Today I share my conversation with Lauren McAlpin, an educator, tarot card reader and soon-to-be deck author, reiki practitioner, psychic channel, and graduate student in psychology at Harvard.
Topics
Developing your "clairs" (heightening your intuitive abilities)
Lauren's intuitive gifts
Overcoming a debilitating illness
Experiencing communicating with their father's spirit
Protecting your energy from your own energy
Balancing their multiple sides: the mystical/spiritual side and type A side
Spiritual boundaries
Being conditioned to never rest
Indications of overwhelm
Inspiration for Lauren's new tarot card deck: Tales of the Black Tarot
Exploring their lineage and being adopted
The label of "being non-binary" and sexuality overshadowing gender
Links
https://www.instagram.com/lauren.mcalpin/ (Lauren's Instagram)
https://www.instagram.com/fogandreign/ (Fog + Reign Instagram)
https://www.laurenmcalpin.com/ (Lauren's website)
https://www.talesoftheblacktarot.com/ (Tales of the Black Tarot website)
https://bookshop.org/books/pamela-colman-smith-the-untold-story/9781572819122 (Pamela Colman Smith: The Untold Story)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rider-Waite_tarot_deck (Rider-Waite Tarot Deck)
https://www.mediumfleur.com/ (Medium Fleur)
https://bookshop.org/books/365-days-of-hoodoo-daily-rootwork-mojo-conjuration/9780738747842 (365 Days of Hoodoo by Stephanie Rose Bird)
https://bookshop.org/books/a-cultural-history-of-tarot-from-entertainment-to-esotericism/9781788314916 (A Cultural History of Tarot by Helen Farley)
As always, thank you to https://www.instagram.com/goodcompanymgmt/ (Maytav Koter) and https://moseycreative.com/ (Spencer Stewart) for the music on my podcast. And to https://my.captivate.fm/laurastrohbusch.com (Laura Strohbusch) for the podcast graphic.
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