IFS Changed My Personality with Alexis Roberson

Nov 5

Show Notes

My guest today went through a huge personal transformation when she learned Internal Family Systems, or IFS. For example, the ways that she was incredibly productive and excelled at pretty much everything? For the first time in her life, that was not as celebrated. In fact it was something she was encouraged to stop doing.

Alexis Roberson, licensed family therapist, provides psychotherapy and virtual parenting groups for families navigating the complexities of neurodivergent caregiving. As an IFS practitioner, she helps parents and children identify with their "parts" and become more of their true, authentic selves.

You’ll hear about her own healing and the way her life and work and family continue to evolve in the direction of freedom.

Here's some of what we talked about:

Finding Internal Family Systems right before COVID lockdown
Switching to an IFS therapist as she learned IFS
How Alexis’s personality has changed since learning this model
Opening up to more not knowing and playfulness in parenting and other relationships
Using her body to check in with her parts and release tension throughout the day
How she uses somatics in sessions with clients
Having 2 autistic kids and the shifts their family made to meet their needs
Getting back to prioritizing fun and pleasure
Why the chapter she’s in now of getting older is gold