Shadow work

It’s never easy to hear what your weaknesses are, but a person who truly wants to become better is not afraid of doing shadow work.

Shadow work is working with your unconscious mind’s patterns of unwanted behavior. Shae uses the Shadow cards by Mira Bush to break the ice and get started in your shadow work. The work continues with clear communication and effective healing tools.

It all begins with an idea

Do you ever get the sense that you have a dark side? Are there parts of you you’d rather keep hidden?

These are common feelings, and it turns out that they may hold some truth. Some experts even believe there’s a way to tap into this “dark side” to deepen self-awareness and growth.

It’s called shadow work, and it explores the side of you that stays out of view. A 20th-century Swiss psychologist, Carl Jung, spent his life studying the human personality and mind. Among his numerous developments in psychoanalysis was the idea of the “shadow self.” The fact that this phrase includes the word “shadow” might come off a little spooky at first, but this is nothing to be wary of. Often, the shadow self manifests by causing us to feel triggered by someone else’s words or actions, to experience inner tension and cognitive dissonance, to judge or lash out at others, or to feel insecure and held back.

Then, asking why we feel those emotions (like anger or anxiety) can perhaps bring us to a deeper layer of emotions (such as bigger, abstract fears or a reminder of past trauma). Asking ourselves where those deeper emotions stem from takes it even further, and so on. The bottom line: everything is connected, so let one discovery lead you to the next.