We need to forget what we think we are, so that we can really become what we are.
– Paulo Coelho
We are all Spiritual beings, living a physical existence. Every now and then we do deplete our energy and need some assistance to cleanse our chi and guidance to bring our consciousness back to the things that give us joy. Sometimes that may involve reaching out for help to trained professionals who can aid us to be the best versions of ourselves.
What then is Life Story Coaching? It is the tool by which the Coach or guide can help the client, achieve their own potential by helping them enlargen their vision by rewriting the stories that they deliberately tell themselves. These stories keep people stuck in a rut, replaying the same patterns and making the same mistakes time and time again. The coach, therefore, supports the client, by helping them shine a light on their own issues from different perspectives. These angles are discovered through questioning and empowering activities. In turn, this helps the client push through their limiting beliefs and begin to see the world from a perspective, wherein they can actually live the life they want. It is a satisfying career to walk people through the transformation that opens their lives to receiving, joy and abundance.
The Tarot is a personal life coach that can go everywhere with you. I work with the Lenormand, which is a brilliant tool for fortune-telling and a heads-up on what is coming up soon. However, while the Tarot does have a predictive function, it is an excellent tool for transformation. The Tarot works on the principle of synchronicity and a randomly drawn card will resonate with what your unconscious or your higher guides need to communicate to you. Carl Jung was the student of the tarot and he called the symbols a part of the collective unconscious. Carl Jung is known for his theory of archetypes by which we identify and relate to our world. The Oxford dictionary defines an Archetype "in Jungian theory, as a primitive mental image inherited from the earliest human ancestors, and supposed to be present in the collective unconscious" These Archetypes include the mother, the father, the teacher, the lover, the self, the child, and so on.
With the use of the Tarot for yourself, it is possible to identify patterns that are self-effacing and hold you back. Identifying the patterns is the logical stepping stone to releasing emotional baggage, pain and the "stories" that do not serve you anymore. The imagery of the Tarot easily taps into experiences that are cumbersome or lack the vocabulary to be verbalized. The Tarot helps find the core of you, the inner guide, call it your divinity, sub-conscious, or self-talk and puts it back in the seat of power so that the inner critic can be quietened and rendered powerless. It maps the inner landscape in the same manner as the Rorschach inkblots or the Thematic Apperception Test (TAT) and gives you an insight into your secret inner world. It brings to light your shadows and highlights the aspects of yourselves that would benefit from some work. The images from the Tarot are universal and thus already have the framework for working on your inner landscape.
By helping identify your limiting beliefs, the Tarot opens up new doors and ushers in confidence
and synchronicities with positive life-changing experiences. During the most challenging of times, the guidance from the Tarot is like the North Star that is steady and ever there. It is the friend and guide that you can carry in the car, in your purse, in the bookshelf or the cupboard, or even in the diaper bag while rushing out for an older child's classes!! And what a glorious mentor it is! It helps you to live in alignment with your soul's plan for you, thereby giving you the opportunity to be your most successful, authentic self. By helping and showing you how to push the boundaries, the Tarot also consciously helps you to be the architect of your own destiny.
Over the Coming Month, I shall be adding in Daily Guidance Tools that you can follow, without prior knowledge of Tarot. You could use a deck, if you use Tarot cards, or even pair the exercises with Oracle or Angel cards. We have the greatest tool for healing ourselves. If we can all heal together, we make the world a beautiful place.
Sources:
Nichols, S. (1980). Jung and Tarot: An Archetypal Journey. Maine: Samuel Weiser, Inc.
Illustrations from the Rider-Waite Tarot Deck, known also as the Rider Tarot and the Waite Tarot, reproduced by permission of U.S. Games Systems, Inc., Stamford, CT 06902. c. 1971 by U.S. Games Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. The Rider-Waite Tarot deck is a registered trademark of U.S. Games Systems, Inc.
Light-Seer's Tarot by Chris-Anne.