"Holding space” means being physically, mentally, and emotionally present for someone. It means putting your focus on someone to support them as they feel their feelings. An important aspect of holding space is managing judgment while you are present.

An important aspect of holding space is suspending judgment while you are present. The person who is holding space helps set the experience for an open, curious, and judgment-free interaction where the other person can be vulnerable, and like the term says “have space.”

The ‘shadow’ is the side of your personality that contains all the parts of yourself that you don’t want to admit to having. Some see the shadow parts as being negative and that's not true at all. Your shadows are what you yourself perceive as dark and weak about yourself, and therefore need to be hidden, rejected, or denied. Others say it’s the disowned self. It is at first an unconscious side and only through the effort to become self-aware that we recognize our shadows.