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In this episode, Mike breaks open the truth behind emotional storage, nervous system release, and the real work of personal freedom: Shadow Work. This isn’t about coping. It’s about healing the unprocessed emotions that are still running your life from the inside. If you’re ready to stop reacting, stop holding it all in, and start releasing what’s not yours to carry — this episode is your how.

Key Takeaways

1. Shadow Work Is About Releasing What’s Stored, Not What’s New
   Most emotions aren’t new — they’re old wounds triggered again. Shadow work clears the internal pressure.
2. You Can’t Think Your Way Out of Stored Emotion
   You have to feel it. Amplify it. Breathe through it. And release it with presence.
3. The Nervous System Stores Emotional Residue
   Unprocessed experiences live in the body until they're moved through consciously.
4. The Drill Method Is the Tool
   Drop into the body. Recognize. Inquire. Listen. Let go. It works because it goes beyond mindset.
5. Letting Go of Low-Level Energy Raises Your Reality
   Peace, power, and overflow are on the other side of clearing shame, guilt, fear, and grief.

Notable Quotes

• “Shadow work will help you do that. You put yourself into the experience that you're trying to avoid. You visualize the experience. You feel the experience. And then as you feel and amplify, you begin to breathe and release all the emotion that you've just dredged up.”
• “Emotion is like an orange and a knife. The knife doesn't create the juice. The knife just reveals it.”
• “You don't reach for the higher levels. You let go of the lower levels.”
• “You just allow yourself to go deeper into it and explore and allow yourself to let it go.”
• “Every single time I do shadow work, something amazing happens.”

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Mike Kitko is an executive self-mastery coach, speaker and author. He found external success through powerful titles, incomes, and material possessions. He ultimately fell into depression, toxic abuse of alcohol, and the near collapse of his family before he began a journey of internal happiness and success.