Coaching practices for Shadow Work in a New Job
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Does this sound like the set of challenges you might be facing?
- Keeping up the version of me everyone expects
- There’s one thing about me I spend enormous energy denying
- I can talk about my feelings all day from the neck up, but the real stuff seems to be locked in my body
- I leave work but work never leaves me
- Someone on my team is clearly going through something heavy and I’ve just been carrying on talking deliverables like nothing’s wrong
Practices that may help
- Shadow Work
Shadow work is the process of becoming aware of — and integrating — the parts of yourself you have disowned, suppressed, or never examined: the traits, impulses, and capabilities you hide from others and from yourself. Rooted in Jungian psychology, it is a clinically used framework rather than a rigorously trialed intervention; the mechanistic rationale is strong and aligns with modern emotion regulation and self-concept research. - Examining the gap between persona and self
Map who you perform for others versus who you experience yourself as in private — the gap is shadow territory.
Shadow Work - The integration letter to a disowned part
Write directly to the trait, impulse, or capacity you most want to disown — then listen for its response.
Shadow Work - Tracking shadow material through the body
Notice where in the body suppressed reactions live — tension, constriction, or deadness are somatic shadow clues.
Shadow Work - Use a 15-minute end-of-day planning buffer to close the day’s loops
Before leaving work, take 15 minutes to list tomorrow’s priorities and explicitly close today’s open loops.
The Zeigarnik Effect: How Unfinished Tasks Occupy Your Mind - Show up for the person, not just the deliverable
Acknowledge what is happening in someone’s life when it is clearly affecting them — before addressing the work.
Caring Personally: The Foundation of Radical Candor - The relationship as a shadow mirror
Use your closest relationships as a diagnostic — what you project onto those closest to you is often what you least see in yourself.
Shadow Work - Listen for what isn’t in the job description
Focus on the texture of day-to-day work, not the official narrative.
Informational Interviews: Career Research That Builds Your Network - Use a body double for low-initiation tasks
Work in the physical or virtual presence of another person to borrow their initiation momentum.
Task Initiation: Overcoming the Start Problem - Use a shutdown ritual
End the workday with a deliberate routine that closes open loops and declares work done.
Deep Work, Made Practical
Related concerns
- Shadow Work At Work
Shadow work is the process of becoming aware of — and integrating — the parts of yourself you have disowned, suppressed, or never examined: the traits, impulses, and capabilities you hide from others and from yourself. Rooted in Jungian psychology, it is a clinically used framework rather than a rigorously trialed intervention; the mechanistic rationale is strong and aligns with modern emotion regulation and self-concept research.
- Persona Shadow Work
Shadow work is the process of becoming aware of — and integrating — the parts of yourself you have disowned, suppressed, or never examined: the traits, impulses, and capabilities you hide from others and from yourself. Rooted in Jungian psychology, it is a clinically used framework rather than a rigorously trialed intervention; the mechanistic rationale is strong and aligns with modern emotion regulation and self-concept research.
- Shadow Work With Friends
Shadow work is the process of becoming aware of — and integrating — the parts of yourself you have disowned, suppressed, or never examined: the traits, impulses, and capabilities you hide from others and from yourself. Rooted in Jungian psychology, it is a clinically used framework rather than a rigorously trialed intervention; the mechanistic rationale is strong and aligns with modern emotion regulation and self-concept research.
- What Does Founder Shadow Work Look Like
Shadow work is the process of becoming aware of — and integrating — the parts of yourself you have disowned, suppressed, or never examined: the traits, impulses, and capabilities you hide from others and from yourself. Rooted in Jungian psychology, it is a clinically used framework rather than a rigorously trialed intervention; the mechanistic rationale is strong and aligns with modern emotion regulation and self-concept research.
- Comparison Jungian Psychology Integral Shadow Work
Shadow work is the process of becoming aware of — and integrating — the parts of yourself you have disowned, suppressed, or never examined: the traits, impulses, and capabilities you hide from others and from yourself. Rooted in Jungian psychology, it is a clinically used framework rather than a rigorously trialed intervention; the mechanistic rationale is strong and aligns with modern emotion regulation and self-concept research.
- Difference Between Shadow Work Therapy
Shadow work is the process of becoming aware of — and integrating — the parts of yourself you have disowned, suppressed, or never examined: the traits, impulses, and capabilities you hide from others and from yourself. Rooted in Jungian psychology, it is a clinically used framework rather than a rigorously trialed intervention; the mechanistic rationale is strong and aligns with modern emotion regulation and self-concept research.
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