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Oliver Mann

Oliver Mann

Oliver Mann is the creator of the Shadow Journaling methodology, author of "Shadow Journaling: A Field Guide to Personal Alchemy," and cofounder of the Barcelona Journaling Festival.

Sep 24, 2026

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18:33
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18:38
I think the main reason is because awareness isn't enough.
18:42
Awareness is only the first step.
18:45
And in many ways, awareness can cause us to become more stuck than before because we end up being, we're being fed dopamine rushes when we become aware and it becomes a very intellectual experience.
19:01
And then we start learning more and more about who we are.
19:04
And then there's often this tendency to go, Oh, you know, if I read another book, if I journal a bit more, if I find out more about myself, we treat ourselves as a puzzle and we're trying to find missing pieces and put them in.
19:15
And then we find one and we're like, oh, look, that fits.

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31:21
Journaling is as powerful as we want to make it.

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