Welcome. I'm Connor Beaton, and today we're going to talk about seeking the shadow.

So here's the thing about understanding the shadow. You may have noticed if you've been following

me for a while

that my work has become really embedded in this idea that when we are able to face the shadow,

or as Carl Jung said, when we are able to embody the monster within us, we find such a deep sense of completion. We move closer towards,

not that we find completion in its entirety. That's not what I'm saying. But we are able to move

more fully towards an actualized sense of self, towards a deeper sense of wholeness

within our heart, mind, and gut,

you know, within our conscious mind,

within our emotional body,

and within our intuitional intelligence.

And so in order to do that,

we need to be able to understand

where our shadow comes from.

So this episode is going to be a quick little dive into what it means to seek the shadow.

Because in terms of actualizing your potential, if you are really wanting to unlock more of your potential, it will, and this is what I've seen time and time again,

it will come by knowing your own shadow and your own darkness more fully. But there's usually a catch,

right? So as men, we have often been told that one of our highest values is to know or understand.

And because of this, many men believe that they know themselves

far better than they actually do because they need to be able to prove that to the world. And the

degree to which a man can sort of say, yeah, I know myself or, you know, I'm, I'm, you know,

I know who I am fully.

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