Finding happiness after loss, grief, or trauma is possible.
Thanks to Internal Family Systems!
I have been on my healing and growth journey for multiple decades. It wasn't until I discovered Internal Family Systems (IFS) that my life experiences and emotional wounds truly made sense to me. I had been living with immense shame and a deep belief that I was irreparably broken. Many of the healing resources I discovered and attempted to incorporate did help me feel somewhat better. However, feelings of despair lingered just beneath the surface, ready to overwhelm me with my next life challenge. That is, until I processed my life through the lens of Internal Family Systems (IFS).
" Until you make the unconscious conscious, it will direct your life, and you will call if fate." - Carl Jung
“We cannot be healthy human beings without accepting and experiencing the full range of human feelings. Our emotions are our own music, and no monotone or three-note-ditty can create in us any fervor for being alive. We become symphonies when we reclaim all the notes of the emotional scale.” - Pete Walker
Hello and welcome! I'm Ronda Bonfanti.
Christmas is my favorite holiday, filling me with joyful memories of my parents and siblings. My precious mother poured her love into our big family. She was quite the cook and enjoyed decorating and hosting parties.
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I was born into a large, loving Southern family as the fifth of six children. When I was seven, my parents divorced. I was well into my twenties before any significant conversations around my father being an alcoholic surfaced. Understanding the reasons behind my struggles with food addiction, perfectionism, control, people-pleasing, codependency, and self-loathing has been a crucial part of my healing journey.