Becoming Whole

As we enter the second half of life, we can sometimes wonder about the person we see in the mirror. Humans are storytellers. The stories others tell us about how we should show up in the world become the stories we tell ourselves about who we are. Over time, these stories become beliefs and settle into our identities.

We spend our formative years moulding our identities to fit in with family and societal expectations. Fitting in is key to survival. We bury the aspects of ourselves that don't align with those external expectations. But like a good zombie movie, these parts of ourselves don’t stay under the surface forever. They eventually crawl out from the shadows to haunt us.

These shadow traits don’t have to be judged as good or bad; they’re just suppressed aspects of your true nature. And as they emerge, it can feel uncomfortable. Because we’ve become disconnected from our true selves.

This disconnection can manifest in our lives as loneliness. Our relationship with others can only be as strong as our relationship with ourselves. If we are disconnected from ourselves, we can’t feel connected to anyone else.

The good news is we venture into the shadow and shine a light on the parts of ourselves we lost during our journey. Over time, if we learn to embrace our shadow, we become whole again. And as a whole person, we can have richer relationships with those around us.

This is not work one can do alone. Jungian coaching helps you find the pieces of yourself that you’ve hidden away. We use simple methods to help you reveal those lost parts of yourself, the parts that live in your shadow. We work with dreams, stories, and active imagination to make aspects of the unconscious conscious. It’s not about making you someone new. It’s about helping you find all of you.?

Carl Jung said, “Until you make the unconscious conscious, it will direct your life, and you will call it fate.”? If you feel like something’s missing, maybe it’s time to take fate into your own hands. I’d love to help.

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