When Healing is Energy: Inside the Practice of Reiki & IFS with Elizabeth Scott

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Episode 94: Self-Energy, Skeptic Parts & Practical Alchemy

Today Caitlan is joined by Elizabeth Scott an IFS Level 1–trained psychotherapist, Reiki Master Practitioner, astrologer, certified nature-informed therapist, and Safe & Sound Protocol provider. Elizabeth blends Internal Family Systems, nervous system support, and intuitive modalities to help clients access their own inner wisdom and whole-brain healing. We get into self-energy (and why Maggie Rogers’ “Alaska” might be its anthem), how Reiki actually supports ventral vagal states, using astrology without the “higher/lower” moralism (hello burdened vs. unburdened expressions), legacy burdens, & more!

What You’ll Learn in This Episode:

• What Reiki is (in plain English) and how it tangibly supports your nervous system.
• How IFS, Reiki, and astrology weave together to create more access to Self.
• “Burdened vs. unburdened” expressions in astrology
• How legacy burdens show up—and a gentle path to unburdening.
• Practical ways to build a morning practice that actually fits your design and life

Chapters:

03:05 Elizabeth finds IFS: from psychodynamic & EMDR to parts work

05:26 Self as tuning fork: the ripple effect in families & relationship

18:44 What is Reiki?

22:50 Talking to skeptical parts + research notes for the left brain

24:45 Reiki as right-brain on-ramp to IFS (wonder, imagination, intuition)

26:16 Why Elizabeth added Reiki & astrology (and how it changed her work)

29:36 Charts as parts-maps: instant unblending through seeing

32:01 How IFS + Reiki + astrology integrate in session

34:32 Polyvagal lens: why nervous system regulation comes first

37:38 “Burdened vs. unburdened” expressions (credit: Sarah Temel)

41:40 What a session with Elizabeth looks like (therapy vs. coaching)

47:17 Elizabeth’s return-to-Self practice (30-minute morning meditation)

49:20 Tailoring practices to your Moon and nervous system

50:04 Return+ bonus: guided Reiki meditation (8–10 minutes)

50:35 How to work with Elizabeth + free “Reclaim Your Calm” meditation

Links & Resources:

• Connect with Elizabeth Scott:
  • Website
  • Instagram
  • Free meditation: Reclaim Your Calm
• Return+ Bonus
  • 🎧 Elizabeth’s Guided Reiki Meditation (8–10 min) — available for Return+ members

If this conversation helped you exhale and remember what’s already inside you, share it with a friend who needs a gentle nudge back to Self. Subscribe/follow Return, and if you want the guided Reiki meditation from Elizabeth plus deeper, behind-the-scenes episodes, join Return+ on Substack.

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Produced by Caitlan Siegenthaler

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