The Tarot Diagnosis
168 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 8 hours ago - ★★★★★ - 6 ratingsHey there! I'm Shannon - a licensed psychotherapist in private practice who also happens to love tarot. Each episode I work to demystify tarot and explore its connections to mental and emotional health while implementing its inherently helpful tools to better understand ourselves and those around us. Join me as I unravel common struggles related to our behavior, thought patterns, emotions, and relationships while pulling cards to facilitate growth and to help create the life and relationships we all desire.
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Reality vs Fantasy: A Bug Juice Story
April 02, 2023 21:38 - 44 minutes - 81.6 MBThis week on The Tarot Diagnosis Podcast, we explore the intersection of fantasy and reality - where daydreams meet the realities of lived experience. True story: in 1997 Luna took a job working at a summer camp where a reality show called Bug Juice was being filmed and featured Luna as one of the camp counselors. The show aired on The Disney Channel and developed a pretty big following. Every once in a while, the show remerges on social media. Lately, it’s been on TikTok – which prompted u...
Self-Worth
March 26, 2023 21:20 - 39 minutes - 72.5 MBThis week on The Tarot Diagnosis Podcast, we take a philosophical journey through the often elusive world of Self-Worth. We explore the various factors that can contribute to our sense of self-worth, as well as the challenges that can arise when our sense of self-worth is compromised. People will talk about self worth (and its first cousin, self esteem) all the time. It’s hard to spend 10 minutes on social media without having someone say something about it. The problem is, most of us ...
Imposter Syndrome
March 12, 2023 19:56 - 40 minutes - 73.3 MBThis week on The Tarot Diagnosis Podcast, we explore an often universal phenomenon that so many of you have asked us to talk about: Imposter Syndrome. Imposter Syndrome is a phrase that gets thrown around lot in our world, but what does it really mean? And - if it’s something we struggle with, what can we do about it? We have a remarkable start to the episode as we both pull a Page - which sets the tone for our exploration into the wide and wild world of imposter syndrome. The truth is, we...
Stuck in a Rut
March 05, 2023 23:44 - 37 minutes - 69 MBThis week on The Tarot Diagnosis Podcast, we get real on a topic that we’ve been noticing personally, professionally, and within the greater tarot community - feeling Stuck in a Rut. It’s a normal part of our human experience to feel stuck and like every day is the same and to wish we felt more inspired and engaged. But just because it’s normal, doesn’t mean it feels good. First cards of the episode don’t hold back: Death, Three of Swords and Four of Cups. Oof, but accurate. And from there...
The Truth about Procrastination
February 26, 2023 19:07 - 41 minutes - 76.2 MBThis week on The Tarot Diagnosis Podcast, we finally get around to tackling a topic that we all can relate to… procrastination. Inspired by a question from a listener, the cards guide us through an enlightening conversation about exploring the roots of procrastination. From Three of Wands to Death, Queen of Wands, Page of Wands, Knight of Swords, and Three of Pentacles, we dive deep into emotional awareness, neurodiversity, rebellion and the importance of compassion and companionship. Deck...
Allowing Ourselves to Be Seen
February 19, 2023 22:52 - 40 minutes - 73.3 MBThis week on The Tarot Diagnosis Podcast, we began with a phrase that we fell in love with: Letting Ourselves be Seen. And, as is always true when we pick an idea based on a title- we had no idea where this topic would take us. Because let’s be honest- it could have gone a lot of different ways. We began with Eight of Wands and Four of Pentacles, then we visited with Two of Pentacles, Nine of Swords, Five of Wands, all of the Pages (of course) and all of the Threes. If you love a good con...
Relationship Ruptures
February 05, 2023 20:40 - 49 minutes - 91.5 MBThis week on The Tarot Diagnosis Podcast, we are exploring Relationship Ruptures, where we peek inside the inner workings of how fractures and upset happens in relationships and what we can do to both prevent and mend them. What’s unique about this episode is that we take you farther behind the scenes than we ever have and talk about a recent rupture we had between the two of us. We decide to use the experience as a model - both for how things can go wrong, and how to make them right. We s...
Playing The Fool
January 29, 2023 22:55 - 42 minutes - 77.4 MBThis week on The Tarot Diagnosis Podcast, we thought it might be fun to do a deep dive into a specific card, and no place better to start than with The Fool. We’ve actually been spending time with card all month long inside The Symposium, with the monthly theme of Playing the Fool (which is also the title of this episode), and have been delighted and surprised by all the twists and turns we’ve gone through as we have journeyed with this card. This week’s podcast ended up being a wild ride,...
