That Wellness Podcast with Natalie Deering: Internal Family Systems with a Twist

Blending the Practical with the Mystical with Human Design (and IFS,) with Dr. Nicole Garritano

Natalie sits with human design expert Dr. Nicole Garritano.  They discuss how we can utilize our genetic blueprint to best understand ourselves with compassion and to know how our conditioning has impacted our ability to be connected to our authentic Self.  
 
Topics Discussed:
1. What is human design?
2. How our conditioning impacts our parts
3. What is the purpose and intention of human design?
4. How to understand your body graph
5. The impact of our life circumstances and our human design
6. The 5 types of human design: Manifestors, Generators, Manifesting Generators, Projectors, and Reflectors
7. Dr. Nicole interprets Natalie's body graph
 
Dr. Nicole Garritano (she/her) is an energetic intuitive coach and consultant, an expert teacher and a certified breath work practitioner, an author and human design expert. As a doctorally prepared nurse practitioner and academic, she loves being able to blend her scientific knowledge with spiritual studies. 
 
Dr. Nicole Garritano:
Linktree: https://linktr.ee/ngarritano
Instagram: @drnicolegarritano
 
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Website: https://www.ndwellnessservices.com/
Contact: https://www.ndwellnessservices.com/contact 
Instagram: @nataliedeering
 
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The Connection with Reiki and Self-Energy, with Dr. Christine Kiesinger

Join Natalie as she talks with Dr. Christine Kiesinger, certified Usui and Karuna Reiki Master Teacher, as they discuss the power of Reiki and how it relates to Self-energy, parts, and IFS.
 
Topics Discussed:
1. What is Reiki
2. Energetic blocks to receiving Reiki, and how are parts are involved
3. Becoming attuned to receive Reiki
4. Benefits of Reiki 
5. Energetic hygiene
 
Dr. Christine E. Kiesinger is founder of CEK Communication, a relationship based consultancy that provides customized, in-house leadership and professional development trainings for an array of organizations globally. Christine also serves as an Executive Coach to senior level leaders and as a group dynamics specialist for those interested in optimizing team performance. 
 
Christine is also a certified trauma specialist and serves as an educator and consultant to those interested in creating trauma-informed organizations. She is an IFS-informed coach and brings her IFS skills to personal and professional coaching sessions and workshops. She is a seasoned professional keynote speaker and is known for her dynamic, engaging and memorable speaking style.
 
Christine is both a certified Usui and Karuna Reiki Master Teacher and has been teaching and practicing reiki since 1996. She has extensive experience providing end-of-life reiki within Hospice, reiki at time of birth, reiki to support fertility efforts and reiki to support those challenged by addiction. 
 
Dr. Christine Kiesinger:
If you are interested in Christine's virtual Level I Usui Reiki Certification Training to be offered this fall, please contact her at: christine@cekcommunication.com and put the word REIKI in the subject line--all caps.
 
Those reaching out via this podcast will receive a 10% discount off tuition for this course. Should you have questions about reiki, email Christine at the same address. 
 
Website: www.christinekiesinger.com
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dr-christine-kiesinger-4034664/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/christine.kiesinger
 
 
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Website: https://www.ndwellnessservices.com/
Contact: https://www.ndwellnessservices.com/contact 
Instagram: @nataliedeering
 
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The Unwilling Rebel of IFS, Joanne Twombly, on Trauma and Dissociation Informed Internal Family Systems

Natalie interviews the "unwilling rebel of IFS" Joanne Twombly on her book, Trauma and Dissociation Informed Internal Family Systems: How to Successfully Treat Complex PTSD and Dissociative Disorders.
 
Topics Discussed Include:
1. The controversy with traditional IFS and coping skills
2. What is DID and Complex PTSD
3. Trauma and dissociative informed IFS
4. Parts and dissociation
5. Coping skills with IFS for dissociation and complex trauma
 
Joanne H. Twombly, MSW, LICSW (she/her/hers) is a psychotherapist in private practice in Arlington, MA, USA. She has over thirty years of experience working with C-PTSD and dissociative disorders and provides trainings and consultation. In addition to her book, “Trauma and Dissociation Informed Internal Family Systems,” she has written on EMDR and Dissociative Disorders, on EMDR and Internal Family Systems, and on working with perpetrator introjects. Her commitment to helping her clients heal and to providing quality training has resulted in her becoming an EMDR Consultant and a Trauma and Recovery Humanitarian Assistance Program Facilitator, Internal Family Systems Certified, and an American Society for Clinical Hypnosis Consultant. She is a past president of the New England Society for the Study of Trauma and Dissociation. In recognition of her achievements and her service on committees and the Board of the International Society for the Study of Trauma and Dissociation (ISSTD), she was honored with ISSTD’s Distinguished Achievement Award and is an ISSTD Fellow.
 
