Two to Tango: Confronting Our Shadow Selves in Relationships

We are afraid that if we drew out our shadow selves, our opportunity for love would leave.

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Few, if any, of us go into love and relationships as completely open books, and more’s the pity. We are afraid to see (ourselves) and to be seen. We are afraid that if we drew out our shadow selves, our opportunity for love would leave.

Sometimes, we don’t even know our shadow selves are there. We think we are who we say we…