In this final installment, we talk about the role beliefs about the self play in our journey to liberating our shadow. While much of this journey must be taken alone, we explore the positive feedback loops and security that community creates. And here at the end, we don't say goodbye. We say thank you. 

New Moon Shadow Walking is a 13-part secular scientific walking lecture series spiraling toward the healing of trauma through the folk tradition of connecting with one's "shadow".

In this episode, we continue our outward journey, expanding our awareness of how our internal behaviors create the societies we live in. We discuss cognitive tools which emerge through unprocessed trauma and how those tools, when externalized, can give rise to truly dangerous ideologies. Alternative paradigms are considered, shifting the discussion towards a more humanistic awareness. 

New Moon Shadow Walking is a 13-part secular scientific walking lecture series spiraling toward the healing of trauma through the folk tradition of connecting with one's "shadow".

In this eleventh installment, we take a walk with enabling behaviors and discuss how the unseen parts of ourselves can work their way into our closest relationships. Enabling behaviors are discussed, as well as the beliefs that generate them, and we look at empowering alternatives that can allow us to truly create positive ripples for ourselves and our loved ones. 

New Moon Shadow Walking is a 13-part secular scientific walking lecture series spiraling toward the healing of trauma through the folk tradition of connecting with one's "shadow".

In this tenth installment, we take a long look back at the inner awarenesses we have been building together and consider how they relate to our external lives. The mechanisms of projection, in the mind and the nervous system, are explored, as well as suggestions for reframing these experiences. 

New Moon Shadow Walking is a 13-part secular scientific walking lecture series spiraling toward the healing of trauma through the folk tradition of connecting with one's "shadow".

In this ninth installment, we introduce the underlying theory of trauma related disorders, as presenting in The Haunted Self: Structural Dissociation of the Personality. We frame a broad spectrum of disorders and our growing understanding of the unseen through this lens and highlight the role of the Apparently Normal Part (ANP), which serves as the other side of the coin of our Shadow. 

New Moon Shadow Walking is a 13-part secular scientific walking lecture series spiraling toward the healing of trauma through the folk tradition of connecting with one's "shadow".

In this episode, we discuss attachment theory through the lens of shadow work and how we connect to (or disconnect from) our inner child. An overview of secure, avoidant, and anxious attachment styles is supplemented by the less often talked about disorganized attachment style as well as earned secure attachments. 

New Moon Shadow Walking is a 13-part secular scientific walking lecture series spiraling toward the healing of trauma through the folk tradition of connecting with one's "shadow".

In our seventh episode, we discuss the relationship of the Inner Child, our subjective experience of the amygdala, to the Shadow. We explore how this part of the brain learns, processes harm, and heals. Techniques for the healing powers of embodiment are woven into the meditation practice of The Visitation, which we introduced last episode. 

New Moon Shadow Walking is a 13-part secular scientific walking lecture series spiraling toward the healing of trauma through the folk tradition of connecting with one's "shadow".

In this episode, we review our journey thus far before discussing the meditation practice of The Visitation. In this practice, we open ourselves up to communication with the shadow, consider the role of our protective parts in this practice, and discuss the necessity of patience and respect in this conversation. 

New Moon Shadow Walking is a 13-part secular scientific walking lecture series spiraling toward the healing of trauma through the folk tradition of connecting with one's "shadow".

In this episode, we discuss Pierre Janet's Action Cycle along with the concept of one's mental level, and how traumas held in the shadow can interrupt our motivational systems. We open awarenesses around common pitfalls, look at ways to rewire this cycle, and prepare for a deeper dive into the shadow realms. 

New Moon Shadow Walking is a 13-part secular scientific walking lecture series spiraling toward the healing of trauma through the folk tradition of connecting with one's "shadow".

In this walk, we discuss the developmental trajectory of every nervous system, from childhood, through adolescence, and into our elder years. We explore the role of the ritual and the sacred in pain management and learn about how some people are born with variant nervous systems.  For more information on highly sensitive persons, see the website of Dr. Elaine Aron. 

New Moon Shadow Walking is a 13-part secular scientific walking lecture series spiraling toward the healing of trauma through the folk tradition of connecting with one's "shadow".