We begin today’s episode with a Joyful Surprise! So make sure to tune in as Tanner shares the bigger context behind the surprise and the surprise itself. We then move into the content for today’s episode which focuses on Protective Parts' Energy. Tanner elaborates on the larger context of working with Protective Parts and the key principle thereof. A quick recap on the True Self leads us into a discussion on understanding the value of having a pure anchor to ground it all, The Core. We then dive into the goals of protective parts work, and the difference between that and symptom management, and she shares her thoughts on unattached burdens. She elaborates on the four typical energetic signatures of Protective Parts and introduces two other kinds of parts that are distinguished by their use of punishing or despairing strategies to control. This episode is humming with insights and knowledge on this aspect of CPTSD recovery, so make sure to tune in to hear all this and more.
Key Points From This Episode:
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Tanner shares the bigger context behind her ‘Joyful Surprise’.
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More about the first workshop in the Energetic Stewardship Series.
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The ‘Joyful Surprise’ (tune in to find out).
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An introduction to our topic for today’s episode: Protective Parts Energy.
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The Four F’s as seen in Pete Walker’s book, From Surviving to Thriving.
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The larger context of working with protective parts.
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The key principle of protective part works.
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A recap about the True Self and what it is.
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Tanner talks about her shift of beginning to dislike the term True Self.
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Understanding the value of having a pure anchor that grounds it all: The Core.
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We talk about what Protective Parts are and the goal of protective parts work.
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The difference between Parts Work and symptom management.
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Tanner addresses her thoughts and perspective on unattached burdens.
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Her major point: it’s not just as simple as working with protective parts.
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Tanner elaborates on the four typical energetic signatures of Protective Parts.
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We touch on the language of the shadowy survival or protective energy of Protective Parts.
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She introduces two other kinds of other parts that use punishing or despairing to control.
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Tapping into the ultimate survival code: lean in to connect when in distress.
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How a trauma ecosystem undermines positive youth development.
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She circles back to talk about the punishing or despairing parts.
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How legacy burdens differ from punishing or despairing parts.
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We wrap up with the energies of Protective Parts.
Tweetables:
“I don’t think, for CPTSD, self-energy alone is sufficient. At some point when you get to some of the most gaslit, injured, lineage-related, collective-trauma-related parts, energies, or entities inside of us, self-energy alone — is not adequate in its potency to help soften some of those parts.” — Tanner Wallace [0:04:42] Longer quote
“I think, and this is what is so powerful about IFS, is that there is a larger context with working with protective parts, that is really important to keep in mind, or else we can get lost in protective part work and lose sight of the key anchoring principle — the True Self.” — Tanner Wallace [0:07:59] Longer quote
“Protective parts are native, fragmented, aspects of self that have broken off from the central channel, or inner world, and — are now running their own energy.” — Tanner Wallace [0:11:51]
“The goal of parts work is to unburden protective parts of whatever they are carrying around — that make them want to stay separate from the true self, core, [or] central channel.” — Tanner Wallace [0:12:33]
“This is my major point: it’s not just as simple as working with protective parts. Even though you can receive relief almost immediately working with protective parts, there is a larger, deeper, longer-term process of the unburdening sequence.” — Tanner Wallace [0:16:10]
“Protective parts are connected to our human experience, they are fragmented aspects of our self that separated and came online to run different survival energies when moments happened in our lives, in childhood or adolescence, when it was very clear there was no safe adult to protect us, love us, or nurture us.” — Tanner Wallace [0:23:34] Longer quote
“Lean in to connect when in distress; that’s the ultimate survival code.” — Tanner Wallace [0:24:27]
“The unburdening sequence is about keeping pace with and matching the protective part energy with equal measures of self-energy, so that your seat of power, your leadership, never degrades or diminishes to the point where protective parts take over.” — Tanner Wallace [0:31:04]
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