Shadow work. Dancing in the shadows (literally & figuratively) in an attempt to become more comfortable and familiar with the darkness. The darkness, the deepness, all the things that make me who I am. I have been on a journey the last several years to awaken. I really have only become conscious of this the last few years. I have been actively aware and working on myself a lot the last year. This deep deep deep work I’ve been doing - it’s personal to me and not something I talk about to anyone really. Most of the work lives in my mind and comes out in therapy or some writing. Some of it comes out in how I work with my clients. I haven’t shared much of this with anyone here, but I am having a regression session, or as some call it, a past life session tomorrow. I am doing everything in my power to open my soul up, connect to myself on an extremely deep level, be vulnerable and stay hopeful. There is so much I am hoping to learn and gain clarity on. Things from this life; childhood trauma, teenage trauma, adulthood trauma. Things from other lives I’ve lived that I’ve carried into this life and how that affects who I am today. Questions about my career. Questions about my journey and calling in this life. I danced in the shadows tonight because for the first time in a long time, I got undressed and I looked at myself in the mirror. I saw myself and felt beautiful. Not beautiful for anyone else. Beautiful for me. A raw feeling of beauty. Just me and my soul. I felt proud of the woman I am and all that I am doing to peel back my layers. Proud of the self awareness I have. Proud of the person I will someday be. I wanted to record myself because this felt important to document. I am feeling a shift spiritually and I feel myself awakening and coming out of the shadows. A rebirth. A second chance to love myself fully and unapologetically. A chance to forgive myself for all the things I’ve held onto and been so hard on myself for in this life. A chance to move forward with freedom from that sadness. I am ready to let go of all of that and feel free from the weight of it all. I hope this reaches those of you who need it. 🤍