The Shadow Inventory
The Shadow Inventory
Begin to name and understand the parts of yourself you have been avoiding.
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The Shadow Inventory
Begin to name and understand the parts of yourself you have been avoiding.
Begin where you are.
Take your time with each prompt. There is no right answer. The practice is the honesty.
How to use this worksheet
- Begin with a recent reaction you can describe clearly instead of diagnosing yourself or someone else.
- Distinguish what you observed from the story you attached to it.
- Approach hidden parts with curiosity; stop and seek support if the exercise activates intense distress or trauma symptoms.
What qualities in other people trigger the strongest reactions in you?
What parts of yourself have you been told to hide or suppress?
What would you do if you were not afraid of judgment?
What is the gift hidden inside your most difficult quality?
Complete the practice
Write one safe way to acknowledge the hidden need without acting out the harmful version of the pattern.
Where this practice lives.
Do not begin with everything.
Begin with what is calling you.
Enter a room. Read a teaching. Hear the voice. Practice the work. Keep the wisdom.