Gabby Bernstein

as much as that was controlling and writing a book on an airplane while I was on the book tour of the last book, it was an extreme way of living, but it was also creative and it was also in the service of others. It was also in the service of myself. I wrote these books for myself first. And so two things can be true.

as much as that was controlling and writing a book on an airplane while I was on the book tour of the last book, it was an extreme way of living, but it was also creative and it was also in the service of others. It was also in the service of myself. I wrote these books for myself first. And so two things can be true.

as much as that was controlling and writing a book on an airplane while I was on the book tour of the last book, it was an extreme way of living, but it was also creative and it was also in the service of others. It was also in the service of myself. I wrote these books for myself first. And so two things can be true.

You can be going through deep suffering and doing extraordinary creative things in the world and healing things in the world. And I think most creatives would say that some of their real most healing work came from times of their own healing in the creative process.

You can be going through deep suffering and doing extraordinary creative things in the world and healing things in the world. And I think most creatives would say that some of their real most healing work came from times of their own healing in the creative process.

You can be going through deep suffering and doing extraordinary creative things in the world and healing things in the world. And I think most creatives would say that some of their real most healing work came from times of their own healing in the creative process.

It's not release of tension, just for semantic sake, for what we're saying here with IFS, it's release of tension from the exiled feeling. So we've got this extreme childhood, extreme feeling that we'd never want to, we lock it up. We're like, go in the basement, bye. And then we have these protection mechanisms to block it.

It's not release of tension, just for semantic sake, for what we're saying here with IFS, it's release of tension from the exiled feeling. So we've got this extreme childhood, extreme feeling that we'd never want to, we lock it up. We're like, go in the basement, bye. And then we have these protection mechanisms to block it.

It's not release of tension, just for semantic sake, for what we're saying here with IFS, it's release of tension from the exiled feeling. So we've got this extreme childhood, extreme feeling that we'd never want to, we lock it up. We're like, go in the basement, bye. And then we have these protection mechanisms to block it.

And when those are not really working, we go to addiction would be a very extreme one. And the addiction would say, I got to put the fire out. I don't want to feel that anymore. I'm going to numb that out.

And when those are not really working, we go to addiction would be a very extreme one. And the addiction would say, I got to put the fire out. I don't want to feel that anymore. I'm going to numb that out.

And when those are not really working, we go to addiction would be a very extreme one. And the addiction would say, I got to put the fire out. I don't want to feel that anymore. I'm going to numb that out.

That's a really nice question. When I was writing this book, I was- Which, by the way, self-help. Self-help. This is your chance to change your life.

That's a really nice question. When I was writing this book, I was- Which, by the way, self-help. Self-help. This is your chance to change your life.

That's a really nice question. When I was writing this book, I was- Which, by the way, self-help. Self-help. This is your chance to change your life.

Aptly named. And when I was writing self-help, I also had the privilege of being a fellow at a recovery center. And so every month I would go and I would give talks at this recovery center. And each month there would be a new group of 100 or 150 addicts that would enter because it was like a 21-day program. and there would be a new group of people coming through.

Aptly named. And when I was writing self-help, I also had the privilege of being a fellow at a recovery center. And so every month I would go and I would give talks at this recovery center. And each month there would be a new group of 100 or 150 addicts that would enter because it was like a 21-day program. and there would be a new group of people coming through.

Aptly named. And when I was writing self-help, I also had the privilege of being a fellow at a recovery center. And so every month I would go and I would give talks at this recovery center. And each month there would be a new group of 100 or 150 addicts that would enter because it was like a 21-day program. and there would be a new group of people coming through.

And so they'd oftentimes be a day or two days clean and sober. Maybe I'd meet them in their first week of sobriety. And the rooms were just filled with shame and blame and detox, and you'd walk in. And this was the work that I was workshopping with them because I often would workshop whatever I was writing at the time because it's on my mind.

And so they'd oftentimes be a day or two days clean and sober. Maybe I'd meet them in their first week of sobriety. And the rooms were just filled with shame and blame and detox, and you'd walk in. And this was the work that I was workshopping with them because I often would workshop whatever I was writing at the time because it's on my mind.