From Cringe to Compassion: It’s Time to Meet Your Shadow

From Cringe to Compassion: It’s Time to Meet Your Shadow

Facing and Embracing the Parts of Yourself You’d Rather Not See to Restore Wholeness, Confidence and Resilience

Ever cringe at someone’s weakness or beat yourself up for feeling “pathetic”? Jung called it the Shadow. Parts Work calls them Exiles. Facing them can feel unbearable — but it’s also the path back to real confidence, resilience, and wholeness. Through a fictional coaching conversation and the story of a sprout rising from ashes, you’ll see how even the parts you most resist can open the way to growth.