I’m taking a page from our girlie Sage and am making myself accountable… mostly because I truly think shadow work is SO important and I’ve spent lots of time in therapy through the years which helped with the tools/foundation but at the time I didn’t see real results. That’s because you get what you put in, if you’re not honest with yourself (or therapist/doctor) then how can you be helped?? This is me checking in with myself and truly seeing how far I’ve come. I do A LOT of self
reflection…
📚Lesson 1: What is the Shadow?
✨ Activity: 3 traits I dislike in others - Lying, Manipulation and Negativity (like constant complaining). Are these traits I see in myself? Not a liar bc I hate being lied to and I grew up feeling like my whole Life was a lie. Manipulative behaviors, I used to do this shit as a teen but after realizing my toxic behaviors and correcting them I no longer do that and haven’t in decades. Negativity, this used to be me very pessimistic. I was mean, I complained all the time - very Debbie Downer. Now when I hear someone do this regularly I hate it! It drives me up a wall!
📚Lesson 2: Why practice Shadow work?
✨ Activity: Journal About a time conflict/challenge taught you something about yourself. Well, just recently I was very blindsided by someone who I thought was a friend and making mom friends who are like you is very hard… I was being used/manipulated. I felt like I had been slapped. I was forced to do some magical interventions and it taught me I’m stronger in my craft than I had thought - why do lack confidence?! You guys get to see the results bc I posted my spell work!
📚Lesson 3: Safe Exploration
✨ Activity: Light a candle or take deep breaths before journaling - deep breaths is my current choice
📚Lesson 4: Methods of shadow work
✨Activity: write to your shadow self and what it needs you to know... My mind is my own limitation, stop limiting yourself!
📚Lesson 5: Integration and healing ❤️🩹
✨Activity: Write an affirmation that honors your light and shadow side - this is simple but “I am enough” this covers so much for me, strong enough, good enough, smart enough…