The Fixer’s Trap
A Shadow Pack for Women Who Carry Everyone Else
For the woman exhausted by giving, but terrified of letting go.
What you will get inside the Shadow Pack
15 Shadow Pack cards – each with a raw truth + guided prompts
Companion Guide – expand your journaling practice
Setup Guide – simple instructions to begin today
Light Lens Poster – keep the closing truth in sight
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For too long, you’ve been told that love means giving more, holding more, fixing more.
But self-sacrifice is not love - it is erasure
The Fixer’s Trap helps you see where that pattern began, why it has held you so tightly, and how to step free without guilt.
This pack gives you language for the weight you’ve carried, prompts to name the cost of over-responsibility, and truths to remind you that your worth has never been measured by exhaustion.
Inside this Shadow Pack, you’ll explore...
The Roots of Fixing
Where your urge to rescue began, and how duty, fear, or guilt shaped the way you love.
The Cost of Carrying
How over-responsibility has drained your energy, blurred your boundaries, and silenced your needs.
The Return to Self
Gentle ways to step out of the trap, reclaim your worth, and choose connection without self-erasure.
About The Shadow Pack
The Shadow Pack is a collection of journaling decks designed to meet women where they are in their shadows. Each pack takes one core wound and guides you through it with raw truth, reflection, and Light Lens affirmations.
Unlike generic journals, these packs don’t skim the surface. Each one excavates a single shadow in depth - the places where silence, duty, or survival have kept you bound. This is structured shadow work: a step-by-step process that helps you name what was hidden, release what was never yours, and reclaim your voice, your truth, and your power.
If you’re still here..
You probably still have questions…
The Fixer’s Trap is one of the hardest shadows to face, because it asks you to see where you’ve built your worth on saving, soothing, or carrying others. It can feel raw, even unfair, to hold up that mirror.
How deep does the work go?
As deep as you’re ready for. Every card offers both a mirror and a step forward. You’ll face the truth, but you’ll also be guided back into grounding through the Light Lens and Full Circle reflections. This isn’t about tearing you open - it’s about helping you see clearly, and return with strength
Am I meant to do this pack on its own, or with others?
Each Shadow Pack is complete on its own. You can begin anywhere. But The Fixer’s Trap is also one of the four cornerstones of The Return Collection - alongside The Invitation, The Vanishing Self, and The Quiet Rebellion. Together, they map the first circle of shadow work: the essential return to yourself.
Do I have to do the packs in order?
No. Each Shadow Pack is complete on its own. You can begin with whichever shadow calls you most strongly. But knowing that The Return Collection is designed as a circle can help you understand how the packs link and support one another.
What if I’m not sure I’m a “fixer”?
You don’t need the label. If you’ve ever over-given, over-functioned, or carried someone else’s chaos at the expense of your own peace, this pack will speak to you.
Will this stop me from caring about people I love?
Not at all. Fixing and caring are not the same. These cards help you step out of over-responsibility and into clean, steady love - the kind that doesn’t drain you dry.
