Shadow Work…

The Ultimate Self-Care and the core work of The Creatrix Revival Academy.

What is Shadow Work?

It’s just that. Facing the darkness within you. Darkness. It’s what makes you feel inadequate, small. It’s the key that unblocks why you get triggered; why you do what you do. Your addictions. Your patterns of choosing the same relationships over and over again in different bodies. The darkness is what keeps you in the job you hate that you’re too scared to leave. So if facing it and getting curious about it and having the courage to go to the bottom of the hell part of yourself isn’t the most beautiful form of self-care I don’t know what is.

The Evolution of Self-Care

Self-care to me has changed through the years. For example, in the beginning, for me self-care meant going to the gym 6 days a week and meal prepping. But why was I going to the gym 6 days a week? I mean, honestly. To look good? To burn off steam? No. There were unresolved, unknown reasons buried deeper. Instead of feeling uncomfortable emotions that were surfacing, I’d go out for a 10-mile run. Which only served to numb it out. So was fitness truly self-care? Or was it an escape? I wanted to look good, and be “healthy.” Why? So YOU would notice me. Hmmm, got approval much? So, does fitness = self-care? Not really.