The Open Meaning Cards Blog
Practical guides, reflection prompts and coaching tools for working with metaphorical associative cards and tarot — for coaches, therapists, facilitators and anyone who wants to understand themselves a little better.
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How to Help Clients Name a Feeling (With Picture Cards)
Why “How do you feel?” so often gets “fine” — and seven simple picture-card exercises that help a client, or…
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Working With Grief and Endings in Coaching
How coaches can hold conversations about loss and endings with care — a gentle five-step card approach, safe layouts and…
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30 Self-Reflection Questions to Use With Any Card Deck
By Open Meaning Cards · Published September 2026 Good self-reflection questions are open, specific and impossible to answer with a…
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How to Use MAC Cards in Coaching: A Complete 5-Step Session Guide
How to use MAC cards in coaching: a 5-step session structure, six card layouts, 40+ coaching questions, a sample session…
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What Are Metaphorical Associative Cards (MAC Cards)? The Ultimate Beginner’s Guide to Metaphor Cards
What MAC cards are, why they work, how they differ from tarot and oracle cards, and a simple five-step way…
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