After 7+ years of helping individuals name their shadows, there are 3 reoccurring struggles that everyone struggles with in the beginning. Here they are.

1.) Overwhelm. When doing shadow work correctly, you will experience overwhelm. This is actually a good indicator. It confirms that your shadow is receiving attention and being exposed deeper. It allows it to become triggered which allows us to address it.

2.) Perfectionism. Individuals begin to fixate on understanding their shadow perfectly. This is a coping mechanism to alleviate the overwhelm. Instead of truly addressing the shadow, they replace action for obsession on correctly labeling and diagnosing.

3.) Forget to learn their medicine. Shadow work with medicine work is self-deprecation. Your medicines are what equipped you with the proper tools to address your shadows. Your unique shadows will be healed by your unique medicines.