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A grounded, accessible guide to emotional integration and inner shadow work, drawn from lived experience rather than theory. This book isn't a textbook or a self-help manual. It's the path that I've walked, offered in case you're walking something similar.
Rather than defining what healing should look like, this book helps you listen to your own. Each chapter shares insights, reflections, and tools for noticing and integrating the parts of yourself that have gone unseen or unloved.
This is a living document. I would love to include submissions from others in future versions, as well as additional understandings that I find as I continue my journey.
The image used for this book cover came from the very talented Vincent van Zalinge on Unsplash: https://unsplash.com/@vincentvanzalinge
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Bel Simmons is the creator of Caretending, a project rooted in emotional integration, personal spellcraft, and the natural flows and rhythms of human creativity. Her work blends intuitive insight with a grounded approach to inner alchemy, offering tools and reflections drawn from direct experience rather than formal systems. Caretending centers inherent worth, compassion, and grace, without reaching for transcendence and bypass.