I want to tell you about my recent experience in Bangkok and what it taught me. I’d just arrived in Bangkok after a long day of travel, I’d been up since 3:30am, it was the kind of day that leaves you feeling wrung out and ready for bed.

We’d had a beautiful dinner, gone to a Michelin guide restaurant that does upmarket versions of authentic Thai street food. I had eaten a lot of delicious food and all I wanted was to curl up and sleep.

But our hotel had a rooftop bar that overlooked the heart of the city, all glittering lights and movement and even though I was exhausted, I thought: When will I ever be here in Bangkok again, staying in a lovely hotel with a rooftop bar?

A yoga teacher once told me I was unloveable and that moment set me on a self help path that has led me here, contemplating how the Ten of Swords is the perfect imagery for a punitive inner critic and the effect of consistent mean words on your wellbeing.

This blog is one part of my series where I am exploring the Tarot as limiting beliefs. The purpose of this series is to build a framework to use the Tarot to help identify our own limiting behaviours and thought patterns so we can clear them out and replace them with more helpful ones.

What a teapot in a shop in Chinatown, Bangkok taught me about my relationship with Rejection and Abandonment.

Tips on what to do when the Tarot delivers a message you do not want to hear!

How a regular Tarot practice can elevate your life