Shadow work has always intrigued me, so when I saw In Focus Shadow Work by Stephanie Kirby available, I had to request it. I've always wanted to explore shadow work but wasn't sure where to start. This book, in my opinion, is an excellent starting point and serves as a great foundational guide for those seeking to learn, work through, and become more knowledgeable in the practice.

The book is a practical guide to shadow work, filled with calls to action and thought-provoking topics. I recommend grabbing a journal to fully take advantage of what this book offers.

Overall, there's a lot to unpack here, but it is well worth the read. Each section is easy to understand, and I anticipate revisiting this book often. I can't wait to get a physical copy to add to my ever-growing library.

Thank you to NetGalley and Quarto Publishing Group – Wellfleet Press for gifting me the e-ARC in exchange for my honest review.

This was a very thorough guide to a topic that can be a bit confusing and hard to understand. I appreciated that the author included call outs and "action items" for the reader, as well as really informative illustrations and diagrams. I plan to purchase this book for myself to really dive deeper and use as future reference. 4/5

I learned a lot about a topic I had only heard about in the past. The book was easy to understand and full of useful information. Thanks to NetGalley for the ARC.

As someone new to practicing shadow work I was very excited to receive this title. Thank you NetGalley and Quarto Publishing Group – Wellfleet Press for access to this digital arc! Grab a journal and a cup of coffee to pair with this title, and a nice place to perform yoga. I can appreciate so much of this title, the ease of starting where you feel called within a new school of thought stands out. I would have loved to be able to work on prompts within the title as I’m not a big journal focused person but can see this being a gateway to starting to journal more regularly. I greatly appreciated the yoga poses because as someone who practices yoga it’s always nice to gain new perspective on poses to add into your daily practice. I would recommend this book for those a new to shadow work!

Really nice and insightful. I’m a firm believer in shadow work so this was a nice tool to use. I will be buying this once it comes out

I enjoyed reading this book. It really opened my eyes on various topics. Shadow Work is something I think everyone should take time to learn about and utilize in their day to day life.

I really love this book! It is very helpful for those who want to learn more about shadow work and working more on themselves

I'm glad I could read this book. I've wanted to delve into shadow work and never been quite sure of where to start. Kirby gives readers a wonderful and safe place to start.

I have always been intrigued but also somewhat daunted by 'shadow work' this book is not only beautiful - but it's easy to follow, and feels very gentle and a good way in.

I didn't know much about Shadow Work and appreciate how this book guides the reader through it. It's very aesthetically pleasing and I loved the look of it. I would definitely want to buy one one for my shelf.

I value this book. It's in equal parts informative and questioning. Beautifully illustrated, it gets you take a good luck at yourself, including the aspects of yourself you'd prefer were not there. There are lots of points to consider provided and action steps you can take to understand yourself better, treat yourself better, and to be and feel more authentic. It's a good book for anyone who's been through trauma. There's a handy collection of journal prompts and further reading references at the end.

There were some yoga poses presented which, to me, didn't feel relevant. And I felt that it was a shame that the book didn't include room to write your responses to the prompts and questions, since I feel this is the key element to carrying out shadow work.

Pretty woo-woo. Some of the journaling prompts were okay though. I do not know if I will try any of them going forward, but I did save some of them for future consideration.

Thank you NetGalley for the ebook in exchange for an honest review.

After reading Manifestation by the same author, I was eager to dig into Shadow Work. Shadow Work was a topic I knew way less about than manifestation, and thought if it was like Manifestation then I would really enjoy this but I found it quite repetitive. However, it was a good read in general, with good prompts and exercises.

(Could not find this book on GoodReads to log it and review it)

This is another book I read to the end to get a feel for it.
Pictures are really pretty, paragraphs set out so it’s easy to reads d understand. It does go into depth of a lot of parts which is good so you understand what you have to do and why.

I will be going back over the book to the notes, ready to bring this work into my own life.

A very interesting introduction and overview of Shadow Work. I liked how this book was broken up, and the descriptions are very digestible. It's a must-have for anyone interested in getting started!