Tarot as Self-Care: Lindsay Mack on Soul Tarot and the Mess Being the Medicine

Send Mara a quick text love note here!Hey friend, welcome back to Even Here, Even Now.I am absolutely stoked to be joined today by tarot extraordinary and all around fabulous human, Lindsay Mack!Lindsay Mack (she/they) is an intuitive Tarot teacher, writer, death doula, and founder of Tarot for the Wild Soul, as well as the host of the popular podcast of the same name, which has been downloaded over 11 million times. Through their beloved workshops, retreats, and online Tarot courses, Lindsay has had the profound honor of teaching Soul Tarot to many tens of thousands of students from all around the world. Their first book, Tarot for the Wild Soul, and Tarot deck, The Soul Tarot Deck illustrated by Chelsea Granger will be released by Running Press on May 19th, 2026.I came to this conversation as someone who has had a complicated relationship with tarot, always reaching for it looking for a way out of the present moment rather than a way to deepen into it, and Lindsay completely cracked that open for me.We talk about what it actually looks like to use your deck as a tool for being with what is, not escaping it. We get into why so many of us believe we have to be spiritually prepared or emotionally cleaned up before we can access support and why that is not true and where that belief actually comes from. We talk about the nine of wands, bespoke nourishment, Little House on the Prairie reruns as medicine, and the idea that the mess is not something to get through before the real work begins. The mess is the medicine.Lindsay left us something we can ALL keep coming back to. You do not have to perform to access support. You can show up exactly as you are.Pre-order Tarot for the Wild Soul and The Soul Tarot Deck here. Find Lindsay's instagram here for book tour dates!xMaraFeeling a little crispy? Join meWET: Water Yourself First. WET is a virtual retreat weekend August 28 - 30 for the over-givers and everyone-else-first humans who are ready to stop running on empty: part burnout workshop, part slumber party, all for you. Grab your spot for $44 at maraglatzel.com/WET