Twitter Threads
- Internal Family Systems [Intro Thread]
- How to Have an Almost-Psychedelic IFS Experience — PART I
- How to Have an Almost-Psychedelic IFS Experience — PART II
- Quick IFS Demo
- A parts-work experiment to explore your shadow
- On non-linearity/non-monotonicity of the healing journey
- Candyflipping to heal complex trauma (longer post here)
- My coaching philosophy
- Connecting with demonic/dark/evil parts
Conversations
- Unpacking Core Transformation with Romeo Stevens — YouTube | Podcast Apps
- Understanding Autistic Identity Trauma with Mykola Bilokonsky — YouTube | Podcast Apps
- Intro to Parts Work | Pranab x Theo — YouTube | Podcast Apps
- Deeper Into Parts Work and Beyond | Pranab x Theo — YouTube | Podcast Apps
Random Tweets
I recently realized that I was sometimes using the idea of "non-coercion" as a cop-out to avoid uncomfortable feels
So I've been trying to explore wholesome forms of coercion, here's one that resonated for me — https://t.co/ehqCQwgBZO
— theo (@nowtheo) March 27, 2024
yes the tension protects you from “pain”, but if you were to investigate that pain underneath the tension, you’ll see that it’s just another layer of tension, and so on, and if you keep going you’ll discover that it’s all empty
— theo (@nowtheo) February 6, 2024
careful not to reify the body
the body is a happening, a phenomena, just like everything else
and your body is not just your physical body, the entire universe is your “body”
think of a person (or a place) that triggers you, notice how that person/place out there is also…
— theo (@nowtheo) January 30, 2024
how you treat animals is how you treat the animalistic parts of you
— theo (@nowtheo) January 1, 2024
I feel that being exposed to such a wide variety of perspectives and ways of being and phenomenologies is continuing to enhance my respect and sensitivity for my inner ecology. There are some things I can now see in my being only because I got to see them in other people.
— theo (@nowtheo) December 29, 2023
yeah, to explain IFS, I often reduce it to —
– there’s painful feelings we don’t want to feel
– there’s layers of “defenses” to avoid feeling those feelsand we are just trying to lovingly persuade those defenses to let go and safely feel the feels we don’t want to feel https://t.co/kiw1QahFhz
— theo (@nowtheo) November 8, 2023
if you feel like you’re too “in your head” and want a deeper connection with your body, notice how being in your head has a distinct bodily FEEL
could you be with it? feel more of it? love it? https://t.co/1ebfup7DKZ
— theo (@nowtheo) October 8, 2023
Meditators admirably dedicate themselves to figuring it all out on the cushion. But the cushion can become a cozy sheltered space.
And sometimes, having scary, vulnerable, heartfelt conversations can be worth more than hundreds of hours on the cushion.
— theo (@nowtheo) August 23, 2023
Other masquerades — laziness, indifference, dislike, distraction, arrogance, pessimism, cynicism
— theo (@nowtheo) August 2, 2023
Seeking control and certainty is how we end up hurting the people we love.
— theo (@nowtheo) August 8, 2023
my go-to power move these days: give myself the permission to be scared
— theo (@nowtheo) July 22, 2023
Humans are overwhelmingly kind to each other when they feel safe.
— theo (@nowtheo) April 18, 2023
More apt: gentle is sensitive, sensitive is intense
— theo (@nowtheo) April 2, 2023
More so than that, it’s about being able to enjoy and love life deeply. To live with awe and spaciousness and vigor and compassion and connectedness.
I don’t mind suffering that much. Wouldn’t be motivated to dedicate thousands of hours if it was just about less suffering.
— theo (@nowtheo) March 27, 2023