How to Talk to Your Shadow: Practical Tips from Jungian Psychology (Podcast)

Today’s episode of Hardcore Literature is all about how to talk to and befriend your shadow.

We all have a dark side lurking within. But how do you access it? And how do you access you inner king, warrior, lover, magician, or trickster? How do you analyse your dreams and improve your life?

These questions, and more, are answered in part one of ‘How to Talk to Your Shadow: Practical Tips from Jungian Psychology’. Enjoy, and please take a second to leave a review for Hardcore Literature on iTunes because that tells me you value the show and want it to continue!

How to Talk to Your Shadow: Practical Tips from Jungian Psychology

 

Show Timestamps:

• 00:35 – the more blind you are to your shadow, the blacker it gets
• 1:00 – shadow training is like dog training
• 1:30 – a question to determine whether you can see your shadow
• 6:17 – what is the shadow?
• 7:50 – how to talk to your shadow
• 8:19 – the main male archetypes
• 8:40 – how to tell if your shadow is being neglected
• 9:30 – best cures for insomnia
• 10:00 – an example of shadow talk
• 11:00 – I’m a lover-warrior, definitely not a king
• 12:00 – talking to your inner trickster
• 12:41 – the dark side of the warrior
• 14:00 – how to befriend the devil within you
• 15:30 – the dark side of being agreeable in business and dating
• 16:55 – assertiveness training and the bill of right
• 18:20 – tips for those high in neuroticism 
• 19:30 – how to use art to access your unconscious
• 23:00 – other people are mirror and mentor

Recommended books:

• Man and His Symbols by Jung (my review)
• Meeting the Shadow (top recommendation)
• King, Warrior, Lover, Magician (about male archetypes)
• Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde (my video on this novella)

Mentioned in the show:

• Understand Myself Test (my review)
• FBI Hostage Negotiator MasterClass (my review)
• Wim Hof Breathing Course (my review)
• How to Use Art to Solve Your Problems

 

Quote of the show:

‘There is no crime of which I do not deem myself capable.’— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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