Exploring Life through the lenses of Jung and IFS offers a powerful pathway to Self-understanding and healing.
IFS Self Check-In
Introduction:
As you move through the questions, allow yourself to be relaxed and present with each one.
There are no right or wrong answers—only your truth in this moment.
Take your time, breathe slowly, deeply, and be willing to see yourself with new eyes.
1. The Observer’s Perspective
Take a moment to sit quietly.
Notice your thoughts as they arise. Now, ask yourself: Who is observing these thoughts?
Write about the distinction between your thoughts, and the awareness that notices them.
2. Your Internal Family
Identify three distinct “parts” of yourself that show up in your daily life
(e.g., The Achiever, The Critic, The Caretaker).
For each part: What does this part want for you?
What is it afraid might happen if it didn’t perform its role?
How old were you when this part first appeared?
3. The Moment of Truth
Describe a situation where you felt completely stuck between conflicting desires or needs.
Now, complete this sentence:
“What’s true, even though I don’t want it to be true, is…
4. The Exile’s Story
Think of an aspect of yourself that you typically hide, suppress, or feel ashamed of.
If this exiled part could speak freely:
What would it say it needs most from you?
What memory or experience is it still carrying for you?
What might become possible if you fully welcomed this part?
5. The Space Between Stimulus and Response
Recall a recent situation where you reacted automatically.
Now imagine inserting a pause between the trigger and your response:
What sensations would you notice in your body?
What beliefs were operating in that moment?
What choice might become available in that space?
6. The Transformation Inquiry
Complete these sentences without censoring yourself:
“I am responsible for…
“I am not responsible for…
“The story I’ve been telling myself is…
“What’s actually true is…
“What I’m ready to let go of is…
7. Integration and Possibility
Imagine waking up tomorrow having integrated all parts of yourself in perfect harmony:
How would you move through your day differently?
What would you stop doing?
What would become effortless?
What new possibilities would open up for you?
Reflection
After completing all questions, sit quietly for 2-3 minutes.
Notice any shifts in your perception, emotions, or physical sensations.
What feels different now compared to when you started this journey?
Commitment
Based on what you’ve discovered, what is one small action you commit to taking in the next 24 hours that honors this new awareness?
Note: For deepest impact, consider revisiting this survey in 30 days to notice how your responses evolve over time.
IFS Self Check-In
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🌱 IFS & Projection 🌿 See Chat
Question: Why do we humans project our unconscious “parts” onto other human beings, while not even seemingly noticing that we are doing that?
Answer: This phenomenon touches right at the heart of human psychology and our relational patterns.
From an IFS perspective, we project our unconscious parts onto others because these parts carry burdens that feel too painful, threatening, or overwhelming to acknowledge directly.
Think of it like this: when we have an exile carrying deep hurt or shame, or a manager/firefighter working overtime to keep us safe, these parts operate beneath our conscious awareness.
They become like shadows that we don’t even realize are there.
Here’s the fascinating part – our psyche is actually trying to protect us!
When we can’t bear to hold certain feelings or beliefs about ourselves, our system “outsources” them onto others. It’s much easier to see these qualities in someone else than to face them in our own inner world.
This creates what we might call “psychological blind spots” – we genuinely aren’t aware we’re doing this because the parts doing the projecting are themselves unconscious.
The process is almost like our internal parts are constantly asking: *”How can I keep this person safe from pain?”* And sometimes their answer is: *”By making sure they see the problem as ‘out there’ rather than ‘in here.'”*
This is where the beautiful work of making unconscious beliefs more conscious comes in – as mentioned in approaches like Coherence Therapy. When we develop what we might call a “harmony mindset” rooted in empathy, we begin to question our automatic judgments.
We start asking ourselves: *”What am I protecting myself from seeing? What part of me is being triggered right now?”* Carl Rogers’ concept of active listening becomes crucial here – when we truly listen to others (and ourselves) with curiosity rather than judgment, we often catch glimpses of these projections.
The key is approaching both our inner experience and others’ with genuine compassion.
The good news?
Every time we recognize this pattern, we’re reclaiming our projection and bringing it back into our own system where it can be witnessed, understood, and eventually unburdened.
It’s like taking back borrowed energy that was never ours to carry in the first place.
