Getting to Know Woo

Episode 60 - Getting to Know Shadow Work with Jor-El Caraballo

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Host Natasha Levinger and her co-host/husband/producer, Brett are delighted to talk with Jor-El Caraballo, licensed therapist, author, and creator of the new deck, Shadow Work for Self-Reflection.

In this episode, they discuss:

  • Should Brett & Natasha start doing a relationship segment?
  • Someone telling you their IQ is a red flag for Brett
  • Jor-El's history and work as a licensed therapist
  • Beginning to encounter shadow with clients before having the vocabulary
  • Carl Jung got more esoteric and metaphysical as he aged and diverged from mainstream psychology
  • An admiration for Jung's commitment to staying open and expanding throughout his life
  • Blending any and every approach to healing that works for you
  • Shadow work is the process of exploring and being curious about the wizard behind the curtain in your own psyche
  • The importance of non-judgemental curiosity and compassion when approaching shadow work
  • The benefits that come from shadow work
  • How shadow work for yourself benefits the community at large
  • It can be really scary to meet yourself
  • The ways in which shadow can be wielded against others when we don't try to learn about it
  • Shadow work can feel lonely, but there is always someone else out there who deals with the same kind of shadow
  • The things we are afraid of often hold parts of our power
  • Struggling with being an atypical boy growing up
  • Golden Shadow: positive traits that you learn to shun
  • The power of emotional sensitivity
  • How embracing your shadow can enable others to embark on their own journey
  • The ways that shadow can disguise itself from you as "just the way you are"
  • The practice of naming and speaking to your inner critic to give yourself emotional distance
  • Shadow work is never the pandora's box we fear it might be
  • Brett wishes he could trick people into doing shadow work, but Jor-El advises against it
  • Jor-El's recommendation for how to work with his deck: SLOW DOWN!
  • Hopper from Stranger Things could use some serious shadow work
  • Card pull for the week ahead
  • And more!

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      Jor-EL Carballo's info:

      • Substack (Coffee & Contemplation): https://jorelcaraballo.substack.com
        • Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jorelcaraballo/
        Deck: Shadow Work for Self-Reflection
        Book: Mindful Meditations for Black Men
        Website: jorelcaraballo.com

        Getting to Know Woo is a podcast dedicated to dispelling the rhetoric that so-called "woo-woo" practices such as energy work, energy healing, inner child healing, chakra clearing, and more are impractical and ineffective, and instead are pragmatic, transformative, and powerful.

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