Facing what you've avoided
An introduction to Jung's concept of the shadow, and why avoiding it keeps it in charge.
Stage 5 of 7
Shadow Integration
Meeting what was buried, and bringing it into the light of awareness.
- Ready to face the parts of yourself you've avoided, denied, or judged
- Noticing patterns — relationships, reactions, wounds — that keep repeating
- Wanting to stop being run by what's unconscious in you
- Doing the work of becoming whole, not just “positive”
Videos for this stage
Sit with these at your own pace. Each one speaks to some part of what this stage feels like from the inside.
Patterns that keep repeating
How unresolved material shows up again and again until it's finally seen.
Becoming whole, not just positive
Why integration, not positivity, is the real aim of this stage.