Bringing awareness to the parts and talking to each of them feels like self-talk for sure for me. This is the checking in to ensure the parts internally concur on what’s to come in the next moment. It feels like there is a path to be taken, per Dr Richard Schwartz in the book “No Bad parts”.

The ensuring of trust building with the parts to take on that path and embark on the path is the crucial part. That conversation continues throughout the path being journeyed through. This check in to ensure the fear is addressed and not pushed under the rug helps the self embolden the parts to continue on the path the self has embarked on.

The self continues to have this conversation with its internal parts as if in first person and taking this path in first person experiencing the various aspects of the path. This experience in itself is bringing conscious awareness to the self in a very empowering way.

The trust building with the parts by understanding  their fears and reassuring them that the self would not be too long in the path without the parts. This enables the parts to know they slowly allow the self to take on the path with the reassurance and confidence built. This is similar to talking to a child and letting them know I won’t be too long and that I will be back soon. Keeping the energy experienced in context with this path being journeyed by the self is what I understand as Self-leadership exercise of “Path” by Dr Richard Schwartz in “No Bad Parts”.

Reference:

“No Bad Parts” by Dr Richard Schwartz