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COME HOME TO YOURSELF

Cultivate a practice that invites you back to your innate inner wisdom as a trusted guide through life’s inevitable twists and turns

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Most of us are not taught foundational skills for living whole and well

Living Today

The most common wish at the end of life is to have lived more true to oneself.

In today’s world, we can easily lose touch with ourselves. We may be impacted by our personal experiences, families, and cultures in ways that disconnect us from our inner worlds and make it harder to sense and trust our own knowing.

We push down parts of us that we believe are unacceptable or too much to feel alone, while other parts work overtime trying to keep us from feeling rejected or overwhelmed by pain, disrupting natural harmony and flow of curiosity, compassion, and creativity within.

So many of us move from day to day “like a great tree with our roots in the air,” cut off from the deep wisdom of our bodies, hearts, spirits, and earth.

But, it is never too late for any of us to come home to ourselves.

Internal Family Systems (IFS) offers a pathway back to our innate inner wisdom as a trusted guide throughout life

An IFS Learning Journey

Internal Family Systems (IFS) invites us to reconnect with ourselves, each other, our earth, and something bigger.

Cultivate an IFS practice of your own that welcomes you back home - to a place of loving attention and care - again and again throughout life.

Enjoy sacred space and support to learn and practice skills at the heart of living your truest, freest life - one deeply rooted in who you are and what matters most to you.

Together, we will explore ways to:

  • Shift your attention inside

  • Notice what is present (e.g., thoughts, feelings, sensations, images)

  • Discover parts of you

  • Get to know and learn from your parts

  • Build a trusting relationship with and among parts

  • Listen to and care for parts in your daily life

  • Help parts let go of heavy burdens that they carry so that they may more fully express their gifts

Cultivate your own IFS practice with sacred space and support

Two Ways to Learn and Grow

ONE-ON-ONE

Dedicated, flexible space and
support just for you

SMALL GROUP

A guided learning experience with like-hearted humans

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I’m an IFS Practitioner, Learning Guide, and Community Builder

Laura Onelio

Hi, I’m so glad you’re here.

I’m Laura Onelio and I am a:

  • IFS Practitioner: I guide people in using IFS to explore their inner worlds and build trust with and among parts of them to live more whole and well.

  • Learning Guide: I design and facilitate learning experiences that help people cultivate an IFS practice of their own.

  • Community Builder: I nurture spaces and relationships that can spark a deep sense of connection and belonging.

Learn more about me here.

My inspiration stems from my own profound IFS learning journey

My Story

I have come to see Internal Family Systems (IFS) as a life or spiritual practice that support us all in living more whole and well from my own IFS learning journey.

When I first experienced IFS as part of my own therapy, it radically shifted the way I saw myself and the world around me. It soon became a lens that helped me better understand my day to day experiences - both inside and out. I saw so many opportunities for IFS to help us better navigate everyday life, individually and collectively. I started to wonder about what the world might look like if more of us learned and practiced IFS in our families, schools, and workplaces. I longed to engage in this way more than just the hour of week with my therapist. This curiosity led me on a magical learning journey of my own. I trained in IFS and built friendships where we could really hold space for one another. I shared IFS with my friends and family and saw how it deepened our relationships. I participated in more group IFS experiences and began stitching together a beautiful fabric of humans who walk through life together.

It feels like we are re-rooting ourselves in beautiful ways that help us trust ourselves and the world a little more amidst the complexity of living on this planet, with inherent uncertainty (and synchronicity) and inescapable pain (and joy).

All are welcome - those just starting and those continuing their IFS learning journey

Who This Is For

You may especially be called to begin or continue your IFS learning journey with me if you’re seeking a space to:

  • Rediscover yourself and your natural gifts

  • Explore what matters most to you at this point in your life

  • Find more balance in your everyday life

  • Get support navigating a life transition (e.g., career, relationship)

  • Build more trust in yourself to make decisions big and small

  • Integrate IFS more into your life and relationships

  • Deepen your sense of connection and belonging

  • Wonder together about the great mysteries of life

You may be:

  • Brand new to IFS

  • Familiar with IFS through reading or exploration of your own

  • Practicing IFS as part of your own therapy

  • Trained in IFS and guide others as part of your work

While I believe IFS can be widely valuable to most of us, I appreciate that there are times in life when we might need something different for what we are facing.

If you’re not sure if this is right for you at this moment, I am happy to connect and explore this together. If you need something else right now, I will do what I can to support you in finding a better fit.

Belong in your body, your life, your relationships, and the world

Expanding our Capacity in Community

Whether you practice one-on-one or in a small group, my hope is for you to feel part of a community of humans growing our capacity to live whole and well, including:

Listen more deeply
inside and out

Be present with what is
showing up in our lives

Know and express our
needs and wants

Nourish and care for
ourselves and others

Trust ourselves and our
own knowing

Make choices and take action that honors all of us

Share our unique
gifts and talents

Build deeper relationships
and community

Others’ Experiences

  • "Being with Laura is like receiving a big hug. She is warm and bright and anything she brings to the world will be lit up with magic."

    Risa Adams, MD

  • "Laura Onelio is a wonderful IFS Practitioner. She is wise and warm and very talented in helping groups and individuals in the process of healing. Anyone would be fortunate to have her walking by their side, companioning their heart and soul."

    Kay Gardner, MS
    Senior Lead IFS Trainer for 25 years

  • “I've experienced Laura in one-on-one and group spaces. Laura is warm, compassionate, and smart. She's very experienced in tracking parts that are present in the moment, slowing me down when needed, witnessing parts and holding space for anything that comes up. In group spaces, Laura is very attuned to everyone present and shares vulnerably her experience. I deeply appreciate her knowledge, authenticity, and humble presence. I highly recommend Laura as a group facilitator and IFS practitioner."

    Tamar Berry, Title

  • "I absolutely loved having Laura as my (group facilitator) during my Level 1 IFS training. She created such a calm, welcoming space where I felt safe to practice skills even if I "failed." Her gentle meditations set the stage to open to self energy and I felt I could go deeper within while also feeling intimately connected to everyone in my group. She's a gift to work with and learn from."

    Elizabeth Muhle, RSW MSW

  • "Laura is a gifted IFS Practitioner. She is deeply compassionate, caring, and attuned. She is skilled at creating a safe container for people to explore their inner worlds, while being gently held in her loving presence."

    Marilyn Hunt, LMFT, Certified IFS Therapist and Approved IFS Clinical Consultant

  • "Laura brings a rare combination of warmth, insight, and expertise to her work as an IFS practitioner. She skillfully holds a safe and supportive space, ensuring that everyone feels included and respected. Her ability to maintain the larger perspective while attending to the nuances of each person’s experience makes her an exceptional group facilitator and a trusted guide in the IFS process. Her deep understanding of IFS shines through in the way she facilitates healing and connection."

    Name, Title

  • "Laura is immensely compassionate and being with her has helped me get in touch with parts of myself I felt to ashamed to express or interact with in the past. Her natural warmth and true capacity for a whole range of emotional experiences helped me feel safe and at ease with her so quickly."

    August Kurtz, Communications Coordinator and Artist