System Updates: IFS Chitchat

Martha Sweezy, Hanna Soumerai Rea, and Fiona Kate Rice bring humor, heart, and irreverence to the IFS perspective on the world. Whether you’re an Internal Family Systems pro or just parts-curious, join us for deep dives, candid insights, and chitchat that makes self-discovery a little less serious—and a lot more fun. Therapy talk with a side of banter.

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Episodes

Dressing the Part

Tuesday Oct 21, 2025

Tuesday Oct 21, 2025

Chitchat about Halloween costumes and the basics of IFS.
Martha is at marthasweezy.comHanna is at hannarea.comFiona is at fionakaterice.com
Want to hear us chitchat about something specific? Leave it in a 5 star review!
System Updates is produced by Fiona Kate Rice and edited by Emily Newton.
Views shared in this podcast are for educational purposes only and are not a substitute for mental health treatment.

Intimacy from the Inside Out®

Tuesday Oct 07, 2025

Tuesday Oct 07, 2025

Chitchat about dissonance and IFIO. Check out Martha and Toni Herbine-Blank's manual on IFIO here!
Martha is at marthasweezy.comHanna is at hannarea.comFiona is at fionakaterice.com
Want to hear us chitchat about something specific? Leave it in a 5 star review!
System Updates is produced by Fiona Kate Rice and edited by Emily Newton.
Views shared in this podcast are for educational purposes only and are not a substitute for mental health treatment.

The Many Flavors of Guilt

Tuesday Sep 23, 2025

Tuesday Sep 23, 2025

Chitchat about concussions and transgressions. Martha's a bit of an expert on the subject of guilt, if you didn't know! Buy her book here.
Martha is at marthasweezy.comHanna is at hannarea.comFiona is at fionakaterice.com
Want to hear us chitchat about something specific? Leave it in a 5 star review!
System Updates is produced by Fiona Kate Rice and edited by Emily Newton.
Views shared in this podcast are for educational purposes only and are not a substitute for mental health treatment.

Is IFS a cult?

Tuesday Sep 02, 2025

Tuesday Sep 02, 2025

Chitchat about Self-led scuffles and skeptical parts.
Martha is at marthasweezy.comHanna is at hannarea.comFiona is at fionakaterice.com
Is Internal Family Systems A Cult? Lissa Rankin, MD, with IFS founder Dick Schwartz & IFS Institute CEO Katie Nelson
The Gift of Fear Gavin de Becker
Want to hear us chitchat about something specific? Leave it in a 5 star review!
System Updates is produced by Fiona Kate Rice and edited by Emily Newton.
Views shared in this podcast are for educational purposes only and are not a substitute for mental health treatment.

IFS & IPV

Tuesday Aug 19, 2025

Tuesday Aug 19, 2025

Chitchat about how our summers are going and harm reduction. 
Martha is at marthasweezy.comHanna is at hannarea.comFiona is at fionakaterice.com
Strangling in Intimate Partner Violence, and What Could Help Martha Sweezy, PhD
Want to hear us chitchat about something specific? Leave it in a 5 star review!National Domestic Violence Hotline: Domestic Violence Support
System Updates is produced by Fiona Kate Rice and edited by Emily Newton.
Views shared in this podcast are for educational purposes only and are not a substitute for mental health treatment.

Anger Antimanagement

Tuesday Aug 05, 2025

Tuesday Aug 05, 2025

Chitchat about the upcoming IFS conference and listening to anger.
Martha is at marthasweezy.comHanna is at hannarea.comFiona is at fionakaterice.com
See Hanna present at the upcoming 2025 IFS Annual Conference!
Watch a clip of Cell Block Tango from the 2002 film version of the musical Chicago!
Want to hear us chitchat about something specific? Leave it in a 5 star review!
System Updates is produced by Fiona Kate Rice and edited by Emily Newton.
Views shared in this podcast are for educational purposes only and are not a substitute for mental health treatment.

IFS & CBT

Tuesday Jul 22, 2025

Tuesday Jul 22, 2025

Chitchat about outdoor adventures and cognitive behavioral therapy. 
Martha is at marthasweezy.comHanna is at hannarea.comFiona is at fionakaterice.com
Martha Sweezy for Psychology Today Comparing Internal Family Systems and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy 
Want to hear us chitchat about something specific? Leave it in a 5 star review!
System Updates is produced by Fiona Kate Rice and edited by Emily Newton.
Views shared in this podcast are for educational purposes only and are not a substitute for mental health treatment.

Self-led vs. Self-like: Calm

Tuesday Jul 08, 2025

Tuesday Jul 08, 2025

Chitchat about camping and how to tell Self from parts.
Martha is at marthasweezy.comHanna is at hannarea.comFiona is at fionakaterice.com
Want to hear us chitchat about something specific? Leave it in a 5 star review!
System Updates is produced by Fiona Kate Rice and edited by Emily Newton.
Views shared in this podcast are for educational purposes only and are not a substitute for mental health treatment.

Good grief

Wednesday Jun 25, 2025

Wednesday Jun 25, 2025

Chitchat about rhododendrons and how grief is a very good thing.
Martha is at marthasweezy.comHanna is at hannarea.comFiona is at fionakaterice.com
Read How IFS Therapy Can Help With Loss by our very own Martha Sweezy!
Want to hear us chitchat about something specific? Leave it in a 5 star review!
System Updates is produced by Fiona Kate Rice and edited by Emily Newton.
Views shared in this podcast are for educational purposes only and are not a substitute for mental health treatment.

Jung parts

Tuesday Jun 03, 2025

Tuesday Jun 03, 2025

Chitchat about expressive art therapy and dreams.
Martha is at marthasweezy.comHanna is at hannarea.comFiona is at fionakaterice.com
Want to hear us chitchat about something specific? Leave it in a 5 star review!
System Updates is produced by Fiona Kate Rice and edited by Emily Newton.
Views shared in this podcast are for educational purposes only and are not a substitute for mental health treatment.

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