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Is Internal Family Systems Therapy an inherently decolonizing model?

Investigating our use of decolonizing therapy as a badge of honor, rather than desire to do the work

Dec 28, 2025 • Kayla Bell-Consolver (she/her)

What is love to the one that holds a wound of feeling unlovable?

I took a deep breath before writing this because I can imagine the hearts and eyes that resonate with everything I will be speaking to.

Dec 19, 2025 • Kayla Bell-Consolver (she/her)

A letter to the one with internalized homophobia

In my short 31, almost 32 years, I’ve grown to learn that I’m not the only one that’s had to hold the burden of feeling not enough for being…

Dec 7, 2025 • Kayla Bell-Consolver (she/her)

November 2025

Tending to the Legacy Burdens and Protective Parts of High Achieving Black Women

I have spent most of my career learning and unlearning mental health education that was predominantly taught by white educators.

Nov 30, 2025 • Kayla Bell-Consolver (she/her)

Farewell to Year 31

Reflecting on the the year that broke me open

Nov 28, 2025 • Kayla Bell-Consolver (she/her)

Does IFS Therapy Break People?

My reflections on the critiquing article from the "Cut"

Nov 8, 2025 • Kayla Bell-Consolver (she/her)

October 2025

Quiet Noticing, but Deep Disappointment

I’ve been reflecting on how quiet I’ve been in my writing recently.

Oct 28, 2025 • Kayla Bell-Consolver (she/her)

September 2025

Why am I moving so fast?

Recently, I found myself in a fast pace, to which my legs guided me quickly to the next desitination.

Sep 25, 2025 • Kayla Bell-Consolver (she/her)

Grieving Someone You Never Met

I still remember exactly where I was when I learned that Kobe Bryant had passed away.

Sep 7, 2025 • Kayla Bell-Consolver (she/her)

Healing Our Unrelenting Inner Critics Through Connection versus Correction

Have you ever judged or expressed hate toward yourself?

Sep 5, 2025 • Kayla Bell-Consolver (she/her)

August 2025

Self-Betrayal: A protective strategy used by our inner wounded parts

When we reflect on self-betrayal, we are often reflecting on it from a lens of shame and inner criticism, instead of a deep understanding of how we…

Aug 17, 2025 • Kayla Bell-Consolver (she/her)

Do I have the audacity to be me fully?

It was late Tuesday afternoon, when my therapist asked me “Do you have the audacity to be you fully?” This was a question that spoke directly to every…

Aug 14, 2025 • Kayla Bell-Consolver (she/her)

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