Joanne Twombly:
Website: https://joannetwombly.net/
Email: j.twombly@verizon.net
Book Link: https://www.amazon.com/Trauma-Dissociation-Informed-Internal-Systems/dp/B0CY8VDW39/ref=sr_1_1?crid=26MTTBPT4XOY3&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.p64xxP2il_5TR_TfeSd5GMmPsqDx9wq0Wy4HIGD71-XICyni-I-n5Kr0c3VrNBDhUXbeJWLxFi5Eu9OP0oCnmnADjkwVllwHdJ4dSP4Sh_E.3IOdEWM8ym_4AQ8jrbB7yD2hJfg9MCX9kyk_EqlTIKE&dib_tag=se&keywords=joanne+twombly+trauma+and+dissociation+informed&qid=1712170613&sprefix=joanne+tw%2Caps%2C146&sr=8-1
 
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Website: https://www.ndwellnessservices.com/
Contact: https://www.ndwellnessservices.com/contact
Instagram: @nataliedeering
 
This Episode was Sponsored by, Piper and Co.
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How the Lymphatic System Impacts our Health, with Kaitlyn Mariah (Re-release from February 2023)

In this re-released episode, Natalie interviews Kaitlyn Mariah on her expertise on the lymphatic system and how it impacts our health. Topics discussed include, what is the lymphatic system, why is it important for mental and physical health, and how can we invite lymphatic drainage and its benefits on our own. 
 
Kaitlyn is a licensed medical massage therapist and certified holistic coach with a focus on chronic pain and MindBody medicine. She is also trained in nutrition, Yin Yoga, and Reformer Pilates and works as a massage therapist in Fort Thomas Kentucky. 
 
Kaitlyn Mariah:
Free lymphatic guide and service booking, Website: www.kaitlynmariah.com
Email: hello@kaitlynmariah.com
Instagram: @iam_kaitlynmariah  
 
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Website: https://www.ndwellnessservices.com/
Contact: https://www.ndwellnessservices.com/contact
Instagram: @nataliedeering
 
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IFS Beyond the Therapy Room and the Rules, with Emma Redfern and Helen Foot

In this episode, three time zones come together as Natalie (located in the USA) sits with Helen Foot (located in New Zealand) and Emma Redfern (located in the UK) to discuss their book, Freeing Self: IFS Beyond the Therapy Room. 
 
Topics Discussed:
1. Both Emma and Helen share their journey to IFS and their shared experience with manager collapse
2. How Emma and Helen found each other even so far away from each other
3. Discussion of the intention for the book. To encourage others to have a voice on how they are uniquely using IFS, beyond the rules of IFS!
4. Who says what's the right way?
5. Both Helen and Emma share their favorite chapters and why
6. Helen and Emma share that they hope the readers feel encouragement to be their whole Self, that readers feel inspiration, growth, and comfort
 
Helen Foot MSW, PMP® has developed her business skills in a complex and constantly evolving sector and, over 20 years, she has led numerous significant state-wide or national projects in both Australia and New Zealand. As a certified IFS practitioner, Helen uses the Internal Family Systems (IFS) model, together with contemporary business models based on research as she works with coaches, executives, managers, consultants, and community leaders to facilitate change and transformation within their organisations and systems. Helen is passionate about sharing her knowledge of IFS and promoting its establishment within the business community.
 
Helen Foot:
Website: https://www.telfordconsultants.com/
LinkedIn profile: https://nz.linkedin.com/in/helenfoot
IFS New Zealand profile: https://www.ifsnewzealand.co.nz/therapists/helen-foot 
 
Emma E. Redfern has been practicing as a psychotherapist for 21 years and as a supervisor for 14. A certified IFS therapist and approved IFS clinical consultant, she specializes in supporting those who are transitioning to becoming IFS therapists and/or integrating IFS into their supervision practices. Emma edited and wrote a chapter for Internal Family Systems Therapy: Supervision and Consultation and authored Transitioning to Internal Family Systems Therapy: A Companion for Therapists and Practitioners, both published by Routledge. Her latest book, co-edited with Helen Foot, called Freeing Self: IFS Beyond the Therapy Room was published in October 2023 by B. C Allen Publishing Group. She co-hosts the podcast Purely IFS with a colleague in Ireland, Gayle Williamson.
 
