The Shadow Within the Child Workbook

The Shadow Within the Child: A Women’s Shadow Circle

Thursday, August 20
8:30 PM Eastern | 5:30 PM Pacific

Childhood is more than a collection of memories. It is where we first learned what felt safe, which emotions were welcome, how much space we were allowed to take up, and who we needed to become to feel loved or accepted.

During this Shadow Circle, we will gently explore the adaptations we developed as children and the ways they may still influence our adult lives.

Together, we’ll reflect on:

• The childhood roles we learned to play

• The unspoken rules we absorbed

• How childhood adaptations find “adult jobs”

• The protectors that still try to keep us safe

• How we can offer those protectors new roles

• Opportunities to choose a new response with compassion rather than shame

This is not about blaming our parents, forcing memories, or deciding that everything about childhood was painful. It is about becoming curious about the younger parts of ourselves that may still be quietly leading today.

The workbook is completely optional.

You are welcome to attend the Shadow Circle without purchasing it. However, if you would like additional guidance during the event, the accompanying 23-page digital reflection workbook is available for only $5 for the event.

The workbook includes teaching, guided reflections, and writing exercises centered around three foundational Shadow Witch concepts:

Adaptations — the ways we learned to survive and belong
Protectors — the parts of us that still try to keep us safe
Invitations — opportunities to choose a new response instead of repeating an old pattern

Come exactly as you are. You are never required to share more than feels comfortable. You may speak, listen quietly, reflect privately, or simply hold space with us.

Sometimes healing begins when the adult we have become finally slows down long enough to listen to the child who has been waiting.

Visit the Witchsey Calendar page to sign up for the Zoom event 🖤