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Episode 1 Podcast— Meeting the Shadow
Meeting the shadow is the beginning of reclaiming the hidden self. In this opening episode of Shadow as Teacher: Reclaiming the Hidden Self, Patrick Ryan introduces shadow work not as something to fear, but as a path toward integration, healing, and wholeness.
Carl Jung defined the shadow as everything we deny, repress, or refuse to acknowledge in ourselves. Sometimes it’s qualities we dislike, like anger or jealousy. Other times it’s gifts we’ve pushed away — creativity, ambition, or joy — because they felt unsafe to express. Shadow is both darkness and brilliance, and when we learn to engage it, we uncover energy, insight, and vitality that has been waiting for us all along.
In this episode, Patrick explores:
- What the shadow ...