Shadow-work for Conscious Relationships

This interactive presentation about shadow work explores how the unconscious erupts in our lives and sabotages our relationships in repetitive arguments, criticism, distancing, projections, addictions, and life transitions. It explains why the shadow forms in childhood, how to detect it when it emerges, and how to use this practice to make a conscious relationship with it and choose different outcomes. We will explore three examples in depth, including times for self-reflection.

Recommended reading: 

• Meeting the Shadow by Connie Zweig and Jeremiah Abrams
• Romancing the Shadow by Connie Zweig and Steve Wolf

By the end of this course, you will be able to:

1. Learn how your shadow formed in your family;
2. Identify when the shadow erupts;
3. Learn to center yourself to meet the shadow;
4. Detect the three cues of a shadow character;
5. Name three examples of shadow characters;
6. Identify who lives in your partner’s shadow.

Connie Zweig, Ph.D., is a retired Jungian-oriented therapist and coauthor of Meeting the Shadow and Romancing the Shadow. She also published a novel, A Moth to the Flame: The Life of Sufi Poet Rumi. Her bestselling book, The Inner Work of Age: Shifting from Role to Soul, extends her work on the shadow into midlife and beyond and explores aging as a spiritual practice. It won the 2022 Gold COVR Award, the 2022 Gold Nautilus Award, the 2021 American Book Fest Award, and the 2021 Best Indie Book Award for best inspirational non-fiction. Connie has been doing contemplative practices for more than 50 years. She is a wife, stepmother, and grandmother. After all these roles, she’s practicing the shift from role to soul. Her updated, expanded edition of Meeting the Shadow on the Spiritual Path: The Dance of Darkness and Light in Our Search for Awakening was released in May 2023.