Jungian Shadow Work

Know Thy Shadow

"Until you make the unconscious conscious, it will direct your life and you will call it fate."

— Carl Gustav Jung

This questionnaire will help you identify the core patterns shaping your life — in relationships, emotions, recurring situations, and how you see yourself. Select all answers that resonate, or skip any question that does not apply.

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What is shadow work?

Have you ever reacted to something far more strongly than the situation seemed to warrant? Felt inexplicably drawn to certain people, or repelled by others? Found yourself repeating the same patterns in relationships or work, no matter how hard you try to change?

Those moments are not random. They are signals from the part of you that operates below conscious awareness — what the psychologist Carl Jung called the shadow. The shadow is not something dark or shameful. It is simply everything about yourself that you have not yet seen clearly: the emotions you were taught to suppress, the needs you learned to hide, the parts of yourself you decided were unacceptable.

Shadow work is the practice of bringing those hidden parts into the light — not to fix or eliminate them, but to understand them. When you understand what is driving a pattern, you gain the power to choose differently. That is the whole point.

You do not need any background in psychology to do this work. You only need honesty and a willingness to look.

How it shows up in your life

You procrastinate on things that matter most to you

Fear of failure, or of being seen and found lacking

You keep attracting the same type of relationship

An unmet need or unhealed wound that draws familiar dynamics

You say yes when you mean no

A deep belief that your needs are less valid than others'

You shut down or go cold when conflict arises

Anger or hurt that was never safe to express

You feel intense irritation at certain people

A quality in them that mirrors something unacknowledged in you

You self-sabotage when things are going well

An unconscious belief that you do not deserve good things

How it works

01

Answer honestly

Work through 14 questions drawn from Jungian psychology. Select every answer that genuinely resonates — there are no right or wrong responses.

02

Discover your pattern

Receive your primary shadow pattern, the core wound beneath it, and a clear explanation of why it shows up the way it does in your life.

03

Get your action plan

Unlock supporting patterns, a full depth-layered action plan, and three personalized printable tools to carry the work forward every day.

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  • 30-Day Practice Tracker (printable)
  • What Triggers Me card (printable)
  • 30-Day Journal Prompts (printable)

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  • Core wound & the why behind it
  • Supporting patterns
  • Full action plan (all depth levels)
  • 30-Day Practice Tracker (printable)
  • What Triggers Me card (printable)
  • 30-Day Journal Prompts (printable)

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  • Full 14-question questionnaire
  • Primary shadow pattern
  • Core wound & the why behind it
  • Supporting patterns
  • Full action plan (all depth levels)
  • 30-Day Practice Tracker (printable)
  • What Triggers Me card (printable)
  • 30-Day Journal Prompts (printable)

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What people are saying

I've done therapy for years, but this gave me a name for something I couldn't articulate. Seeing my core wound written out so precisely was genuinely shocking — in the best way.

Sarah M.

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I was skeptical. I thought it would be vague astrology-style content. Instead it described patterns I've been repeating for 20 years with uncomfortable accuracy.

James T.

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The action plan is what made the difference. Not just 'here's your problem' but actual practices I could start that same evening. I've already noticed a shift.

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I retook it after 60 days of doing the work. My primary pattern shifted. That was more motivating than anything else could have been.

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