What's the Big Deal About "The Shadow"?

What if your most painful emotions were actually the keys to your freedom? 

In this heartfelt episode, Dr. Karen Kan gets radically honest about her journey through shadow work — including the emotional triggers that led to chronic illness, and the breakthrough that finally set her free.

If you’ve ever struggled with being “too nice,” stuffing down emotions, or feeling drained by perfectionism, this episode is your invitation to reclaim your wholeness.

🎯 In this episode:
✓ Why “good people” ignore their shadows (and why it backfires)
✓ The cost of chronic self-sacrifice on your health and happiness
✓ How repressed emotions create disease in the body 😢
✓ Real-life examples of turning pain into power
✓ The upside of anger, resentment, and “selfishness”
✓ Debbie Ford’s powerful tools for shadow healing

🔗 Mentioned Resources:
The Shadow Effect (film) by Debbie Ford ⮕ https://amzn.to/40jPEjF
The Dark Side of the Light Chasers (book) ⮕ https://amzn.to/46J9jgI

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🗣️ Notable Quotes

• 00:02:15 – “I thought the shadow was a judgment. I didn’t want to believe I had one.”
• 00:05:30 – “Being called selfish triggered me to the core — so I self-sacrificed to prove I wasn’t.”
• 00:08:00 – “The flip side of selfishness is self-care. Without embracing the shadow, I couldn’t heal.”
• 00:10:45 – “I literally orphaned my negative emotions — and paid the price with my health.”
• 00:12:00 – “Anger isn’t bad. It’s feedback. It’s a message. And when we listen, we heal.”
• 00:15:20 – “Shadow work isn’t about being negative. It’s about honoring your humanity.”
• 00:18:45 – “The more I accepted anger, the more joy and bliss I could feel.”
• 00:21:10 – “Suppressing emotions shuts down your entire emotional spectrum — even happiness.”
• 00:23:35 – “Doing the shadow work is how we stop spiritual bypassing and reclaim our light.”
• 00:25:50 – “If you want abundance, you’ve got to heal your money shadows too.”
• 00:27:40 – “Let’s support each other through the grungies. We all have them.”