The Vital Side Podcast 104. Overcome Perfectionism as a High Achiever Using Internal Family Systems (IFS) with Cait Murphy
Themes: Perfectionism, Entrepreneurship, Internal Family Systems (IFS), Nervous System Regulation
Introducing The NeuroSomatics Certification Program, with Cait Ross and Laura Larios!
What would become possible for you if you could:
-Learn how to regulate your nervous system using a somatic (body-based) approach and help your clients do the same
-Take your coaching skills to the next level so you can 10x+ your client results
-Have clients that sign with you again and again and again — because there is no limit to how deep you can support them
-Grow your business with a greater sense of ease and flow
-Say goodbye to frustration, overwhelm and burnout
-Bring nervous system work & your own unique expertise to the world in a fulfilling and profitable way
-Join an intimate group of pioneers to shape the future of the coaching & human transformation industries
Cait invites you to book an Enrollment call with her & her colleague, (and past Rewire guest) Laura Larios to learn more about their NeuroSomatics Certification program and explore if it’s a fit for you! The program starts in less than a month and won’t open again until 2024.
Episode:
Are you a high achieving person who struggles to balance the goals you set for yourself, while also prioritizing joy & connection? Do you find yourself expecting perfection in every (or most) area of your life? Cait discusses her own struggles with perfectionism, how these tendencies often develop, and how to break free of this cycle and find more harmony & peace in your life.
Show Notes:
-Cait describes some of the common characteristics of being a high achieving person
-The connection between perfectionism in adulthood and strong protective behaviors that developed in childhood
-Cait’s experience with competitive figure skating as a child; how activities like sports tend to come naturally easy to high achieving people and how this can influence perfectionism tendencies
-The desire of a perfectionist to be in control
-The difference between healthy and unhealthy goal setting; realizing the intentions behind your goals and why you set them
-Celebrating the beauty of these tendencies while also cultivating awareness to ensure they are serving and not hindering you
-How perfectionism can manifest physically in the body and in the external world around you
-Cait introduces and discusses the concept of Internal Family Systems (IFS), developed by Dr. Richard Schwartz: The overall concept being that we are not a mono mind; we don’t just have one self – we have many different “parts”
-Diving deep into how these “parts” develop; Parts work as a healing & growth tool; Cait giving examples of her own parts that developed in her childhood and how she figured out where they tend to live in her body
-What are “protector parts” and why they exist
-How somatic work can help us relate to these “parts” and release the energy they are holding; Cait shares real tools & ways to start doing parts work
Resources:
-Cait’s Instagram: @caitmurphy.co
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