Embrace All Parts of Yourself w/ Flynn Skidmore PART 1

Today's guest is the brilliant Flynn Skydmore! 
Flynn is a therapist specialized in multiple things including IFS (Internal Family Systems). His ability to explain and articulate why we might be struggling so much with ourselves and others, has quickly garnered him a wide audience on Social Media. In this episode, Andrea and Flynn tackle some of the most common questions and subject-matters related to how to improve ourselves, how to change what we don't like about ourselves, and how to life a life that is more meaningful and conducive to happiness. 

In this episode:

• What is IFS (Internal Family Systems)
• What does it mean to have "different parts" inside us?
• "No Bad Parts" by Dick Schwartz 
• "The Higher Self" in all of us 
• How different "parts" coexist inside yourself 
• How to approach your different "parts" with curiosity 
• The four layers of awareness 
• Loving Awareness v. Shameful Awareness 
• Social Anxiety 
• "Authenticity"
• Negative emotions and how to navigate them 
• Intentionality as a compass for life choices 
• Escapism / Avoidance / Bypassing Emotions
• Therapists as "Guides" 
• Why are you "stuck" in a pattern of behavior? And how to change that
• Getting to the root of what we really want -- from an emotional perspective 
• How to get what you want 
• Anger - how to accept it, how to change it, how to deal with it. 
• Is there a "Hierarchy  of Feelings" ?
• Emotions as protective parts 
• How to "get"/achieve/feel emotional safety
• People Pleasing 
• Trauma and the manifestation of trauma in the body 
• Systems Theory