The One Inside: An Internal Family Systems (IFS) podcast

IFS and Healing Through Stories with Boo Trundle

Feb 23, 2024

Author Boo Trundle discusses how she used IFS therapy to write her novel, The Daughter Ship, exploring unique storytelling, discovering her inner Parts, and connecting with her true Self. The podcast also delves into symbolism, inner battles, and self-compassion within personal narratives.

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Introduction

00:00 • 4min

Exploring Unique Narrative Structures in a Recommended Book

04:16 • 22min

Submarine Symbolism in Personal Narratives

25:57 • 6min

Exploring Inner Battles and Self-Compassion

31:34 • 2min

Exploring the Concept of Self within Internal Family Systems

33:47 • 2min

Exploring the Symbolism of 'Dead Girl'

35:53 • 9min

Exploring Career Options Beyond Writing and Passion for Teenagers

44:28 • 3min

On this week’s episode I chat with Boo Trundle about her IFS-inspired novel, The Daughter Ship. Boo is a writer, artist, and performer whose work has appeared across various platforms and publications, including The Brooklyn Rail, McSweeney’s Internet Tendency, and NPR’s The Moth. She has released three albums of original music with Big Deal Records.

I absolutely loved this book and the way she blended years of inner child work and IFS therapy to create the unique Parts perspective she uses to write the novel. She shares her process of discovering and relating to different parts and learning how to tell their stories. We identify legacy burdens, ancestral guides, and which character in the novel represents her true Self.

We talk about:

Using IFS to inform and transform her writing (3:00)
The unique storytelling of the novel telling her Parts’ stories (7:00)
Her journey discovering her Parts and learning their stories (12:00)
Writing as a healing and spiritual experience (16:00)
Connecting with Self and ancestral guides during a summer writing workshop (20:00)
Identifying which character in the novel represents her true Self (33:00)

Connect with her here:

https://www.bootrundle.com

https://www.instagram.com/bootrundle

https://twitter.com/account/access

https://www.facebook.com/BooTrundle/

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Jeff Schrum is Co-Producer of The One Inside Podcast. He completed the IFS Online Circle and is enrolled in an IFS Level 1 training.

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Tammy is grateful for Jack Reardon who created music for the podcast. Jack is a graduate of Derek Scott’s IFS Stepping Stones Program. You can follow Jack at bonzemusic on Instagram.