Emma Redfern:
Website: www.emmaredfern.co.uk
Podcast: Purely IFS
 
Freeing Self: IFS Beyond the Therapy Room: https://www.amazon.com/Freeing-Self-Beyond-Therapy-Room/dp/B0CJ4F7FTM/ref=sr_1_1?crid=3OKAO65LSU2RC&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.kyt1D3NLsYTvOAjQq-FtWEsY4oPiTOhuMPhRS5vI3wdfWNMiyTgDdsiRLtEntaBRM44c-zemAi-C1fBqXMaf0Q.r_PFNNC0RIjYH5E99_j8FuNo2VoILVaTDfdm-jHbqZw&dib_tag=se&keywords=freeing+self+ifs+beyond+the+therapy+room&qid=1710696771&sprefix=freeing+self%2Caps%2C106&sr=8-1
 
Book Contributors:
Karen Harrington
Ruth Troughton
Ty Cutner
Diana Dugan Richards
Rick Kahler
Nic Wildes
Jo Howard
Shawnee Schmid
Ruth Culver
Anna Vincentz and Joel Bubbers
 
Natalie Deering:
Website: https://www.ndwellnessservices.com/
Contact: https://www.ndwellnessservices.com/contact
Instagram: @nataliedeering
 
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Vulnerability is a Super Power, with Jalon Johnson

In today's episode, Natalie sits with firefighter, paramedic, and podcast host, Jalon Johnson, as they discuss vulnerability and healing through IFS.
 
Topics Discussed:
1. How vulnerability is a super power
2. Protector parts and vulnerability
3. Impacts of family, cultural, and racial trauma
4. Jalon shares about his experience starting therapy
5. Jalon reads his own written piece titled, "Note to Self"
6. Cycle breaking within families
7. Jalon's message to those thinking about starting therapy
 
Jalon Johnson is the podcast host of "Not Your Ordinary Parts". He describes himself as an everyday guy who wanted more and knew somehow, somewhere, there was more; and that he found it in therapy. Jalon shares how therapy has allowed him the space to let go of burdens that were never his to carry, and how his experience in therapy turned into the creation of a podcast where he interviews therapists and allows for others to have a window into his healing journey. The theme of his podcast is "A Black man determined to get vulnerable, feel his feelings, talk about his emotions, heal, and inspire others to do the same."
 
Jalon Johnson:
Not Your Ordinary Parts Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/notyourordinaryparts/id1659878882
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@notyourordinaryparts
Instagram: @londonspop (personal) and @notyourordinaryparts (podcast)
 
Natalie Deering:
Website: https://www.ndwellnessservices.com/
Contact: https://www.ndwellnessservices.com/contact
Instagram: @nataliedeering
 
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Waking up to the Reality of Our True Self with Centering Prayer and IFS, with Tammy Sollenberger

In today's episode, Natalie sits with certified IFS therapist, author, and podcaster, Tammy Sollenberger, as they discuss the impact of centering prayer and how it can invite connection to our authentic Self.
 
Topics Discussed:
1. Tammy gets personal and shares about her background in religion and spirituality, how it lead to getting her masters at a Baptist seminary, but never doing Christian counseling
2. Tammy shares about her uncertainty of whether she identifies as a Christian
3. Tammy shares about her experience attending Quaker meetings and the use of centering prayer
4. What is centering prayer?
5. Tammy shares her centering prayer word for the year and how it's used as a windshield wiper to wipe away her thoughts
6. Tammy leads the listeners through a 1 minute centering prayer experience
 
Tammy Sollenberger is a licensed clinical mental health counselor with a busy private practice in New Hampshire. She believes we all can experience a more harmonious and connected existence no matter what our past or present experiences when we bring curiosity to all those noisy voices inside. She is a certified Internal Family Systems therapist and produces and hosts a podcast called “The One Inside.” Available on Apple, Spotify, Stitcher and Google Music.
 
Tammy Sollenberger:
Website: https://tammysollenberger.com/
Email: tammysollenberger@comcast.net
YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@theoneinsidepodcast
The One Inside Podcast: https://tammysollenberger.com/podcast/
Book: https://tammysollenberger.com/product/the-one-inside-30-days-to-your-authentic-self/
Instagram: @ifs.tammy
 
Natalie Deering:
Website: https://www.ndwellnessservices.com/
Contact: https://www.ndwellnessservices.com/contact
Instagram: @nataliedeering
 
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Witch Wounds and Their Impact on the Present, with Sasha Lipskaia

Today's episode is a cool one!  Natalie sits with Sasha Lipskaia to discuss witch wounds and how they impact us in the present, from an internal family systems (IFS) perspective. 
 
