Tag: self-care

Tarot and Trauma

Recently I got to thinking about tarot and trauma. We all know that tarot is a great wellness tool. It shouldn’t replace therapy, but working with tarot can be a powerful visual aid to healing. We talk a lot about the tarot as a spiritual tool, but I rarely hear people talk about tarot and […]

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Positive Realism

I saw a video Fiona Apple recently posted on TikTok, and it was inspiring. She talked about a technique she’s using to find greater joy throughout her day. Every time something positive happens – even something as small as noticing a tree – she pauses and focuses on the moment and experience for thirty seconds. […]

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Tarot is Empathy

I was recently reminded that the art of reading the cards (and all psychic work, really) is not just about the ability to know and see other people’s reality. It doesn’t matter how psychic or talented you are; if you don’t create a loving space to support people, you’re not serving their (or your) highest […]

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Look for the Clues

Look for the clues. There are always signs that tell us about our lives. Yes, intuition is involved, but so is logic. So many headaches and heartaches could be avoided if we just looked for the clues. We call them red flags, but their color can be slightly more subtle than red. With family, friends, […]

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Sensitivity, I'm sensitive, Self-compassion,

On Suffering

Today I am back to suffering. To remembering that the condition of being human is to suffer. I’m not a nihilist, but I am a realist. We spend so much of our time trying to be happier. The drive to be happy is important; it keeps us shifting our reality in new ways. To not […]

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The Fool's Journey, the Hero's Journey

The Fool’s Journey

We talk a lot about the fool’s journey in the tarot, but what does that even mean? Most folks think of The Fool card as the hero about to embark on a quest. However the Fool–as we can gather by name–has not experienced any hardships and is floating into the world a new soul. The […]

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Dating, Healthy Relationships, How to date,

How to find a Healthy Relationship

I’ve been there. Falling in love too fast. Feeling swept away. Or, feeling swept into the corner and sitting alone. I’ve been passionately in love or felt desperately alone many a time before. Which was part of the problem. I was disheartened about being alone, and in doing so, choosing the wrong people. The only […]

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Growth, how to change your life, tarot, mysticism, change

To Grow is to Outgrow

When you grow you outgrow. As your branches extend higher and you create new buds and fruits, the decayed limbs fall off. As you stretch and extend, you find a deepening sense of You-ness. What is not you begins to fall away. Your soul knows where it needs to go: this is who you are, […]

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Saying Yes to No

Saying no takes some getting used to. The No I am talking about is the type where you are asked to do something you really don’t want to do. Your friend wants you to come over late at night, and says this is the only time available for her. Your job asks you to cancel […]

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Ambition

If you’re like me, you never stop creating and reaching for the stars. When I wake up everyday, I am excited to live my life and feel in stride with my purpose. I never take for granted that I get to do something I love with my life. I love having ambition, but sometimes it’s […]

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