Today, I’m joined by Winnie Chan Wang, a trauma-informed licensed acupuncturist, Reiki practitioner, shadow worker, and shamanic Tao healer. We discuss how trauma and stress impact our overall health, ways to reframe darkness, and why it’s so important to practice detachment. Winnie describes the physiological symptoms that she suffered during her divorce, and how that experience inspired her to write her book, Honoring Darkness: Embrace Shadow Work to Nourish and Grow Your Power. 

Winnie breaks down her ‘recycling program’ spiritual practice, which is all about honoring dark emotions like sadness, anger, fear, and shame, and letting out love, light, forgiveness, and compassion into the world. We talk about why it can be difficult to embrace our shadows, but highlight the results that come out of doing that work. 

Winnie shares how she processes trauma through the lens of Chinese medicine. She provides some insight into the Yin Yang principle and touches on how that has shown up in her life. At the end of the episode, she walks us through a powerful practice that she does when she’s facing fear. Listen in to learn more about how trauma impacts longevity, and some tools that can help with processing those feelings. 

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Topics Covered:

• Making time to process emotions 
• What Winnie learned about herself through the writing process 
• The feminine healing principle
• Growing from challenging experiences 
• The cyclical nature of life 
• Winnie’s experience with shadow work  
   

Resources Mentioned:

• No Mud, No Lotus: The Art of Transforming Suffering by Thich Nhat Hanh
   

Connect with Winnie: 

• Honoring Darkness: Embrace Shadow Work to Nourish and Grow Your Power
• Website
• Facebook
• Instagram
• YouTube
   

Get in Touch: 

• My Website
• Instagram
   

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Credit:

• Podcast Production by the team at Swell Podcasting
• Music by Phoebe Greenland
• Photography by Amy Boyle Photography
• Podcast art by SimplyBe. Agency