Presence
& Shadow
Every theme has two faces
Each issue of Presence & Shadow explores a single theme — drawn from Celtic seasonal wisdom, universal life chapters, and the rich territory of human qualities. We look at both sides: what’s visible and what’s hidden. What we’re expressing and what we’re avoiding. What the culture celebrates and what it suppresses.
This isn’t about fixing or improving. It’s about seeing more clearly. About witnessing your own life with the kind of honest attention that makes transformation possible.
Presence
What does this quality look like when it’s alive in us? How does it show up in the second half of life? What becomes possible when we embody it fully?
Shadow
What’s the avoided, suppressed, or distorted face? What are we afraid of here? What might be hiding — in ourselves and in the culture around us?
This letter is for you if...
You're in the second half of life and you're paying attention to what that means.
- You're drawn to creative practice as a way of knowing — visual journaling, collage, expressive art
- You sense that this season of life is asking something different of you, and you're curious what that might be
- You appreciate seasonal rhythms and the wisdom embedded in natural cycles
- You want a creative pause in your inbox — something that makes you think, not just scroll
- You're interested in what emerges on the page — the wisdom hidden in what you create
- You're looking for honest reflection on what it means to be a woman navigating this particular moment in time
What arrives every two weeks
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What's Turning A brief grounding in where we are — in the season, in the year, in the cultural moment. Witnessing without commentary.
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The Theme A quality or life chapter we're exploring — named and connected to what matters now.
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Presence & Shadow Both faces of the theme, explored with psychological depth and creative honesty.
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A Questions to Sit With Not an assignment. Just an invitation to notice something in your own life.
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What's Happening Current offerings, community updates, and invitations to go deeper if you choose.
About Terri
I’m Terri Altschul — a visual journaling guide and depth coach for women in the second half of life. My work weaves together creative practice, Jungian psychology, and Celtic seasonal wisdom to help women turn their stories into something they can hold.
I write Presence & Shadow because I believe we need spaces for honest reflection — places where we can look at what’s actually happening in our lives and in the world without rushing to fix it or look away. This letter is that kind of space.
Creator of The Visual Journaler™ method · PCC-certified coach · Grounded in Jungian depth psychology and creative practice
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