S4 Episode 17: The Others Within Us with Bob Falconer, Therapist, Spiritual Healer
Bob Falconer is a seasoned and experienced psychotherapist and spiritual healer with incredibly deep wisdom who has worked in many realms throughout his career and has a deep commitment to multidimensional healing. His life path, love of books, education, deep listening, and ability to shed ego and fully honor “what works” has allowed him to step into really seeing the being sitting across from him in all their authenticity and multiplicity. As a survivor of both sexual & physical abuse, Bob intimately knows this world from the inside-out and focused on work with men who had these same histories for the early decades of his career while using his own recovery as the basis for much of this work. Bob has also been actively involved with psychedelics since 1967 and continues to view them as a powerful pathway to a deep knowing of ourselves and the spaces we inhabit. Approximately 15 years ago Bob discovered Internal Family Systems Therapy (IFS) and is now focused exclusively on IFS, which he finds to be the most respectful and powerful modality. Bob has taught IFS extensively and internationally and has been on the staff of over 20 official IFS Institute trainings and has led classes and trainings in Pakistan, China, South Korea, Mexico, Poland, Spain, Canada, the UK, for the Fort Belknap Indian reservation and on the Northern Cheyenne Indian Reservation. Bob has published three books relating to IFS: “Many Minds, One Self”, co-authored with Richard Schwartz - the founder of IFS, “The Others Within Us”, and “When Going Through Hell …Keep Going.” These books are vast in their exploration of the collective, the personal, and the realms beyond consensual reality and the thread that weaves them together is Bob’s palpable passion to supporting healing. Now at age 76, Bob mostly teaches and leads supervision classes, only occasionally seeing individuals, and his continued dedication to his own, others and planetary well-being continues to burn bright. In this episode Bob gives detailed accounts of the sexual abuse he suffered as a child, and it may be triggering. Connect with Bob: Website - www.robertfalconer.us Is there a guest you’d love to see on @notyourordinaryparts? Follow @notyourordinaryparts on Instagram and tag them. If this episode resonated with you follow @notyourordinaryparts on Instagram and interact with the host, guests, and other listeners. Like, subscribe, follow, and share with anyone you think would find this helpful. Life can be hard at times and if you’re like me, you may tend to think that you can handle it all on your own. Maybe you’ve done such a good job of “managing for so long” having to do something different or talk to someone can feel uncomfortable. The idea of therapy, to me, felt like I had to admit that there was something wrong with me or that I’d be showing the world that I was broken or didn't have it all together… but when my health started to suffer, and I was anxious 24/7… I realized my body was trying to tell me something was wrong, and I learned that there is no “good health” without mental health. Therapy was the answer for me, it helped me put down all of the heavy things that I was carrying that didn’t belong to me. While therapy can provide so much relief, finding a therapist can feel so daunting. BetterHelp, the sponsor of today’s video, has done so much to make finding a therapist and starting therapy so much easier! BetterHelp is the world's largest online therapy platform whose mission is making professional therapy accessible, affordable, and convenient — so anyone who struggles with life's challenges can get help. BetterHelp connects you with a licensed therapist who is trained to listen and give you helpful, unbiased advice. Over 4 million people have used BetterHelp to start living a healthier, happier life. If you’re struggling, please visit- https://betterhelp.com/notyourordinaryparts for 10% off your first month.
