Jung in the World | Approaching Shadow Work with Connie Zweig

Jung in the World | Approaching Shadow Work with Connie Zweig

September 3, 2025 · 43 min

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Patricia Martin and Connie Zweig discuss the nature of shadow work and its implications for personal growth and spirituality.

Patricia Martin and Connie Zweig discuss the nature of shadow work. Before doing shadow work, we live an unexamined life – overeating, criticizing yourself or your partner, blaming someone, procrastinating – which leads to uncontrollable, self-sabotaging behaviors. Connie Zweig, PhD is a retired Jungian therapist and author of Meeting the Shadow and Romancing the Shadow . Her award-winning book, The Inner Work of Age: Shifting from Role to Soul , extends Shadow-work into midlife and beyond and explores aging as a spiritual practice. Her book, Meeting the Shadow on the Spiritual Path: The Dance of Darkness and Light in Our Search for Awakening , extends shadow-work into religion and spirituality. See her new SUBSTACK for livestreams and new writing: shadowworkawareness.com/about . Books by Connie Zweig: Patricia Martin, MFA , is the host of  Jung in the World . A noted cultural analyst, she applies Jungian theory to her work as a researcher and writer. Author of three books, her work has been featured in the New York Times, Harvard Business Review, Huffington Post, and USA Today . She holds an MFA in writing and literature from Bennington College and an MA in cultural studies…

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