Since I was a child I was sure that I wanted to help people while understanding I didn’t want life or death in my hands. I knew the nursing I wanted to give couldn’t be focused on just the physical body. One of my older brother’s being autistic gave me a heightened sense of emotional intelligence and a deep interest in psychology around 8 years old. That focus made it easier to chase something that made me feel fulfilled. At the start of my highschool career is when a friend of the family encouraged me to try a divination practice called tarot. I researched the origins and looked through the imagery until I found art that stood out to me, buying my first deck within that same week.

Most decks come with a guidebook and a blurb of how to anchor your practice. From then I would occasionally read for myself, but never paid my practice much thought. In the middle of my highschool career I developed some pretty intense insomnia and as I started college I was unaware of my amplifying anxiety and depression. For the most part, I tried to be a normal college kid though only very close friends knew I could read; those same close friends would also end up bringing people they thought needed a session to my room being that I am introverted. After a late night anxiety attack I knew it was time to seek therapy.

Therapy helped open my eyes to the physical impact the mind can have on the body as well as some of the things tarot tried to explain, but I still struggled to work through. Ever since then it’s become clear psychology and spirituality are two sides of the same coin. While spirituality shows us our core wounds, psychology gives us day to day tools to heal them. Integrating the holistic practice of mind, spirit, and body is an undervalued but vital component in finding personal autonomy, integrity, and fulfillment. I believe it is apart of my purpose to aid those who are seeking find their own.