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Down With My Demons: The Shadow Work Path
Down With My Demons is a podcast for people who are ready to stop spiritually bypassing, turn toward their pain, and build a more honest relationship with themselves.
Together, we explore shadow work: all the parts of us we’ve hidden, exiled, or learned to be ashamed of. Through storytelling, depth psychology, trauma-informed insight, and intimate conversations with guests, we look at the raw, uncomfortable material of being human: grief, rage, desire, shame, longing, burnout, and everything in between.
This is a space where:
- No parts are bad parts – every emotion and pattern is seen as meaningful and workable.
- We connect dots between your personal story and larger systems (family, culture, capitalism, patriarchy, colonization).
- Nervous system + soul work meet – we talk about the brain, body, and psyche, and how to actually integrate change instead of just talking about it.
- Big topics are named out loud – complex trauma, addiction, pleasure, power, money, sex, spirituality, and the collective grief of living in uncertain times.
I’m Chloe Lionheart – a doctoral candidate in clinical depth psychology, therapist, researcher, and longtime befriender of my own shadows. I don’t come as a guru, but as a fellow human who’s been cracked open and is still learning. Expect real talk, tenderness, and basking in raw humanness.
If you’re:
- tired of self-help that skips over the hard parts,
- craving language for what you feel but can’t quite name,
- longing for companionship on the path of becoming…
…then this show is for you.
Come sit by the fire, bring your demons, and let’s find out what they’ve been trying to tell you about the life you actually deserve to live.
Down With My Demons: The Shadow Work Path
The Shadow of Dating: Ghosting in the 2020's
Dating seems to be one of the most accessible things in the digital age and also one of it's biggest pain points. Not only in the superficiality of design but also in the lack of real connection through apps and platforms. We've grown accustomed to obscure ways of choosing a mate and may have even gotten ourselves in a place of fantasy that's proving hard to escape from. This episode dives into the shadowy bits of dating in this modern age as well as our new favorite dating past time and faux pas...ghosting. We discuss the potential reasons for ghosting, what it's like to be ghosted, and how we can heal on both ends of the spectrum. Please subscribe, follow, and share! I hope you enjoy and I'll see you next time.
Website: https://www.downwithmydemons.com/
To get in touch with Chloe, please email:
Chloe@downwithmydemons.com
ARTICLES:
"What is Ghosting?" by Wendy Rose Gould
https://www.verywellmind.com/what-is-ghosting-5071864
"Ghosting is normal now. That's completely bonkers!" by Lisa Bonos
https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/2020/02/13/ghosting-is-normal-now-thats-completely-bonkers/
BOOKS:
"Emotional Unavailability: Recognizing It, Understanding It, and Avoiding Its Trap"
By Bryn Collins
https://www.amazon.com/Emotional-Unavailability-Recognizing-Understanding-Avoiding/dp/0809229145
"How We Show Up: Reclaiming Family, Friendship, and Community"
By Mia Birdson
https://www.amazon.com/How-We-Show-Community-Fractured/dp/1580058078/ref=asc_df_1580058078/?tag=hyprod-20&linkCode=df0&hvadid=509159807707&hvpos=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=419627294058695218&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=c&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=9028818&hvtargid=pla-917967900373&psc=1
"Attached: The New Science of Adult Attachment and How It Can Help You Find - And Keep - Love"
By Amir Levine
https://amazon.com/Attached-Science-Adult-Attachment-YouFind/dp/1585429139
TUNES:
"The Night We Met" by Lord Huron
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KtlgYxa6BMU&feature=youtu.be
"Use Me" by Bill Withers
https://youtu.be/NuYDKzky4z0
"Stay With Me" by Sam Smith
https://youtu.be/pB-5XG-DbAA
"What Goes Around...Comes Around" by Justin Timberlake
https://youtu.be/TOrnUquxtwA
"Maneater" by Nelly Furtado
https://youtu.be/PLolag3YSYU
"Say It Right" by Nelly Furtado
https://youtu.be/6JnGBs88sL0