Once you uncover the history of this pattern and trace its roots, you will see that your reaction in the present moment is really a reaction from the past, a shadow character's attempt to protect you from reexperiencing an old… — Connie Zweig Copy Share Image
Unconscious of your story, you are in its grasp; but with consciousness, an alchemical process begins: The solidity of the complex dissolves and you… — Connie Zweig Copy Share Image
The rewards are profound. Shadow-work enables us to alter our self-sabotaging behavior so that we can achieve a more self-directed life. — Connie Zweig Copy Share Image
To sin is to be off the mark, that is, to inhibit development, contracting backward into regression rather than expanding forward into growth. — Connie Zweig Copy Share Image
I remember when the Cold War ended, how quickly the United States was swept by a nationalistic fervor and turned against Saddam Hussein. As… — Connie Zweig Copy Share Image
If you can hold the tension of opposite points of view in your intimate relationships with people, instead of making somebody right and somebody… — Connie Zweig Copy Share Image
The shadow disguises itself in our projections, when we react intensely to a trait in others that we fail to see in ourselves. — Connie Zweig Copy Share Image
“In order to protect its own control and sovereignty the ego instinctively puts up a great resistance to the confrontation with the shadow; when it catches a glimpse of the shadow the ego most often reacts with an attempt to eliminate it. Our will is mobilized and we decide. "I just won't be that way any more!" Then comes the… — Connie Zweig Copy Share
Once you uncover the history of this pattern and trace its roots, you will see that your reaction in the present moment is really… — Connie Zweig Copy Share Image
“The Taoists realized that no single concept or value could be considered absolute or superior. If being useful is beneficial, the being useless is… — Connie Zweig Copy Share Image
There are certainly statistics which show that most people who become sociopaths, who become homicidal, who become child- abusers, have had a history of… — Connie Zweig Copy Share Image
As each layer of shadow is mined from the darkness, as each fear is faced and each projection reclaimed, the gold shines through. — Connie Zweig Copy Share Image
