The shadow at work

Work would be easy if it were just about the work.

But work isn’t just about work. Work is about people. And people carry things they’d rather not look at.

The colleague who triggers you. The feedback that lands like a punch. The meeting where you shrink. The promotion you wanted but didn’t fight for. The resentment you can’t explain. The exhaustion that no holiday fixes.

Most of us treat these as problems to solve or endure.

This Substack makes a different argument: each of those moments shows us something valuable about ourselves.

You probably can’t change your boss. You almost certainly can’t change the culture. But we can change ourselves. And the way we react, behave, and show up at work is rich ground for understanding what’s really going on inside ourselves.

Drawing on Jungian psychology, Deep Process Psychotherapy, and my own experience in business and as a therapist, The Shadow at Work explores the hidden emotional forces that shape our working lives. I see the workplace as one of the most accessible, daily laboratories for self-knowledge most of us will ever have.

Each post is designed to stand alone. Read them in order or dip in wherever you recognise yourself. Together, they form the evolving material for the book I’m working on: The Shadow at Work.