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Growing Your Shadow

Dr. Keith Witt
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Overview

If shadow refers to the unconscious parts of ourselves that often cause suffering, you may wonder, why would I want to grow my shadow?

In this course, Dr. Keith Witt offers a wider definition of shadow: the sum total of our learning, drives, habits, values, preferences, and needs that flood constantly up from our non-conscious selves to our conscious selves. Shadow can be constructive or destructive. The work is about becoming more aware of both types of shadow, and allowing the constructive aspects to flourish while transforming the destructive ones.

Growing our shadow involves becoming more deeply aware of and attuning to ourselves with compassion, acceptance, and caring intent. It’s about holding a more positive vision for ourselves and the world. This leads to having more conscious choice in our actions rather than just reacting to life out of long-standing patterns.

Modules: 9
Duration: A 90 min course
A short course in 9 parts
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Try now for free If you become aware of your shadow, you have the option to choose wisdom and love rather than violence and distortion.
Dr. Keith Witt

Modules

01. Why Grow Your Shadow?

Keith talks about his definition of shadow and why it’s so important to understand your unconscious drives.
14min

02. Attunement Exercise

Keith walks through an exercise to develop compassionate self-observation.
8min

03. It's Hard Being Human

Keith describes the human journey and why self-compassion is so very hard.
10min

04. Perceiving Shadow

Keith offers a way to become adept at spotting shadow in everyday life.
7min

05. Positive and Negative Loops

Keith shows how to build up a more positive vision of ourselves, rather than getting caught in negative loops.
9min

06. Autobiographical Narratives

Keith offers a way to re-write the negative stories we have about ourselves.
8min

07. Relationships

Keith explains how all of our shadow play is always happening within the context of relationships.
5min

08. Growth Mindsets and Gratitude

Keith describes how to create a growth mindset and the importance of gratitude in growing our shadow.
5min

09. Conclusion

Keith recaps the principles of the course and tells you how you can get more support going forward.
4min

Teacher

Dr. Keith Witt is a Licensed Psychologist, teacher, and author ...
Dr. Keith Witt

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Growing Your Shadow is a 90 minute course with Keith Witt, unveiling the constructive and destructive aspects of the ego.

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