Embracing the Dark: Kelly Ann Street and Dawson Church in Conversation
Mar 21, 2026
45:56
Kelly Ann Street is a therapist who works with people to navigate life’s darkest moments. She is the author of Embrace the Dark. Through her writing and online programs, she helps people step into their stories and embrace both the light and shadow within.
Here she and Dawson reflect on:
- Kelly's background
- Exercise 1: Are you doing what feels right for your soul?
- History behind: “Dark Night of the Soul”
- Exercise 2: In what areas of your life do you feel numb?
- Why are anxiety and depression more prevalent now?
- How our brains can’t keep up with amount of info we have to take in each day
- Universal consciousness
- Feeling the vastness and also your own small consciousness
- Breathwork
- Grounding
- The term “The Shadow” for unconscious parts coined by Carl Jung
- Exercise 3: Which parts of you are in the shadow?
- Why every generation thinks that the world is in the worst shape ever
- When you can’t help the world if you’re chaotic inside
- Creating regulation in your own nervous system
- “All is well in my soul”
