from grief to hope, and everything in-between

oh friends. i hope you're as safe and comfortable as you can be right now. i hope you're drinking something that is exactly the right temperature, that you can smell something gorgeous and delicious, that you're wearing something soft and clean, that you've gotten to see someone you love recently.

for so many in our world, these simple luxuries are far out of reach. people around the world have been glued to social media for days and weeks and months and years, watching genocides and hurricanes and wildfires, raging and crying and fighting, yet feeling helpless. i have been drowning in grief every day for more than a year, but it's felt even sharper lately, like if i'm not careful it might consume me completely.

if you feel this way too, if you've been stuck in hanged one / death energy with no relief in sight, i see you. i hear you. i'm with you. i am you.

so much of my work lives in the liminal spaces between grief and hope. i find tarot to be an extraordinary tool for exploring this strange, magical in-between place — but in deeply complex or painful moments, it might be hard to know what to do with ourselves. if pulling cards or doing in-depth readings has been feeling completely out of reach; if you've felt lost or alone or unable to focus on literally anything; if you are craving medicine but don't know what shape that medicine should take, i want to help.

let me take your hand, raise my lantern, and walk with you through those dark spaces, those strange thresholds, those hidden doorways that connect deep sorrow and glimmering starlight. let's see what we can find, with the tarot as our compass.

i've been thinking so much about what i could create right now to support you, and me, and us, in this devastating, impossible, exhausting, relentless time. and when i shared some questions about what y'all are craving over on threads, my brilliant friend and wordsmith extraordinaire diana rose harper offered this phrase in response: the holy relationship between hope & grief.

something in my chest eased when i read this phrase — it felt like such a beautiful encapsulation of where i so often live, where my work so often gravitates. i want to help you find the courage to face your grief, to let it transform you, and to begin to recognize what hope looks like within you. it's what drives me, motivates me, inspires me, and fascinates me – and given the responses to my questions on social media and in my discord, y'all want more on grief, and hope, and everything that connects them.

with that in mind, i want to share some new resources that might help you right now. all of them live in this sacred intersection between grief and hope, suffering and relief, loss and love. treat yourself to some gentle support:

new! from grief to hope (and back again). the journey from grief to hope can be difficult to navigate, especially on your own. but with the tarot as a companion and compass, helping to shoulder the burden, this journey can become less overwhelming. this gentle, self-paced journaling workbook uses tarot cards, spreads, and thoughtful questions to help you make a companion of your grief, move through the liminal space between grief and hope, and discover a light in the dark. download the workbook right here.

hope in the dark tarot readings. as i'll be traveling back home in a few short days, i am officially open for client readings again, and would love to work with you! originally launched in may, this specialty audio reading explores your personal experience of grief, your unique manifestation of hope, and also helps you bridge the gap between grief and hope in your own life. click here to learn more and purchase your tarot reading.

new! archetype medicine. we all move through grief differently, which means that your grief may require something unique to unlock, soothe, and transmute it. this lecture walks you through choosing a tarot archetype to serve as your teacher and companion, helping you work with a specific figure that you can embrace, release, explore, or activate based on your own personal needs — as well as strategies for engaging with this archetype in your own life and practice. best of all, you can use this framework over and over for any archetype, any need, any kind of medicine you're craving. it's an essential tool for your tarot practice, and you can preorder now for delivery on october 20th.

magician's lens. feeling called to work specifically with the magician archetype? if your sense of hope is activated by imagination, expanding vision, creative exercises, and sensory experiences, working with the magician is exactly what you need to learn to break through old patterns of thinking, approach impossible-seeming challenges in new ways, and recognize the resources you already have access to. this six-week course begins on october 26th, and is also available anytime through the conservatory membership program. learn more and sign up for magician's lens here.

new! strength & starlight: reflecting on 2024. originally created as a top-of-2024 journaling series, i've transformed this beloved resource into a five-week, self-paced reflection journaling program that starts whenever you want it to. reflect on your card of the year, consider major themes of 2024, and give yourself some much-needed space to remember where you started and name where you'd like to go next. get started today by clicking here.

sending you a lot of love, friends. more soon 🖤