![]() ![]() Through living with more conscious awareness and embracing all parts of ourselves, including the idea of the shadow, we can also deepen into our personal spiritual practice. When we stop repressing emotions, we heal our anger, anxiety, depression, fear, and jealousy, resulting in a more integrated being. Rather than stopping at “I am feeling jealous,” Shadow Work helps to identify the root of the jealousy and find its real need. These emotions are how the shadowed parts of ourselves communicate. This then manifests as everything from anger and jealousy to addiction and poor relationships with food.Įmotions such as anger, anxiety, depression, fear, and jealousy emerge as repressed parts of the self feel threatened. This attempt to eclipse parts of the self results in resistance. That’s impossible since every part of ourselves is interdependent. It is an attempt to dis-integrate ourselves and reveal and embody only what’s desirable. Something only becomes a “shadow side” when we have deemed it unworthy of being seen. Healing through confronting your shadow is a multilevel phenomenon that touches on every aspect of our life. It’s soft and while being in that state of softness and vulnerability feels horrifying, the shadow itself isn’t. It’s the spirally parts of ourselves we’ve deemed too soft, too vulnerable, too weak, too “feminine,” too childish, too natural, too naive to be of use in our survival in the modern world.Ĭontrary to what many think, the shadow often isn’t this monstrous, horrifying thing. The thing that never ceases to amaze me about the shadow and its importance in healing Feminine Shame? The shadow is soft. ![]() I’ve learned to pay attention to my thoughts and feelings, my unconscious mind, behavioral patterns, and strong emotions. I’ve created a marriage I never thought was possible. I’ve worked through emotional blocks, improved my mental health, and healed my body’s hormonal challenges. My Shadow Work experience, both personally and professionally, has been profound. Psychologist Carl Jung called Shadow Work a way to make the unconscious conscious. It’s about reclaiming and empowering ourselves through our trials and traumas. It enables us to identify and uncover the roots of our shame to transmute it into medicine.Īt its core, Shadow Work should be a process of integrating parts of ourselves we’ve disowned, shunned, or bypassed. I define Shadow Work as a process which allows us to access deep joy, purpose, and healing through our challenges and wounds.
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