Identity Shift
January 22, 2023 22:25 - 42 minutes - 77.4 MBThis week on The Tarot Diagnosis Podcast, we step into the world of personal identity and navigate the often uncomfortable experience of having to figure out who we are and who we want to be. We have to say, we knew it would be an important conversation, but we were really blown away by the direction it took. We begin with Strength and Reversed Star, then we create a roller coaster of the major arcana, tons of reversals, and some very old school psychological theory. Join us for this livel...
Taming the Inner Critic
January 15, 2023 21:52 - 38 minutes - 71.1 MBThis week on The Tarot Diagnosis Podcast, we decided to do a few rounds with an adversary we all know in Taming the Inner Critic. We all have a critic’s voice in our head - and some of us have multiple critic’s voices. A quick Google search will offer some quick advice about how to quiet this voice, but we wanted to go a step farther and move beyond “symptom management” and really dive deep into how to better understand and ultimately tame, gain mastery over, and even embrace these voices. ...
Redefining Temptation
January 08, 2023 22:18 - 37 minutes - 69.3 MBThis week on The Tarot Diagnosis we wrestle with the age-old issue of temptation. Honestly, we both came into this episode a little bit nervous, because as therapists we are trained to be non-judgmental. How could we talk about temptation without it sounding like we were judging a behavior? Spoiler alert: we figured it out. It all began with Knight of Cups and Justice - an equally baffling and satisfying combination that brought us to questions of how do we recognize a temptation versus a ...
The Truth about Ambition
January 01, 2023 21:56 - 35 minutes - 65.8 MBThis week on The Tarot Diagnosis, we emerge from our not-so-long winter hiatus during December and bring you a brand-new episode to kickstart your new year. This week we talk about Ambition - what it is, where it comes from, how it saves us, and how quickly it can become shadowy. The Moon and Six of Cups start us off, setting the stage for us to talk about the subconscious influences and messages from our youth impact our relationship with ambition, as well as the sweet edges of how ambitio...
Managing Expectations
November 27, 2022 22:08 - 39 minutes - 72.4 MBThis week on The Tarot Diagnosis Podcast, we explore the expansive landscape of Managing Expectations. We begin this journey with the Three of Swords and the Page of Cups - an unlikely pairing, but one that really captures the topic and all of its rocky terrain, the potential for joy, and for heartbreak. We talk about the spaces in between, and how to engage with our expectations more thoughtfully. From expectations for self, for family, for partners, careers, and yes, even the holidays - w...
Engaging Your Writual: An Interview with Sheila Ellis
November 20, 2022 22:43 - 33 minutes - 61.6 MBThis week on The Tarot Diagnosis Podcast, we are thrilled to bring to you our second interview ever! We had a chance to sit down with Sheila Ellis, the owner and creator of Writual Planner - a spiritual lifestyle brand focused on providing tools and resources to connect people to their personal tarot practice with more ease. You’ve probably seen us post images and reels of us using Writual Planner because we absolutely adore it and love to work with it. But more importantly, we wanted to ta...
Reframing Scarcity & Abundance
November 13, 2022 23:43 - 33 minutes - 61.3 MBThis week on The Tarot Diagnosis Podcast, we explore the concept of scarcity and abundance. These words get thrown around a lot and often conjure up intense emotions - including anxiety. So, it was no surprise when we opened the episode by pulling The Tower and Nine of Swords. There is plenty to unpack with this topic - including spirituality, mental health, privilege, and social media. We invite all of the Aces, The Magician, Four of Wands, and Nine of Pentacles to round out our discussion...
Managing Cynicism
November 06, 2022 19:11 - 41 minutes - 75.2 MBHere’s the thing, we all have a bit of a cynic inside of us. And that’s not a bad thing - except for when it starts to get out of control. This week on The Tarot Diagnosis Podcast, we explore our inner cynic, recognizing the ways in which it serves us, and discussing how to recognize when it has moved from being helpful to being harmful. There’s a ton to discuss with this topic - including all of the Kings, The Emperor, Five of Cups, and a dash of Page of Cups to even things out. The Sun m...
