I was attracted to read and publish your essay particularly because of your subtitle. Every high school curriculum should include discussion of practicing Steps 4, 5, 8, 9 and 10 of any 12 step program. As discussed in my essay, https://medium.com/illumination/spirituality-redefined-ff45cb53eaf2 subtitled "Plus a program for living a spiritual life," these steps lead to self-awareness which leads to serenity and contentment/happiness. “Shadow work” presents another path to the same destination and is very similar to the moral inventory of steps 4 and 10.

Re shadow work, Diana C., the owner of Know Yourself, Heal Yourself, has created this program: https://medium.com/know-thyself-heal-thyself/my-chakra-shadow-work-journal-is-now-available-ac3c41847eeb