It’s Like You’re My Mirror

After exploring the people who have been mirrors in my life, I was walking out of therapy when a song popped into my head. (There's always a song in my head.)

 This time it was Justin Timberlake: "It's like you're my mirror, my mirror staring back at me…"

 Because that's exactly what people can be—they reflect back the parts of us we've hidden, rejected, or decided weren't worth keeping.

 Lately I've been noticing it more. Someone says something or shows up in a way that stirs something in me, and instead of brushing it off, I pause and ask: Why this? Why now? What is this showing me about myself?

 That's shadow work in real time.

 Carl Jung described the shadow as the pieces of ourselves we learned to hide to be safe or accepted. But those pieces don't disappear. They live underneath, showing up in projections—often onto the people who trigger us most.

 This is where mirror work becomes powerful.

 It's not just a concept. It's a practice. It's the willingness to stand in front of the mirror, literal or imagined, and acknowledge what's there. Not the polished version. Not the curated self. The whole self.

 And this is where hypnotherapy comes in.

 Hypnotherapy gives you a way to bypass the surface stories and meet those parts of yourself directly—the ones you see reflected in others, the ones that show up in triggers, in patterns, in the places you feel stuck.

 That healing work you see people posting about? This is what it actually looks like. Not just affirmations or new routines. It's the uncomfortable, honest work of looking at the parts of yourself you've ignored, denied, or judged—and integrating them back in.

 Mirror work is the start. Hypnotherapy is one of the tools that helps you go deeper.

This week, notice who shows up in your mirrors.

• What do they reflect?

• What parts of you are they calling to the surface?

• What would it look like to acknowledge and work with those parts instead of rejecting them?

This is the work that creates real change. Not performative healing. Actual integration.

 And when you see yourself clearly—every part—you stop being run by what you refuse to look at.

 That's where the freedom is.