How to Achieve Inner Peace & Healing | Dr. Richard Schwartz
Andrew Huberman
Mar 3, 2025
Mindsip insights from this episode:
Recognize impulsive behaviors as emotional firefighters
Impulsive, reactive behaviors like substance use or other distractions are “firefighter” parts trying to douse the flames of raw emotion, often with collateral damage to your health and relationships.
Become your own good inner parent through IFS therapy
Unlike other therapies where the therapist becomes an attachment figure, Internal Family Systems (IFS) aims to help you become your own good inner parent to your hurting parts.
Break subconscious patterns to seek true redemption in relationships
We often subconsciously choose partners who resemble a parent that hurt us because a young part of us is desperately seeking redemption from that original pain.
Utilize psychedelics to quiet the mind and access core self
Psychedelics like ketamine can be effective because they often put the controlling “manager” parts of the mind to sleep, allowing for easier access to the core “Self” and exiled parts that need healing.
Recognize workaholism as a fear of death
Extreme workaholism can be a form of dissociation used by a protector part to compete out other feelings, ultimately driven by a deep, underlying fear of annihilation or death.
Welcome “bad trips” as healing opportunities through curiosity
What is often called a “bad trip” on psychedelics is frequently an exiled part trying to get attention, which can become a healing opportunity if you welcome it with curiosity instead of fear.
Reintegrate hurt parts to heal trauma
The traumatizing aspect of a bad event is not the event itself, but the subsequent locking away, or exiling, of our most sensitive parts that were hurt by it.
Recognize your inner critic as a protective force
A common mistake is to assume the inner critic is just a negative voice, when it's actually a protective part desperately trying to make you behave in a way it thinks will prevent rejection or harm.
Transform perceived evil parts into protective allies through curiosity
Even the parts of you that seem evil are just protectors in extreme roles that can be transformed by getting curious about how they are trying to protect you.
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