Resources

IFS Podcast interview - The Validation Lounge: All Parts Are Welcome with Sasha Jenkin (my guest appearance, discussing IFS and Dreamwork May 2025).

Guided Meditations & Retreat Centers 🧘🏾‍♂️

• Tara Brach

• Phillip Moffitt - Teachings for daily life

• Jill Shepherd

• Alexis Santos

• Self-Compassion Practice

• Cambridge Insight Meditation Center (MA)

• Insight Meditation Society (MA)

• The Barre Center for Buddhist Studies (MA)

• Spirit Rock Meditation Center (CA)

• River Valley Insight Meditation Community (MA)

• Southern Dharma Retreat Center (NC)

• Insight Retreat Center (CA)

• Common Ground (Mark Nunberg), MN + Virtual

• Insight Meditation Western Mass (MA)

Top recommended books 📚📚

• My Grandmother's Hands: Racialized Trauma and the Pathway to Mending Our Hearts and Bodies by Dr. Resmaa Menakem

• Listening When Parts Speak: A Practical Guide to Healing with Internal Family Systems Therapy and Ancestor Wisdom by Tamala Floyd

• The Way of Effortless Mindfulness: A Revolutionary Guide For Living An Awakened Life by Loch Kelly

• Dancing With Life: Buddhist Insights for Finding Meaning and Joy in the Face of Suffering by Phillip Moffitt

• Man’s Search for Meaning by Viktor Frankl

• No Bad Parts: Healing Trauma and Restoring Wholeness with the Internal Family Systems Model by Richard Schwartz Ph.D.

• Decolonizing Therapy: Oppression, Historical Trauma, and Politicizing Your Practice by Dr. Jennifer Mullan

• The Gift of Therapy by Irvin Yalom

• When Things Fall Apart: Heart Advice for Difficult Times by Pema Chödrön

• The Magnanimous Heart: Compassion and Love, Loss and Grief, Joy and Liberation by Narayan Helen Liebenson

• Post-Traumatic Growth Guidebook: Practical Mind-Body Tools to Heal Trauma and Foster Resilience by Dr. Arielle Schwartz

• Bearing the Unbearable: Love, Loss, and the Heartbreaking Path of Grief by Dr. Joanne Cacciatore

• Awake At The Bedside: Contemplative Teachings On Palliative And End-Of-Life Care by Koshin Paley Ellison & Matt Weingast

• Say What You Mean: A Mindful Approach to Nonviolent Communication by Oren Sofer

Post-Concussion Support

Virtual Post-Concussion Support Group - https://alirheaume.com/life-after-concussion

Helpful/favorite TED talks 📺 🎥

• Jill Bolte Taylor - My Stroke of Insight

• Kristin Rivas - The Life-Changing Power of Words

• Dr. Kristen Neff - The Space Between Self Esteem and Self Compassion

• Amy Cuddy - Your Body Language May Shape Who You Are

• Dr. Nadine Burke Harris - How Childhood Trauma Affects Health Across a Lifetime

• About resilience and healing - Michelle Esrick: Through the Mud We Rise

• Jane Whitlock - “What I Learned About Life from Death”

Websites 👇🏾👇

• What is IFS? This is a very short animated video about Internal Family Systems Therapy (IFS), by Bruce Hersey, LCSW. A great, brief explanation.

• The Conversation Project - Death & Dying (and Dementia) https://theconversationproject.org/tcp-blog/ellen-goodman-talks-dementia-and-alzheimers-disease/

• End of Life Choices - https://www.compassionandchoices.org/

• The Limbic Brain and Its Role in Trauma by Dr. Russ Harris - Acceptance Commitment Therapy - https://youtu.be/a-ddSEHRWVg

• Helpful information on working with nightmares: https://drleslieellis.com/what-can-you-do-about-your-nightmares-ideas-from-a-trauma-expert/

• IFS (Internal Family Systems) “parts work” explained https://youtu.be/fzevlBt5HUA

• Institute for the Development of Human Arts (IDHA) - Transformative Mental Health - Anti-Oppressive, holistic resources for mental health practitioners and clients.