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Decks: ‘Stress Relief & Selfcare Cards‘and Mindful Souls ‘Affirmation Card Deck’
The Monday after New Years can feel oddly quiet.
The countdown is over. The expectations have settled. And yet, many of us are already feeling pressure to have clarity, motivation, or a plan in place—before we’ve even caught our breath.
This post isn’t about resolutions.
It’s about resetting the way we think.
Here are this week’s card pulls.
Card #1
Pulled from the ‘Stress Relief and Selfcare’ deck:
Wiping the Slate Clean
Objective: Problem Solving
Card Tips:
- Think of something that’s been bothering you.
- Picture yourself standing in front of a whiteboard.
- Think of all the ways you have already tried, but failed. Wipe ALL of those images off of the whiteboard.
- Ask your higher mind for new ideas and write down the first thing that comes into your mind.
The card uses the word failed not as judgment, but as permission—to stop repeating approaches that simply aren’t working anymore.
Early January is a natural time for this kind of clearing. Not because something is wrong—but because we’ve gathered enough information to know what hasn’t helped. Old strategies may have made sense once, but that doesn’t mean they still do.
Once the board is clean, the card suggests asking your higher mind for a new idea—and writing down the very first thing that arrives. No editing. No overthinking. Just listening.
Which leads beautifully into the second card.
Card #2
Pulled from the Mindful Souls ‘Affirmation Card’ deck:
61 – Learn With Ease
Affirmation:
“Learning comes naturally and effortlessly to me. I am capable of mastering any skill I set my mind to.”
Today’s Challenge:
Pick a random topic and dedicate 30 minutes to learning everything you can about it.
This card isn’t asking for discipline or self-improvement. It’s asking for curiosity.
So often we approach learning—and change—with tension. As if growth has to be hard to count. This card gently challenges that belief.
Spend 30 minutes learning something simply because it interests you. No productivity requirement. No pressure to apply it immediately. Just curiosity for its own sake.
There’s something grounding about that approach, especially at the beginning of a year.
When we wipe the slate clean, we make room not just for solutions—but for new ways of learning, seeing, and understanding ourselves. Sometimes the next step isn’t fixing a problem, but allowing ourselves to approach it differently.
This Monday doesn’t need you to have everything figured out.
It only asks that you stop writing the same answers on the board.
Reflection
Take a quiet moment and ask yourself:
- What problem or pattern am I ready to clear—not solve, just clear?
- Where might I be relying on old approaches out of habit?
- What feels interesting to learn right now, without pressure or expectations?
Let the slate be clean.
Let learning be light.
And let this year unfold without rushing the answers.
Happy New Year!
Theresa
Flexible Being
Empowering Your Journey to Healing, Clarity, and Self-Discovery.
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Theresa Martinez-Shapiro
Hello! I am Theresa Martinez-Shapiro; Wife to Robert. Founder of Flexible Being. A Master Reiki Therapist, Certified Oracle Guide, Spiritual Mentor/Guide, Intuitive Empath, Coach, and Educator. I am a fur mom to 3 cats and 1 dog – Sonny, Patches, Ryelee, and Winnie. We currently live and practice in Stockton, California. We operate three businesses – Shapiro Holistic Health and Chiropractic, Fusion Health APC, and Synergy Health MSO, where we seek to improve and change the lives of our patients and those we have the privilege of crossing paths with. My healing and mentoring journey began around 5 years old when I discovered that I was put on this planet to help others. I knew I was different, unique, and gifted. I did not see the world the same way everyone else did, and recognized I was meant to do so much more. I began to research, spending a lot of time reading & asking a lot of questions to anyone that wanted to share stories about their life experiences. I am a dreamer and had a unique relationship with the dream world. My very real, vivid & lucid dreams began turning into out-of-body experiences and unexplained occurrences. I began doing my own dream interpretations to look for patterns & a new way of deciphering life. Family members were part of many different religions, so I was educated in Catholicism, Buddhism, Metaphysics, and Native American culture & beliefs. Along the way, I took up multiple mentors that cultivated my growth and expansion of my gifts, allowing me to focus on my potential and purpose. As an adult, coworkers were unloading their life stories, internal secrets, and things that had not been shared or even spoken out loud. I began to share those experiences with my aunt & Reiki Master/Teacher, Carmen. In 2012, Carmen told me, “I think you are ready to walk the path I always knew you were meant to walk”. That saying began my obsessive journey into Reiki, Spirituality, Psychology, Intuition and Psychic gifts, Meditation and Mindfulness, Past Lives, Consciousness, Energy Medicine, Mysteries of the Universe, Moon and Sun cycles, Astrology, Numerology, Oracle Cards, Shamanism, & so much more. My journey has helped me to assist patients, clients, families, and friends discover who they have been, who they are, and who they want to become. I am expanding my reach and educating others by authoring Musings of a Flexible Being, and I look forward to sharing my journey with you. Thank you! Theresa Martinez-Shapiro Flexible Being Website: www.flexiblebeing.com Socials: Facebook: @flexiblebeingonline Instagram:@theresamartinezshapiro Instagram: @flexiblebeing
