Functional But Not Yet Free

Functional But Not Yet Free

For a long time, the people around me thought I was doing fine. From most angles, my life looked stable — even successful.

Inside, I had a word for what was actually happening. A word I made up, because no existing word quite covered it.

Depranxed.

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

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

Carl Jung called it the Shadow: the parts of ourselves we’d rather not see. Our hidden fears, flaws, impulses, needs, and shames. The weakness we can’t tolerate in others.

In Self Leadership and parts work, we know the Shadow by another name: the Exiles.

Here’s what happens when you finally turn toward the parts of yourself you’ve been hiding from.