EA - Apply now: Get "unstuck" with the New IFS Self-Care Fellowship Program by Inga

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Welcome to The Nonlinear Library, where we use Text-to-Speech software to convert the best writing from the Rationalist and EA communities into audio. This is: Apply now: Get "unstuck" with the New IFS Self-Care Fellowship Program, published by Inga on July 16, 2024 on The Effective Altruism Forum. You finally want to resolve deeper-seated inner conflicts, and remove inner blocks in the way of becoming a more fulfilled, resilient, and well-performing version of yourself? This post allows you to learn how IFS as a coaching or therapy approach can help with mental wellbeing, if it might be the right approach for you, if so to get excited about it and inform you about the opportunity to take part in Rethink Wellbeing's online IFS group course starting this August. Executive Summary Rethink Wellbeing's (RW) launches a brand new online IFS course for ambitious altruists. Learn powerful, and practical tools to uncover the dynamics of your inner conflicts, become a more whole and resilient self, and transform your mental wellbeing and performance. You will meet with a peer group of 5-7 like-minded ambitious altruists led by a trained peer facilitator, for 6 weeks and 3 follow-ups. The course empowers you to learn IFS skills and apply those to your life until they become habitual. This includes 9 group sessions, home practice based on an IFS "playbook", individual progress tracking, and support from the Rethink Wellbeing Online Community. Participation takes ~5 hours per week for 6 weeks, and 2-3 hours the 8 weeks after. You can apply via the form now in less than 15 minutes. Due date: until 20th July 2024. All groups start in August 2024. We accept suitable participants until all spaces are full. The earlier you apply, the higher the chances to secure your spot. No or low costs - two options and all in between: No costs and a motivational deposit of $200 (less in LMICs) that you get back upon successful participation, or $550 to cover the costs of your attendance. Internal Family Systems (IFS): When talking about themselves, many people naturally use expressions like "a part of me." For example, someone who was considering a job offer might say, "one part of me is excited about this opportunity, but another part of me is afraid of the responsibility." Internal Family Systems (IFS) is a form of psychotherapy that takes this kind of language literally and assumes that people's minds are divided into parts with sometimes conflicting beliefs and goals. IFS aims to reconcile conflicts between those parts and get them to cooperate rather than fight each other, so that they can become a more healed and whole self. The goal is to improve self-leadership, ground, and grow yourself, your new self, in the 8 C's of IFS: curiosity, compassion, calmness, clarity, confidence, creativity, courage, and connectedness. How IFS works Do you know what would be beneficial for you to do, but just can't make the change? Do you keep coming up against the same challenging or unresolvable inner blocks? Do you recognize these behaviors in yourself: Avoiding, putting off, and neglecting things: Are you procrastinating important tasks and goals, finding yourself endlessly planning but never executing? Do you find yourself turning to distractions or comfort activities when faced with stress? Feeling guilty for not doing what you planned to do? Or not good enough for not having done enough or good enough? Judging yourself, and high expectations: Are you constantly doubting your abilities despite your achievements? Feeling like an imposter in your field? Do you set excessively high standards for yourself that are almost impossible to meet? Or do you believe you need to keep doing more to be good enough? Monitoring yourself when with others: Do you try to make sure others think well of you by controlling what you do or don't say? Do you keep trying to please others or take care of them so that they like you more or do what you want? Do you neglect your own needs a...