Our "shadow" is the collection of negative or undesirable traits we keep hidden the things we don\'t like about ourselves or are afraid to admit: egotist, non-"PC" proclivities, forbidden sexual desires.
He is remarkably skillful at making the Shadow concept not only easy to understand, but supremely practical for enhancing the quality of our lives.".
He shows how to use the gentle practice of mindfulness to work with our Shadow side, and he provides numerous exercises for going deeper.
David Richo looks for where the Shadow manifests in personal life, family interaction, religion, relationship, and the world around is.
It also automatically improves our interpersonal relationships, because we are freed from the need to project our own negativity onto others, and we become more acutely aware when theirs is projected onto us.
Befriending the Shadow makes fear an ally and enables us to live more authentically.
But it also includes our positive, untapped potential qualities we may admire in others but disavow in ourselves.
Our "shadow" is the collection of negative or undesirable traits we keep hidden the things we don\'t like about ourselves or are afraid to admit: egotist, non-"PC" proclivities, forbidden sexual desires
