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Face Your Shadows to Unleash Your

FEARLESS SPIRIT

BY SARAH BREEN

Embracing your shadows can feel like a daunting task when you are in a constant state of stress . We live in a chaotic environment that is ever changing sending us in a tailspin in seconds . We spiral down not realizing we reacted in a manner that was purely out of frustration and unmanageable stress . We can all agree that we have all seen the ugliest parts of humanity rise to the surface over the past few years . You see , humanity has been shoving its emotions under the rug for a very long time . Why is this important ? Because we are evolving with our growing shadows while making clever distractions for us to hide our true selves in the dark .

Carl Jung refers to the shadow as the place where we hide what we are unable to heal at a given time . But as time passes by nature will always fill a space with more of the same thing . Just as footprints in sand your shadows do the same thing . Over time you

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