Exiles are created we don't have capacity to manage [[Trauma]] or impactful situations when they happen, so we repress them. Because of this, they adopt burdens, which are pain or negative beliefs. To stop ourselves from feeling pain, [[Protectors]], other parts of us, take initiative to make us behave in different ways. But we can still unintentionally resurface them through [[System 1|Associative network]] thinking. ## Getting to know ![[Self-Therapy A Step-by-Step Guide to Creating Wholeness and Healing Your Inner Child Using IFS, a New, Cutting-Edge Psychotherapy#^6tmg9c]] ## Practices ![[Self-Therapy A Step-by-Step Guide to Creating Wholeness and Healing Your Inner Child Using IFS, a New, Cutting-Edge Psychotherapy#^03arwh]] ### Releasing - Release into a natural element ### Deepening connection ![[Self-Therapy A Step-by-Step Guide to Creating Wholeness and Healing Your Inner Child Using IFS, a New, Cutting-Edge Psychotherapy#^nxfg9g]]