Episode 21 with Suzanne Milligan explores how Suzanne brought the practices of Buddhism and IFS together. We discuss Qi Gong, Buddhism, 'what is the ego', spiritual bypassing and more.

Suzanne Milligan is a registered psychotherapist who works mainly with women in midlife and beyond, along with individuals and couples. She is a Level 2 IFS therapist and Intimacy From the Inside Out therapist.

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Suzanne: https://renewalwithsuzanne.com/about-suzanne/

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Jenny Fiebig is an IFS consultant and trainer based in Colorado, USA. She is passionate about outdoor adventures such paddling rivers and snowboarding down mountains and brings this expertise into her therapy room by supporting people who have experienced outdoor trauma (avalanches, accidents etc). Bringing therapy and nature together out of the therapy room, Jenny takes groups of IFS therapists and practitioners into the wilderness for multi-day journeys by raft through the Colorado river, where participants are invited to explore the outer as well as their inner landscapes. Jenny also specialises in and offers workshops with therapists on working with people who have experienced childhood neglect, including the common experience of having caregivers that tried their best, but were emotionally unavailable.

Jenny has recently supported the Mind Beyond Australia Team to run an IFS Level 1 training in Perth, Western Australia. We hope it will be the first of many!

More about Jenny Fiebig: www.jennyfiebig.com

IFS Australia: https://mindbeyond.com.au

IFS Institute: https://ifs-institute.com

Adriana: https://www.instagram.com/adriana_draws_therapy

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Max Littman is a gay male therapist in Oakland, California. He specializes in relationship counseling, therapy for work burnout, LGBTQ+ therapy, and trauma therapy, with a particular emphasis on gay and queer men and childhood trauma.

Much of this comes from lived experience. When it comes to being gay, Max says he knows what it’s like to grow up sensing something is different before there is language for it, to carry shame quietly, to mask, to wait, and to come out internally long before letting others in. Max acknowledges that coming out is not a single moment of relief, but often the beginning of a new, tender, and disorienting developmental phase.

His recent book Internal Family Systems Therapy for Gay and Queer Men: A Companion for After Coming Out explores the deeper, less visible layers of the journey: navigating friendship, intimacy, community, identity, self-worth, and the emotional burdens that can linger long after coming out.

Max is a prolific author and has written blog posts on many different topics related to therapy and IFS. We had a great time asking him about his own internal world of parts and Self.

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More about Max here: https://maxlittman.com

Max's Blog: https://maxlittman.com/publications

IFS Australia: https://mindbeyond.com.au

IFS Institute: https://ifs-institute.com

Adriana: https://www.instagram.com/adriana_draws_therapy

Ella: https://www.facebook.com/evolutionofintimacy23