MINDplexcity Blog
Meet Your Managers, Firefighters, and Exiles: The Core Parts of IFS
IFS sees the mind as an internal family made up of different “parts,” each with its own role. These parts aren’t flaws or signs of something broken. They’re protective strategies your system developed to keep you safe.
I’m Tired of Being the Strong One: Using IFS to Understand the Performer and Caretaker Parts in BIPOC Healing
You’re the one everyone leans on. The one who has it together. The reliable one, the high achiever, peacemaker, and fixer. Maybe they don’t see it, but you are tired.
Beyond Tired: BIPOC Professional Burnout
If you’re a high-achieving BIPOC professional feeling like you’re running on fumes, or you’ve lost your drive completely, it’s not a motivation problem.
The Neuroscience of IFS & IFIO: How Our Minds are Shaped by Experience
Beneath the therapeutic frameworks of IFS and IFIO lies a solid foundation in neuroscience, particularly in how our brains adapt to experiences—both nurturing and traumatic.
We Won’t Be Stopped
These are turbulent times. I believe in standing up against the divisiveness and destruction that threaten to separate us.
What is Intimacy From the Inside Out (IFIO)?
IFIO helps partners recognize and “unblend” from their protective parts, allowing them to engage with each other from a place of clarity, compassion, and curiosity.
IFS: Therapy’s New Approach
Learn more about Internal Family Systems, therapy’s new approach, and how it’s different from other types of therapy.
The Power of BIPOC Perspectives
The ways the perspectives, experiences, and identity of BIPOC professionals can actually be advantageous in their field.
5 Ways to Strengthen Your Relationship This Valentine’s Day
Make your Valentine’s Day gift have a lasting impact!
Mayra’s Teaching Story: Internal Family Systems
Learn more about Internal Family Systems, the new approach Mayra is teaching courses on, and how it’s different from other types of therapy.
Realistic Resolutions: How to Set Yourself Up for Success This New Year
Give your resolutions the best chance of success with these four tips!
Moderating Social Media Usage
Tips and tricks for moderating social media usage during election season
Setting Work-Life Boundaries as an Employee of Color
Tips for setting boundaries in the office as an employee of color.
When Personal Meets Professional: The Dance of a BIPOC Therapist’s Identity and Practice
Learn more about Mayra and why she became a therapist
Talking With Friends and Family During Election Season (Copy)
Advice on navigating conversations about politics with people in your life who differ in opinion.
How to Beat Seasonal Depression Before it Can Set in
Tips to get ahead of seasonal depression!
Nourishing Your Relationship This Fall
Relationship exercises to keep you and your partner strong this fall!