Tired of changing everything around you but still feeling unhappy? Learn how shifting your internal perspective, instead of external conditions, can finally bring you lasting satisfaction and fulfillment.

Ever wonder why you keep repeating cycles that prevent you from getting the results you want? Discover how to identify and break outdated patterns to achieve the fulfilling relationships and lasting changes you desire.

Change doesn’t come easy when old adaptive strategies from childhood still dictate our lives. Understand why these patterns persist and how updating them can unlock sustainable transformation.

To live from love and compassion and joy and all, and to live from these self resourced places, what actually seems to be needed is to address the fears, acknowledge them and address them head on.

When blame, shame, or criticism flare in a close relationship, your nervous system can feel hijacked. This post shows you how to pause, step away, and combine Internal Family Systems with Byron Katie’s Judge-Your-Neighbor worksheet. The step-by-step dialogue helps you unblend from reactive parts, restore inner safety, and return to the conversation centered and clear.

Imagine your capacity to cope with everyday stress and challenges as a backpack. Each unresolved emotional wound or past trauma is like a heavy stone placed in your pack. As these stones accumulate, your backpack becomes heavier, using more of your strength just to carry it, and leaving you less capacity to handle the new challenges you encounter throughout the day.

Life coaching or therapy? What’s the difference and how do you know which to choose. Here are some questions to ask yourself and a therapist or coach when making your choice.

Read additional articles by Bill Tierney, written prior to being trained in the IFS model

Learn how to recognize and respond to emotional triggers using the IFS model. This guide walks you through the unblending process so you can shift from overwhelm to clarity and compassion.

Explore how to manage fear and anxiety through the Internal Family Systems (IFS) model. Learn how fear works, how to respond instead of react, and how to support yourself or others through fear with Self-energy.

Struggling to connect with your parts during inner work? This article explores five foundational questions that can help you understand why things feel stuck—and what your system might need to move forward. Whether you’re a practitioner or practicing IFS on your own, these gentle check-ins offer powerful guidance for creating the safety parts need to open up.

Are you wondering whether you need a coach or a therapist? You’re not alone. While both support growth and transformation, they serve different parts of your journey. In this article, we explore how to know what kind of support is right for you—right now—and how approaches like Internal Family Systems (IFS) coaching can bridge the gap between healing and forward momentum.

Have you ever noticed a part of you that jumps in with worry, self-doubt, or over-preparation? That’s what I call a concerned part—and surprisingly, it’s trying to help you.

In my latest blog post, I explain:

• Why we all have concerned parts

• What they’re really trying to do

• A simple 4-step process to shift your relationship with them

You don’t need to shut these parts down. You just need to listen differently.

If you’re a therapist, coach, or IFS practitioner, this group may be for you. Imagine being in a coaching group with up to seven of your peers and being supported by a Certified IFS Practitioner. In this powerful group, expand your Self-energy for a more Self-led personal and business life.

The Self in IFS can be a difficult concept to grasp. Maybe that’s because we’ve been getting it all wrong. What if there is no separate Self? Rather, Self is within each part, just waiting to be manifested as Self-energy.

Time goes by. You find a picture of yourself from 20 years ago and realize you are no longer the person you were in the picture. What happened? How did you change? Did you do so on purpose? Or did you simply adapt to the conditions of your life? This article explores conscious and unconscious personal development.

I always use the IFS model to help my coaching clients because it is the most effective tool in my coaching toolbox. This article describes why I became a coach, how I coached others at first, how I was introduced to the Internal Family Systems model, how I became trained and certified in the model, and why I use it with all my coaching clients.

I want to share a personal story that taught me an important lesson about healthy communication in relationships. I found myself in a situation where I needed to navigate a conversation with my wife about something I wanted to do. Initially, I felt conflicted, unsure how to bring it up without seeming selfish or inconsiderate. But as we talked, I was a reminded of how important balanced, thoughtful communication is in building a strong and supportive relationship.

Is doing the same thing over and over expecting different results insane? What if the IFS model can help us understand repeating patterns? What if, rather than trying to change by brute force, a more compassionate and curious approach were taken?

Completion is less of an event and more of a process. Acknowledge and complete what has been to make room for what can be.