Shadow Work Journal and Workbook : The Comprehensive Guide for Beginners to Uncover the Shadow Self & Become Whole as Your Authentic Self | Guided Prompts for Inner Child Soothing, Healing & Growth by Victoria Stevens

This journal workbook is the perfect self-help project for you to learn about the therapeutic method of Shadow Work. Using affirmations and writing prompts alongside well-researched information, the book motivates you to give the best possible objective outlook on how to work on your inner self. Most people grow up with some kind of early life trauma. It is highly possible you could have had an uneventful childhood that doesn’t exempt us from developing a shadow self. Over the course of this book, we will look at three parts of the Shadow Work journey. Through the use of different journaling methods, we will take a deeper look into the deep-seated shadow self that manifests itself at our lowest points and insecurities, which it takes and uses to disconnect us from ourselves. Almost no trauma is the same and every human experiences it in their own unique way. There is a level of intensity that can occur, which doesn’t diminish negative moments we might have experienced in the early developmental stage, as it is quite possible to gather small traumas throughout our lives. These little traumas may often occur at the hands of discrimination. Discrimination that usually affects people is often subject such as homophobia, racism, sexism, or just general emotional and verbal abuse. Unfortunately, we can internalize almost every aspect of our past lives, later becoming rooted in emotional suppression. It is almost as if a rotten root has planted itself deeply into your emotional energy pool and is slowly but surely poisoning you from the inside out. We may even manifest it as hereditary features. All these various factors can contribute to the metaphorical “big bad” that is our shadow, and in turn, creates fear in us to confront the shadow. After all, who really enjoys rapid change? I know I don’t, and that is why it is so important to nurture our internal selves. We don’t want to end up lost and broken with no way out and no support system. As people, it is important to be honest with ourselves—once you take that step, the road will become easier to travel upon. This workbook will help you face the seemingly enormous task ahead and implement positive thinking toward your shadow. Especially since journaling is one of the vital steps in shadow work. Through the course of this book, we will explore themes and delve into information that will benefit that with which you struggle.