What we’re about
Hi, I am Ruth Pierce, the new organizer of this group. Please allow me to introduce myself.
I consider it my passion to help others take both their relationship with themselves and their relationships with others to the next level. As you learn to love and value yourself in a genuine way, it overflows in self-confidence in all your other relationships.
Have I always been good at relationships? No, I have been hurt–just like you have. I thought that giving to others would be the way for them to like me. It left me passive-aggressive and a people pleaser. It has been through my growth journey, that I have learned to have healthy, assertive relationships.
My husband and I have been married for almost 50 years. Long-term relationships are great training grounds for what works and what doesn’t, aren’t they? They can be our most rewarding relationship and our most hurtful.
I was in Human Resource Management too for over 10 years, getting a front-row seat into both healthy and unhealthy professional relationships.
Plan to join us and together let’s take the relationship that is causing you the most pain to the next level.
Our events will be online through Zoom.
Upcoming events (1)
See all- No Bad Parts--Session 1Link visible for attendees
Our book for this Fall will be No Bad Parts by Richard Schwartz. Here is the link to the paperback on Amazon: https://a.co/d/b3pT8wV.
Check out the full description on Amazon or wherever you purchase your books. Here is my experience, along with a brief description. My first exposure to this book was a few months ago. I had had some exposure to the Internal Family System (IFS) through a couple of authors, but this was the first by Richard Schwartz, the founder of IFS. We have parts of us that we are ashamed of, so we have exiled them. Other parts of us are managers, protecting us or putting out fires. All these parts need our true self to step up, be the adult, and befriend each of these parts. I have already gained a lot from this book, and I know I have more to learn.
I have both the Kindle and the Audible versions. There are activities in each chapter. In the Audible version, Dr. Richard Schwartz leads the activity sessions.
We meet on the first and third Tuesday @ noon Central time. Below is our tentative schedule.
Oct 7—Introduction
Oct 21--Chapter 1
Nov 3--Chapter 2 (Change to Monday due to a scheduling conflict)
Nov 18--Chapter 3
Dec 2--Chapter 4
Dec 18--Chapter 5
We will discuss Parts 2 and 3 in 2026!
