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| Connie
Zweig , Ph.D |
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"Illuminating Your Shadow" |
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Have
you ever been attracted to or stayed too long with someone
that you knew wasn't a good match for you but there
was something drawing you to that person that was so
alluring, so mysterious that you couldn't resist the
connection?
According to my guest, Dr. Connie
Zweig, your shadow is behind the scenes arranging your
dating dance card and maybe even your marriage. So,
what is the shadow you may ask. It's our blind spot,
the parts of ourselves that we cannot see, all those
parts that we say, "oh no, that's not me!"
These parts of us that are sliced off want to be included.
We may find ourselves attracted to them in someone else.
Our relationships are the greatest mirrors in which
we project and see our shadows reflected. Many of the
repetitive fights we have with our partner where we
believe "if only they would change, then I'd be
happy," has more to do with our disowned shadow
than we may realize. Often where your buttons are getting
pushed is your shadow calling. This is a great opportunity
to look at your own stuff instead of blaming the 'Other.'
As you make your shadow more conscious, you can then
stop projecting it onto your partner and rejecting them
for it.
Tune in to "Straight
from the Heart" to learn how to make your
shadow more conscious. Remember, what you don't own,
owns you. Wholeness and healing comes from accepting
all the parts of yourself. When you can reexamine relationships
from romance to marriage in the context of the shadow's
hidden needs, eventually you can move from shadow-boxing
with the Other to shadow-dancing with the Beloved.
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Connie
Zweig, Ph. D., is a unique
counselor who is in private
practice in Los Angeles. As
co-author of Meeting
the Shadow and Romancing
the Shadow, she has taught
seminars nationwide and has
been called the Shadow Expert.
She helps people uncover why
they behave self-destructively
and how they can choose different
actions to gain different outcomes.
With a doctorate in depth psychology,
two years' training at the Los
Angeles Jung Institute, and
ten years in practice, she goes
where others fear to tread:
into a person's dark side to
find the gold that lies hidden
there.
Connie
is also author of The
Holy Longing: The Hidden Power
of Spiritual Yearning which
explores how to move through
the shadow side of spirituality
to the light and "A
Moth to the Flame"
a novel about the great Sufi
Poet, Rumi. She has worked as
a meditation teacher for many
years and brings a deep spiritual
orientation to her work and
writing.
You can
visit Connie on her website
at : www.conniezweig.com
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