https://journal.workthatreconnects.org/2026/03/05/ancestral-grief-ceremony/ Here is an article I wrote recently in the Deep Times Journal about my personal experience with Internal Family Systems (IFS) and Ancestral Lineage Healing, wondering if it resonates with you? 🙂
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Sacred Tears Sacred Being
A poem I wrote about Grief and the gifts of Grief at the Dark Alchemy of Embodied Prayer retreat in Kangaroo Valley NSW January 2026 with SoulCraft Australia NZ Sacred Tears, Sacred Being – by Sara Phillips each tear of grief is like a drop of rain on hot stone, or like a summer shower,… Continue reading Sacred Tears Sacred Being
Nature-based Mindfulness Workshop
FREE NATURE-BASED MINDFULNESS WORKSHOP Date: 9 August 2025 Time: 10.00am - 3.00pm Venue: Pelverata Memorial Hall, 1237 Pelverata Rd, Pelverata Morning tea and a light lunch will be provided. Who For: Anyone wishing to learn nature-based mindfulness practices to support themselves and their community. We encourage paid and unpaid care workers. This workshop is part of a larger project… Continue reading Nature-based Mindfulness Workshop
Understanding Your IFS Healing Journey
The healing journey is non-linear, characterized by exploring one's parts through Internal Family Systems (IFS) Therapy. It emphasizes awareness of a boundless Self while addressing trauma from life and from childhood. Sessions facilitate integration, allowing clients to feel profound shifts and navigate personal growth fluidly. The process cultivates trust and encourages ongoing self-discovery.
Deep Ecology / Active Hope
Do you care deeply for Earth and feel a sense of courage, passion, motivation and curiousity about what are the possibilities for change in the way we relate to and care for our Earth? Are you keen to cultivate a sense of hope and take hopeful action within your community? Find out more about Deep Ecology and Active Hope
The Internal Family Systems Workbook
I'm so excited about this Internal Family Systems workbook written by the founder of IFS Therapy, Richard Schwartz. I wish I had had access to this workbook when I was first experiencing Internal Family Systems (IFS) as a client and when I was learning about IFS Therapy as a Counsellor. The thing i like most is the checklists and sudio recordings
The Importance of Ritual: Truth Mandala
This month in our Deep Parts Wisdom circle online we dived into what we keep in the shadows, our exiled emotions ....(if our other protective parts let us!) We explored some of our exiled emotions by creating a Truth Mandala, (one of Joanna Macy's important grief rituals in the Work that Reconnects / Deep Ecology)… Continue reading The Importance of Ritual: Truth Mandala
Internal Family Systems (IFS): a recap
IFS believes that each of us is an ecosystem of parts, and when all parts are in harmony, the ecosystem runs smoothly, yet when we are taken over by one or more parts we can feel out of balance or stuck or in chaos or not even recognize ourselves, as we sometimes swing wildly from one emotion to another.
Deep Parts Wisdom Circle 2024
These Deep Parts Wisdom Circles are IFS-informed and are created to support you to NOTICE your parts, get to KNOW them, and find out what they NEED in order for you to access more Self energy, more integration, more Wholeness, more Soul. We will do this using mindfulness, embodied movement/dance, explore wise-nature archetypes (from Wild Mind by Bill Plotkin), visualisation and creative expression as well as the healing power of sharing in a sacred safe circle of like-minded souls.
Tending the Wild & Sacred Circle
An Invitation to explore: Inner journey to the True Self. Divine Heart Guidance. Ancient & New Wisdom to show the way. Courageous Joy. Deep Connection to Self, Relationship & Earth Wisdom. Favourite place to be, listening to Mother Earth & her trees there is a wild woman under our skin who wants to dance, sing… Continue reading Tending the Wild & Sacred Circle