🌱 IFS & The 8 C’s 🌿 See Chat
The 8 C’s in IFS represent qualities of the Self – your core, wise essence that naturally emerges when you’re in Self-leadership:
1. **Curiosity** – Genuine interest in understanding your parts without judgment
2. **Compassion** – Deep caring and kindness toward all your parts
3. **Calm** – Peaceful, centered presence even amid inner turmoil
4. **Clarity** – Clear seeing of what’s happening inside
5. **Confidence** – Trust in your ability to navigate internal experiences
6. **Courage** – Willingness to face difficult feelings and memories
7. **Connectedness** – Feeling linked to others and something greater
8. **Creativity** – Access to new solutions and possibilities When you lead from Self rather than from your parts, these qualities naturally arise.
For example, instead of being overwhelmed by an anxious part (which might make you act from fear),
Self-leadership allows you to approach that part with curiosity and compassion.
These Self qualities are essential for healing – they create the safe, trusting environment parts need to share their burdens and eventually let them go.
They also model how we might approach global conflicts: with curiosity about different perspectives, compassion for all involved, and the courage to find creative solutions together.
“The finest emotion of which we are capable is the mystic emotion. Herein lies the seed of all art and all true science. Anyone to whom this feeling is alien, who is no longer capable of wonderment and lives in a state of fear is already dead.
~Albert Einstein
..::”For me, the Jewish religion, like all others, is an incarnation of the most childish superstitions… And the Jewish people have no different quality for me than all other people”. ~ Albert Einstein
Einstein viewed the “cult of individuals” as unjustified and often in bad taste, noting that it was unfair to select a few for “boundless admiration” while ignoring everyone else.
(He explicitly stated he could not see anything “chosen” about Jewish people)
~Marshall Rosenberg
Imagine living on the only known planet in the infinite universe, where the mortified rich get richer by colonizing the people to follow debunked dogma, repeating an ancient doctrine of war, projected onto innocent children, again and again, the rich get richer, and the children inherit a brutal indoctrination instead of Living Sacred Life. https://empathymatters.org/armageddon/
The phrase “Domination leads to Ritual Sacrifice” bridges the gap between historical sociology and ancient anthropology.
Throughout history, domination—the exertion of control, barbaric power, or authority over others—has frequently been inextricably linked to ritual human sacrifice.
This connection manifests in both structural power dynamics and ancient religious practices.
The transition from domination to human sacrifice is essentially the barbaric projection of unhealed guilt onto other human beings, often innocent children.
What’s #memoricide ?
It’s time to save our stories, our history, our truth.
#emmaswords #wordsmatter
“Truth hurts, and that why Israel kills everyone who dares to speak it out!
So Please 🇮🇱 Spare us your deceitful accusation of Anti-Semitism🙄
Dr. Areilla Oppenheim at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem, did the first extensive DNA study in 2001 of Israelis & Palestinians, and concluded that the emigrants on ships to Palestine before it became Israel were of Mongol 40% & Turkish 40% genome…there was no
Semetic blood associated to the original Hebrews from the Middle East of 4,000 years ago in Jerusalem or Biblical territory.
This was confirmed by another DNA project by Dr. Eran Elhaik at the McKusick-Namans Institute of Genetic Medicine at the John Hopkins
University of School of Medicine, in 2012. His conclusions were the same!*
The Askenanzi so-called Jews did not ever migrate out of the Middle East!*
At the same time extensive DNA evidence found the Palestinians to be 80% more or less, Semetic blood in their ancestors who were found therefore to be the real Israelites.
The white Jews whose ancestors embarked on ships in 1882 to Palestine before it was named Israel—aren’t Israelites. Truth hurts* once again These White Eastern European descendants of German, Russian, Polish, Austrian, Georgian, etc., are impostors claiming to be Gods Chosen Ones, but are descendants of the old Khazars from the Khazarian Caucus & they have been denying this scientific evidence as they have made up myths of their own histories, which already many Americans believe throughout one whole century, i.e. Schofield Bible.
For, the real history of the new established “Israel in 1947” –‘is no secret today!*
Since Palestinians were found to be almost more or at least 80%Semetic. The So-called people are on the wrong side of history.”
via Brad Blinstrub ” Amen. What we are seeing is the march of the Khazars. A disaster renamed Israel.
via EnterTheUnseen ” If you truly understand the bridge between Spirit & psyche, you’d NEVER condone forcing religious beliefs on others &/or disempowering people’s spiritual decision making. It’s abusive behavior that breeds religious trauma, which creates fear-based neural associations to divinity.
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