3 Parts of the Essential Self, feat. Dr. Alison Cook (Type 3)

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🗓️ 24 October 2024

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Summary

What is the essential self and how do we get in touch with it enough that it becomes a trusted leader for all of our parts? Today we welcome Dr. Alison Cook, therapist and host of the top-ranked podcast, The Best of You, to talk about the Internal Family Systems (IFS) model and how it can help all of us do some important healing work toward integration. We also discuss her new book, I Shouldn't Feel This Way: Name What’s Hard, Tame Your Guilt, and Transform Self-Sabotage into Brave Action.

In this episode, we explore:

What the 3 distinct parts of the personality are and the role each plays
The 8 Cs of the Self
The importance of learning to honor the inner tension of mixed emotions

Dr. Cook also shares her 3-step process to reconcile mixed emotions and foster self-acceptance. Tune in for practical insights that can help you integrate your parts and find harmony with your essential self.

About Dr. Alison Cook

Dr. Alison Cook is a therapist and host of the top-ranked The Best of You podcast. Originally from Wyoming, Dr. Alison studied at Dartmouth College (BA), Denver Seminary (MA), and the University of Denver (PhD), where she specialized in integrating psychology and theology. Dr. Alison’s doctoral dissertation centered on the relationship between religion and prejudice. She is certified in Internal Family Systems Therapy (IFS) and is the author of the ECPA bestselling book The Best of You and coauthor of Boundaries for Your Soul, with nearly 100,000 copies sold– based on the popular IFS therapy model. Widely recognized as an expert at the intersection of faith and psychology, Dr. Alison empowers individuals to heal from past wounds, develop a strong sense of self, and forge healthy relationships. Her newest book, I Shouldn't Feel This Way: Name What’s Hard, Tame Your Guilt, and Transform Self-Sabotage into Brave Action released earlier this year.

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0:00.0	Hey Typology friends, this is Ian Morden-Kran, host of Typology. The podcast on which we explore
0:10.5	the mystery of the human personality and the human adventure through the lens of the
0:14.8	anyagram. I'm joined of course by my friend of well over 10 years, Anthony Skinner,
0:22.1	Anthony Ian, Anthony.
0:23.2	Ian, I noticed that you have a brand new book on the shelf behind you there.
0:28.3	I do, it's the advance reader copy of my new book, The Fix,
0:35.0	with the longest subtitle in publishing history.
0:38.0	Yes, give us that subtitle.
0:39.0	Yeah, the subtitle is The Fix, how the 12 steps offer a surprising path of transformation for the well
0:46.0	adjusted, the down and out, and everyone in between.
0:49.8	Yes, and now you can go ahead and flip the page to chapter two.
0:53.3	That's right, because that basically is chapter one.
0:57.4	We just thought we brought it all on the cover.
1:00.7	That's awesome.
1:01.5	And tell us about, like, so have you been on the bit of the tour have you been
1:06.7	Well, it's having some conversations around it so far well the book is of what is available for pre-order right now so folks could just hop on Amazon and pre-order it.
1:15.0	However, it drops officially on January 28th, and in advance of that, I literally have, I think at last count, more than 30 or 40
1:27.7	podcasts interviews lined up and I'm going to be traveling to multiple cities to do book signings in different bookstores and I'd like I actually love to hear from people if they if they have a bookstore nearby that or a city they think it would be cool to come to.
1:45.4	We're still in the process of putting together that itinerary.
1:48.6	But I'm stoked, man.
1:49.7	I am so excited about this book and just the idea of talking about this amazing design for living called the 12 steps and how not just for people who are alcoholics or drug addicts or food addicts or whatever
2:09.3	that they're really for everybody and that everyone can derive the same benefit from working them as people
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