The Truth about Escapism
October 23, 2022 22:39 - 34 minutes - 63.9 MBThis week on The Tarot Diagnosis Podcast, we wade into the sometimes healthy, sometimes not-so-healthy, yet always tempting waters of Escapism. Inspired by a listener’s question, we explore and untangle all the ways in which people find ways to escape, why we feel a need to do this, and how to recognize when it’s gotten a little out of hand. From Page of Pentacles and The Moon, to Three of Cups and Reversed Hermit, we dive into the mystery of this topic, it’s hidden joys, and it’s very rea...
Self-Sabotage
October 16, 2022 22:29 - 47 minutes - 86.6 MBThis week on The Tarot Diagnosis Podcast, we tackle the often talked about, yet enigmatic topic of self-sabotage. We all do it from time to time (some of us do it seemingly all the time), but the real question is, “Why?” Because it can sometimes seem impossible to figure out how to manage self-sabotage, we often don’t fully understand what, exactly, we are trying to manage. From Five of Cups and King of Cups to The Hierophant & Three of Cups, we cover all the bases in this episode! Dec...
Secrets
October 10, 2022 01:21 - 43 minutes - 80.2 MBThis week on The Tarot Diagnosis Podcast, we take a trip into the shadowy world of Secrets. Research shows that people have on average 13 secrets - five of which they have never told another person. We get really curious about why this happens, and what having secrets does to us, and for us. Join us for this revealing conversation, where we journey from the Three of Swords vs. Three of Cups, to the dynamic tension between The Devil and The Lovers - and why we think the Queen of Cups may h...
Healing Defensiveness
September 25, 2022 23:01 - 41 minutes - 76.3 MBThis week on The Tarot Diagnosis Podcast, we do the gentle work of Healing Defensiveness. We went into this episode not exactly sure what direction we would go (which is actually pretty typical for us), but it ended up taking a ton of unexpected twists and turns, and in many ways turned out to be a bit of an upside-down episode that was incredibly enlightening and personal for the both of us. Let’s face it- we all can be defensive from time to time. So, settle in for a little self-care and...
Chasing Newness
September 18, 2022 18:37 - 42 minutes - 78.7 MBThis week on The Tarot Diagnosis Podcast, we embrace the idea of Chasing Newness. As humans we are all pulled towards new experiences, new things, new people, or new adventures (granted- some us us more than others). But how do we know when this draw has become an unhealthy compulsion? How capable are we of finding that line between our own instinctual need to personally evolve, and also recognize when this behavior is a sign of avoidance? We start with Ten of Pentacles and The Sun, touch ...
Finding Your Voice
September 12, 2022 00:52 - 36 minutes - 66.9 MBFinding Your Voice is the idea we dive into this week on The Tarot Diagnosis Podcast, and as we expected, it turns out this is a complex and rich idea to explore. Our starter cards of Six of Swords and Knight of Pentacles felt really challenging at first, but as we sank deeper and deeper into the discussion, and unpacked Eight of Swords, The Moon, Seven of Cups, and seemingly alllll of the court cards, we came to love those first initial card pulls as incredible guides for this topic. Come...
Money's Impact on Relationships
September 05, 2022 01:48 - 42 minutes - 78.6 MBThis week on The Tarot Diagnosis Podcast, we enter the slightly taboo world of money work by asking about Money’s Impact on Relationships. We make quick work of unpacking how tightly linked our personal relationship with money is with our relationships with others - be that our partners, our family, our friends, or our community. And we discover that there are no easy answers here, but we do discover that this is a topic well worth talking about. Travel with us, from Rx Eight of Cups (that...
Am I a Good Person?
August 29, 2022 01:03 - 39 minutes - 73.1 MBThis week on The Tarot Diagnosis Podcast, we tackle the age old question, what does it mean to be a good person? Or perhaps more importantly, "Am I a good person?" We begin with The High Priestess and end with the Queen of Cups. Along the way spend time with (weirdly) a whole bunch of pentacles. We also geek out on some psychological theory and get into not only how we might define a good person, but also why it’s important to us as humans. No matter how you feel about yourself, this is a ...
