In this Best of DFB, we revisit Nikki Silvestri. Nikki is a new Mama and speaker with equal parts vulnerability and razor-sharp analysis. She is the Founder of Soil and Shadow and working to create system change while improving relationships between communities. In this conversation we get into: Why our good ideas don’t flourish because we don’t know how to work well together How your change-making work can reflect abundance and not scarcity How the process of shadow work makes you face your own worst nightmares How once your life has changed you realize there isn’t that much to be afraid of What it takes to ask yourself new questions How the seed of shadow work is allowing opposites to exist simultaneously that seem irreconcilable Why we are obsessed with reconciliation as a society Why suffering is a part of life and how you have to accept it as such Why connection is the seed of everything, and how it creates possibilities that didn’t exist before How boundaries enable you to do your own work How to welcome the shadow parts of yourself back home How shadow work makes you a better leader by allowing you to see all of yourself Why we need to speak to people in a language they understand when approaching shadow work How anything you are attracted to or repulsed by is your shadow at play How you can find yourself in the projection of your shadow Why learning to properly integrate shadow work is so important Discernment is how to stay on the good side of shadow work Why it’s necessary to uncover limiting beliefs How being a mother shows you where you are managing your experiencing vs just experiencing Why you are not the extreme versions of yourself How practicing whole traditions leads to wholeness Links CLOSED // Go deep on a 3-month journey into shadow work with Nikki Silvestri at http://www.nikkisilvestri.com/shadowlab // Applications close July 2, 2018 Connect with Nikki and her Soil and Shadow offerings through her website at http://www.nikkisilvestri.com/ Follow Nikki on Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/nikki_silvestri/