It’s Time To Take The Whole World Through “ The Shadow Process”
Over one week ago, we concluded The Shadow Process in Miami, Florida. I am still in the afterglow of the deep transformation and true miracles I was privileged to witness. Over the years, I have experienced over 25 of these weekend workshops, and what happens in our seminar room in only two and a half short days never ceases to amaze me.
During the two and a half days we spend together during The Shadow Process, nothing changes in the outer world of our participants. Their work situation, bank balance, condition of their body, or state of their relationship with their spouse or mother remains the same. But their relationship with themselves totally shifts! The process guides them to see their past and the possibilities for their future in a brand new light. They find answers from within they never knew they had. And suddenly, the negative internal dialogue that has been running their lives is no longer in control. Instead, it is replaced with words of compassion, acceptance and a sacred knowingness that everything they have endured or experienced is there to support the evolution of their soul and is part of their divine recipe. This new relationship with themselves is nothing short of a revolution that transforms their inner world and has the power to transform their outer world.
For all of us who are involved with producing, facilitating and supporting the event, there is no greater joy and no more humbling a feeling than looking at the beaming faces of the participants as the they dance out of the room at the end of the workshop, sharing such heartfelt sentiments as:
“It’s easy to say The Shadow Process weekend was life-altering, earth-shattering and mind blowing, but it was so much more than that. How do you describe something that gently and lovingly kicks your derriere at the exact, precise moment needed to jump start your heart?”
“Do not miss the opportunity to know the way to FREEDOM.”
“I’ve been to these other places and psychotherapists and everything and they seem to dance around the issue. This is so honest and so simple. I feel totally relieved, knowing that life can only get better and I finally know the way forward.”
When Debbie Ford appeared on Super Soul Sunday with Oprah Winfrey in February of 2012, she said, “If I could, I would take the whole world through The Shadow Process.” Debbie’s genius and generosity supported her in creating and leaving us with this life-changing body of work, the true success of which is not dependent on the person who delivers it but on the people who experience it.
So as we arrive at this special day, Debbie’s birthday, in the presence of the magic of The Shadow Process, the other staff members of The Ford Institute and I have decided that it is our mission to fulfill Debbie’s desire to take the whole world through The Shadow Process.
In the past, The Ford Institute produced three or four Shadow Process weekends per year. People had to come to us at the place and time we designated. But now, in order to spread this work in the world, instead of you always having to come to us, we are going to start coming to you. If you want to bring The Shadow Process to your corporation, local organization, church, school, city or even family reunion, all you have to do is contact Fran@thefordinstitute.com and we will work with you to make it happen. Think of what would be possible for your organization, family or business when every person is operating at their highest, feeling powerful, potent and filled with promise.
I can already see it as clear as day — a giant number counter tracking the lives this process touches and the hearts it transforms. I can see the numbers on the counter increasing quicker and quicker as more and more people experience the liberation, illumination and pure joy of this unparalleled process. We invite you to not only join in our vision but also to create a vision for something in your life that you are committed to expanding or sharing with the world. There is nothing else like it to get you out of bed in the morning!
Transformational Action Steps
1. Look around your life and identify one thing that you are committed to transforming or expanding.
2. Create a plan with goals and milestones to support that transformation or expansion.
3. Identify three action steps that you can take this week to support this transformation or expansion.
4. Identify a weekly structure that will support you in reviewing your plan and identifying weekly action steps.
5. Join us in our mission to “take the whole world through The Shadow Process” by arranging a group to experience it or spreading the word to organizations and companies in your area.
With love,
Kelley
