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Romancing the Shadow | Romancing the Shadow: A Guide to Soul Work for a Vital, Authentic Life | Connie Zweig, Steven Wolf

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	• Romancing the Shadow: A Guide to Soul Work for a Vital, Authentic Life Connie Zweig, Steven Wolf Wellspring/Ballantine, 1999 - 348 pages average customer review:based on 13 reviews view larger image
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Me and my Shadow-Not just a song

Wow!! This book is amazing. Not only do I realize what my parents have done to me in my formative years, but I also realize what I did to my son in forming his shadow. Not all is bad, although as I look at the results I would like to undo some of it.

My main interest was for relationship building and this book has surpassed my expectations. I recommend it to all who are serious about introspection and how they relate to the world around them. It brings cognative understanding to what we choose to do and what we exclude(our shadow) into sharp focus for us to understand and manage.

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Not usually into psychology/self-help

I went through a phase of that when I was teen and never really recovered, but this book is different. I don't know if the term depth psychology applies, but it certainly brings the concept to mind. The author works in Jungian concepts of archetype and shadow and seems to assume familiarity with them. Like many books it has a number of examples, but I found them more detailed and better related to one another. By reading this book one spends some time with the concept that a relationship, with oneself, or a significant other, is continuously evolving and never fixed, but that it can be stable. Zweig gives us the idea of a the third person in a relationship who can be a threatening other or the unity created by the couple, but usually both. This combines with the artistic, rather than scientific, analysis of the Shadow, to create a useful tool which encourages the reader to pinpoint what it is they really want from a relationship, as opposed to what they think they want. It's very easy to be confused on that subject, especially in our society where there's no such thing as an emotional education. You have to do your own work though.

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Romancing the Shadow

It is a wonderful book. It has helped me when many things. Thank you so much.

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Romancing the Shadow

I am enjoying this book tremendously. It is well written and easy to understand for the layman. It doesn't have a "New Age" feel to it and while reading it interesting things from my past came to mind, easily and naturally. I am recommending it to my friends.

Beneath the social mask we wear every day, we have a hidden shadow side: an impulsive, wounded, sad, or isolated part that we generally try to ignore, but which can erupt in hurtful ways. As therapists Connie Zweig and Steve Wolf show in this landmark book, the shadow can actually be a source of emotional richness and vitality, and acknowledging it can be a pathway to healing and an authentic life. "Romancing the shadow"--meeting your dark side, beginning to understand its unconscious messages, and learning to use its powerful energies in productive ways--is the challenging and exciting soul work that Zweig and Wolf offer in this practical, rewarding guide.

Drawing on the timeless teachings of Carl Jung and compelling stories from their clinical practices, Zweig and Wolf reveal how the shadow guides your choices in love, sex, marriage, friendship, work, and family life. With their innovative method, you can uncover the unique patterns and purpose of your shadow and learn to defuse negative emotions; reclaim forbidden or lost feelings; achieve greater self-acceptance; heal betrayal; reimagine and re-create relationships; cultivate compassion for others; renew creative expressions; and find purpose in your suffering.

The shadow knows why good people sometimes do bad things. Romancing the shadow and learning to read the messages it encodes in daily life can deepen your consciousness, imagination, and soul.

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