Cowritten by Charlie Huntington and Tchiki Davis. To understand what shadow work is, we must first define the “shadow.” The Swiss psychologist Carl Jung, who is perhaps Sigmund Freud’s most famous ...

These past few years have felt like an unrelenting confrontation with the darkest facets of human nature. Multiple quarantines and the inescapable news cycle have left us with precious little respite ...

Earlier this year, a spiritual coach and reiki healer who goes by the name Zen Oasis posted a video to TikTok explaining the idea of “the shadow self” to her 167,000 followers. Sitting lotus-style in ...

Shadow work is a type of psychotherapy that focuses on the parts of the psyche that people often keep hidden, such as trauma and resentment. Some people may refer to this as the “shadow self”. The ...

If you’ve been focused on prioritizing your mental health, chances are you may be familiar with a buzzing term called shadow work. You may be wondering, What exactly is it and what can it do for you?

The process of learning to be a better person or be a happier version of yourself often involves introspection. Like with shadow work, which is a type of psychotherapy that has you look inward. At its ...

Do you have a hidden talent that you keep secret from everyone you know? Or a deep, dark fear that you keep suppressed, or an aspect of yourself that you find shameful? If so – and most people do - ...