Shadow Work After Dark

Understanding Your Ego's Defense System (Shadow Work Deep Dive)

April 8, 2026·54 min
Episode Description from the Publisher

Before you can do shadow work, you need to understand what happens when your psyche fights back. In this episode, I break down 20+ ego defense mechanisms — what they are, why they exist, and what they're actually trying to protect inside you. This isn't just theory. These defenses show up constantly in my 1:1 practice, in my own journey, and now in the comments of my viral videos (which... said a lot). We cover everything from repression and projection to intellectualization, splitting, proje...

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