Dan Roberts
@danrobertstherapy.bsky.social
Psychotherapist, Writer & Teacher 🔸 Internal Family Systems Therapist 🔸 Helping people heal from childhood trauma 🔸 Meditation Teacher for Insight Timer 🔸 Working for a kinder, more compassionate world
More about me: danroberts.com
More about me: danroberts.com
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After releasing painful beliefs, emotions and energies from their body, we ask the part if they want to take in positive beliefs, emotions or qualities to replace them. They might choose feeling calm, safe and happy, so we find a way to help them absorb that. ☀️
We know from all the research that attachment styles can change over a lifetime and you can move from insecure to more secure, especially if you get some therapeutic help with that.
My message to you is: don’t give up. However daunting it may seem, however hard you have tried, please do persevere
My message to you is: don’t give up. However daunting it may seem, however hard you have tried, please do persevere
November 12, 2025 at 8:18 AM
We know from all the research that attachment styles can change over a lifetime and you can move from insecure to more secure, especially if you get some therapeutic help with that.
My message to you is: don’t give up. However daunting it may seem, however hard you have tried, please do persevere
My message to you is: don’t give up. However daunting it may seem, however hard you have tried, please do persevere
To feel securely attached, children need to feel: warmth, love, care, safety. This would allow you to develop a secure attachment style.
People with an avoidant attachment style often find relationships tricky, because they can feel easily suffocated when their partner wants them to be vulnerable
People with an avoidant attachment style often find relationships tricky, because they can feel easily suffocated when their partner wants them to be vulnerable
November 11, 2025 at 7:45 AM
To feel securely attached, children need to feel: warmth, love, care, safety. This would allow you to develop a secure attachment style.
People with an avoidant attachment style often find relationships tricky, because they can feel easily suffocated when their partner wants them to be vulnerable
People with an avoidant attachment style often find relationships tricky, because they can feel easily suffocated when their partner wants them to be vulnerable
Wishing you a calm and peaceful week ahead. 🍂❤️
#trauma #IFS #mindfulness #therapy #psychology #mentalhealth #danroberts
#trauma #IFS #mindfulness #therapy #psychology #mentalhealth #danroberts
November 10, 2025 at 8:05 AM
Wishing you a calm and peaceful week ahead. 🍂❤️
#trauma #IFS #mindfulness #therapy #psychology #mentalhealth #danroberts
#trauma #IFS #mindfulness #therapy #psychology #mentalhealth #danroberts
This is a lesson I constantly teach my clients, especially when they get frustrated or impatient with the pace of progress. Healing cannot be rushed. ❤️🩹
#trauma #IFS #mindfulness #therapy #psychology #mentalhealth #danroberts
#trauma #IFS #mindfulness #therapy #psychology #mentalhealth #danroberts
November 7, 2025 at 7:56 AM
This is a lesson I constantly teach my clients, especially when they get frustrated or impatient with the pace of progress. Healing cannot be rushed. ❤️🩹
#trauma #IFS #mindfulness #therapy #psychology #mentalhealth #danroberts
#trauma #IFS #mindfulness #therapy #psychology #mentalhealth #danroberts
I am a very patient person, most of the time, but I do have moments of extreme impatience.
But it’s also a great lesson, because if you are struggling with something, you can either fight it and be grumpy every day or find your way to a mindful, patient acceptance. 😌
But it’s also a great lesson, because if you are struggling with something, you can either fight it and be grumpy every day or find your way to a mindful, patient acceptance. 😌
November 6, 2025 at 8:09 AM
I am a very patient person, most of the time, but I do have moments of extreme impatience.
