Wednesday March 12, 2025
(Second Wednesday of each month)
7:00pm to 8:30pm in the Knight Room
Spiritual Growth and Community Center
Unitarian Church of Marlborough and Hudson
80 Main Street, Hudson, MA 01749
Facilitator: Nadine Lucas, LMHC (https://compassionbasedhealing.com)
To Register: Meetup.com/spirituality-and-ifs-internal-family-systems/events
Price: $10 to cover the cost of the building and utilities.
Love is not something you have to go looking for, far away outside yourself. You have an infinite well of love inside you! Learn to connect to this inner love and compassion, called the Authentic “Self” in this group which explores spirituality from the Internal Family Systems (IFS) perspective. Join our group to explore love from the inside out!
Internal Family Systems (IFS) is a therapy modality that incorporates a deeply spiritual dimension through its recognition of the “Self” – a core essence of being that exists beneath our various parts and subpersonalities. This Self is universally present when people accessed their true, authentic nature. The spiritual aspect of IFS emerges from its view that this Self is not something we need to create or develop, but rather an inherent wisdom that exists naturally within all people, simply waiting to be uncovered and accessed.
IFS parallels many spiritual traditions in its recognition of a deeper consciousness beyond our everyday thinking mind. Similar to Buddhist concepts of Buddha nature or Hindu notions of atman, the Self in IFS represents an innate wholeness and wisdom that transcends our conditioned patterns and emotional wounds. The model suggests that connecting with Self energy can bring about not just psychological healing but also spiritual growth, as people experience their fundamental nature as loving, connected, and whole. This Self-led healing creates profound transformation because it comes from within rather than being imposed from outside.
This group is NOT therapy but an exploration of how to connect with Self energy and live a Self-led life from a place of deep compassion. The IFS model proposes that as we learn to lead more consistently from Self, we not only heal individually but contribute to collective healing in our communities and world, through our enhanced capacity for compassion, wisdom, and presence.
Parking is on Main Street, Church Street, and surrounds. Please enter the building from Church Street and follow signs to the Knight Room upstairs. For more information contact Nadine using the form to your right.
