This conversation with Tara Kabatov strips shadow work down to what it actually is. Not something to journal about and move on. Not an Instagram trend. Real shadow work means looking at the parts of yourself you've avoided and learning how to be with them, in your body, without numbing or escaping.

Tara created The Shadow Project after her own unraveling pulled her out of corporate life and into deep internal work. We talked about how unconscious patterns show up in our bodies, how they get reinforced through relationships, and why most people are still looking for answers outside themselves. She shared how a lifelong rupture with a parent shifted only after she changed her own internal landscape, not through confrontation, but through doing the work on herself.

We also got into ancestral patterning, how pain becomes physical when it's been ignored for too long, and why most of what's called shadow work out there is actually just spiritual bypassing in disguise.

If you've been circling the same patterns for years, this one's for you.

Episode Timestamps

1. 0:00 — What shadow work really is, and why it starts in the body
2. 1:10 — Understanding the unconscious mind and how it shapes your life
3. 5:36 — Tara’s journey from corporate life to creating The Shadow Project
4. 16:29 — Why relationships are mirrors: how patterns repeat until they’re healed
5. 26:52 — Reconnecting with the body as a pathway to healing the unconscious
6. 41:46 — Forgiveness, compassion, and breaking generational cycles
7. 59:42 — What The Shadow Project offers for deep inner transformation

Connect with Tara Kabatov

1. Learn more about Tara Kabatov
2. Follow Tara Kabatov on Instagram
3. Tara Kabatov’s Substack

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2. Join The Wild Ones Community

Twenty years ago, I walked out of a weekend seminar a completely different woman. I had no idea that my Saturn return journey would take me from a bathroom floor crying over a guy who kept leaving, to building a global community of thousands. But here's what nobody tells you about transformation work: the healing isn't the destination.

We're living through a moment that astrologers are calling a reconfiguration of our civilization. The old systems are crumbling. And while the world feels heavy right now, I believe we're standing at the threshold of our Creative Revolution. Not someday when we're healed enough or ready enough, but right now, messy and alive and here.

For eight years, the Wild Ones has been a space for self-expression and community. But I've been feeling this itch, this pull toward something deeper. And this month, I finally named it. My real mission has always been helping wild ones build things that create change in the world. The film festivals. The gardens. The podcasts. The movements. The things that matter.

So we're deepening. The Wild Ones is shifting from monthly moon cycles to seasonal three-month containers, moving through earth, air, water, and fire. More space. More breath. More room for you to actually create the thing your heart is calling you to build. This episode is my confession, my declaration, and your invitation to stop waiting for permission.

Episode Breakdown:

1. 00:25 — A once-in-millennia astrological shift is here, and it's pushing us into a new era
2. 04:10 — My Saturn return bathroom floor moment and the seminar that changed everything
3. 10:03 — The film festival that shifted me from healing mode into creator mode
4. 18:18 — The realization that rocked my world: self-development isn't the destination
5. 25:12 — How Wild Ones is evolving from moon-to-moon into seasonal containers
6. 30:10 — Inside the seasonal framework: elements, cycles, and the Wild Spiral
7. 39:53 — You're needed now, not someday when you're ready

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Thank you for listening! Remember to keep exploring, stay curious, and embrace your wild, beautiful self. ✨

If you’ve ever wondered what your soul is really here to do… this episode is for you.

Today on Enter the Portal, I sit down with Gene Keys guide and Human Design teacher Maria Henning to explore the power of self-awareness, spiritual evolution, and decoding your personal energetic blueprint. With her roots in science and a deep connection to mysticism, Maria brings a rare clarity to what it actually means to trust yourself, follow your path, and live from your highest frequency.

We explore the full arc of her story—from being raised Catholic in Venezuela, to rejecting spirituality completely, to eventually discovering Human Design, manifestation, and the Gene Keys. This conversation is expansive, honest, and full of those “oh wow, that’s me” kind of moments.

Whether you’re curious about what the Gene Keys are, how they compare to Human Design and astrology, or you just want to feel more connected to your purpose—you’ll find something here that resonates. We also bust some myths (like the one about “specific vs. nonspecific manifestors”), and talk about how these systems aren’t here to box you in, but to free you.

• [00:00] — Maria’s wild path from Catholic roots to scientific rebellion and back to spirituality
• [09:56] — How Human Design, manifestation, and self-trust opened the door to deeper work
• [16:33] — What those “manifestation arrows” really mean—and where they come from
• [24:57] — Discovering the Gene Keys: the unexpected system that finally clicked
• [34:18] — Astrology, Human Design, and Gene Keys explained (in plain language)
• [36:38] — The I Ching, the 64 gates, and how cosmic coding shapes your energy
• [46:00] — How to actually use the Gene Keys for self-discovery, purpose, and transformation

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• Learn more about Maria Henning
• Follow Maria Henning on Instagram

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• Follow The Wild Ones on Instagram
• Join The Wild Ones Community