by Nicolay Kreidler | May 30, 2023 | Creativity, Mental Health, Social Justice, Spiritual Bypassing, Spirituality, Trust
My therapist gave me “ruthless lessons” as part of my treatment, because I was so naïve, lacked street smarts, and couldn’t spot a cunning, manipulative, exploitative individual because my rose colored glasses and trauma-informed compassion gave everyone the benefit...
by Nicolay Kreidler | May 30, 2023 | Creativity, Dick Schwartz, IFS, Spiritual Bypassing, Spirituality
Ruthless Lessons Part 1 Some of us relate to others through the eyes of young, innocent parts with a naïve, idealized, optimistic tendency to see the best in others, give them the benefit of the doubt, assume good intentions of others, and extend a great deal of...
by Nicolay Kreidler | May 25, 2023 | Creativity, Dick Schwartz, IFS, Mental Health, Uncategorized
We Can’t Protect Ourselves Without Understanding Trust Since I’m preparing curriculum for my upcoming class Becoming Unf*ckwithable, I was noodling what it actually takes to be both vulnerable and protected from those who might wish to mess with us- and any time I...
by Nicolay Kreidler | May 18, 2023 | Dick Schwartz, IFS, Mental Health, Spiritual Bypassing, Spirituality, Trust, Uncategorized
When I left the church at 18, and then again when I began pulling back from New Age spirituality once I learned about spiritual bypassing and its antidote, Internal Family Systems (IFS), I struggled with what I believed in. Did I believe there was a benevolent...
by Nicolay Kreidler | May 1, 2023 | Creativity, Dick Schwartz, Environment, IFS, Spiritual Bypassing, Spirituality, Uncategorized
In response to a post about why we would be wise to be wary of spiritual showoffs, a reader, Matthew commented: “I’ve been asked recently what I do to look after my spiritual needs. My knee-jerk reaction was to flounder around and justify some of my alone time...
