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Down With My Demons: The Shadow Work Path
Down With My Demons is a podcast for people who are ready to stop spiritually bypassing, turn toward their pain, and build a more honest relationship with themselves.
Together, we explore shadow work: all the parts of us we’ve hidden, exiled, or learned to be ashamed of. Through storytelling, depth psychology, trauma-informed insight, and intimate conversations with guests, we look at the raw, uncomfortable material of being human: grief, rage, desire, shame, longing, burnout, and everything in between.
This is a space where:
- No parts are bad parts – every emotion and pattern is seen as meaningful and workable.
- We connect dots between your personal story and larger systems (family, culture, capitalism, patriarchy, colonization).
- Nervous system + soul work meet – we talk about the brain, body, and psyche, and how to actually integrate change instead of just talking about it.
- Big topics are named out loud – complex trauma, addiction, pleasure, power, money, sex, spirituality, and the collective grief of living in uncertain times.
I’m Chloe Lionheart – a doctoral candidate in clinical depth psychology, therapist, researcher, and longtime befriender of my own shadows. I don’t come as a guru, but as a fellow human who’s been cracked open and is still learning. Expect real talk, tenderness, and basking in raw humanness.
If you’re:
- tired of self-help that skips over the hard parts,
- craving language for what you feel but can’t quite name,
- longing for companionship on the path of becoming…
…then this show is for you.
Come sit by the fire, bring your demons, and let’s find out what they’ve been trying to tell you about the life you actually deserve to live.
Down With My Demons: The Shadow Work Path
Authority, Integrity, and Rage: An Exploration with Claire Thompson
Join my guest, Claire Thompson and me, as we explore the shadow of authority, how that plays into our integrity, small bits about what it means to move with integrity, and over course RAGE! The episode begins with a dive into working for others and beginning to step into our power by bringing awareness to formerly hidden patterns of behavior and how that may be getting in the way of our ability to lead. This then guides us into a juicy conversation on integrity and leads into Rage and the navigation of root emotions. Being a Rage Ritual Practitioner, amongst other amazing offerings, Claire discusses the potency of integrating a rage practice and sheds light on a few ways that might be integrated into our daily lives. Please excuse any dog interferences, even puppies need to rage sometimes. Please subscribe, review, and best of all... SHARE! I hope you enjoy and I'll see you next time.
Visit our site!
https://www.downwithmydemons.com/
To connect with Chloe Lionheart:
Email: chloe@downwithmydemons.com
Join Claire at her next in-person Rage Ritual Event:
https://app.oneboulder.one/event/EF3CHTZ9UG4WO
Resources:
Rage Rituals:
https://medium.com/know-thyself-heal-thyself/rage-rituals-and-how-they-can-heal-us-6a1455bf2014
“Love and Rage: the path of liberation through anger” by Lama Rod Owens
https://bookshop.org/p/books/love-and-rage-the-path-of-liberation-through-anger-lama-rod-owens/9563937?ean=9781623174095
"The Mountain is You" by Brianna Wiest
https://shopcatalog.com/product/the-mountain-is-you/
"Rage Becomes Her: The Power of Women's Anger" by Soraya Chemaly
https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Rage-Becomes-Her/Soraya-Chemaly/9781501189562
"The Power of Women's Anger" a Ted Talk by Soraya Chemaly
https://www.ted.com/talks/soraya_chemaly_the_power_of_women_s_anger?language=en
"The Dreaded Drama Triangle" a Ted Talk by Lucy Barnes
https://www.ted.com/talks/lucy_barnes_the_dreaded_drama_triangle?utm_campaign=tedspread&utm_medium=referral&utm_source=tedcomshare
Extra:
Queen of Hearts Compilation
https://youtu.be/CtCQHCOls2E?si=3nQZ5W2Osznh04Bs