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

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

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

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

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

Unconscious of your story, you are in its grasp; but with consciousness, an alchemical process begins: The solidity of the complex dissolves and you can open up to the arrival of a new archetype, the birth of a new cycle of life. In the shadow, then, lies our myth and our fate.

Once you uncover the history of this pattern and trace its roots, you will see that your reaction in the present moment is really a reaction from the past, a shadow character's attempt to protect you from reexperiencing an old emotional wound, which instead sabotages you in the present.