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.
Episodes

Jan 20, 2026
Jan 20, 2026
41 min
Chitchat about trauma and horses.
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.

Jan 6, 2026
Jan 6, 2026
39 min
Chitchat about new years resolutions and addictive processes.
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.

Dec 23, 2025
Dec 23, 2025
30 min
Chitchat about frozen nostrils and showing up for ourselves.
Martha is at marthasweezy.comHanna is at hannarea.comFiona is at fionakaterice.com
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Bring Yourself to Love Mona Barbera
You Are The One You've Been Waiting For Richard C. Schwartz
System Updates is produced by Fiona Kate Rice and edited by Emily Newton.

Dec 9, 2025
Dec 9, 2025
49 min
Chitchat about psychedelic snow and managers who want homework.
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.

Nov 18, 2025
Nov 18, 2025
34 min
Chitchat about cozy season and the value of differentiating protectors from exiles.
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.

Nov 4, 2025
Nov 4, 2025
21 min
Chitchat about data collection and not being your friends' therapist.
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.

Oct 21, 2025
Oct 21, 2025
49 min
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.

Oct 7, 2025
Oct 7, 2025
38 min
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.

Sep 23, 2025
Sep 23, 2025
46 min
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.

Sep 2, 2025
Sep 2, 2025
40 min
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.



