Archetypes of Change

29/06/2025

11/06/2025

The cartomancy we all deserve 🥰😂

07/05/2025

Harm reduction saves lives!

10/04/2025

13/03/2025

I’m writing my next book, and I’ve been spending hours studying indigenous cultures and how they looked at “mental illness.”

Before we had a modern psychology industrial complex, people looked at symptoms as imbalances. In mind, body, and soul. No one was sent away or institutionalized into isolation, like today. And if they ever were sent away, it was for brief periods with a shaman who would guide them through the integration of their trauma. Someone who would hold up a mirror and believe in their ability that we all have to self heal.

Imbalances in the brain and body begin with attachment. Even the way our brain develops comes from the first attachment we have to human beings. If that attachment is unsafe, full of stress, or is emotionally neglectful— we have an overactive amygdala (or fear center of the brain.) And, and an underdeveloped frontal lobe.

This means issues with executive dysfunction, impulse control, and relational connection.

This means more than anything we need: safe connection, emotional regulation, and co-regulation to heal.

Indigenous cultures knew this. They knew nature itself could heal. They knew community could heal. They knew food could heal. They knew people were resilient, and never victims.

Maybe we’re the primitive ones

08/03/2025

I admitted... I am far from powerless.
As a Pagan, the whole idea of turning over my life to some "higher power" never resonated with me. My relationship to divinity is collaborative. I believe my gods help me to harness the power within myself.
Hanuman was my strongest ally during the early years of my sobriety. I turned my life over to the practice of devotion and bhakti Yoga. Although I drew upon the monkey god's strength and guidance, I never forgot that I am the one responsible for my life.
I found AA intolerable for this reason, among others. What are your thoughts about "admitting we are powerless?"

08/03/2025

Hello! You may be wondering, why am I following this account called Archetypes of Change?
This page used to be Cat Camp Tarot. I named it that after a very strange time in my life, when I lived in a tent in my best friend's backyard with three cats and one other human. We called it Cat Camp.
Over the past year I've gone through a pivotal re-imagining of my purpose in the world and my relationship to Tarot. The old name no longer suits, so I decided on something that I think better represents my present.
I will still be offering Tarot readings through my new website - check out the link in my bio. I am also offering coaching and peer support services, drawing on my decades-long journey of recovery. Tarot has been an invaluable tool for my own healing, but it's one of many tools I have learned and want to share with people.
I will also be hosting more Tarot Salons in the upcoming year!
Thanks for reading, and for joining me on this new chapter.

25/10/2024

Hey homies, I got some bad news and I am going to cancel Tarot Salon tonight.