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

Tuesday Dec 09, 2025
Tuesday Dec 09, 2025
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.

Tuesday Nov 18, 2025
Tuesday Nov 18, 2025
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.

Tuesday Nov 04, 2025
Tuesday Nov 04, 2025
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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.



