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The Best Metaphor for Understanding How Your Shadow Keeps You Stuck

April 20, 2023 | Renée Fishman

When my iCloud and iPhone storage both reached capacity, I learned a crucial lesson about the need for going into the dark places to look at what we push out of sight.

Filed Under: Life Tagged With: Aries eclipse, Carl Jung, eclipse season, IFS, Internal Family Systems, metaphor, parts work, personal development, shadow, shadow work

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