Journaling is the best way to get started with shadow work. We’re forced to consult our resentments in life and dig to the root of the problems, which isn’t easy.
It involves acknowledging the dark aspects of one’s personality that may be hard to accept. Shadow work requires considerable moral effort. This removes the unconscious control they have over our thoughts and actions. Shadow work is the process of identifying and acknowledging the traits we suppress and reintegrating them into the psyche in a healthy way. The more we suppress our shadow selves (either knowingly or unknowingly), the stronger it becomes. These traits remain deep within the unconscious, influencing how we think and behave. We can successfully repress traits that don’t conform without persona - but that doesn’t mean they aren’t there. These repressed aspects make up the shadow. All the parts that don’t fit that ideal persona are repressed. The idea starts with our persona - which is the “you” that you present when you want people to accept and like you. Shadow work is a concept introduced by the Swiss psychologist Carl Gustav Jung.
There’s a lot of low-hanging fruit here regarding personal development that starts by simply answering a few confronting questions about who you “think” you are. Practicing shadow work is a lifelong process - but even just a small amount of effort applied in the form of journaling can make some substantial leaps and bounds in eliminating some of our toxic patterns or traits. The goal is to turn these unwanted traits into an asset rather than a liability. Shadow work aims at resolving unwanted and repressed aspects of the self (such as greed, lust, anger, or aggression).
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