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  **_Parts work_** — an approach to inner work that treats the self as made up
  of distinct “parts” that can be explored and engaged with individually. In
  this channel’s captured material, it appears among the personal-growth
  practices Steve Schlafman uses with ChatGPT, alongside Jungian dream analysis
  and therapy records, as part of doing reflective inner work with an LLM.
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# \_Parts work\_

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## Definition

**_Parts work_** — an approach to inner work that treats the self as made up of distinct “parts” that can be explored and engaged with individually. In this channel’s captured material, it appears among the personal-growth practices Steve Schlafman uses with ChatGPT, alongside Jungian dream analysis and therapy records, as part of doing reflective inner work with an LLM.

\<![CDATA[## _Parts work_ in this channel’s material In the captured material, **_Parts work_** appears in the context of using a ChatGPT subscription as a tool for personal growth. In the episode *Prompt Your Way To Personal Growth* (Ep. 51 with Steve Schlafman), Dan Shipper talks with **Steve Schlafman** — former venture capitalist, executive coach, and founder of Downshift — about practices for inner work with an LLM, including **Jungian dream analysis**, **integration of peak experiences**, keeping **living records of therapy**, and **voice-first thinking**. _Parts work_ sits alongside these practices as one of the mindsets and workflows explored for doing reflective inner work with a model, together with the prompts and honest limits discussed in the episode. ### Where to go next - Explore how a **context-rich document** can make a model coach _you_ specifically. - See how **reflective practices** — journaling, dream work, and voice memos — feed an AI coaching setup. - Understand where AI coaching helps, where it **hallucinates**, and where a **human in the loop** is still needed.]]>