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About Capacity Enhancement
About Capacity EnhancementÂ
Capacity Enhancement focuses on the healthy capacities that will permit you to live your life more fully, joyfully, and effectively. This includes capacities such as Intimacy, Self-Confidence, Strength, Compassion, Spontaneity, Life Purpose Awareness, Respect for Parts, Attunement, and many more.
Capacities In IFSÂ by Jay Earley
I set out to clarify how Self is related to our healthy parts, especially those that are unburdened through IFS work. This article introduces a few key concepts:
1. Self has two modes—pure and active—depending on whether action is called for in the moment.
2. Capacities are aspects of Self.
3. Capacities also have two modes. Active capacities take action. Capacities of presence are aspects of pure Self that just are.
Protector and Capacity Roles by Jay Earley
IFS tends to focus on one particular role protectors play—blocking access to painful exiles so the system isn’t overwhelmed. But blocking is just one role protectors play. This article describes each role and shows how they look different when carried by a protector versus a capacity. Understanding these roles gives us a richer map of how our parts function—not just in therapy but in everyday life.
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