Do you resonate with the idea of being a system of many different parts or subpersonalities that have different hopes and agendas for you, rather than feeling like one fixed personality? And perhaps you know deep down that your deepest authentic Self is already healed and whole, even if it most days it doesn’t really feel like that?
Same! This is the understanding of the Internal Family Systems model — created by Richard Schwartz.
This podcast is a celebration of what it is like to live as a system of parts, learning to be more Self Led. We welcome all your parts to this ’Parts Party’ with Adriana and Ella, therapists and IFS enthusiasts, as they discuss the lived experience of the Internal Family Systems.
This podcast is not affiliated with IFS Institute.
To learn more about IFS go to:
Mind Beyond in Australia: https://www.mindbeyond.com.au
International: https://www.ifs-institute.com
About Adriana: https://adriananaraicounselling.com.au/
About Ella: https://ellashannon.com/
Publisher
Adriana Narai & Ella Shannon
Category
education · health & fitness · religion & spirituality
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
Ella: https://www.facebook.com/evolutionofintimacy23
4 Jun 2026
E19. Parts Party with Max Littman
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.
Stay in Touch!
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
4 May 2026
E18. Parts Party with Emma Diamond
Emma Diamond is the first IFS Institute trainer in the Australia, New Zealand region. She is a psychotherapist and child and family therapist with 20 years of clinical experience across a variety of presentations and contexts.
Emma is known for her warm, creative and clear facilitation, her supportive and empowering presence and her love of the natural world, dance and playfulness.
We were delighted to interview Emma and hear about her inner world of parts. We hope you enjoy this episode.
About Emma: https://mindbeyond.com.au/ifsanz-key-personnel/emma-diamond/
IFS Australia: https://mindbeyond.com.au
IFS Institute: https://ifs-institute.com
Adriana: https://adriananaraicounselling.com.au/
Ella: hhttps://www.facebook.com/evolutionofintimacy23
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