Depth Work
Depth work is the slow process of meeting the parts of ourselves we've learned to put away. The emotions, needs, and patterns that were shaped early by what was acceptable and what wasn't.
These articles explore shadow work, parts of self, and the kind of depth psychology that becomes most visible in intimate relationships and self-confrontation. Done well, this work doesn't make you someone new. It makes you more honestly who you already are.
Shadow Work: What It Is, and How It Actually Helps You Heal
Shadow work has become one of those phrases that mostly means whatever the person using it wants it to mean. It shows up on Instagram tiles next to journal prompts. People talk about "doing shadow work" the way they used to talk about doing yoga. What's been mostly lost in the popularization is the actual idea — which came from depth psychology, is older than its current usage suggests, and is more interesting than most of what's been written about it.