<p>Welcome to season 3, episode 10 of A Friend for the Long Haul - A Long COVID Podcast! I got the chance to chat with Angeliska Polacheck for this episode. Angeliska is the beautiful soul behind <a href="https://sistertemperancetarot.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Sister Temperance Tarot</a>. They have been voted best tarot/psychic in Austin, Texas for 11 years in a row! I found Angeliska on social media about 13 years ago, (via the great Austin connector, <a href="https://spikegillespie.substack.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Spike Gillespie</a> - whose work you should absolutely read) and as time passed we discovered that we have so much in common, including eerily similar astrological charts and health diagnoses.</p><p><strong>Angel and I discuss:</strong></p><ul><li>The profound shifts brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic and the challenges of living with long COVID</li><li>Personal growth and empathy</li><li>The vital role of art and tarot in healing, but how it, and artists and healers, get commodified and dehumanized</li><li>How chronic illness, disability, and cognitive dissonance impact an independent, small business owner</li><li>Wellness culture and the "manifestation" of health</li><li>Surviving as two disabled Generation X Capricorns with C-PTSD and neurodivergence</li><li>Trusting your intuition when your nervous system is fragged</li><li>What does community even look like anymore</li><li>How tarot can support Internal Family Systems therapy</li><li>Diagnoses of exclusion</li><li>There's at least one Bjork worked in there</li></ul><br/><p>You can find Angeliska on <a href="https://www.instagram.com/sistertemperancetarot/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Instagram </a>and <a href="https://facebook.com/sistertemperancetarot" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Facebook </a>as Sister Temperance Tarot. If you're interested in booking a reading, you can do that via their <a href="https://sistertemperancetarot.as.me/schedule/0c9a1394" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">booking schedule</a>. If you're in Austin and would like to invite Angeliska to a safe event, you can find out more about <a href="https://sistertemperancetarot.com/event-booking" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">events bookings here</a>.</p><p>They also offer sliding scale rates for 1-hour phone sessions for people who hold marginalized identities that are experiencing significant money struggles. Sliding scale sessions are limited and priority goes to Black, Indigenous, queer/trans and disabled folks, so please only inquire about sliding scale if you are facing genuine financial hardship.</p><p>If you'd like to support me in my one disabled woman podcasting endeavors, I have an&nbsp;<a href="https://www.amazon.com/registries/gl/guest-view/TCFYTLUW8XMZ?ref_=cm_sw_r_cp_ud_ggr-subnav-share_ACHT4QY5AYSB9CRA8KDA" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Amazon gift registry</a> that is completely unhinged, where I just throw anything that I see and like. I also have an <a href="https://amzn.to/4i1qGwU" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Amazon Storefront</a>&nbsp;you can use to purchase goods. I also sell long covid tshirts and other products on a <a href="https://www.bonfire.com/store/a-friend-for-the-long-haul/?utm_source=copy_link&amp;utm_medium=store_page_share&amp;utm_campaign=a-friend-for-the-long-haul&amp;utm_content=default" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Bonfire storefront</a>, and proceeds from that get funneled back into the podcast or used for community care. I also have an <a href="https://www.etsy.com/registry/MTY2MjU2MjY3fDExNjI4MDY1MDU" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Etsy wishlist</a> or you can just Venmo me at @afriend4thelonghaul. That also gets funneled back into the pod.</p><p>Over the last 1.5 years, I've built a playlist of my guests <a href="https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3n0GXLFRWqDJyifglNNM4K?si=-DilB-4KSe2F0ycfS3FVDQ" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">long covid theme songs on Spotify</a>.</p><p>Please like, subscribe, and share A Friend for the Long Haul! Reviews go a long way to help, too. Thank you!</p>