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Personal Transformation

Monsters Don't Just Go Away

They need to be loved into and taught to trust.

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Nessa Emrys
Jan 28, 2026
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There is a lot of emerging shadow happening in the world right now. Power dynamics are shifting. Boundaries are being challenged. I am a firm believer that whatever is happening in the external world around us can be healed to an extent through processing the internal self. The more of us that do the work, the larger the ripple will be.

Today I am writing about hatred, rejection, death currents, and the internal monster WE ALL HAVE INSIDE US. No one is free from this human dilemma. We wouldn’t be human if we didn’t somehow resonate with what is happening in the external world. Be brave. Look within. Find the parts of yourself that scream, “GO AWAY!” Use them to discover the parts of you that want protection.

Bring your adult consciousness into the scarier aspects of being alive. When you do the work of true shadow acknowledgement, you can begin to hold yourself and others in a new way. When you can meet shadow with compassion, safety, and acceptance that you it has not yet received, yo…

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