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“Another great workbook we discovered is From Shadow to Glow, by Unbounded Brain and MONLart Publishing. This complex and complete book with worksheets will guide you through a simple step-by-step process of re-centering yourself by Shadow work, following the IALH approach: Identify → Acknowledge → Love → Heal.
The comprehensive workbook explains Jung’s concept of the shadow and provides detailed Shadow work exercises and mindfulness-guided meditation for integrating your disowned self.”
~ Andrew H. Wilson, in Integrate and embrace your Shadow self, Self-Realization Center, Medium

“A good workbook, from all points of view. It gets all you need to help you perform shadow self integration. The mindfulness guided meditations are a helpful addition to the process.”
~ James L. Finn, in Mindfulness, Self-Help Depression, ADHD

According to the psychiatrist and psychoanalyst Carl Gustav Jung, every person has an inner ‘shadow’.
In the context of Jungian theory, this Shadow has developed as a self-defense mechanism against unwanted thoughts and feelings, and it carries suppressed emotions such as hatred, anger, envy, greed, jealousy, or deceitfulness.
Our shadow self might reveal itself when we are triggered, in our relationships, or through difficult, stressful situations. And when this outwardly dark trait shows up, it means that some aspects of our personality are worth a closer look at.
Shadow work is the process of identifying the features we repressed and reintegrating them into our conscious personality. Through Shadow work, we can free ourselves from the chains of the uncontrolled and irrational power of our shadow self. By looking into how we have created this dark zone inside us, we’ll be able to uncover hidden fears and heal past traumas.
Rather than striving for perfection, we should aim to become a whole person, with all that it implies. Being whole involves both light and darkness, positive and negative, and this calls for integrating our shadow aspects into our conscious life.

While Shadow work cultivates awareness of different aspects of the self and encourages a non-judgmental attitude towards the most challenging parts of our nature, mindfulness helps us focus on being fully aware of what we are feeling at the moment, without interpretation or judgment. By practicing mindfulness exercises, we can move our attention away from our obsessive, stressful thoughts, and get involved in the world around us, in what it is here and now.
In this way, we can expand our awareness of ourselves to the outer world and have a complete sense of knowing and connection. This will enable us to cultivate an accepting attitude toward whatever it is we are experiencing.

The workbook will guide you through a simple step-by-step process of re-centering yourself, using shadow work, mindfulness exercises, and guided meditation. It follows the IALH approach: Identify → Acknowledge → Love → Heal.
It’s important to remember that the emotional rebalancing process can be complex, and it isn’t the same for everyone. Many unexpected feelings may surface after you think you are already healed. Shadow work is not a straightforward process. Exploring your dark side is a bit like Dante’s Inferno.
Prepare yourself to put your shield down for good and go through soul surgery. Allowing room to experience shadow work in your own way.
This workbook offers some takeaways that helped me on my self-development journey, and I hope they will help you with yours.