But it’s also a great lesson, because if you are struggling with something, you can either fight it and be grumpy every day or find your way to a mindful, patient acceptance. 😌
But it’s also a great lesson, because if you are struggling with something, you can either fight it and be grumpy every day or find your way to a mindful, patient acceptance. 😌
Let us be grateful for and enjoy every moment, even if we are suffering, because whether we are anxious, depressed or in pain, we are alive. And that is a truly remarkable thing. 💚
#trauma #IFS #mindfulness #therapy #psychology #mentalhealth #danroberts
#trauma #IFS #mindfulness #therapy #psychology #mentalhealth #danroberts
November 5, 2025 at 8:10 AM
Let us be grateful for and enjoy every moment, even if we are suffering, because whether we are anxious, depressed or in pain, we are alive. And that is a truly remarkable thing. 💚
#trauma #IFS #mindfulness #therapy #psychology #mentalhealth #danroberts
#trauma #IFS #mindfulness #therapy #psychology #mentalhealth #danroberts
The fact that you and I are even alive right now depends on an infinite number of improbable occurrences, from the Big Bang until this very second. ✨
#trauma #IFS #mindfulness #therapy #psychology #mentalhealth #danroberts
#trauma #IFS #mindfulness #therapy #psychology #mentalhealth #danroberts
November 4, 2025 at 8:45 AM
The fact that you and I are even alive right now depends on an infinite number of improbable occurrences, from the Big Bang until this very second. ✨
#trauma #IFS #mindfulness #therapy #psychology #mentalhealth #danroberts
#trauma #IFS #mindfulness #therapy #psychology #mentalhealth #danroberts
My Body, Breath, Touch, Talk: IFS Meditation is a powerful, highly effective practice that will help you regulate your nervous system, build self-compassion and comfort your inner child.
Available from my non-profit store or on Insight Timer: lnkd.in/e6BmHsT2
#meditation #guidedmeditation #IFS
Available from my non-profit store or on Insight Timer: lnkd.in/e6BmHsT2
#meditation #guidedmeditation #IFS
November 3, 2025 at 8:21 AM
My Body, Breath, Touch, Talk: IFS Meditation is a powerful, highly effective practice that will help you regulate your nervous system, build self-compassion and comfort your inner child.
Available from my non-profit store or on Insight Timer: lnkd.in/e6BmHsT2
#meditation #guidedmeditation #IFS
Available from my non-profit store or on Insight Timer: lnkd.in/e6BmHsT2
#meditation #guidedmeditation #IFS
Sending you warm, healing thoughts this weekend ❤️
#trauma #IFS #mindfulness #therapy #psychology #mentalhealth #danroberts
#trauma #IFS #mindfulness #therapy #psychology #mentalhealth #danroberts
October 31, 2025 at 8:40 AM
Sending you warm, healing thoughts this weekend ❤️
#trauma #IFS #mindfulness #therapy #psychology #mentalhealth #danroberts
#trauma #IFS #mindfulness #therapy #psychology #mentalhealth #danroberts
A study in 2013 researched the impact of IFS on people suffering from rheumatoid arthritis.
It found that IFS not only increased self-compassion in participants, it also helped with their pain.
So it makes sense that you are a complex mind-body system, interconnected in a million tiny ways. 🧠
It found that IFS not only increased self-compassion in participants, it also helped with their pain.
So it makes sense that you are a complex mind-body system, interconnected in a million tiny ways. 🧠
October 30, 2025 at 8:19 AM
A study in 2013 researched the impact of IFS on people suffering from rheumatoid arthritis.
It found that IFS not only increased self-compassion in participants, it also helped with their pain.
So it makes sense that you are a complex mind-body system, interconnected in a million tiny ways. 🧠
It found that IFS not only increased self-compassion in participants, it also helped with their pain.
So it makes sense that you are a complex mind-body system, interconnected in a million tiny ways. 🧠
Our parts use memories, especially traumatic or upsetting ones, to communicate their experience directly to you.
But, parts can share joyful, positive and happy thoughts and good memories too. The same goes for emotions, which can be negative or positive depending on the situation.
But, parts can share joyful, positive and happy thoughts and good memories too. The same goes for emotions, which can be negative or positive depending on the situation.
October 29, 2025 at 7:56 AM
Our parts use memories, especially traumatic or upsetting ones, to communicate their experience directly to you.
But, parts can share joyful, positive and happy thoughts and good memories too. The same goes for emotions, which can be negative or positive depending on the situation.
But, parts can share joyful, positive and happy thoughts and good memories too. The same goes for emotions, which can be negative or positive depending on the situation.
It’s important to emphasise that not all pain, illness or physical symptoms are psychological or related to your parts.
But it’s also true that mind affects body and body affects mind, over and over, every second of your life.
#trauma #IFS #mindfulness #therapy #psychology #mentalhealth
But it’s also true that mind affects body and body affects mind, over and over, every second of your life.
#trauma #IFS #mindfulness #therapy #psychology #mentalhealth
October 28, 2025 at 8:02 AM
It’s important to emphasise that not all pain, illness or physical symptoms are psychological or related to your parts.
But it’s also true that mind affects body and body affects mind, over and over, every second of your life.
#trauma #IFS #mindfulness #therapy #psychology #mentalhealth
But it’s also true that mind affects body and body affects mind, over and over, every second of your life.
