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Temper Tantrums to Adolescent Rebellion:

The Therapy Spot - September 05, 2016 23:31 - 30 minutes ★★★★★ - 32 ratings
This week on the Therapy Spot, I spoke with Pamela Krause, MSW, LCSW. Pam is an IFS Senior Lead Trainer and is also trained in mindfulness-centered Hakomi therapy. In her private practice, she works with children, adolescents, and adults. Pam is known for her lively yet compassionate approach to...

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Hope: Your Road Map Through Transition

The Therapy Spot - August 25, 2016 16:45 - 19 minutes ★★★★★ - 32 ratings
On this week’s podcast, I want to discuss hope, and what can happen when you get to know your hope a little better. When we’re presented with difficult or uncomfortable transitions, hope gives us the ability to imagine, think, and move forward into the unknown. Having hope is transformative - ...

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The Way Out is Through

The Therapy Spot - August 22, 2016 17:14 - 25 minutes ★★★★★ - 32 ratings
Well into her eighties, my friend’s grandmother used to remark, “Old age is creeping up!” Transition can be like that: it sneaks up when you’re not paying attention. This week’s podcast is for those of us experiencing transition, whether it’s sneaky or sudden. So let’s focus on ways to ease the ...

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3 Steps to Reconnect With Your Partner

The Therapy Spot - August 15, 2016 19:01 - 28 minutes ★★★★★ - 32 ratings
This week, I’d like to share with you three steps towards a better connection with your partner. Do any of these sound like your relationship? Small disagreements quickly flare up into full-blown arguments. You become easily disappointed or withdraw from your partner. You find yourself ga...

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Mentors and Exiles: an Interview with Jay Earley

The Therapy Spot - August 08, 2016 21:23 - 29 minutes ★★★★★ - 32 ratings
This week on The Therapy Spot, I was thrilled to speak with Jay Earley, PhD, about IFS and his newest book, Self-Therapy Vol. 3: A Step-by-Step Guide to Using IFS for Eating Issues, Procrastination, the Inner Critic, Depression, Perfectionism, Anger, Communication, and More. Jay focuses on s...

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What’s a Cheerleader Without a Megaphone?

The Therapy Spot - August 01, 2016 21:52 - 26 minutes ★★★★★ - 32 ratings
Think of your inner cheerleader as your #1 fan within you, eager to root for you and remind you of your strengths and accomplishments. We’re all familiar with our inner critic and undermining parts, but they aren’t the only parts inside of us - sometimes, they’re just the loudest. So this week, ...

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Making Calm Your New Normal

The Therapy Spot - July 21, 2016 16:12 - 25 minutes ★★★★★ - 32 ratings
Large, negative emotions aren’t something you just have to learn to live with. Let’s get some daily practices in your routines so you can sit in calm and stillness while you go about your everyday life. When you have more calm, you can then make decisions from this larger Self - not a part of yo...

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Good ideas: 3 steps to get more Self

The Therapy Spot - July 18, 2016 21:03 - 18 minutes ★★★★★ - 32 ratings
Sometimes Self is blocked by large parts that feel overwhelming! So how do we get more Self in our systems? Self energy is so wonderful - calm and creative. And all of the other qualities. Who wouldn’t want to get more of it? For more, visit: bethrogerson.com

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Change Your Perspective With Mindfulness

The Therapy Spot - July 06, 2016 15:28 - 21 minutes ★★★★★ - 32 ratings
There’s a lot of chatter  on social media these days about mindfulness and staying present. When you think about practicing mindfulness, do you see yourself sitting on a cushion with your eyes closed for an hour? If that sounds tedious, I have good news: mindfulness is an active process and, jus...

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Deep Listening: An Interview With Mariel Pastor

The Therapy Spot - June 28, 2016 18:43 - 32 minutes ★★★★★ - 32 ratings
This week on the Therapy Spot, I spoke with Mariel Pastor, a licensed marriage and family therapist based out of Portland, OR. She is also a lead trainer in the IFS model and has been training and practicing this method since the 1990s. We discussed the deep listening and gentle curiosity that a...

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Relationships 102: Unblock Your Heart and Feel the Love

The Therapy Spot - June 28, 2016 14:00 - 20 minutes ★★★★★ - 32 ratings
  From the Disney movies of our youth to the romantic comedies of adulthood, we see the same kind of happy endings: we fall in love, and it all works out. But what nobody ever told us was that falling in love is just the beginning. We do a lot of “on the job” learning when it comes to the skil...

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Relationships 101

The Therapy Spot - June 20, 2016 10:49 - 16 minutes ★★★★★ - 32 ratings
For more, visit: bethrogerson.com

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The theory of love and connection

The Therapy Spot - June 14, 2016 18:43 - 27 minutes ★★★★★ - 32 ratings
Released June 14, 2016   Show notes available at: bethrogerson.com/love-connection-theory   Produced by moondogmarketing.com  

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An Interview with Nancy Sowell

The Therapy Spot - June 07, 2016 12:21 - 26 minutes ★★★★★ - 32 ratings
Released: June 7, 2016 An Interview with Nancy Sowell This week’s podcast is an interview with Nancy Sowell, an Internal Family Therapist (IFS) lead trainer and clinician who worked with Dr. Nancy Shadick, a rheumatologist at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston, to create an IFS intervent...

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The Imposter Syndrome

The Therapy Spot - May 24, 2016 09:50 - 24 minutes ★★★★★ - 32 ratings
Released May 24, 2016 Please visit www.bethrogerson.com for more   

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What Your Body Wishes You Knew

The Therapy Spot - May 16, 2016 14:46 - 19 minutes ★★★★★ - 32 ratings
Episode 43 Embodied Cognition: In this episode I discuss the important insights we can from listening to the very physicality of our bodies. The body is not a tapped on afterthought to the mind. Our bodies of capable of great intuition and great insight. I discuss how we might learn to listen ...

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Coping & Stress: A View from the Top

The Therapy Spot - May 10, 2016 05:00 - 27 minutes ★★★★★ - 32 ratings
Episode 42 Realsed May 10, 2016 For more, please visit www.bethrogerson.com Produced by: www.moondogmarketing.com    

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