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
There are certainly statistics which show that most people who become sociopaths, who become homicidal, who become child- abusers, have had a history of incredible suffering. This is what we call the transmission of family sin, in which these unconscious… — 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… — Connie Zweig Copy Share Image
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