#trauma #IFS #mindfulness #therapy #psychology #mentalhealth
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October 27, 2025 at 7:29 AM
Every item is made to order, which helps us cut down on waste and create more responsibly. By choosing this, you’re not just wearing something meaningful – you’re also helping to fund affordable therapy and other resources for those who need them: www.danroberts.com/merch/ifs-co...
You can’t be certain and in control all the time. It’s an illusion – like the idea of perfection. It doesn’t exist, except in the human mind.
The more we try to chase after it, or think that’s the only way we can feel calm and safe, the more anxious and stressed we become.
#trauma #mindfulness
The more we try to chase after it, or think that’s the only way we can feel calm and safe, the more anxious and stressed we become.
#trauma #mindfulness
October 24, 2025 at 2:56 PM
You can’t be certain and in control all the time. It’s an illusion – like the idea of perfection. It doesn’t exist, except in the human mind.
The more we try to chase after it, or think that’s the only way we can feel calm and safe, the more anxious and stressed we become.
#trauma #mindfulness
The more we try to chase after it, or think that’s the only way we can feel calm and safe, the more anxious and stressed we become.
#trauma #mindfulness
In countless ways, both large and small, your mind and body are intertwined.
Your mind, brain, nervous system, organs and many other systems all work together, every second of your life, to help you think, speak, move, sleep, breathe and countless other things beyond your conscious awareness. 👁️
Your mind, brain, nervous system, organs and many other systems all work together, every second of your life, to help you think, speak, move, sleep, breathe and countless other things beyond your conscious awareness. 👁️
October 23, 2025 at 8:06 AM
In countless ways, both large and small, your mind and body are intertwined.
Your mind, brain, nervous system, organs and many other systems all work together, every second of your life, to help you think, speak, move, sleep, breathe and countless other things beyond your conscious awareness. 👁️
Your mind, brain, nervous system, organs and many other systems all work together, every second of your life, to help you think, speak, move, sleep, breathe and countless other things beyond your conscious awareness. 👁️
After releasing painful beliefs, emotions and energies from their body, we ask the part if they want to take in positive beliefs, emotions or qualities to replace them. They might choose feeling calm, safe and happy, so we find a way to help them absorb that. ☀️
October 22, 2025 at 8:29 AM
After releasing painful beliefs, emotions and energies from their body, we ask the part if they want to take in positive beliefs, emotions or qualities to replace them. They might choose feeling calm, safe and happy, so we find a way to help them absorb that. ☀️
It’s not easy, but I know from personal experience that making an effort to seek out moments of colour, of humanity, of beauty in your day is a powerful antidote to depression.
It reminds us that we are alive. That there is always hope, if we allow it into our minds and hearts. 🍂💚
#trauma
It reminds us that we are alive. That there is always hope, if we allow it into our minds and hearts. 🍂💚
#trauma
October 21, 2025 at 8:28 AM
It’s not easy, but I know from personal experience that making an effort to seek out moments of colour, of humanity, of beauty in your day is a powerful antidote to depression.
It reminds us that we are alive. That there is always hope, if we allow it into our minds and hearts. 🍂💚
#trauma
It reminds us that we are alive. That there is always hope, if we allow it into our minds and hearts. 🍂💚
#trauma
One of the key ideas in IFS is unburdening. This is the release of painful thoughts, beliefs, emotions and memories held in the brain, body and nervous system.
#trauma #IFS #mindfulness #therapy #psychology #mentalhealth #danroberts
#trauma #IFS #mindfulness #therapy #psychology #mentalhealth #danroberts
October 20, 2025 at 7:55 AM
One of the key ideas in IFS is unburdening. This is the release of painful thoughts, beliefs, emotions and memories held in the brain, body and nervous system.
#trauma #IFS #mindfulness #therapy #psychology #mentalhealth #danroberts
#trauma #IFS #mindfulness #therapy #psychology #mentalhealth #danroberts
How can you learn to hold your young parts with open-hearted awareness?
You could explore this in your journal. Start by asking yourself: Which feelings do you commonly push away? Many people struggle with anger, often for good reasons, so you may exile angry thoughts or feelings. ✍️
You could explore this in your journal. Start by asking yourself: Which feelings do you commonly push away? Many people struggle with anger, often for good reasons, so you may exile angry thoughts or feelings. ✍️
October 17, 2025 at 6:57 AM
How can you learn to hold your young parts with open-hearted awareness?
