110 - Monika Black - Traveling the Light Path

"The whole system was created to keep you distracted onto a battlefield. You could not have been put on this wonderful journey called life to fight. That could not be what we are here to do." ~Monika Black  What do you get when a leadership maximizer and the Wounded Healer get together to discuss light and shadow, happiness and shame? A roadmap to joy and an invitation to claim your agency, naturally!  Besides being an amazing human, Monika Black, PhD., is a positive psychology expert who's shifted to coaching, a space she says allows her to live and lead with authenticity. Pick an -ism (capitalism, racism, sexism, colonialism) and drill down to its essence, to the core of shame and pain. That's where adherents to and victims of the dark -isms find themselves, existing in the shadows. The -isms take away individual agency and force victims to work from a deficit.  Monika sees her role as a guide out from under dark power structures.  "I can't dispel the shadows," she said, "but in the light, they are irrelevant." Her words read like a mantra and, in many ways, that's Monika's work distilled to its most vital and pure sentiment. She's here to show her clients how they can address the shadows and ultimately reclaim the gifts of inner lightness and joy. For complete show notes and links to connect with Monika, visit http://www.headhearttherapy.com/podcast. *** Conversations with a Wounded Healer is a proud member of @mhnrnetwork. Let's be friends! You can find me in the following places… Website: www.headhearttherapy.com/podcast Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/WoundedHealr/ https://www.facebook.com/HeadHeartTherapy/ Instagram: @headhearttherapy Twitter: @WoundedHealr @HeadHeart_Chi