A Nymph, the Crazy Lady in the Attic, and a Control Freak Walk into a Bar: Charming the Shadow Self with Zaeli Kane
Zaeli Kane is a woman of many talents. She is a folk epidemiologist, a writer, a comedian, a hypnotherapist and the proprietor of She Shed. We had such a deep, fun, and wide-ranging conversation. In this episode, we discuss:
Spirituality as responsibility and joy
Wearing lots of sweaters
Personification of our shadow selves (a nymph, a crazy lady in the attic, and a mean control-freak)
Releasing shame and charming the shadow self
Balancing being multi-passionate amidst the pressure to “pick a lane”
Growing up Mormon, the weight of a name, and the trauma of disavowing parts of ourselves
Intellectual knowing vs bodily understanding
The process of hypnosis and self-hypnosis
Understanding the power of images and thoughts to drive our subconscious
Making healing fun and pleasurable
Motherhood, spirituality, and writing your way back to a new sanity
Why therapy is awesome
The invitation to look at yourself as nature
Tuning into the consciousness of plants