{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"The Possibilist Podcast (PSSBLST)","title":"A Long Walk With My Shadow: A Modern Rite of Passage Story","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":1579,"description":"A Long Walk With My Shadow: A Modern Rite of Passage Storyby Justin Perkins\nDedicated to Kristian Russell... may he rest in peace.\nSummary:\nThis is a story about wilderness, brotherhood, courage, the raw, inner work of being a leader, and the lifelong practice of making peace with parts of yourself you've ignored. It documents the rite-of-passage process and the struggle of staying present with yourself when every instinct in your nervous system tells you to hide your emotions. If you’ve ever wrestled with belonging, impostor syndrome, thinking you need to perform to impress people, the feeling that you’re somehow on the outside looking in, I hope you’ll find something of yourself in this intimate journey.\nTo celebrate turning fifty, I traveled to South Africa expecting nothing more than an unforgettable 100-kilometer wilderness trek with author Boyd Varty and friends along the Wild Coast. Instead, I found myself in the middle of a modern rite of passage that challenged a story I’d been carrying for decades.\nAs the journey unfolded through shadow work, intimate conversations, and a powerful ceremony inside a cave, I came face-to-face with an old identity built around feeling like an outsider. What emerged wasn’t a dramatic transformation or a neat ending, but something more enduring: the realization that the barriers separating us from others are often the ones we’ve unconsciously built ourselves.\nIn this episode, I share the inner journey and arc of what a modern rite of passage can be like, and what happened when I stopped trying to overcome my shadow and began learning how to walk beside it instead.\nWe explore:How modern leaders can deeply benefit from rites of passage and inner workThe subtle ways shame and old identities shape our relationshipsWhat shadow work looks like beyond the psychology books and practiced somatically through immersion in natureThe unexpected freedom that comes from allowing difficult emotions, and desensitizing yourself to them,...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/FQLem1cOFGN_uXMg_s8WoHhwGgQ21DDQG5gzo7FAFcY/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS8wOGIx/MjZkMDgwMTE0MmVj/ZjQzMzg4N2EzYWNi/ZGY3ZS5qcGVn.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}