Practically Shameless: How Shadow Work Helped Me Find My Voice, My Path, and My Inner Gold

A Jungian facilitator uses an uplifting personal story of her awakening from depression to explain the human shadow and the archetypes through our daily experiences of them and the pivotal role played by our resistance to change, the hidden player that seeks to save us from behavior it considers dangerous and, when honored for its protective role, stands down and becomes a wise ally.

Alyce Barry is a writer, speaker and Shadow Work facilitator in Longmont, Colorado, giving workshops and individual sessions. She has a degree in philosophy and has published essays, interviews and book reviews on psychology, history and filmmaking. As a speaker, Alyce has delighted general and professional audiences with her engaging personal style and her compelling insights about the shadow illustrated with easy-to-understand images and examples. As one person has said, “Alyce puts flesh on Jung’s bones.”