The Art of Unlearning
August 21, 2022 23:29 - 39 minutes - 71.8 MBThis week on The Tarot Diagnosis Podcast, we decide to get creative and talk about The Art of Unlearning. In the spirit of this topic, we began this episode not entirely sure what direction we were going to go. We were surprised to discover all of the twists and turns we came across along the way, including how much this topic related both to therapy and tarot. Get your Page energy ready and join us in this week’s episode where we explore all the cups and spend some quality time with Two of...
Hustle Culture
August 08, 2022 01:24 - 42 minutes - 78.1 MBIn this week’s episode of The Tarot Diagnosis Podcast, we get down to business in talking about a subject near, but not-so-dear to our hearts: Hustle Culture. It’s unavoidable in today’s world to go untouched by the draw and push to engage in hustle culture. So, we wanted to step back and ask ourselves (and tarot), what is this really all about? We started with Judgment and Knight of Wands. The cards went flying from there. Join us for this frank, and in many ways, highly personal episode...
Tarot for FOMO
August 01, 2022 00:49 - 40 minutes - 74.8 MBThis week on The Tarot Diagnosis Podcast, we talked about a topic you are definitely not going to want to miss (small joke intended)- FOMO, or Fear of Missing Out. This is a phenomenon everybody has experienced at least once or twice in their life. The strong sensation that somehow, we are being left out of something, or missing something very important, And it makes us a uncomfortable to think about it. Shoutout to our Symposium members for inspiring this episode! Listen in as we get real...
Starting Over {Truths & Myths}
July 17, 2022 23:41 - 43 minutes - 80 MBThis week on The Tarot Diagnosis Podcast we get into the a topic that feels really pertinent right now: Starting Over. It’s not just in our own lives (although- for sure it is), this also seems to be an idea that is circulating a lot in our collective communities right now. There seems to be a pull towards it being time to scrap what we have and begin again. Sometimes we go into this idea kicking and screaming. Other times, it’s more of a dream or desire we have, but in the end, many of us ...
The Edges of Synchronicity
July 10, 2022 21:46 - 42 minutes - 77.7 MBThis week on The Tarot Diagnosis Podcast, we decide to have a little fun with the concept of… synchronicity. This is an idea originally discussed by Carl Jung to describe the phenomenon of when a random event happens that seems to be filled with meaning - so much so that we feel a little blown away. As therapists who love tarot cards, we find this idea fascinating, and love trying to walk the very thin line of the reality of the inexplicable, and the realities of magical thinking. We start...
Why Do We Blame? {Cognitive Distortions}
June 26, 2022 22:11 - 39 minutes - 36.5 MBThis week on The Tarot Diagnosis Podcast, we realized that we’ve been doing a series unintentionally. So, we decided to start doing it on purpose. In our episode last week, we started talking about the idea of cognitive distortions - which are habitual thought patterns that people commonly fall into that distort reality. There are a ton of different cognitive distortions that we as therapists can identify, including: black and white thinking, generalizing, labeling, magical thinking, catast...
The Truth about Regret
June 19, 2022 23:37 - 42 minutes - 78.6 MBThis week on The Tarot Diagnosis Podcast we take on an emotion we all have experienced: regret. If you think about it, it’s such an fascinating thought pattern. We do something, it’s over, (or maybe we don’t do something) and yet- it stays with us, along with all sorts of imaginary realities about what *might* have happened if we had done something else. That’s a strange thing we humans do. We open the episode by pulling Four of Swords and Ace of Cups reversed (um, those are perfect for th...
Difficult People {What We Don't Say}
June 12, 2022 21:20 - 39 minutes - 72.6 MBThis week on The Tarot Diagnosis Podcast we tackle a topic that’s been on our list for a very long time: Difficult People. We start with Wheel of Fortune and Seven of Wands, and then quickly discover that talking about people being difficult is hugely complicated… because sometimes we are the difficult person. But sometimes we aren’t - and the difficult people in our lives keep telling us we are. It’s super confusing, so we turn to all of the Fives to help us sort it out. As always, we shi...
Permission to Play
June 05, 2022 19:53 - 42 minutes - 77.6 MBThis week on The Tarot Diagnosis Podcast, we thought we might lighten things up a bit and talk about the purpose and need we have for play and to have fun. “Talk about play” we thought, “It’s going to be so cheery!” Enter Page of Cups Reversed, Page of Pentacles, Five of Wands, The Emperor, The Devil, and Three of Swords as the first cards we pull… Okay, so talking about having fun turns out to be harder than we thought it would be. But- we are so glad we did! Join us as we talk though ...
