Do you think peace requires an end to war? Or tigers eating only vegetables? Does peace require an absence from your boss, your spouse, yourself? … Do you think peace will come some other place than here? Some other time than Now? In some other heart than yours? Peace is this moment without judgment. That is all. This moment in the Heart-space where everything that is is welcome. Peace is this moment without thinking that it should be some other way, that you should feel some

We’re all familiar with the feeling of being overtaken by an emotion. You say something you later regret, or you fall silent even though you’re churning inside. IFS offers a simple yet powerful response to emotional overwhelm: unblending from the part of you that has taken over your awareness in an attempt to bring you back to safety. This seemingly subtle shift—recognizing that you are more than what you are experiencing—can begin to transform the way you experience yourself