I first met Jamie back in 2010 in Ithaca, NY. I was fresh out of graduate school and took the first art therapy job I could find which happened to be at an eating disorder treatment program. Jamie was the program manager. We quickly got to know each other and became close friends, bonding over shared interests in mental health, yoga, and creativity. In 2012 we both left Ithaca and went our separate ways—Jamie moved to Seattle where she opened her yoga studio, The Grinning Yogi, and I moved to Gainesville, FL where I took a job as an art therapist at an inpatient eating disorder treatment program…

Asynchronous development is a phenomenon experienced by gifted children. But what if asynchronous development is actually a something we all experience regardless of age or neurotype? This article explores asynchronous development in the context of the Internal Family Systems (IFS) model and how understanding ourselves and our parts in this way can lead to greater self-acceptance, wholeness, and integration.