Cohort Four: It's Not You, It's Your Parts
Why Emotional Regulation Feels Impossible
📅 Starts September 12 · $425 · Replays included
💳 Need a payment plan? Email me kim@kimpolinder.com
COHORT FOUR CURRICULUM
🔍 In this course, you’ll learn how to:
• Understand your emotional “parts” and why they get triggered
• Calm your nervous system in real time
• Build internal trust and self-leadership
• Stop overreacting, shutting down, or people-pleasing
• Create sustainable change, even when it feels impossible
📣 Testimonial: I wanted to understand why my personality developed as it has. Cohort 2 did just that. It has enabled me not only to understand, but also to better equip me to shift with understanding and much compassion and grace into a more wholesome version of me. --Cohort Two Participant
Using a clear, structured approach, you'll learn how to understand your internal reactions, calm your nervous system, and respond instead of react.
🗓️ Fridays 5–7pm PDT ~OR~ Saturdays 9–11am PDT
(Choose either the Friday series or the Saturday series, as the content is the same each day.)
🎥 Replays Included: All sessions are recorded and timezone-friendly.
🌍 International participants welcome.
Week 1: Identifying Your Emotional Cycle
"It’s not you, it’s your parts."
🌀 Masterclass:
Introduction to the concept of "parts" (different inner voices or emotional responses), and why we often feel conflicted or reactive. We’ll break down what it means to be "blended" with a part, and how emotional patterns repeat.
💬 Live Demo:
Kim works with a volunteer to map a participant's emotional reaction using the parts framework.
👥 Lab Practice:
Choose your emotional reaction for the cohort. Begin mapping your protective parts. Learn the 3-step unblending protocol.
Optional: Weekly Office Hours Wednesday 12–1pm PDT. Come for live Q&A, coaching, integration support, or to ask questions about your emotional triggers or parts work process.
Week 2: The Neurobiology of Triggers
"Your body remembers before your brain does."
🌀 Masterclass:
What happens in your brain and body when you're triggered. Why emotional reactions feel so fast and overpowering. How early experiences shape the protectors we develop.
📣 Testimonial: I was hoping to learn why I do what I do, and how to control my anger towards certain people I love. And you have shown me exactly what I have been looking for. You have shown us you do care, and we're not so crazy after all." --Cohort Two Participant
💬 Live Demo:
Kim demonstrates with a volunteer parts mapping with a focus on body awareness and emotional patterning.
👥 Lab Practice:
Track one recent trigger. Identify the inner voices or protective parts that took over. Begin exploring body sensations associated with these reactions.
Optional: Weekly Office Hours Wednesday 12–1pm PDT. Come for live Q&A, coaching, integration support, or to ask questions about your emotional triggers or parts work process.
Week 3: Why Change Feels Impossible
"Resistance is protection, not sabotage."
🌀 Masterclass:
Why your inner system resists change, even when you want to do things differently. Understand self-sabotage as a protective strategy.
📣 Testimonial: "Kim’s Emotional Regulation Cohort came into my life at exactly the right moment, when I needed both clarity and compassion to navigate my own emotional landscape. Kim’s insights are profound yet practical, offering not just theory but practical tools that already have made a meaningful difference in how I process and respond to my emotions." --Cohort Two Participant
💬 Live Demo:
Kim works with a volunteer, identifying a resistant part and modeling how to build internal trust.
👥 Lab Practice:
Identify your most resistant inner protector. Begin a respectful dialogue with that part. Practice scripted and spontaneous internal conversations.
Optional: Weekly Office Hours Wednesday 12–1pm PDT. Come for live Q&A, coaching, integration support, or to ask questions about your emotional triggers or parts work process.
Week 4: Creating a New Internal Pattern
"Parts don’t want to be fixed. They want to be heard."
🌀 Masterclass:
How to build internal trust, step into your internal leadership, and create new habits that reflect collaboration instead of conflict.
💬 Live Demo:
A participant practices with Kim, leading with Self energy (calm, compassion, curiosity) while speaking to a reactive part.
👥 Lab Practice:
Practice making one real-life decision from a Self-led place. Try one experiment this week that reflects a new internal agreement.
Optional: Weekly Office Hours Wednesday 12–1pm PDT. Come for live Q&A, coaching, integration support, or to ask questions about your emotional triggers or parts work process.
Week 5: What Progress Looks Like
"Regulation is when your parts trust you."
🌀 Masterclass:
How to tell when you’re actually making progress. Understand what internal cohesion feels like. Learn how to stay connected to your parts over time.
📣 Testimonial: "This cohort has been a gift, one I didn’t know I needed but now can’t imagine having missed. If you’re looking for a teacher who combines expertise and strategy with genuine care, Kim is that rare guide who truly walks alongside you. I’m so grateful for this experience and the growth it’s sparked in me." --Cohort Two Participant
💬 Live Demo:
Kim works live with the group, celebrating shifts in participants' inner systems. Live coaching and Q&A around stuck points.
👥 Lab Practice:
Reflect on your 5-week journey. Name the key parts you've worked with. Create a personal Regulation Plan to guide you forward.
💡 This cohort is for you if:
• You intellectually understand your triggers but still react impulsively
• You want to build trust with your emotions instead of fighting them
• You feel stuck in a cycle of overreacting, shutting down, or spiraling
• You're curious about IFS and want a down-to-earth, practical entry point
💳 Need a payment plan? Email me kim@kimpolinder.com