In this podcast, I talk to Christine about about the twitter community where we became friends, her experience with journalling, and our journeys with IFS (internal family systems therapy) as a lens on life.

0:00 Climbing & community
6:20 How did Christine get into Twitter?
11:30 Experiential difference between CBT & IFS (cognitive behavioral therapy & internal family systems)
16:00 Impro, act before you think
18:10 IFS & Journalling, relationship to journalling
25:00 Documentation & 2nd Brain stuff
28:00 Life Timeline, atheist to agnostic
31:45 What are your values?
34:30 On imaginal thinking & somatic vs. visual IFS
41:00 Recurring IFS characters, parts constellations (“garlic cloves”)
46:20 Journaling, IFS, & Existential Kink. Understanding shadow work & existential kink
54:50 Being held by your Self, Self Love
57:00 IFS as a helpful ontology & framework
58:20 Should parts always exist or occupy a new role?
1:00:30 Oneness with division, enjoying the journey. Feeling like an orchestra.
1:06:20 IFS multiplicity of mind vs. Dissociative Identity Disorder

Further links:
Christine's twitter: twitter.com/christineist
Christine's mega Google doc: bit.ly/3IpZDtl
- Includes links to her "Intro to Twitter/TPOT" guide, IFS threads, "Life Timeline" doc, and more
She's also building a cozy, project-focused alternative to twitter called 3'rd space. Check it out: 3rdspace.app

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