How shadow work is deeply healing

Shadow work is not only deeply healing, it also helps us to look at ourselves and others with less judgment.

We are often on the lookout for traits that bother us the most in others
and when we see or notice those traits, we are triggered and challenged.

This is what we are seeing all around us on a global scale right now.

Trump is seen as a 'bully and a dictator'.

We never want to be labelled a bully or dictator, so we can’t see beyond this quality to acknowledge anything else he has done.

Biden is a cheater who cheated his way to the top. He is also losing his marbles…..

And none of us want to be seen as a cheat or crazy, so we get stuck in our irritation, unable to see the big picture.

Admittedly, dark shadows are hugely challenging.

And this makes shadow work so valuable!

Because every time we are triggered, we can stop and check-in with ourselves.

What’s going on for us right now?

Using the ‘bully’ as an example, you might have been hurt in the past by a bully. Or you might have been punished for being a bully at some time.

Either way, the ‘bully’ caused you pain.

And made you fearful of being unlovable, not belonging, rejected, or excluded, and abandoned.

These are some of our core fears.

So the bully inside of you went into hiding.

Little did we know that by rejecting our dark traits, we deprived ourselves of hidden strengths.

A bully gets things done for instance. People sit up and take notice of a bully. Might that come in handy sometimes? Yes!

By doing shadow work we can reclaim our wholeness and our divinity.

We feel lighter, and more relaxed, because our nervous system stops being triggered.

We feel more confident, compassionate, and resilient because we have access to new strengths that had been locked up before.

So let's dive right in now and watch the video below.

Have a piece of paper and a pen ready, and follow my instructions!

Some shadows that you might work on tonight are lazy, selfish, needy, competitive, cheating, bully, demanding, arrogant, rude, ignorant, dumb, messy, loud, show off, aggressive, loudmouth, coward, unreliable, heartless. Etc etc.

Have fun!

Let me know how you get on.

Lots of love, Grada