The Shadow of Self-Awareness
May 29, 2022 22:28 - 40 minutes - 74 MBSelf-awareness is one of those things that’s really good to have, right? Yes… and… You would think that as therapists this is something that we would be actively promoting – and while we very much do promote this - the truth is, there can be a real shadow side to self-awareness. And that is what we ended up talking about this week on The Tarot Diagnosis Podcast. We began with reversed Justice and The Magician and the conversation takes off. We explore what the shadow side of self-awareness...
The Truth About Rejection
May 22, 2022 21:32 - 45 minutes - 82.6 MBThis week on The Tarot Diagnosis Podcast we talk about something we all (unfortunately) can relate to - Rejection. Whether it be professional, romantic, friendship, or familial, feeling rejected is a terrible experience. Join us while we tackle the topic of rejection with tarot and explore what we can do to cope when the inevitable happens. We go back to MySpace Top 8 days, to what happened in 8th grade, to the agony of a job search - and from The Lovers to 10 of Swords. We throw in some f...
Coping with Overwhelm
May 08, 2022 20:20 - 47 minutes - 32.6 MBThis week on The Tarot Diagnosis Podcast, we do our best to answer a listener question that we thought was super relatable right now. Our listener asked: “Would you consider doing an episode on overwhelm? It seems like a lot of us feel overwhelmed when contemplating large scale issues like war, poverty, climate change...the list is long. The problems are so massive that thinking about them can shut us down, and it requires a lot of mindfulness to take action. The feeling comes up in day-to-...
Dumpster Fire Season {aka The Tower}
May 01, 2022 19:03 - 49 minutes - 33.8 MBIt seems like it’s dumpster fire season for so many of us. Both of us have been having some Tower card moments lately, so we decided to unwrap the experience of anticipating the Tower, being in the Tower, and the aftermath. The conversation was more than we had anticipated and had us pondering days later. Even if everything in your life right now is smooth sailing (anyone?), this is a topic that we all have experienced or fear experiencing, or both. So, join us as we talk though the Stren...
The Truth about Confidence
April 25, 2022 01:33 - 43 minutes - 30.1 MBThis week on the Tarot Diagnosis Podcast we take on a topic that everyone can relate to: confidence. And this is such a Goldilocks emotion. Too much is a bad thing too little is a good thing, when it comes to confidence we need to get it just right. In the end, as one of our favorite professors in graduate school used to say, “That’s easy to say, and hard to do.” We dive deep with a look at Pages, contemplate Three of Wands, and discover how much confidence has to do with that in between pl...
Healing Perfectionism
April 10, 2022 21:52 - 47 minutes - 86.1 MBThis week on The Tarot Diagnosis Podcast, we tackle the topic of perfectionism – what it is, why we experience it, and most importantly, what on earth we should do with it. We’ve all known a perfectionist, or been one ourselves, and although perfectionism isn’t technically a diagnosable disorder - we all know how debilitating it can be. The truth is, it’s hard to be a perfectionist and it’s also hard to live with one. On this episode, we explore both experiences and how to navigate them. ...
The Truth About Forgiveness
April 03, 2022 17:44 - 40 minutes - 74.2 MBThis week on The Tarot Diagnosis, we venture into the complicated landscape of forgiveness. It’s a topic we’ve thought about addressing for a long time, but it’s a tough one to wrestle with because there’s such a huge variation of situations to consider when talking about forgiveness. Is forgiveness even an appropriate response in some circumstances? Are there times when forgiveness is a smart move? Or… do we need to think about forgiveness in a different way entirely? Join us as we ...
This is Embarrassing
March 27, 2022 22:18 - 42 minutes - 77.8 MBThis week on The Tarot Diagnosis we get down and dirty with the cringe worthy topic of… embarrassment. It’s a human emotion we all have, but it’s one most of us prefer not to think about. But, it turns out that taking the time to really deconstruct the sensation of embarrassment is actually quite enlightening. From Nine of Swords to King of Cups, we go deep not only on what embarrassment is and why we feel it, but also how it can teach us and how we can use it as a powerful tool. Join us ...
