What The Heck Is Shadow Work
Did you know we all have a SHADOW inside of us?
Have you ever heard the team Shadow Work and wondered what it meant? It is a term that is often thrown around in the universe but not fully understood, or practiced beneficially.
According to Scott Jeffery, “your shadow can be defined as everything you cannot see about yourself.”
Your shadow carries all the things you deem as dark, the things you are not happy with, and the things you hold shame around.
Imagine it as a subconscious darkness outside of you. In your shadow, you store different events, memories and moments, thoughts, and feelings. Your shadow contains denial, avoidance, and insecurities.
Your shadow contains things you do not want others to see, and things you do not want yourself to see.
Think of your shadow as a shit pile of internal conflict that is ready to explode, because the more you push it down, the bigger the shadow/pile of shit gets. All these things just get comfortable staying there.
Many of us choose to avoid doing shadow work, just like attending therapy to work through our mental health. We don’t want to look at our faults, our fears, the things we’ve been avoiding or…