IFS • Less Stuff, More Self

What clean code, clear space, and unburdening have in common

Hello IFS friends!

Decluttering is on my mind—and even inside my mind.

I’ve been thinking about how IFS is a form of mental decluttering.

Many of us are weighed down by the excess baggage of unresolved emotional hurts we’ve been carrying since childhood.

I’ve been doing a lot of vibe coding lately: I approach it exactly like my house and my consciousness: no stray code left behind. After every session, I prune everything that isn’t needed.

I can feel how satisfying it is to have lean, organized coding projects. In the same way, I feel relief when I go to bed at night and nothing in my house is staring at me saying, “Aw, you didn’t get to me today, huh?”

The more lightly we travel—with our schedules, possessions, projects, and psychological baggage—the lighter life becomes. Things are more fun, peaceful, and nourishing when we’re not dragging excess stuff behind us like a flock of ragged albatrosses.

IFS isn’t just for trauma and old wounds, although the unburdening process helps clear them out better than anything else I know.

IFS can also help us transform our daily lives by working with protectors who hold on to what no longer serves us.

If you’re curious about how IFS can help you streamline your schedule, home, or projects, I invite you to join me for the next class in the IFS in Daily Life series: Why Can’t I Let Things Go? on Tuesday, June 30, from 3–5 PM Central.

We’ll let go of June—and maybe a few other things, too.

Because less is more,
Melissa