Shadow Work Is Not What Instagram Told You It Was

Shadow work has been reduced to a journaling exercise.

Shadow work has been reduced to a journaling exercise.

Open your notebook, write down your 'shadow traits,' feel a little uncomfortable, post about your bravery on Instagram, and congratulate yourself on doing 'the deep work.' That is not shadow work.

That is emotional tourism - visiting the dark places briefly and then returning to the comfort of your picked identity, unchanged.

Real shadow work is not something you schedule between your morning meditation and your oat milk latte.