To sin is to be off the mark, that is, to inhibit development, contracting backward into regression rather than expanding forward into growth.

To sin is to be off the mark, that is, to inhibit development, contracting backward into regression rather than expanding forward into growth.

As each layer of shadow is mined from the darkness, as each fear is faced and each projection reclaimed, the gold shines through.

Shadow-making happens in families and makes us who we are. It leads to shadow-work, which makes us who we can become.

The rewards are profound. Shadow-work enables us to alter our self-sabotaging behavior so that we can achieve a more self-directed life.

Each of us wrestles with the dark giant in our own way.

The shadow disguises itself in our projections, when we react intensely to a trait in others that we fail to see in ourselves.