Sacha Mardou's guest appearances

Sacha Mardou

Literature for the Halibut

The One Inside: An Internal Family Systems (IFS) podcast

The Unburdened Leader

Richard Schwartz

Alison Cook

Frank Anderson

Justin Martin

Francesca Maxime

Rachael Kay Albers

Karen Walrond

Morgan Harper Nichols

Charlie Gilkey

Loch Kelly

Ty Cutner

Gabby Bernstein

Tiffany Bluhm

Andrea Owen

Natalie Franke

OwlTail

Everyone gets angry.   And most people have learned to hide their anger–often at great costs.   There is a LOT of baggage we carry around the emotion of anger.   These burdens come from our faith traditions, culture, family of origin, work, school and inform your relationship with anger today.   We are constantly navigating the many rules of what is ok and what is not ok when it comes to expressing, let alone feeling, anger.   In the process, anger can slowly start to consume us. Anger overwhelms  and it feels like it owns us—even as we’re doing our best not to show it.   But contrary to what many of us have been taught, anger is an important and valuable emotion.   You can own your anger instead of your anger owning you.   To own your anger, you’ve got to trust yourself. You’ve got to be able to hang out with the anger you feel so you can identify where it’s coming from and what it’s trying to tell you.   My guest today is no stranger to rumbling with her anger and leaning on IFS to help her better lead her emotions and her responses to them. Sacha Mardou is a cartoonist, author of the graphic novel series, Sky in Stereo, and many webcomics about therapy.   Bringing readers with her on her therapy journey has changed everything for both Sacha and those of us who get to experience the profound impact of her work–making the world feel a little less lonely as we navigate the vulnerability of being human.   Content Alert: There is mention in this conversation of sexual assault. We do not go into detail but it is mentioned in reference to a family member of Sacha’s around the 27 minute mark. Take care and don’t push through if it is too much.   Listen to the full episode to hear:  How sharing her personal comics and sketches has helped Sacha feel less alone and process her own experiences as readers have shared their lives with her How Sacha has built in space and boundaries around sharing her comics and processing the feelings and events she depicts The process of noticing and working through anger and frustration with herself and her mother How allowing herself to feel anger was key to working through a familial legacy burden and how sharing those experiences reduces shame and helps put an end to intergenerational traumas    Learn more about Sacha Mardou:  Therapy Comics Instagram: @mardou_draws Facebook: @sachamardou Sky in Stereo Vol. 1, Sky in Stereo Vol. 2    Learn more about Rebecca:  rebeccaching.com Work With Rebecca Sign up for the Weekly Rumble Email    Resources:  Virginia Satir Pema Chodron My Grandmother's Hands: Racialized Trauma and the Pathway to Mending Our Hearts and Bodies, Resmaa Menakem

Everyone gets angry. And most people have learned to hide their anger–often at great costs. There is a LOT of baggage we carry around the emotion of anger. These burdens come from our faith traditions, culture, family of origin, work, school and inform your relationship with anger today. We are constantly navigating the many rules of what is ok and what is not ok when it comes to expressing, let alone feeling, anger. In the process, anger can slowly start to consume us. Anger overwhelms  and it feels like it owns us—even as we’re doing our best not to show it. But contrary to what many of us have been taught, anger is an important and valuable emotion. You can own your anger instead of your anger owning you. To own your anger, you’ve got to trust yourself. You’ve got to be able to hang out with the anger you feel so you can identify where it’s coming from and what it’s trying to tell you. My guest today is no stranger to rumbling with her anger and leaning on IFS to help her better lead her emotions and her responses to them. <a href="https://ifscomics.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Sacha Mardou</a> is a cartoonist, author of the graphic novel series, Sky in Stereo, and many webcomics about therapy. Bringing readers with her on her therapy journey has changed everything for both Sacha and those of us who get to experience the profound impact of her work–making the world feel a little less lonely as we navigate the vulnerability of being human. Content Alert: There is mention in this conversation of sexual assault. We do not go into detail but it is mentioned in reference to a family member of Sacha’s around the 27 minute mark. Take care and don’t push through if it is too much. Listen to the full episode to hear: <ul> <li>How sharing her personal comics and sketches has helped Sacha feel less alone and process her own experiences as readers have shared their lives with her</li> <li>How Sacha has built in space and boundaries around sharing her comics and processing the feelings and events she depicts</li> <li>The process of noticing and working through anger and frustration with herself and her mother</li> <li>How allowing herself to feel anger was key to working through a familial legacy burden and how sharing those experiences reduces shame and helps put an end to intergenerational traumas</li> </ul> Learn more about Sacha Mardou: <ul> <li><a href="https://ifscomics.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Therapy Comics</a></li> <li>Instagram: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/mardou_draws/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@mardou_draws</a></li> <li>Facebook: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/sachamardou" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@sachamardou</a></li> <li><a href="https://bookshop.org/books/sky-in-stereo-vol-1/9781941250310" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Sky in Stereo Vol. 1</a>, <a href="https://bookshop.org/books/sky-in-stereo-vol-2/9781941250327" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Sky in Stereo Vol. 2</a></li> </ul> Learn more about Rebecca: <ul> <li><a href="https://www.rebeccaching.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">rebeccaching.com</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.rebeccaching.com/work-with-me" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Work With Rebecca</a></li> <li><a href="https://view.flodesk.com/pages/5ececca2ff83f400265bbaab" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Sign up for the Weekly Rumble Email</a></li> </ul> Resources: <ul> <li><a href="https://satirglobal.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Virginia Satir</a></li> <li><a href="https://pemachodronfoundation.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Pema Chodron</a></li> <li><a href="https://bookshop.org/books/my-grandmother-s-hands-racialized-trauma-and-the-pathway-to-mending-our-hearts-and-bodies-9781942094470/9781942094470" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">My Grandmother's Hands: Racialized Trauma and the Pathway to Mending Our Hearts and Bodies</a>, Resmaa Menakem</li></ul>

