Episode 60 - Getting to Know Shadow Work with Jor-El Caraballo

Host Natasha Levinger and her co-host/husband/producer, Brett are delighted to talk with Jor-El Caraballo, licensed therapist, author, and creator of the new deck, Shadow Work for Self-Reflection.

In this episode, they discuss:

• Should Brett & Natasha start doing a relationship segment?
• Someone telling you their IQ is a red flag for Brett
• Jor-El's history and work as a licensed therapist
• Beginning to encounter shadow with clients before having the vocabulary
• Carl Jung got more esoteric and metaphysical as he aged and diverged from mainstream psychology
• An admiration for Jung's commitment to staying open and expanding throughout his life
• Blending any and every approach to healing that works for you
• Shadow work is the process of exploring and being curious about the wizard behind the curtain in your own psyche
• The importance of non-judgemental curiosity and compassion when approaching shadow work
• The benefits that come from shadow work
• How shadow work for yourself benefits the community at large
• It can be really scary to meet yourself
• The ways in which shadow can be wielded against others when we don't try to learn about it
• Shadow work can feel lonely, but there is always someone else out there who deals with the same kind of shadow
• The things we are afraid of often hold parts of our power
• Struggling with being an atypical boy growing up
• Golden Shadow: positive traits that you learn to shun
• The power of emotional sensitivity
• How embracing your shadow can enable others to embark on their own journey
• The ways that shadow can disguise itself from you as "just the way you are"
• The practice of naming and speaking to your inner critic to give yourself emotional distance
• Shadow work is never the pandora's box we fear it might be
• Brett wishes he could trick people into doing shadow work, but Jor-El advises against it
• Jor-El's recommendation for how to work with his deck: SLOW DOWN!
• Hopper from Stranger Things could use some serious shadow work
• Card pull for the week ahead
• And more!

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Jor-EL Carballo's info:

• Substack (Coffee & Contemplation): https://jorelcaraballo.substack.com Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jorelcaraballo/ Deck: Shadow Work for Self-Reflection Book: Mindful Meditations for Black Men Website: jorelcaraballo.com

Getting to Know Woo is a podcast dedicated to dispelling the rhetoric that so-called "woo-woo" practices such as energy work, energy healing, inner child healing, chakra clearing, and more are impractical and ineffective, and instead are pragmatic, transformative, and powerful.