Tag: self-awareness

• The Merry-Go-Round Nobody Asked to Ride

  A reflection on existential exhaustion, the cruelty built into existence, and what it means to hold the darkness and the light in the same tired hands “I am the darkness. I am the cruelty. I am part of the madness that makes it all up. I am also the light, the joy, the light that…

  Sara McGuire

  May 25, 2026

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  animal suffering, blog, C-PTSD healing, consciousness, cptsd, darkness and light, emotional processing, existential exhaustion, factory farming, grief without resolution, healing journey, holding complexity, indifferent universe, inner child healing, Jungian psychology, late night thoughts, life, love, meaning of life, mental health, nihilism, radical honesty, self-awareness, shadow work, silent crying, the shadow self, writing

• The Shadow I Couldn’t Stand to See

  A reflection on shadow work, the mirror of projection, and a little girl who wasn’t allowed to ask for a glass of water. (This post contains affiliate links. See my full disclosure on my Resources page.) “Everything that irritates us about others can lead us to an understanding of ourselves.” — Carl Jung The People…

  Sara McGuire

  May 19, 2026

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  abuse, anxiety, c-PTSD, childhood trauma, cptsd, depression, emotional healing, father wounds, healing, healing journey, inner child, journaling, Jungian psychology, life, love, manipulation, mental health, patriarchy, projection, self help, self-awareness, self-worth, shadow integration, shadow work, trauma, writing