Chocolate milk, no coffee, and a very real chat about why we react the way we do. Jessie and Steadfast therapist Annalise Lind unpack Internal Family Systems (IFS): protectors, managers, firefighters, and the tender exiles they guard. We talk postpartum intrusive thoughts, inner critics, and why curiosity is often the gateway to compassion. With nods to Inside Out 2, EMDR’s bilateral movement, and the faith lens of a spirit‑led self, this episode gives you language and tools to move from reactivity to repair—so you can calm through big feelings, not just “calm down.”

You’ll learn

• Managers vs. Firefighters: how protectors show up (achievement, anxiety, numbing, scrolling) and what they’re guarding

• Postpartum examples: intrusive thoughts as protectors, shutdown as a temporary safety strategy

• The Eight C’s of core Self (calm, curious, compassionate, confident, clear, courageous, creative, connected)

• “Unblending” and befriending parts without shame; why there are no bad parts

• A simple faith‑integrated flow: In → Up → Out (attune inward, invite God near, then engage others)

• Nervous-system tips: walks, bilateral movement, buying time with phrases like “Tell me more…”

  
  

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