Our wounds caused us to whither… We hide parts of ourselves out of the light, we project our best qualities on heroes that we idealize, but this makes it possible for parents, partners, pastors, or politicians to take advantage of us and keep us small. Jungian psychologist Connie Zweig, and I discussed the shadow. To shine a light on it we go to places you’re not supposed to go—we talk religion, politics, suicide, spirituality, and how to get back the parts of ourselves that we’ve lost.
