Embracing Your Layers & Healing from Within with Jen Aks | Using IFS to Reclaim Wholeness

Today on the F.E.E.L Podcast, we welcome the passionate and empowering Jen Aks—a dedicated advocate for self-connection, emotional healing, and transformation. With a powerful blend of trustworthiness, inspiration, and authenticity, Jen helps people reconnect with their inner selves so they can live in alignment and feel truly whole.

In this deeply reflective episode, Jen shares how Internal Family Systems (IFS) has helped her—and countless others—embrace every layer of their identity. Instead of being consumed by past pain or labels, IFS empowers us to say “there’s a part of me that…” and opens the door to self-compassion, healing, and personal insight.

Jen offers invaluable wisdom on:

• How to embrace your emotional layers without being defined by them

• Using IFS therapy tools to understand your internal world

• The power of self-reflection and emotional clarity

• Why some relationships are not meant to last forever—and that’s okay

• Reframing your past through a lens of learning, not shame

Jen also dives into the importance of celebrating your growth—no matter how small. Whether it's setting boundaries, walking away from relationships that no longer serve you, or simply realizing how far you’ve come, Jen encourages all of us to say, “I did that!”

This episode is perfect for anyone on a journey of inner healing, emotional growth, or navigating the complexities of identity and self-worth. Jen’s warmth and energy will leave you feeling inspired, empowered, and more connected to yourself than ever.

✨ Key Topics:

• Internal Family Systems (IFS) for healing

• Emotional wellness and mental clarity

• How to release shame from your past

• Personal growth through reflection

• Self-compassion and embracing imperfection

• Letting go of toxic relationships for peace

• Empowerment through self-awareness

Keywords: internal family systems podcast, emotional healing podcast, self-discovery journey, how to embrace your layers, personal growth through reflection, healing past trauma, emotional intelligence podcast, letting go of relationships, boundaries and self-care, self-empowerment for women, mental wellness tools, spiritual healing podcast, trauma-informed therapy podcast

Blog Excerpt: Jen is able to help frame her layers by using IFS (Internal Family Systems). It’s a great way for her to find empowerment in her layers by teaching her to frame the observation as “there’s a part of me that…” rather than making your layers the whole part of you.

Ways to Engage: When a relationship ends, what’s your perspective? Do you vilify it? Do you recognize that it’s the end of your season with that person or do you try to keep relationships just for the sake of having them? Relationships, romantic or otherwise, are not always meant to last forever and that’s okay.

Timestamps:

Prioritizing Self Care - ( 2:27 )

Taking Care of Your Emotional Health as much as Your Physical Health - ( 11:15 )

Confidently Setting Boundaries - ( 22:32 )

Support self & other women unapologetically - ( 29:40 )

Coming Back to Your WHY and Your VALUES - ( 35:36 )

Living Out of Your Own Expectations - ( 39:22 )

Accepting the Layered Aspects of Yourself - ( 50:16 )

Living out FEEL, how does it affect your relationships - ( 55:33 )

5 Activities That Nourish You - ( 1:02:34 )

5 Words for How You Want to Feel in the Next Six Months - ( 1:03:21 )

Original Music by Rio & Valencia S