#362: Heal Your Wounds & Reclaim Your Life Through Shadow Work w/ Violet Benson
Apr 8, 2024
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Violet Benson discusses shadow work and confronting grief, emphasizing childhood trauma and coping mechanisms. She highlights self-expression, boundaries, and channeling emotions. Violet encourages self-discovery through shadow work to heal wounds, enhance emotional intelligence, and improve relationships.
Shadow work enhances emotional capacity by addressing past traumas and shadows, nurturing gratitude and acceptance.
Digital communities provide a sense of belonging, fulfilling human need for connection and understanding.
Conscious communication fosters deep relationships through active listening, respect, and vulnerability.
Deep dives
The Impact of Shadow Work on Increasing Emotional Capacity
Engaging in shadow work allows individuals to accumulate more emotional capacity. By addressing their shadows and traumas, individuals can hold space for a wider range of emotions, enhancing their capacity for gratitude and acceptance. This process enables them to deepen relationships with others and foster a stronger self-connection.
Finding Community and Belonging in the Online World
The internet provides a platform for individuals to find like-minded communities and foster a sense of belonging. This digital space offers opportunities for connection with others who share similar interests or values, reflecting an innate human need for community and understanding.
Navigating Relationships Through Conscious Communication
Conscious communication in relationships involves listening with empathy and understanding. By prioritizing active listening and mutual respect, individuals can navigate conflicts effectively, fostering deeper connections and creating space for growth and vulnerability within relationships.
Understanding Shadow Work and Its Impact on Relationships
Shadow work is essential for personal growth and improving relationships. It involves acknowledging past behaviors that no longer serve you and working to change them. By addressing patterns, triggers, and projections from childhood experiences, individuals can better understand themselves. This introspection leads to deeper connections with others and helps in attracting healthier relationships. Through shadow work, individuals can break free from patterns that no longer serve them and cultivate more fulfilling relationships.
Steps for Engaging in Shadow Work
Engaging in shadow work involves several steps, starting with acknowledging its presence and identifying specific triggers, patterns, and projections. Once identified, individuals must face their shadows by giving them a tangible form, such as visualizing them as a child self. Seeking help through journaling, meditation, and therapy is crucial in navigating the deep and sometimes painful process of shadow work. Finally, applying the insights gained from shadow work in daily life helps individuals accept and work with their shadows, leading to personal growth and self-acceptance.
In this episode, I welcome Violet Benson back to the podcast. We dive into the transformative process of shadow work and the impact of confronting grief. In order to help understand how past experiences have shaped our present behaviors, Violet speaks about the significance of understanding our personal experiences of childhood trauma and the coping mechanisms we’ve developed. She also discusses the power of self-expression, boundaries, and the channeling of emotions into constructive actions. Violet encourages us to embark on a journey of self-discovery and growth – sharing the tool of shadow work as a means of healing past wounds, enhancing emotional intelligence, and cultivating fulfilling relationships with oneself and others. Join us for this enlightening conversation that invites honesty forward and deepens our connections within.
Violet Benson, comedian, motivational speaker, creator of Daddy Issues and podcast host of the largest self love podcast and movement for women. Known for her solo episodes and amazing guests, You can catch new episodes of Almost Adulting, every Tuesday and Thursday on Apple, Spotify, and YouTube.
—Violet’s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/violetbenson/
—Violet’s Podcast Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/almostadulting/
—Violet’s Meme Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/daddyissues_/
—Violet’s YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/daddyissues
—Violet’s Podcast: https://open.spotify.com/show/7IY1Gjc1uktmDCmNLA0HXo
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Themes: Authenticity, Belonging, Relationships, Self-Worth, Self-Love, Transformation, Conflict, Career, Mental Health, Shadow Work, Grief, Trauma, Self-Expression, Emotional Health, Healing, Personal Growth, Boundaries, Coping Mechanisms
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