A shadow work evening book
Ponder
For readers who lie awake with old regrets. Thirty nights to look, slowly, at the parts of yourself you never looked at. Ten quiet minutes before sleep. No therapy jargon. No trauma talk. No stack of blank pages.
See what is insideWhy it exists
At night, the old things come back.
The regret. The resentment you still carry. The version of you that you never let out. A podcast does not fix it. Most of us have never had a quiet way to look at it.
This book gives you one. Each night opens with a passage from a great writer. Dostoevsky, Marcus Aurelius, Nietzsche, Seneca, Schopenhauer, Epictetus. They do the heavy lifting. Then a plain explanation, Carl Jung’s idea of the shadow in our own words, and three questions.
It is made for a long life, not a young one. Regret, the unlived life, old grudges, the life review.
Thirty nights, six parts
- The MaskThe face you show. Marcus Aurelius, Epictetus.
- What Irritates YouWhat you judge in others. Schopenhauer, Epictetus.
- The UndergroundSpite, resentment, the grudge you keep. Dostoevsky.
- The AbyssHow we become what we fight. Nietzsche.
- The Unlived LifeRegret and lost time. Seneca, Schopenhauer.
- The Life ReviewPutting it together. Night 30 is the letter you never sent.
A sample night · Night 16, The Abyss
“He who fights with monsters should be careful lest he thereby become a monster. And if thou gaze long into an abyss, the abyss will also gaze into thee.”
In plain words
Nietzsche is warning us. Fight something for long enough and you start to look like it. The parent you swore you would never become. The rival whose habits you now share.
The shadow in it
Jung called this projection. What we cannot stand in another person is often a part of ourselves we never accepted. The fight feels like it is out there. Part of it is in here. The point is not blame. It is to see the pattern, so it stops running you.
Three questions
- Who did you fight for years?
- What did you start doing that you hated in them?
- If you saw that habit in a stranger, what would you call it?
Then half a page to write, and one line to close the night.
What you get
Said plainly
- Thirty nights in six parts. About 104 pages, no filler.
- Each night: one passage, a plain explanation, the shadow in it, three questions, room to write.
- Large 14 pt print. PDF in US Letter and A4, so you can print it at home.
- Every passage word for word from a public-domain translation. Jung’s ideas in our own words.
- Instant download after payment.
This is a reflection workbook. It is not therapy and not medical advice. If you are struggling, please talk to a doctor or a counsellor.
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