Topics Discussed:
1. Sasha's journey to her many healing specialities
2. What are witch wounds?
3. Past lives and witch wounds
4. Impacts of witch wounds in the present
5. Natalie shares her witch wound and how it impacted her in regards to starting this podcast
6. Reclaiming the voice of the voiceless
7. Connecting with parts connected to the witch wound with IFS
8. Sasha asks Natalie to share what she's fearful of creating. Spoiler alert!  She's writing a book!!
 
Sasha Lipskaia (M.A. ICF) is a tantric intuitive guide, spiritual coach, and sacred intimacy mentor to soul-driven leaders and light-workers who want to experience deeper love and devotion, serve their higher purpose, and embody their worth with power, integrity, and faith.  Sasha's work focuses on helping her clients reconnect to their intuition and heal their hearts while mastering their energetic power to create what they truly desire while serving others.
 
Sasha Lipskaia:
Website: https://www.sashalipskaia.com/
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/sashalipskaia
Instagram: @sashalipskaia
Being Brave Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/being-brave-with-sasha-lipskaia/id1538478078
 
Natalie Deering:
Website: https://www.ndwellnessservices.com/
Contact: https://www.ndwellnessservices.com/contact
Instagram: @nataliedeering
 
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Understanding Guilt and Shame from an IFS Perspective, with Dr. Martha Sweezy

In this episode Natalie talks with Dr. Martha Sweezy, author of the book "Internal Family Systems Therapy for Shame and Guilt".
 
Topics Discussed Include:
1. Martha's journey to IFS: The missing piece to the paradigm
2. What is guilt
3. Maladaptive vs. Adaptive guilt
4. Survivor guilt, separation guilt, mom guilt, anticipatory guilt
5. What is shame
6. External shaming vs. Internal shaming
7. Shame cycle
8. Can shame every be useful or healing
 
Martha Sweezy, PhD, is an assistant professor, part-time, in psychiatry at Harvard Medical School, a research and training consultant at the Center for Mindfulness and Compassion at the Cambridge Health Alliance, and a psychotherapist with an online private practice. She teaches Internal Family Systems (IFS) therapy nationally and internationally. Her most recent book is Internal Family Systems Therapy for Shame and Guilt. She has also co-authored five other books on IFS, co-edited two books on various applications of IFS, and published two peer-reviewed articles on IFS.
 
Martha Sweezy:
Website: https://marthasweezy.com/
Publications: https://marthasweezy.com/publications/
 
Natalie Deering:
Website: https://www.ndwellnessservices.com/
Contact: https://www.ndwellnessservices.com/contact
Instagram: @nataliedeering
 
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Working with Higher Guides with MDLT and Transpersonal IFS, with Chris Hancock

In today's episode I am joined by licensed clinical social worker Chris Hancock as we discuss his gift of clairsentience and how he utilizes this gift to work with clients using MDLT and IFS.
 
Topics Discussed Include:
1. Chris shares his experience with depression and burn out
2. His ask for clarity amidst his dark night(s) of the soul and how that lead to a receiving of messages: a gift of discernment
3. Connection to Spirit and Guides to help with parts work
4. What is MDLT: Multidimensional Divine Light Transmission
5. Natalie shares her experience of receiving an MDLT session with Chris
    - Significance of number 11
    - Mary Magdalene as host 
6. Voice channeling on behalf of Mary Magdalene
7. Transpersonal IFS: IFS as a portal to the spiritual realm
8. Unattached burdens and Mother Mary
9. Ask, Believe, Receive
 
Chris is an experienced, integrative, holistic and transpersonal licensed clinical social worker, ACISTE certified mental health professional, IFS obsessive enthusiast with a twist of his own, and developer of a unique form of embodied relational mysticism he calls Multidimensional Divine Light Transmission. While Chris’ formal psychotherapy training was more conventional than not, his interest in all things broadly metaphysical dates back to high school. And while the first decade and a half of his clinical career was more conventional, that all came crashing down in dramatic fashion around 2018 with the culmination of an insidious professional burnout meets dark night of the soul spiritual emergency, resulting in a long-time coming rebirthing of his therapeutic identity and purpose. Tune in to hear more!
 
Chris Hancock:
Website: https://www.therapyoutsidethebox.com/
Instagram: @therapyoutsidethebox
Contact: https://www.therapyoutsidethebox.com/contact
 
Natalie Deering: 
Website: https://www.ndwellnessservices.com/
Contact: https://www.ndwellnessservices.com/contact
Instagram: @nataliedeering
 
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