Embrace Your Shadow to Find Your Light with Nancy Levin
Made To Thrive
Kris Carr
5 • 702 Ratings
🗓️ 4 September 2024
⏱️ 53 minutes
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Summary
Ever feel like there are parts of yourself you're hiding from the world? Do you wonder why you react strongly to certain situations or people? Are there parts of you that you've pushed aside, believing they're unacceptable? If you've answered yes to any of these questions, you're not alone. In this episode, I dive deep into the world of shadow work with Nancy Levin, certified master coach and author of "Embracing Your Shadow to Find Your Light."
Nancy shines a spotlight on how the shadow self controls our lives, and how embracing it through shadow work helps overcome the fear and shame that may be holding us back. From understanding the origins of our limiting beliefs to practical journaling prompts for self-discovery, this conversation is packed with insights to help you reclaim your wholeness. Whether you're a shadow work newbie or looking to deepen your practice, this episode dishes up valuable tools for self-reflection and personal transformation. Get ready to turn your inner critic into your biggest cheerleader on a path to more authentic relationships, improved self-esteem, and a more fulfilling life.
WE DISCUSS:
- (4:53): What exactly is shadow work and why it's important for our wellness
- (11:14): How to deal with resistance and shame when confronting our shadow
- (16:34): The power of reclaiming disowned parts of ourselves
- (22:32): Practical journaling prompts to start exploring your shadow
- (34:25): The liberating effects of shadow work in later life stages
- (41:55): Nancy's personal story of transformation from "Queen of the Impossible"
- (47:11): Tips for overcoming fears about journaling and protecting your privacy
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Check out Nancy's new book "Embrace Your Shadow to Find Your Light"
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| 0:00.0 | Have you ever heard of shadow work? So the theory is that our shadow is the part of ourselves |
| 0:06.7 | that we reject out of shame or fear or disapproval. Well, we all know that we can't amputate |
| 0:15.5 | any part of ourselves and expect to be happy and whole. And yet so many of us fear our shadowy parts. Well, my guest |
| 0:24.3 | today is here to bring us into the light for our healing and personal growth. Nancy Levin is a certified |
| 0:33.4 | master coach, author of several books on shadow work, including her most recent Embracing Your Shadow |
| 0:40.7 | to Find Your Light. She's also the founder of the Levin Life Coach Academy and Nancy is a long time |
| 0:48.0 | friend. I'm so excited to talk to her because I believe that this work is part of the missing link to our overall |
| 0:56.4 | wellness. Let's dive in. Welcome to Made to Thrive. I'm your host, New York Times best-selling |
| 1:04.9 | author Chris Carr, and it's my mission to help you feel better, live bolder, and create a more |
| 1:10.7 | meaningful life. Let's get |
| 1:12.6 | started, my friend. Nancy, my friend, welcome to Made to Thrive. Thank you so much for welcoming me |
| 1:23.5 | and having me here. I'm really excited to get to hang out with you. |
| 1:29.3 | Seriously, and it is that because we just had our little catch-up. |
| 1:32.2 | And we're going to talk all about your incredible book and work. |
| 1:35.6 | And I have so many questions about shadow work because I really do think that it is a missing piece for our wellness. And we can do so many different things. And we do, right? |
| 1:48.7 | We want to eat better, move more, reduce our stress, sleep better, all of the foundational work |
| 1:55.8 | that goes into lifestyle medicine. But the work that you're talking about, I feel like, is work that often |
| 2:04.7 | goes overlooked and can be that, again, missing link, missing piece that actually activates your |
| 2:13.2 | immune system, activates your well-being, activates your sense of joy, happiness, contentment, |
| 2:19.0 | and so on. So we're going to have a really juicy conversation today. But I want to start by saying, |
| 2:24.5 | I have known Nancy for maybe, like how long have we known you, 15 years probably? For sure, 15. For sure, |
| 2:32.9 | 15. Yeah. I can actually remember the lunch that we met. |
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