64. Embodying The Tower with Mari Andrew

On today’s episode of the podcast, we have an extraordinary interview with Mari Andrew, who is our beautiful embodiment of The Tower, Strength, and Death! Mari is a prolific writer, artist, speaker, and author of the New York Times best-selling book, “Am I There Yet?” The Tower is a deep and intense clearing of everything that no longer serves us, and in doing so, often elevates us to the next evolutionary cycle of our lives. Mari’s Tower experience came in the form of a sudden onset of an autoimmune disease that temporarily paralyzed her, and set her off on an unexpected journey of healing, grief, and transformation. The medicine that she shares around this (and her whole journey) is truly potent, vulnerable, and beautiful — a must listen for anyone who wants to understand not only The Tower, but the life that can blossom on the other side of painful and difficult experiences. Topics in this episode: • Enrollment for Tarot for the Wild Soul Course is open! To sign up, or learn more, click here: https://www.tarotforthewildsoul.com • Embodying The Tower, Strength, and Death • How the death of Mari’s father unexpectedly opened her up to the world of art at the age of 28 • How her sharing her art on Instagram became a form of service • The importance of honoring our creative spark, and how we do not need to be given permission in order to call ourselves artists • Mari’s experience with Guillain-Barre Syndrome, and how it shifted the trajectory of her life, art, and work • The importance and medicine of grief • What it is to share our struggles on Instagram without a bow on top, and so much more! Mari’s website (and to buy her beautiful book!): https://www.bymariandrew.com Mari’s Instagram: @bymariandrew _________ ABOUT THE PODCAST Tarot for the Wild Soul Podcast explores the cards through an inclusive, trauma informed perspective, rooted in compassion, common sense, and critical thinking. Through a weaving of intuitively channeled downloads, answers to listener questions, and lessons around the cards, Tarot for the Wild Soul offers ways to view the Tarot as helpful, applicable medicine that can provide nourishment and clarity to us in our day to day lives. ABOUT LINDSAY Lindsay Mack is a queer intuitive Tarot teacher, and the host of TFTWS podcast. Lindsay is the creator of Soul Tarot, a reinterpretation and intentional utilization of the Tarot as a non-predictive healing tool, one that is can assist us in differentiating the noise of our mind from the truth of our soul. Through her regularly sold out workshops, retreats and online Tarot courses, Lindsay has had the profound honor of teaching Soul Tarot to thousands of people from all around the world. As a joyful and healthy survivor of childhood abuse, trauma & PTSD, Lindsay is passionately dedicated to honoring and helping to bring space, light and healing to those who are experiencing mental, emotional or physical suffering. It was the healing from a breakdown in 2014 that fully birthed her into this sacred work and onto her soul path. It is an organic part of her healing work with the Tarot, and she is honored to be sharing these offerings to those who feel called to them. Honoring and acknowledging that this podcast is recorded on the unceded land of The Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde, currently called Portland, OR, with the deepest respect to the Kalapuya Tribe, Cowlitz Tribe, and Atfalati Tribe. WEBSITE: www.tarotforthewildsoul.com FOLLOW US ON IG at @wildsoulhealing PODCAST EDITOR: Chase Voorhees PODCAST ART: Rachelle Sartini Garner