Breaking Taboos Through Shadow Work

The most powerful thing you can take away from your spiritual practice: You enact justice for your bloodline by confronting and transforming your shadow.

Abuse operates in the dark, in the “hush hush” of the shadows. The shadow stores all those things we have been taught to ignore, or which have been so normalized we don’t even think to confront them. 

This looks like unspoken anger, shame, and fear of being seen. As women it often looks like fear of being seen as rude or owning our sensuality and right to pleasure. Whatever feels shameful- that exists in the shadow. And it operates behind the scenes, causing us to repeat patterns until we confront what’s been ignored.

A truly powerful spiritual practice rips all of that away. It forces you to confront all corners of your mind to find who you actually are underneath the conditioning and fear. No wonder an abuser has to make you so fearful of your truth- you’re most powerful when you see yourself clearly.

That’s why it feels so terrible to say what someone did out loud. This isn’t about spiritual bypassing. It’s the intersection of spirituality and mental health. Exploring your shadow allows you to turn it into a source of power for yourself and others like you. Running from it is a slap in the face to your collective, possibly your bloodline.

Especially as black women, breaking taboo liberates not only us but everyone like us. Don’t pass up the opportunity to create spiritual justice for every person like you. 

Stop tiptoeing around your experiences and start owning them. Watch how quickly things begin shifting. Energies latch onto you because they know you’re too afraid to dismiss them. Self victimhood allows for you to keep being harmed and does nothing to raise collective consciousness.

Accountability looks like knowing where you lack boundaries, knowing where you ignored your discernment, and removing access when necessary.

Much love. Book a reading if you’re on this journey and would like some guidance.