Internal Family Systems defines our human psychology - our internal system - as constructed of multiple parts. Parts of us hold burdens...

From the moment your baby is conceived, whether in body or mind, a symbiotic relationship is formed. And, at the same time, an...

Growing up, I lived in the suburbs of Santa Clara, a small city in the Bay Area, and I went to private Catholic School from Kindergarten...

Telephone. Hot potato. Musical chairs. Remember playing these fun games as a kid? Games are playful ways for humans to experiment with...

The darkest corners of our psyches are not inviting. Those crevices where we've stuffed all our secret feelings of worthlessness, shame,...

As the COVID-19 pandemic begins to wane and things start to open up more, I’ve been thinking a lot about not wanting to go back to the...

As Mother’s Day approaches, I wanted to take this time to resurface the systemic inequalities faced by Black mothers in America. Though...

(This blog was created to be a tongue-in-cheek accompaniment to a talk we are giving on "Using Internal Family Systems to Heal...

Juggling, multi-tasking, too busy, tired, exhausted – if these are the words and phrases you find yourself using to describe yourself, I...

For those of us who are privileged to not have immediate survival concerns, what is it that we’re struggling with? What causes us to...

As pregnant people move through the months of this pandemic, there is such piercing grief for all they are missing. Commingled with the...

Most of the new moms that I work with lament a similar refrain: “Will this ever end?” I remember when I was in the throes of early...

Did you feel like you belonged in your family as a child? Do you feel seen and understood and accepted as you walk through the world?...

At your core there is innocence and openness, a spirited soul that wants connection, acceptance and safety. There is not one thing wrong...

I remember the early months of motherhood being full of uncertainty and judgment. Every decision about sleeping and feeding and...

Take a deep breath. Notice what floats into your mind as you take this breath. Maybe you think, “I can’t.” Maybe you think, “I don’t...

As I sit here, in my pajamas, outside of my daughter’s room, clandestinely listening to her perform in a show via Zoom that was supposed...

“It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness.” This difficult, wild,...

As you “hunker down” and “shelter in place" with your family, everything that’s hardest for you about your kids, your partner and your...

Mothering is the method humans use for setting up crucial components of humanness in our species including: our individual wellness...