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A review by shiradest
Meeting the Shadow: The Hidden Power of the Dark Side of Human Nature by Connie Zweig, Jeremiah Abrams
4.0
Although I personally do not see this as a book for those who are still actively dealing with panic traumas (particularly related to childhood abuses), this book is extremely useful, in many chapters, for working through the details of getting to the bottom of the traumas and less severe but nonetheless hurtful events of earlier life. I found in particular those excercises for finding and dealing with Shadow projections to be potentially helpful, if rather difficult, and useful. This is a book that bears re-reading with pen in hand, and going back through one's journals while working on the excercises.
(I found this book on my landlady's book shelf just after my therapist mentioned that being emotionally exhausted and wanting to give up was a by-product of running, with the Shadow ever on my heels, from those very parts of me that need to be acknowledged and integrated/accepted).
Comme dit-on en français, bon courage ! (The phrase that comes strongly to mind here is what the French say: courage, which means both courage or bravery, but also in this case, may the work go well, as it will clearly not be easy...)
(I found this book on my landlady's book shelf just after my therapist mentioned that being emotionally exhausted and wanting to give up was a by-product of running, with the Shadow ever on my heels, from those very parts of me that need to be acknowledged and integrated/accepted).
Comme dit-on en français, bon courage ! (The phrase that comes strongly to mind here is what the French say: courage, which means both courage or bravery, but also in this case, may the work go well, as it will clearly not be easy...)