Shadow work is a journey of self-discovery through understanding and integrating a hidden part of our personality—the shadow self. Can you imagine a life where your unconscious aligns with your ...

Brionna (whose TikTok username is @wunderbri) stares down her Shadow Work Journal and takes a heaving sigh as she reads the first prompt. “I decided to film myself doing the first exercise. Then I ...

If you listen to psychology podcasts or follow mental health–related accounts on social media, you’ve probably heard of shadow work. The concept comes from the Swiss psychiatrist Carl Gustav Jung’s ...

Cowritten by Charlie Huntington and Tchiki Davis. To understand what shadow work is, we must first define the “shadow.” The Swiss psychologist Carl Jung, who is perhaps Sigmund Freud’s most famous ...

Years ago, I was on the board of a scholarship program that started annual meetings by asking ice-breaker questions. One particular question prompted a response from a fellow board member who has ...

Shadow work is a psychological practice that helps individuals explore the hidden or uncomfortable parts of themselves to gain greater self-awareness and emotional resilience. Behavioral therapy ...

The latest mental health trend on TikTok is a curious one. “Shadow work” is rooted in ideas developed by Swiss psychiatrist Carl Jung, repackaged into a viral book written by a self-help author and ...

I doubt the psychologist Carl Gustav Jung (1875-1961), in all his prescience, would have predicted that his work would one day fuel a TikTok trend called “shadow work”. Life coaches and self-help ...

The process of learning to be a better person or be a happier version of yourself often involves introspection. Like with shadow work, which is a type of psychotherapy that has you look inward. At its ...