Intuitive & Intentional Living
March 13, 2022 21:40 - 40 minutes - 74.1 MBThis week on The Tarot Diagnosis Podcast, we decided to talk about something we found interesting… but didn’t really know how to talk about it. It began with a simple phrase - “living intuitively.” We both loved the way that sounded. How great would that be? (Cue images of self dancing on a beach in a gauzy dress at sunset) It only took a few seconds to realize that we didn’t actually know what that meant, or what it would look like. We started asking “Is that the same thing as being mindf...
Responding vs. Reacting
March 06, 2022 21:25 - 41 minutes - 75.4 MBThis week on The Tarot Diagnosis, we spend some time with the idea of Responding vs. Reacting - which really is a conversation about how to live our lives in a more mindful and purposeful way. We all experience that knee-jerk reaction from time-to-time, but what happens when we become more aware of that inclination and shift away from reactivity? We start the discussion by realizing this is essentially the goal of therapy. Then, Shannon takes us on a journey from her initial card, Reverse ...
The Negative Thinking Trap
February 27, 2022 22:51 - 42 minutes - 78.4 MBThis week on The Tarot Diagnosis Podcast we decided to spend with a topic that we tackle A LOT in our clinical practices: negative thinking. Some very smart people who came before us did us all the favor of studying and categorizing different types of negative thinking. The few we are exploring this week include: mental filtering, personalizing, catastrophizing and polarizing. Having this way of thinking and talking about the ideas in our brains makes it so much easier to notice them, and p...
To Parent...Or not to Parent
February 20, 2022 20:23 - 46 minutes - 85 MBThis week on The Tarot Diagnosis we boldly tackle a topic that we’ve been thinking of discussing for a while but honesty kept avoiding: To Parent or Not to Parent. We had a listener reach out and ask us to explore their feelings of needing to create something - but they weren't sure if that was a human life with their partner or something else. From the get-go, we just could not find common ground on this topic… and that was really unusual for us, and pretty interesting. Eventually we we...
Narcissistic Personality Disorder
February 13, 2022 21:32 - 48 minutes - 88.5 MBThis week on The Tarot Diagnosis Podcast we tackle a topic that has been on our “to talk about” list for quite a while now. It’s a topic that is often dominating social media: Narcissism. We love to talk about the narcissists, don’t we? We love to call them out and talk about how toxic they are. But we must ask - what are we really talking about? Are we trying to understand a phenomenon, or are we trying to protect ourselves? Perhaps both. Which is how we begin this not-to-be-missed convers...
Magical Thinking {Spirituality Vs. Cognitive Distortions}
February 06, 2022 22:00 - 47 minutes - 86.4 MBWe’re back! It feels like it’s been forever since we released a new episode, but it’s really only been two weeks. During that time we launched our very own, private membership community: The Symposium and have been thrilled and overwhelmed at the response. Keep an eye on your emails for when we open this community to new members later in the year! Now, on to podcast news. . . This week on The Tarot Diagnosis we are talking about magical thinking. This is a term used often in the therapy an...
The Labels We Choose
January 24, 2022 01:09 - 47 minutes - 87.7 MBThis week on The Tarot Diagnosis we continue to explore the idea of identity and self-conceptualization as we did last week in our episode on career identity- but ton a much larger scale. This week, we talk about “The Labels We Choose” and really dive deep into the idea of the ways in which our labels can serve us… and when they hinder us. The first cards we pulled instantly let us know that this week’s topic was a heavy hitter: Death, The Tower and Judgement. No big deal . . .But honestl...
Reclaiming Identity {Career Edition}
January 17, 2022 01:55 - 52 minutes - 95.5 MBThis week on The Tarot Diagnosis we explore a topic that comes up for both of us A LOT in our private therapy practices - work identity. Right now, so many people are struggling with their thoughts about their relationship with work, and many are finding that their own sense of personal identity is deeply enmeshed in their work – which is kind of a problem for many people. We start with Ace of Wands and Nine of Cups reversed, which frankly we could have just used these cards for the entire...
Empathy {The Shadow Side}
January 09, 2022 17:50 - 45 minutes - 82.5 MBThis week on The Tarot Diagnosis we tackle a typical topic, in a very unusual way and explore the shadow side of empathy. Empathy is a word that we use a lot in today's world, and having, exploring, and encouraging empathy is a very good thing – there’s no doubt about that. But… can there be too much of a good thing? We start with Four of Cups and Page of Pentacles, and from there go on a dynamic linguistic trek over the difference between sympathy and empathy (and why we need both), then ...