Patterns and Self-Sabotage
For the thing that keeps happening.
20 spreads. Each one is free, with a worked example and a tool that lays it for you.
Root, Pattern, Remedy
Use it when the same thing keeps happening and you want to know why.
3 cards · 5 min
The Loop
Use it when you keep doing the thing you decided to stop doing.
3 cards · 5 min
Pretending Not to Know
Use it when you already know, and you are managing not to.
3 cards · 5 min
The Backfire
Use it when something you set in motion has come back around.
3 cards · 5 min
Descent and Return
Use it when you have been circling the same pattern for years.
3 cards · 5 min
The Shadow Spread
Use it when there is a part of yourself you keep out of the room.
3 cards · 5 min
The Trigger
Use it when something small set you off and you are still not over it.
3 cards · 5 min
Projection
Use it when someone gets under your skin far out of proportion.
3 cards · 5 min
The Inner Critic
Use it when a voice in your head runs you down, and it sounds like the truth.
3 cards · 5 min
The Den
Use it when you are running on the fumes of a long year.
3 cards · 5 min
The Family Table
Use it when you slide into an old family role every time you go home.
3 cards · 5 min
The Rehearsal Spread
Use it when a specific hard thing might be coming, and the dread is louder than the plan.
3 cards · 5 min
The View From Above
Use it when one worry has filled the whole window and you cannot see past it.
3 cards · 5 min
The Pause Spread
Use it when one decision has been circling for days and every lap ends exactly where it started.
3 cards · 5 min
The Sit With It Spread
Use it when something uncomfortable keeps following you from room to room, and staying busy has stopped working.
3 cards · 5 min
The Pond Spread
Use it when everything looks fine from the outside, and something underneath it is not.
3 cards · 5 min
The Root and Branch Spread
Use it when a habit keeps growing back no matter how many times you cut it off at the surface.
3 cards · 5 min
The Enough Spread
Use it when you have a good life and a nagging sense that it should be more.
3 cards · 5 min
The Telegraph Spread
Use it when you have decided, again, to delete every app, and part of you suspects the plan is too big to last.
3 cards · 5 min
The Same Fight Spread
Use it when it is the fifth time, it has the same shape, and you both think the other one started it.
3 cards · 7 min