Sovereign Eating
Class
Monday, Oct 6 • 3:30 - 4:45 pm (CT)
1:30 pm PT • 2:30 pm MT • 3:30 pm CT • 4:30 pm ET • 9:30 pm UK • 10:30 pm Europe
Curious about what way of eating is right for you?
I’m offering an Internal Family Systems support group for people who are questioning what is YOUR personal healthiest way of eating on Monday, Oct. 13 at 3:30 pm Central. On Zoom. From 3:30 - 4:45 pm. $110 investment.
Very small group—only 6 max. Four spots available.
It’s an hour and 15 minutes, so not too long, but a place to bring all the confusion, overwhelm and questioning to a safe, supportive, non-judgemental space!
Particularly well-suited to people who are keto/carnivore curious as the group currently swings in that direction, so if this way of eating triggers you, this would not be a right fit group.
If you’re interested, I’d love to meet on Zoom to answer questions & see if it might be supportive!
I’ve tried almost every way of eating possible, and I want to support other people in claiming their own food sovereignty.
The group is not about any particular way of eating, it’s really about listening to ourselves, and our bodies, our intuition and our parts and holding a container for the complexity of all the different voices – because we’re overwhelmed by not just our inner voices, but also cultural voices as well.
If you’re interested let me know or just find a time on my Calendly!
https://calendly.com/melissas/complimentary-consultation-with-melissa
Every part of me recommends these classes with great enthusiasm. They have totally changed my life!
- Liv Love
We all know a dozen things that would transform our health if we did them.
Changing our nutrition, eating and health isn’t about what we KNOW, it’s about what we DO.
Come join a group dedicated to supporting you in your journey from
KNOWING to DOING, using IFS to make real change in your life.
In the IFS for Sovereign eating group, you’ll use a common coaching technique to address your problem: FOCUS. We are gathering together to focus on one thing: how we eat!
This is a tough area for most parts, and it can’t be forced: managers can’t white knuckle it when firefighters want to eat pizza!
We need to address it HOLISTICALLY from a systems perspective, working compassionately with ALL THE PARTS involved to shift things slowly, with PERMISSION from your system to make SMALL CHANGES, that over time, lead to BIG RESULTS.
By focusing SPECIFICALLY on sleep and health issues with fellow IFS folks, you’ll be able get targeted insight into what is holding you back in making the health choices your soul is longing to make.
You’ll also receive immediate feedback from Melissa and be inspired by your fellow IFS lovers— you’re not alone in this journey of Self-discovery!
About Melissa:
Learn from a 23-year IFS Expert:
Melissa Sandfort has been an IFS Certified Practitioner since 2010.
From 2002-2017, Melissa dedicated herself to learning IFS from the inside out, taking 20 IFS trainings with the Institute for Self-Leadership. Specifically:
• 2 Level 1 IFS trainings
• 5 Level 2 IFS trainings, including all 3 levels of Intimacy from the Inside Out
• 13 Level 3 IFS trainings with Richard Schwartz
With over 1,000 hours of in-person training with the founder of IFS, Richard Schwartz, and over 2,350 hours of IFS training including dozens of retreats and workshops, she has a depth of IFS training few can match!
However, what truly sets her apart is her profound personal commitment to the practice of IFS in her own life.
Building on a very solid foundation of IFS training, she has slowly increased her capacity to do IFS by herself, on herself, and now has a daily self-IFS practice of 2-3 hours of intensive IFS work on herself every day.
She has currently done over 8,000 hours of her own, personal IFS work. And that number increases by 730+ hours a year!
To get a sense of this work, you can listen to a free podcast of one of her personal IFS sessions.
As a passionate advocate of the power of IFS to transform lives, unravel trauma, and help us all come home to our Self, Melissa is dedicated to sharing her IFS expertise in the most creative and loving ways possible!
To that end, she offers her own work as a model for how to achieve Deeper Intimacy with Yourself (DIY) with IFS! She has two Substacks where she shares this work:
Radical IFS - https://radicalifs.substack.com/about
Radical IFS podcast - https://radicalifs.substack.com/podcast
This class is your chance to learn from a Master IFS practitioner about how to work with your own parts, based on decades of radically intense IFS practice.
FAQ
What is the refund policy?
Due to the low-cost class which enables you to try before you buy, there are no refunds.
There are no refunds. Instead, you can log in to the Ezycourse (included with your registration) to see the demonstration for that class.
I have done everything I can to provide an affordable class full of value.
I put my heart into all my classes. It actually breaks my heart when people want a refund, and I can’t put so much love and care into my classes and then be heartbroken when people ask for refunds. Therefore, I have a no-refund policy for all my classes!
This keeps my heart and my parts safe, so that I can be vulnerable and excited about offering what I offer.
If a refund policy is important to you, I am the wrong teacher for you! I give everything I can, and in return I ask that you honor me by thinking before buying a course so that it is the right match for you.
Thanks for understanding!
Class Safety Agreement
Clarity about our purpose:
To deepen our capacity to do IFS and to develop our Self-leadership as human beings.
Choice:
You are free to censor what you disclose. No is a complete sentence. Choose to share ONLY what you feel comfortable with.
Confidentiality:
All material everyone shares should not be shared with people who are not members of this group, even if you don’t use their name. You’d be surprised how far stories can travel. To read more, visit https://www.athousandpaths.com/safety-story.
Speak up for Safety:
If you are having difficulty with something that’s triggered you, PLEASE speak for your parts, either directly in the group or as soon as you can afterwards. Please LISTEN to your parts when they tell you what they need in order to feel safe. Safety is our number one value. When you speak for your safety needs, you speak for the safety needs of the whole group.
Speaking for parts, not from parts:
To the extent that you can, speaking for parts, not from them, will help us maintain safety when sharing in the group.
Embodying parts:
During coaching demos, in distinction to other times during the group, feel free to speak FROM parts and to experiment with embodying them. The difference between blending and embodying is: when you are blended, you are in a part and you don’t know you are in a part. When you embody a part, you are in a part and YOU and the part BOTH know you are ‘being’ the part.
No Coercion:
"Thank you, for letting me, be myself!” In this group, there is “no crosstalk.” This means when one person shares, no one judges, gives advice, or reacts against what they shared.
Feedback: Share how you are inspired or how you resonate with others. DO NOT share judgement, advice, or criticism. If you criticize others in the class, I reserve the right to determine that you may not be the right fit for my classes. Thank you for understanding.
https://radicalifs.substack.com offers endless examples of how parts crosstalk and then repair, if you’re interested in a deeper dive.
Timeliness:
We commit to start and end on time. We start on time; this increases safety and strengthens the container.
Support and responsibility:
Ultimately, the only person who can keep you fully safe in a group is you. I want to do everything I can to make this group a safe space to learn, to go inside, and to share, in whatever ways feel right for you — but you are responsible for listening to the sometimes difficult-to-hear voices who tell you what they REALLY need to be safe.
You are not crazy if you get triggered, it’s ULTRA NORMAL in IFS work. So take care of yourself, and possibly give yourself extra support on days when you do IFS!
Thank you for your commitment to this safety agreement!
Melissa’s Deeper Intimacy with Your Self courses gave me a quantum leap in my inner work practice.
Before, although I had a daily journaling practice, I was pretty reliant on life coaching for doing deep work.
Now, thanks to the DIY IFS beginner and advanced course, I have the skills to be my own therapist.
My own practice and my relationship with myself are so much deeper, more trusting, and more productive.
The courses epitomize Melissa’s motto, “Work smarter, not harder,” making inner work more fun and more efficient.
Every part of me recommends them with great enthusiasm. They have totally changed my life! —Liv Love