The Shadow Work Workbook: A Life-Changing Guide to Integrate Your Shadow Self, Release Emotional Blocks and Heal Your Inner Child Paperback – 4 Feb. 2023

I recommend this book to anyone, even if you're not seeking answers. The topics touch every aspect of life.

A well presented, easy to understand exercise book to help you work through your shadow aspects. It is gentle in its approach & contains some thought provoking exercises that require some in depth self reflection. Make sure you book in some undisturbed 'me time' to get the best from it....& a little reward at intermittent stages for the work you have done & to keep you motivated to do more. 😊

I haven't yet finished reading and working through the book, but so far, amazing in depth work from Rachel Porter, she definitely knows what she's talking about and being someone who has come from a history of trauma and not knowing what I deserve as a human being, this book has put me back in touch with who I am and what I want and deserve from this world. Very pleased and would definitely recommend to others who are looking for healing and enlightenment!

This book is a must-read for anyone seeking genuine personal development. The author's approach to shedding past baggage and embracing self-discovery is both empowering and deeply transformative. It's a journey that reconnects you with your inner self and awakens the freedom of your soul. Highly recommended for those ready to make a meaningful change in their lives.

There is some really useful information in this book and I found it helpful and it brought a lot of insight to my personal development journey. I am glad I purchased this book. The chapters are set out well.The flaws of this book really niggled me and I found it hard to overlook though. The first is the pages in the middle of the book, not just at the end, asking me to review it on Amazon, providing a QR code to access the review page. I typically wouldn’t review something until after I had read it, so I could gauge whether the goals were achieved or not. It felt like shameless self-promotion to get likes/good reviews as the author’s goal by doing this. Just having this at the end would be more appropriate.Also, the book doesn’t seem to have undergone any kind of editing or proof-reading process as the spelling, grammar and formatting was sloppy, getting worse towards the end of the book, giving the impression of being rushed to finish. Words were missing or repeated, and in one instance there were two paragraphs that were repeated. This made me question whether the content had just been copied and pasted from a different source rather than being original content. Thirdly, a lot of areas require meditation. The script is written out and the author recommends speaking it into a voice recorder and listening to it back. Given the nature of the book being working on your shadow, it’s likely people are entering the process with some self-criticism so expecting people to feel comfortable speaking the meditation into a voice recorder and then listening to themselves back does not seem like a logical request. I would have expected that there would be a link available to listen to these meditations recorded by the author or someone hired by them. The recording of the mediations took ages to do and was such a faff that it really detracted from the experience of this workbook. If recordings were available to access, I would give this book 4 out of 5. With good editing and removal of the midway point requests to review, it would go up to 5.

This workbook provides a structured and insightful approach to shadow work, offering thought-provoking exercises and prompts that guide readers through their inner depths. The author's writing style is clear and empathetic, making complex concepts easy to grasp. Highly recommended for anyone committed to inner transformation.

If you want do the inner work and release the baggage from your past, this work book will help you greatly.

Disappointing book!