IFS Guide

If you have a baseline understanding of Internal Family Systems and are ready to get to work, this app is a truly perfect place to start. The meditations (I.e, “parts work”sessions/checkins) are both engaging snd centering—more like a “choose your own adventure” experience than a passive “listen as someone talks at you” session. The speaker’s voice is warm, human, and genuine—doesn’t feel patronizing or pandering like some other guided meditations. I also love that you can create profiles for your own parts—avatar, name, and all—and actually engage in chats with them (not sure I’ll use this feature but I like knowing it’s there!). The interface is sleek, clean, engaging, and super intuitive. Very well built with many admirable design and UX decisions made along the way. My only complaint is the mascot — a cartoon dog, named Pepe (??), in a suit of all things (???). Maybe there’s a connection to IFS I’m just not well-versed enough to appreciate at this point? The good news is that it’s the only questionable or I’ll-conceived element in the entire experience. If you can get past this “part”—or embrace him for the protector/guide he’s trying to be—there really is a wealth of wisdom and actionable strategies packed into the app itself. So glad I found it.