EP 33: Befriending Your Anger with Graphic Artist Sacha Mardou

I fangirl embarrassingly hard with Sacha Mardou, a brilliant comic who is using her gifts to show her own internal work in IFS. Plus, she has a lovely accent. She hopes comics will demystify IFS, and she publishes a new IFS comic every week on Instagram at MsMardou. She suggests pictures and words give the reader a more immersive experience which I found to be true when I read Sky in Stereo. She began drawing IFS comics as a way to process her own experience with her parts in therapy. Comics have helped her do 'parts work' and to "befriend the noise inside." She gives a few recommendations (writer secrets!) to help us be more creative and disciplined. She describes art as "time spent in flow... and flow feels like Self." Sacha's desire is to get IFS into the world. We are both in full agreement of that mission. To get her books "Sky In Stereo, volume one and two":  https://www.amazon.com/Sky-Stereo-Sacha-Mardou/dp/1934460834/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=sky+in+stereo&amp;qid=1573781174&amp;sr=8-1 Follow her on Instagram and check out these comics! A brilliant way to show, teach, and begin to experience IFS. I think you may even discover some trailheads: https://ifscomics.com/ AND! To get a $100 off your own brand new website OR to check out all their available therapist resources: https://www.brightervision.com/inside/ Enjoy!

I fangirl embarrassingly hard with Sacha Mardou, a brilliant comic who is using her gifts to show her own internal work in IFS. Plus, she has a lovely accent. She hopes comics will demystify IFS, and she publishes a new IFS comic every week on Instagram at MsMardou. She suggests pictures and words give the reader a more immersive experience which I found to be true when I read Sky in Stereo. She began drawing IFS comics as a way to process her own experience with her parts in therapy. Comics have helped her do 'parts work' and to "befriend the noise inside." She gives a few recommendations (writer secrets!) to help us be more creative and disciplined. She describes art as "time spent in flow... and flow feels like Self." Sacha's desire is to get IFS into the world. We are both in full agreement of that mission. To get her books "Sky In Stereo, volume one and two": <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Sky-Stereo-Sacha-Mardou/dp/1934460834/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=sky+in+stereo&amp;qid=1573781174&amp;sr=8-1" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> https://www.amazon.com/Sky-Stereo-Sacha-Mardou/dp/1934460834/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=sky+in+stereo&amp;qid=1573781174&amp;sr=8-1</a> Follow her on Instagram and check out these comics! A brilliant way to show, teach, and begin to experience IFS. I think you may even discover some trailheads: <a href="https://ifscomics.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://ifscomics.com/</a> AND! To get a $100 off your own brand new website OR to check out all their available therapist resources: <a href="https://www.brightervision.com/inside/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.brightervision.com/inside/</a> Enjoy!

IFS and Creativity with Sacha Mardou

Nicky chats with graphic novelist Sacha Mardou about her latest work, a trippy coming of age story called Sky In Stereo. 

Nicky chats with graphic novelist <a href="http://www.mardouville.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Sacha Mardou</a> about her latest work, a trippy coming of age story called Sky In Stereo.

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