Are you looking for shadow work prompts for insecurity?
Before we get started, let’s quickly go over a few things.
What is Shadow Self & Shadow Work?
Your shadow self, or shadow, is the side of yourself you have no awareness of. It holds all the qualities you disowned during your formative years.
Although you learned to repress these qualities and push them outside of your awareness, they still live underneath the surface.
They unconsciously guide your actions and are the unseen cause for many of the troubles in your life.
Shadow work is the intentional practice of becoming aware of your unconscious shadow and integrating these neglected qualities into your being—becoming whole.
This is a process of building self-awareness, self-acceptance, and universal Love.
“Until you make the unconscious conscious, it will direct your life and you will call it fate.”
Carl Jung
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What are shadow work prompts?
Shadow work prompts are a popular method of doing shadow work, where you journal and self-reflect on a set of thoughtful questions.
By putting your emotions and thoughts into words, you are “feeling” through and processing your past experiences.
These prompts help you work through your triggers, heal your inner child, gain perspective, build emotional maturity, and so on.
How to do Shadow Work Journal Prompts
The purpose of shadow work journal prompts is to try and reach the deepest truths about yourself, even if it goes against what you’d typically expect.
This means you need to trust that you can tap into your inner resources to bring these answers to the surface.
The best way to do this is to go someplace in solitude that is quiet enough to hear yourself think.
Sit down and take all the time you need to answer the question.
Sometimes the answer will come very quickly. At other times, writing any meaningful response will seem impossible.
When this happens, you will need to rely on your instincts to fill the page.
Instinctual writing means you will give yourself permission to “let your hand think faster than your head.”
Put the pen on the paper (or hands on the keyboard) and let the words mindlessly flow out of your fingers.
The result may reveal something you didn’t know about yourself.
This is similar to using the active imagination technique through art.
For example, a patient is given a paintbrush and an empty canvas. Without any prior idea of what to paint, the patient starts painting and lets the unconscious express itself through the patient’s hands.
The result is a painting that reveals a symbolic commentary by the unconscious mind.
You will know you’ve reached your most profound truths when you feel sensations within your body.
This is because the truth is sensational, and the words you have written resonate with you deeply.
However, it’s not all sunshine and rainbows.
People new to shadow work can get emotional since they haven’t come to terms with their other half.
If you get emotional or have any surprising sensations, be sure to feel them through.
Remember, this is a process of building self-awareness, compassion, understanding, and self-love.
Shadow Work Prompts for Insecurity
- What does a person who loves and values themselves do for themselves?
- What is the worst thing you have ever done to yourself? How can you make up for it with self-love?
- Think of a time when you blamed someone else for a negative outcome… could you have been partly responsible?
- Do you feel unloved or unworthy as an adult? What steps can you take to give more love and self-worth to yourself?
- What one negative thing can I not stop telling myself? Where does this thought stem from?
Did you enjoy these Shadow Work Prompts? Check out the rest in our Shadow Work Journal!
The Shadow Work Journal: 240 Daily Shadow Work Prompts contains the following:
- 30 Shadow Work Prompts for Relationships
- 30 Shadow Work Prompts for Anger
- 30 Shadow Work Prompts for Anxiety
- 30 Shadow Work Prompts for Self-Love
- 30 Shadow Work Prompts for Healing Trauma
- 30 Shadow Work Prompts for Abandonment Issues (Codependency)
- 30 Shadow Work Prompts for Depression
- 30 Shadow Work Prompts for Forgiveness (Letting Go)
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A Light Among Shadows is a guide to self-love and being that helps you overcome negative self-talk, instill genuine self-acceptance, and overcome self-hate and resentment by making sense of people’s level of consciousness and your spirituality.
Shadow Work for Beginners Series helps you beat negative patterns and beliefs, integrate your shadow, heal your inner child, reclaim your projections, build emotional maturity, and take back your life by becoming whole.
Shadow Work for Relationship Series helps you heal your attachment style, navigate relationship issues, and build a healthy, mature relationship.
Advanced Shadow Work is an ongoing publication with continued in-depth insight and practical advice you won’t find anywhere else on the internet for practicing shadow work, self-awareness, inner healing, spiritual development, and more!
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