Shadow Life: Freedom from Bullshit in an Unreal World

Shadow Life: Freedom from Bullshit in an Unreal World

Shadow Life is an exploration of the human shadow and the hidden side of our personalities. It looks at the masks we wear, where these masks come from, and how we can take them off. The book explores how we can better manage our relationships with shame, guilt, and trauma in order to remove the Mask that the world has asked us to wear (and that we forgot we were wearing) so we can live an authentic life with less drama, chaos, or BS whilst we're still around.This is a book for anybody who is waking up to the truth about themselves, the world, and reality and wants to understand the mechanics of their relationship between themselves and their own 'stuff' so they can let go of the past, move into their potential, and live a real, fulfilling life as their undivided selves.Shadow Life is a book about the power of Unconditional Self-Acceptance and the strength, creativity, and energy that comes from unleashing the hidden sides of ourselves in alignment with the truth. I wrote this book because I wanted to put something completely honest out into the world whilst also exploring my own 'stuff'. The original plan was to write a book about BS and how the world is becoming increasingly fake and unreal - as I started writing, however, it soon became clear that what I was actually writing about was the avoidance of the Shadow Self and how refusing to face certain sides of ourselves is the true cause of BS in our lives (not the world itself). The book is a 'no nonsense' exploration of the mechanics of the relationship between the Ego and the Shadow and the ways that both of these things are at War with each other for our souls. To help demonstrate how his works, I've used some of my own personal experience and personality defects in order to work through whatever it was that I needed to face in order to 'heal' but also to be able to show you that these ideas have real world value. Writing this book ultimately taught me the value of Unconditional Self-Acceptance and allowed me to clarify a lot of thoughts that I've had about our relationship with Shame, Guilt, and Trauma. Really, I think the world needs this book more than ever - not just because I wrote it but because so many of us are incapable of true Unconditional Self-acceptance and we've built a broken and confused world that is a reaction to our fears about ourselves as we run from our individual and collective Shadows. I really think this book will help you to better understand yourself and to - more importantly - accept yourself and the life you want to live. Life is too short for BS - this book will help you cut to the chase and see things much more clearly. For whoever hates your guts (including yourself). Oli Anderson was born in East London in 1982. At this rate, he will probably die sometime around 2050 - 60 (if he's lucky). He works as a performance coach and service designer, helping individuals and businesses to design themselves around their real human values and to find purpose and community in this cold, empty world. Oli's real passion is writing and he is an author of transgressive literary fiction and philosophical 'personal development' books with an emphasis on understanding reality and getting in touch with one's own realness. When he's not coaching or writing, you can usually find him in the hills of Yorkshire somewhere, rock climbing, doing yoga, or pretending he can play the guitar. Feel free to get in touch at any time if you have any questions about anything you read in 'Personal Revolutions: A Short Course in Realness' (or anything else, really). Twitter : @olijanderson Instagram : @olijanderson OliAnderson.co.uk / Truthbomb.co.uk