Teal Swan - A Deep Dive Into Her Work

[Miguel1]

Can we dive deep into her work?

What do you resonate about her work? What do you really like about her work?

What do you disagree about her work? What do you really dislike about her work?

In my younger years when I was deep in non-dual teachings, I didn’t resonate with her at all really. She was too focused on relationships. But now as I have grown out of the whole non-duality idealogy and circle, and gotten back in touch with my humanly body and psyche, I find myself resonating deeply with the human needs that I have neglected all my life due to non-dual brainwashing and spiritual bypassing.

And in recent times, I find myself really resonating with her work. Leo’s work is top tier, but too head focused. And also, at this point, I find myself being sick of most spiritual teachers.

But I find myself enjoying and agreeing with a lot of what Teal teaches, so I am worried of getting blinded and so I’m trying to challenge my thoughts and look for blindspots.

And by you sharing your thoughts about her, that’s one way I can do it.

I want to especially hear the ladies thoughts because lots of guys here have a masculine shadow. @Emerald @Natasha Tori Maru @Sugarcoat and the rest! But this is not to say that men’s thoughts are not welcome. Not at all!

Thank you.

Edited 3 hours ago by Miguel1

[Ulax]

I liked some aspects of her works particularly her view that mental health issues are really just adaptions. (Maybe she puts an exception too, not sure though)

[Tristan12]

I like Teal Swan. I don't study all of her work so I can't speak on her as a whole, but in regard to what she teaches about trauma healing and parts work, her work is very good. She is a deep and nuanced thinker, like Leo. She goes beyond surface issues and gets to the real root of the issue, pointing out important things that most other teachers miss.

Her work with the completion process (trauma healing process she made), anything she teaches about parts work, anything she teaches about relationships (including things like attachment styles, and narcissism and codependency) it's all really good and really insightful.

[aurum]

What I like: she is genuinely skilled at identifying issues in relationships and patterns people have. Helpful for people who have been through trauma and are looking for real solutions.

What I don't like: she gets too caught up in new age fantasies. Her political takes are often questionable or flat out wrong. And she struggles to actually embody the polarity concepts she speaks about.

[UnbornTao]

Cult!

[Jehovah increases]

If I could find that cat photo, the one that Leo uses, I would put it on here

[ExploringReality]

It depends on where you are at in life. She may be helpful depending on your circumstances. Like if your a young spiral dynamics stage purple/blue person that gets walked all over in relationships or come from a dysfunctional family and are seeking an understanding to your situations she can be helpful. It's relative depending on your stage of development and where you are in life, she may provide some insights and clarity. I listened to her when I was in highschool and some of the things she said resonated and others didn't. Wasn't my fit but I kept an open mind and already understood at that point that every teacher has its own taste and people resonate with different teachers depending on what you want. Also people get sucked into idealizing a certain teacher so you have to be careful not to just consume her content blindly, any teacher in fact. 

Just be careful not to judge prematurely based on personal bias, listen with open ears but also be honest with yourself if she a good teacher for you, maybe not. 

I was at one point attracted to emeralds teachings for understanding my shadow and I love how she has a great angle from Carl Jung's collective and individual unconscious and how we project it rather than facing it, owning it and transmuting it. Teal has some good stuff too but her charisma can lure you into an idealogy and cult like dynamic.

Sometimes I watch emerald because she is well versed and really dialed in on that niche on YouTube, it's helpful. Teal has some gems to. Just be careful 

Edited 1 hour ago by ExploringReality