Episode
SPECIAL EPISODE: Staying Human When the World Feels Impossible
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- Internal Family Systems (IFS) Meditations and Insights: Faithfully Growing with Tim Fortescue
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- Jan 28, 2026
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- 1229
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Summary
When the world feels overwhelming, the instinct is often to reach for certainty—clear answers, clean sides, simple villains. This episode offers a different path. I'm recording while events are still unfolding, exploring how Internal Family Systems helps us stay grounded, compassionate, and awake when lives are lost and narratives harden. Before we form opinions, our bodies react. Before arguments appear, parts show up. IFS invites us to notice what's happening inside—the tightness, the heat, the protective parts—before we take a side. It asks: "What is each part trying to protect me from?" This reflection includes a simple 5-step IFS practice for navigating overwhelming news cycles while staying connected to your humanity. I don't fit neatly anywhere anymore. I belong in the lived, messy middle—where people are more complicated than ideologies and where justice and compassion must walk together. I'm practicing this alongside you. Find out more at exploreifs.com