Shadow work asks you to look directly at the thing you've spent the most energy looking away from. That's not a small ask. Most people would rather stay busy, stay numb, or stay in the comfortable story they've built about who they are and why their life looks the way it does. It can feel like the scariest thing in the world to sit down with yourself and ask: what am I carrying that was never mine to carry? What parts of me have I abandoned? What am I really afraid of?