Erica Tucci

In my last blog post, I asked the question “Can you accept and love yourself just as you are right now at this very moment?” I would like to delve into this further and hope you will join me. I was reading the foreword to the book What Really Helps: Using Mindfulness and Compassionate Presence […]  

I am a bit scared! I woke up the other morning out of breath. You see, for the past six or so months my breathing has been labored. It’s an effect of my stroke, but it only recently has become severe to the point of preventing me from doing rehab or any exercise or even […]  

We’re on the last leg of our journey through the Tarot. We’ve gone through the Major Arcana cards, the cards that represent a path of self-awareness, and three of the four suits of the Minor Arcana, the cards that reflect day-to-day activities in our lives. Last post, we discussed the suit of Swords, representing the […]  

There are two more suits of the Minor Arcana of the Tarot to discuss, the Swords and Wands. Last post, I covered the Pentacles, the suit that symbolizes the physical aspect of our human experience. Today, I’m going to discuss the Swords suit, which deals with the mental level of consciousness, centered around the mind […]  

Last post, I discussed one of the four suits that make up the Minor Arcana – the Cups, which represent the emotional aspect of our human experience. There are three remaining suits: Pentacles (physical), Swords (mental) and Wands (spiritual). In this installment, I will go through the cards of the Pentacles suit, which deals with […]