Carrie | Carrie Mallon

Dynamic life energy, the lessons don’t stop

by Carrie | Sep 20, 2016 | Personal Growth, Video

I used to think I’d eventually finish all my life lessons. Then I’d be a kind of enlightened being just cruising through life! But now, I’ve realized that day probably won’t come – and that’s totally okay. More thoughts in this...

Beams of light: a few reader recommendations

by Carrie | Sep 13, 2016 | Talking Tarot

I read my own cards all the time. Pretty much every day, as a matter of fact! But sometimes I’m way too emotionally entrenched in a situation to read for myself. In those times, I turn to the talented population of our tarot community. There are SO MANY amazing...

My Joy Guidelines

by Carrie | Aug 30, 2016 | Creativity, Personal Growth

What causes my feelings? How can I best navigate these feelings? These are things I consider aaaaallllll the time. One thing I’ve realized is that the word happiness doesn’t quite jive with me. When I think about what happiness means, I associate it with...

The healing process: pain is required

by Carrie | Aug 23, 2016 | Personal Growth

There’s a particular blip of the tarot’s major arcana that’s always fascinated me, the sequence of cards 15 through 17: The Devil, The Tower and The Star (shown here from the CBD Tarot De Marseille). To me, these three cards illustrate the healing...

Kill your darlings, crush your castles (video)

by Carrie | Aug 16, 2016 | Creativity, Personal Growth, Video

Hello friends, Kill your darlings, crush your castles…it may sound like I’m asking you to burst into violent upheaval, but I’m not (at least not literally!). What we’re talking about here is finding the gumption to kill your darlings when they...