Have you ever felt like you needed to repress a side of yourself?
For instance, you face a situation that makes you feel afraid or ashamed. But instead of embracing the emotion, you ignore it, pretending that it doesn’t affect you.
What you’re actually doing is avoiding your shadow self, a dark side of your psyche that longs to be seen and heard.
Shadow work provides us with a bridge to explore the depths of our subconscious, uncovering suppressed feelings, unresolved conflicts, and parts of ourselves that may have been buried over time.
Use these 50 writing prompts to start your self-discovery journey for different areas of your life:
- Core Values
- Career and Work
- Relationships
- Trauma
- Self-Love
This journal provides the following:
- An overview of shadow work
What happens when we repress the darker parts of ourselves - How plant medicines can help enhance the healing journey
- Effective tips to incorporate shadow work into your journalling practice
- Plenty of space to jot down your thoughts and experiences
- Cues embedded throughout the journal to take a break, breathe, release, recharge and calm the mind
Engaging in shadow work offers numerous benefits, including the following:
- Increased self-awareness
- Improved relationships
- A greater sense of wholeness
- Greater creativity
- Improved clarity
- Healing past wounds
- Releasing emotional baggage that has limited personal growth and development
Shadow work is not a linear process. It requires patience, self-compassion, and a willingness to embrace the complexity of one’s own identity. Ultimately, it leads to personal transformation and a more authentic way of living.
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This lovely journal is perfect for those who didn’t grow up talking about how they feel and have trouble finding the words to describe what they’re experiencing.
This journal helps you:
Develop an increased emotional awareness through the practice of writing down your feelings.
Put those irrational feelings into rational words and sentences.
Learn to identify and express the physiological responses occurring in your mind and body so they become easier to accept.
Dive deep into the layers of simple emotions like happy, sad and angry and fine-tune what you’re really feeling
This beautifully designed, simple and easy-to-understand journal includes:
A detailed definition for each feeling so you understand what it means and how they relate to you.
Space to capture stories, drawings, and physical reactions to each feeling.
Write through these 60 feelings so they come and go like waves.
Give yourself a place to practice self-reflection in this undated journal and take the first step to gain clarity about your thoughts and emotions.
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Oh, Asian Parents. I am one and I have them.
Can we all agree that our parents can be annoying?
Some are overly strict. Others are toxic.
Some don’t show emotional support. Others try to control your life.
Some criticize excessively and compare you like an object. Others belittle and treat you like a child (even when you’ve got children of your own).
Different generations, different upbringings, different social landscapes, different cultures, different languages…it’s like they don’t get it.
Can this change?
Yes!
In How to Deal with Asian Parents, Katharine teaches you the 5 important steps for improving the relationship with your parents:
Why the relationship with your parents is important
What you can talk about with your parents
How to talk to your parents
When you should accept your parents for who they are
Who you are and how to accept yourself
Katharine shares her authentic stories and relationship-building tips for how she improved her relationship with her parents to empower students to do the same.
She understands the struggles of connecting with Asian parents and wants to inspire others to talk about these issues despite growing up in a culture that hid them.
It’s time to start managing your expectations in the relationship you have with your parents. Because at the end of the day, no matter how hard you try to convince yourself that you are not your parents, there is an element of who they are in you.
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Do you want to FIND YOUR LIFE PARTNER?
LIKE SERIOUSLY…DO YOU WANT TO START SHARING YOUR LIFE WITH SOMEONE?
Are you sick and tired of dating and you need someone to kick you in the butt to get yourself out there?
In A Brutally Honest Dating Guide – Find Your Life Partner, Katharine breaks it down, telling you like it is and giving you real, raw and tactical advice for you to:
Become more self-aware and know yourself better
Increase your self-confidence and self-esteem in dating
Get laser-focused by defining what you NEED, WANT AND DESERVE in a life partner so you attract those you want to attract.
Overview:
Motivational, straight up with a bit of sass, brutally honest perspective on dating to encourage you to put yourself out there.
Chapters include:
How to figure out what you NEED, WANT and DESERVE in a relationship
How to effectively and appropriately use dating apps and sites
Online dating best practices
How to think straight when dating feels like an emotional roller coaster
How to manage your time so dating is a priority in your life
How to confront and develop strategies to overcome your FEARS, EXCUSES, ASSUMPTIONS about sharing your life with someone
What to do before, during and after a date to present the best version of yourself and to assess whether someone is right for you
Apply Your Knowledge:
Multiple guided self-reflection, self-improvement activities
Needs, Wants and Deserves Worksheet + SMART Action Plan Template
This book provides unspoken truths about dating, diving deep into why you’re still single. After reading it, you will have the courage to go into the dating scene, knowing exactly who you should be looking for. You can find love and share your life with someone right for you! What are you waiting for?
Read this book and get started now!
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Let’s cut the crap and get straight to the point about marriage!
What happens after the wedding?
How do you know if saying “I do” was worth it?
Is there a magical formula or secret to a longlasting marriage?
In this practical guide filled with how-tos, self-reflection exercises, tips, tactical advice and personal stories, Katharine shares a realistic and down-to-earth approach that will empower you to start having a happy and healthy marriage.
In A Straight Up Guide to a Happy and Healthy Marriage, you will discover:
What the 4 most important things every couple needs to continually work on
How to bring up topics you don’t want to talk about with your spouse like ‘dirty laundry’ and money issues
5 effective strategies to manage your anger when fighting with your spouse
What respect means in a marriage and how to earn and give it to your spouse
What to do when you feel like you’re taking care of them more than they’re taking care of you
This book provides simple and easy to understand advice with real-life examples and thought-provoking, self-reflection exercises. After reading it, you will realize how uncomplicated marriage is and that anyone can have a happy and healthy marriage today.
Don’t let your marriage fall off the radar!
Read this book and discover how to get real about your marriage!
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1 Comment
TT · May 26, 2021 at 4:33 pm
I just read your article about your incident on the CBC parent page.
I wish you could do another article about the benefits of knowing two languages. As a teacher I have given new immigrants the exact opposite advice to new parents. What is important is that the kids get a really good grasp of their first language , then the world is their oyster, their brain gets all the advantages of being able to learn languages easier, empathy develops sooner, brain degeneration is less likely to occur later in life etc. Kids who only know one language (like me) miss out on all of this. They can pick up English really quickly if they interact with English speakers outside the house.