![]() Instead we are doing what we think others want us to do. Often times people pleasing can cause this inauthentic version of self because we aren’t listening to what we truly want. I would just do what I thought would make everyone else happy rather than doing what would make ME happy. I always hated confrontation and making other people upset, so instead I would avoid it all together. I held onto this almost all my life until I finally started healing and realized that this was a trauma response I picked up in my childhood as a way to protect myself as a kid. The response I created because of this was “people pleasing”. I’d wonder if what I was doing was going to make my dad upset or not. This really bothered me as a child to the point where I would always second guess my actions. These reactions can point towards a version of ourself that we created in order to feel safe as a child.īecause of the relationship I had with my dad growing up, I was constantly walking on egg shells around him because his temper was constantly changing. Then I want you to also think about what reactions and responses you have to those triggers. Think about what triggers you, usually our triggers will point towards that shadow side, that side of us that needs to be healed. These 90 shadow work journal prompts can help you figure this out ![]() The first step to doing shadow work is to figure out what we need to heal. ![]() Always seek out medical help from a licensed professional. This is just based off of my own healing journey, therapy I went through, and my own research. It’s also the part of us that reveals itself when we feel triggered.ĭISCLAIMER: I am not a licensed therapist, psychologist, etc. Our shadow self holds all of our limiting beliefs that stop us from manifesting what we really desire and or shadow self stops us from showing up as our true authentic self. O ur shadow self, the part of us where our ego comes in to try and stop us from stepping out of our comfort zone, or that part of us that decides to do what our parents want us to do rather than what we think is best for ourselves. For most, shadow work is really hard because it means we have to face those parts of us that are wounded and need healing. Before we start manifesting we need to do our shadow work, in this post I am going to teach you how to do shadow work.
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