Eps 57: Shadow Work
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Our shadow self blocks us from acting for our own greatest good and can prevent us from reaching our true potential in life.
Shadow work may seem counterintuitive on the outside because you will have to face your pain instead of running away from it.
We can start to work with the shadow side of ourselves to create positive change in our lives.
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According to the Swiss psychiatrist Carl Jung, shadows consist of the parts of ourselves that we suppress or hide from those we do not like. There are several examples of shadow aspects, whether they are egocentric or not. These aspects lead us to criticise someone who has made mistakes, to let people know that we have a right to judge people unfairly and to always be the victim.
The many negative aspects that affect our lives can result from keeping these shadows hidden or locked away. Shadow work is the process of exploring these aspects and is an effort to enter into our own. There are various ways of doing this, but we must first acknowledge our shadows, then embrace them and become friends with them.
Only by bringing these aspects to the surface can we begin to discover our inner wisdom, our purpose in life and gain access to our soul (the Higher Self). By turning inward and beginning to gently listen to our aspects and heal them, we are able to live authentically and live for ourselves.
When used and channeled correctly, the Shadow Self has properties that we can use to promote our own personal development. Shadow work is about how we can integrate aspects of our unconscious psyche into our conscious experience and enable the positive aspects in our shadows to express themselves.
Shadow work is not easy, but it is defined as a process that allows us access to our deepest joy, purpose and healing through challenges and wounds. Shadow Work enables you to identify and uncover the root of your shame and turn it into medicine. If you possess your shadows, you will possess them, not only in the form of a physical manifestation of yourself, but also in your mind, body and soul.
The meaning of shadow work varies from person to person, from family member to family friend and even from individual to individual.
Most importantly, however, shadow can discourage you from living an authentic life and prevent you from negatively affecting all areas of your life, including your professional, personal and very personal self-confidence. One way to really balance these feelings - but a good mood is to break through the superficial layers and get to the bottom of things through a practice called shadow work. Each of us has a dark side, and it can hold us back, which negatively affects every aspect of our lives, including our professional, personal and self-esteem.
Therefore, it is crucial to understand how to use shadow work to heal your shadow and integrate this part of your being into your life. As you may know, shadow is a mental complex that Carl Jung defined as those parts of our personality rejected by the ego.
So the characteristics, feelings, urges, and tendencies that we deny or restrict generally consist of parts of the shadow complex. We can deny the possession of qualities that we find abhorrent or otherwise reprehensible or negative, or qualities for which we are envied.
When we refer to our shadows, we refer to the oppressed, despised, and dark parts of ourselves. Love brings to light what was once called "the shadow," the monster that hides beneath our surface.
One of the best ways to explore our shadows and do shadow work is through psychotherapy. The psychotherapist helps us to develop consciousness and insight into our shadows, our unconscious aspects. We can begin to understand and also explore what might have been cut off or hidden from us before.
We can choose to take a different perspective or simply pay more attention to ourselves, but we can choose between two different approaches.
Sometimes people can forget the negative cycle of thinking and return to gentle, gentle loving self - working to be broken.
In order to stop this behavior, we must begin to do shadow work and be willing to let go of our selfish notions of ourselves by engaging, we are able to confront our deepest fears. There are various ways to confront and work on shadow behavior, there are a variety of ways we can suppress what it means to get out of this behavior. What does it mean to do "shadow work" and what does it mean to "get out" of this behaviour?
A piece that answers what "shadow work" is would not be complete without a list of techniques that help us understand our shadow self and make progress.
Below are 5 techniques you can use in your life as you strive to move into a stronger, updated version of yourself. Constantly suppressing and suppressing what you don't want in adulthood is exhausting work.
Dr. John Sarno has cured thousands of patients with chronic back pain by helping them recognize their suppressed anger, anxiety, depression and anxiety disorders.