The Cards You're Dealt: Interview with Theresa Reed on "How to Deal When Life Gets Real"

Jun 22, 2024

Theresa Reed, the Tarot Lady, discusses using tarot for coping with life's challenges like death, relationships, and illness. She shares exercises, tarot spreads, and personal experiences to help process emotions and find empowerment. Topics include using tarot for caregiving, collective grief, empowerment, asking health questions, and facilitating difficult conversations with children.

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Intro

00:00 • 3min

Utilizing Tarot for Navigating Challenges and Grief

03:04 • 25min

Exploring Dreams of Departed Loved Ones

28:15 • 2min

Navigating Caregiving Challenges with Tarot Spreads

30:00 • 6min

Navigating Positivity and Gratitude in Life

35:58 • 2min

Collective Grief, Healing, and Tarot Energies

37:40 • 8min

This is a book about Tarot, and it will scratch every itching question that asks, “Can I really ask the cards that?”

Not only that, but this is a fiercely practical guide that will hold your hand as you face these questions. It will give you accessible understanding and WORDS in the face of life’s events that often rob us of speech.

Plus, Theresa, aka the Tarot Lady, is just fun and comfortable to talk to. Her voice, as in all her books, comes through familiar and warm like a best friend. She shares herself and her true life experience so you don’t feel so alone.

This podcast conversation delves into specific chapters of the book, such as dealing with death and dying, pregnancy loss, ends of relationships, and serious illnesses. Theresa provides examples of tarot spreads and exercises, like the "Words Left Unsaid" journaling exercise, to help individuals process their feelings and regrets.

Additional topics include: How Tarot can be used for personal reflection, Tarot for caregiving, Tarot for coping with collective grief, finding empowerment and resilience with the cards, how to ask health related questions, and facilitating difficult conversations with children.

Theresa explains that she wrote this book to fill a gap in Tarot literature, providing interpretations, spreads, and professional advice for readers dealing with challenging circumstances. I am sure you will treasure Theresa’s personal experiences and insights as they highlight the role of Tarot in processing emotions we may have hereto thought impossible to approach.

You never know when you may need to pull this one off the shelf for some friendly help! You may purchase the book The Cards You’re Dealt: How to Deal When Life Gets Real here: https://redwheelweiser.com/book/the-cards-youre-dealt-9781578638031/

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