Goldmining the Shadows

The world often encourages us to suppress pain; Goldmining the Shadows asks you to embrace it as a path to acceptance.

Through short and accessible chapters, you will learn to prioritize your healing by honoring the medicine of the wound, "to take responsibility for the parts of yourself you are most driven to deny--to be accountable for what might lie outside of your awareness."

Pixie is the author of five books centered on self-healing through intimate relationship with the natural world. She is an enrolled member of the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma and writes as Lighthorse to honor the unheard voices of her ancestors.

"Pixie cracks the door open to the shadowy places that exist within our hearts, and then allows us to walk through it with her steady hand as our guide. A beautiful, thoughtful read for the world today."
-- Missy Rhysing, Ritualcravt

ISBN-13: 9781955905190

Media Type: Hardcover

Publisher: Row House Publishing

Publication Date: 12-06-2022

Pages: 160

Product Dimensions: 5.10(w) x 8.10(h) x 0.70(d)

Cherie Dawn Carr is the author of seven books centered on healing through intimate relationships with the natural world and a tribal member of the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma. She writes as Lighthorse to honor the unheard voices of her ancestors, who were forcibly removed from our homelands via the first of many Trails of Tears. Lighthorse currently resides in the Pacific Northwest.

Table of Contents

Foreword xiii

Preface xvii

Introduction 3

Make a Nest 13

Hunt Like a Gat 15

How Shadows Are Made 17

Shadow's Specialties 19

Unrelenting Voices 21

Masking Pain 23

Ears Up for Self-Talk 25

No Place Like Home 27

Call It What It Is 29

Dissociation 31

Guilt and Shame 33

Sabotage 35

Feel It to Heal It 37

How You Know 39

An Eye for Treasure 41

Excruciating Vulnerability 43

Unbearable Discomfort 45

False Comfort 47

Self-Loathing 49

A Wilderness of Threats 51

The Rage of Self-Betrayal 53

Beg, Borrow, and Steal 55

Objectification 57

What the Shadow Is Hungry For 59

Injured Pride 61

Releasing Toxicity 63

Yes to This Hard Journey 65

Assimilating the Ego 67

Bias 69

Wading through Swamps 71

Existence Insecurity 73

Beautiful Mess 75

Jinni in a Bottle 77

Trauma Bonding 79

Grieving Heals the Shadow 81

Slowly Sifting Gems 83

More Precious 85

Reparenting the Neglected Child 87

Cauldron of Emotions 89

Emotional Contractions 91

Ancestral Wounds 93

Self-Regulation 95

Belonging and Connection 97

The Collective Shadow 99

Fear of Death 101

Diversify 103

Secure Your Base 105

Spiritual Battles 107

Integration 109

The Return of Vitality 111

Relationship Improvements 113

Reparations 115

Me and We 117

Brightening 119

Afterword 121

Acknowledgments 127

Language Prompts 129

Glossary of Terms 135

Reflections 137

About the Author 146

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