You could explore this in your journal. Start by asking yourself: Which feelings do you commonly push away? Many people struggle with anger, often for good reasons, so you may exile angry thoughts or feelings. ✍️
You could explore this in your journal. Start by asking yourself: Which feelings do you commonly push away? Many people struggle with anger, often for good reasons, so you may exile angry thoughts or feelings. ✍️
Next time you feel anxious, angry, lonely or upset, try this.
This often helps tension dissipate, in a simple, patient way, rather than trying to get rid of the feeling quickly.
#trauma #IFS #mindfulness #therapy #psychology #mentalhealth #danroberts
This often helps tension dissipate, in a simple, patient way, rather than trying to get rid of the feeling quickly.
#trauma #IFS #mindfulness #therapy #psychology #mentalhealth #danroberts
October 17, 2025 at 6:33 AM
Next time you feel anxious, angry, lonely or upset, try this.
This often helps tension dissipate, in a simple, patient way, rather than trying to get rid of the feeling quickly.
#trauma #IFS #mindfulness #therapy #psychology #mentalhealth #danroberts
This often helps tension dissipate, in a simple, patient way, rather than trying to get rid of the feeling quickly.
#trauma #IFS #mindfulness #therapy #psychology #mentalhealth #danroberts
Next time you feel anxious, angry, lonely or upset, try closing your eyes and breathing deeply, in through your nose and out through your mouth. Let your belly rise and fall with each breath.
#trauma #IFS #mindfulness #therapy #psychology #mentalhealth #danroberts
#trauma #IFS #mindfulness #therapy #psychology #mentalhealth #danroberts
October 16, 2025 at 6:39 AM
Next time you feel anxious, angry, lonely or upset, try closing your eyes and breathing deeply, in through your nose and out through your mouth. Let your belly rise and fall with each breath.
#trauma #IFS #mindfulness #therapy #psychology #mentalhealth #danroberts
#trauma #IFS #mindfulness #therapy #psychology #mentalhealth #danroberts
When we find a hurt young part, our natural tendency is to work hard to fix them or push for some kind of healing.
This doesn’t tend to work, as you will know if you have ever been upset and your partner tried hard to fix you, rather than patiently listening and giving you a big hug.
This doesn’t tend to work, as you will know if you have ever been upset and your partner tried hard to fix you, rather than patiently listening and giving you a big hug.
October 14, 2025 at 7:30 AM
When we find a hurt young part, our natural tendency is to work hard to fix them or push for some kind of healing.
This doesn’t tend to work, as you will know if you have ever been upset and your partner tried hard to fix you, rather than patiently listening and giving you a big hug.
This doesn’t tend to work, as you will know if you have ever been upset and your partner tried hard to fix you, rather than patiently listening and giving you a big hug.
Whether the clouds are fluffy and benign or fizzing with intense emotion and lightning, they pass across the infinite sky, which is not harmed in any way.
Think of the sky as awareness, spacious enough to hold any experience, positive or negative, with a loving, balanced presence. 🌤️
Think of the sky as awareness, spacious enough to hold any experience, positive or negative, with a loving, balanced presence. 🌤️
October 13, 2025 at 7:42 AM
Whether the clouds are fluffy and benign or fizzing with intense emotion and lightning, they pass across the infinite sky, which is not harmed in any way.
Think of the sky as awareness, spacious enough to hold any experience, positive or negative, with a loving, balanced presence. 🌤️
Think of the sky as awareness, spacious enough to hold any experience, positive or negative, with a loving, balanced presence. 🌤️
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October 10, 2025 at 7:30 AM
Embrace your inner child! Loving Little Me t-shirts and hoodies are available now 🪷
Visit my store: www.danroberts.com/merch/p/lovi...
#trauma #IFS #mindfulness #therapy #psychology #mentalhealth #danroberts
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Accepting and turning towards my suffering with patience, tolerance and compassion is a path I have been walking for many years. Alongside my IFS therapy and day-to-day meditation practice, my suffering has greatly reduced over time.
If it has worked for me, it can work for you too. ❤️
If it has worked for me, it can work for you too. ❤️
October 9, 2025 at 7:18 AM
Accepting and turning towards my suffering with patience, tolerance and compassion is a path I have been walking for many years. Alongside my IFS therapy and day-to-day meditation practice, my suffering has greatly reduced over time.
If it has worked for me, it can work for you too. ❤️
If it has worked for me, it can work for you too. ❤️