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Book · 2021 · Psychology

No Bad Parts

Healing Trauma and Restoring Wholeness with the Internal Family Systems Model

by Richard Schwartz, PhD · Brought up by 4 people on 3 podcasts

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Read Dick Schwartz's book on internal family systems called No Bad Parts.
Gabor Mate · The Diary Of A CEO with Steven Bartlett · Oct 2023 Listen at 1:03:46

What they say about it

Grouped from 4 episodes
  • Explains Internal Family Systems“internal family systems”
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The best things said about it

4 of 6 · every mention
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Yes the three books I guess that are top of mind would be yes stick schwarz's no bad parts or just his internal family system book.
Becky Kennedy The Tim Ferriss Show · Dec 2024
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Answering these important questions is the life's work of Dr. Richard Schwartz, author of No Bad Parts and creator of something called Internal Family Systems or IFS.
Rich Roll The Rich Roll Podcast · Dec 2023
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There are in the book No Bad Parts I think in that book too there are also exercises.
Richard Schwartz The Rich Roll Podcast · Jun 2023
Discussed
It's all founded on this idea that there are no bad parts.
Rich Roll The Rich Roll Podcast · Jun 2023

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Why people recommend it

No Bad Parts by Richard Schwartz, PhD is an influential guide to Internal Family Systems, a therapeutic approach rooted in the concept that the human mind is composed of multiple sub-personalities that can be healed through compassion rather than suppression. The book received widespread praise from podcast hosts and guests alike. On The Tim Ferriss Show, Dr. Becky Kennedy recommended the work as a top resource for parenting strategies and understanding internal family systems. Rich Roll featured the book on The Rich Roll Podcast, highlighting it during an end-of-year review as part of Dr. Richard Schwartz's decades-long life work. Dr. Gabor Maté also recommended the title on The Diary Of A CEO with Steven Bartlett, pointing listeners toward the volume as an effective resource for self-therapy. During an appearance on The Rich Roll Podcast, Dr. Richard Schwartz himself discussed writing the book and noted that it contains practical exercises designed to help readers navigate their own internal systems independently. In the same episode, Rich Roll referenced the core premise of the book, discussing whether harmful human behaviors stem from parts that ultimately seek to protect the individual. Together, these discussions highlighted the book's value as both a practical self-help tool and a broader framework for emotional healing.

Every mention

6 quotes from 4 episodes · 1 passing or ad reads below
Rich Roll Answering these important questions is the life's work of Dr. Richard Schwarz, author of No Bad Parts and c… 2
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“Answering these important questions is the life's work of Dr. Richard Schwarz, author of No Bad Parts and creator of something called Internal Family Systems or IFS.”
Discussed
“and it's all founded on this idea that there are no bad parts or i think the title of one of the other books having a compassionate relationship with all of these parts”
Becky Kennedy yes the three books I guess that are top of mind would be yes stick schwarz's no bad parts or just his inte… 1
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“yes the three books I guess that are top of mind would be yes stick schwarz's no bad parts or just his internal family system book”
Gabor Mate Read Dick Schwartz's book on internal family systems called No Bad Parts. 1
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“Read Dick Schwartz's book on internal family systems called No Bad Parts.”
Richard Schwartz and there are in the book no bad parts i think in that book too there are also exercises 1
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“and there are in the book no bad parts i think in that book too there are also exercises”
Mentioned on the show without a named speaker1
Discussed
“So I wrote a book, No Bad Parts, I've been doing this 40 years.”
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