Shadow and Light

by maharanifaleiro | Dec 6, 2024 | About Maharani, Emotional Intelligence, My Story

Maharani Faleiro

Joy-focused mentorship,
companionship & learning for
transformation and transitions

In facing my dense, shadow side, I have found understanding, compassion, kindness, forgiveness and liberation. And so can you.

mandala with daisies and orange and purple flowers against a black background. The center is brown soil wih orange and purple seeds that have sprouted the flowers.

Being Joy in Dark Times Mandala. Original by Maharani Faleiro

Image by Marten Newhall @laughayette on Unsplash

My shadow work with grief invited me to also meet anger, hate, fear, shame, and trauma. I have befriended these unnamed, suppressed, repressed, trapped sensations, emotions, and feelings and navigate their territories with self-compassion and self-forgiveness. In doing so, I have metabolized and alchemized these energies and experience into wisdom and motivation.

My ease with my shadow side allows me to be fully and bravely present, to witness and to guide you as you journey through your shadow land. I am at ease surfing the waves of strong and overwhelming emotions until we come to shore.

Image from flickr flickr-21047744011_41e39c4de8_b

aerial shot of hurricanes in the Atlantic Ocean

My lived experience with life’s hurricanes has prepared me to face the polycrisis of environmental, economic, political, social collapse all of which feels like a collective initiation and rebirth. I am meeting this challenge with the perseverance & steadfastness in hope and compassion that I have cultivated in my lifetime.

Together, we can do the hard things.

Below are 3 key findings from exploring my shadow side.