There are parts of ourselves we try to hide, repair, or ignore. Considered failures or weaknesses, we are taught to repress anything uncomfortable—anger, fear, envy, heaviness… The world treats these emotions as stains, as if the only healthy person is the one who always feels light. Yet this habit of repression creates a silent internal war, draining the individual of vitality. The so-called shadow becomes a repository for everything denied or rejected, and over time it becomes heavier, not...