Shadow work prompts.

How to do shadow work

1. Step 1

   Make it safe

   Pick a quiet time and a private journal. Nobody reads this but you.

2. Step 2

   Choose one prompt

   Don't rush through a list. One honest page beats ten careful ones.

3. Step 3

   Write without editing

   Let it be messy. Notice what makes you defensive — that's usually the shadow.

4. Step 4

   Hold both sides

   You can understand why you became this way and still choose to change it.

5. Step 5

   Close with care

   End with a breath, a walk or something soft. Healing isn't punishment.

6. Step 6

   Get support

   If something heavy comes up, bring it to a therapist or someone you trust.

Flow with Goddess Essence

The Water prompts

Feel it all the way through: emotions, intuition and the parts of you that learned to stay quiet.

• What emotion do I avoid the most, and what did it protect me from as a child?
• Where in my life am I still performing being 'fine'?
• What did I learn about love from the women who raised me — and what do I want to keep?
• When did I last ignore my intuition, and what happened?
• What would I forgive myself for if I knew no one would judge me?
• Which version of me am I still grieving?

Burn with Goddess Rena

The Fire prompts

Claim your space: boundaries, self-worth, pleasure and walking out of survival mode.

• Where do I say yes when my whole body means no?
• What boundary am I afraid to set, and who am I afraid of losing?
• What does survival mode look like in my daily habits?
• What would I do with my life if I believed I deserved ease?
• Who gets the best of my energy, and do they earn it?
• What pleasure have I denied myself because I felt I had to earn it first?

Two things can be true

The Duality prompts

Hold both sides at once without forcing yourself to pick one.

• What two things are true about me right now that seem to contradict each other?
• Who was I then, and who am I now? What do they need to say to each other?
• Where can I be healed and still not tolerate disrespect?
• What am I grateful for that also hurt me?
• What part of me do I show the world, and what part do I keep in the diary?
• If my shadow could write me a letter, what would the first line say?