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Special Edition: I'm on the IDHA Blog!

Rosalie Genova

22 Oct 2025 — 1 min read

The Rider brings important news. This is Card 1 in the Lenormand deck, which is a different system of cartomancy from Tarot and less commonly practiced (at least in the US). I learned Lenormand long after Tarot but in many ways it would make sense to do it the other way around. There's about half as many cards to learn, for one thing.

Typically we only cure addiction on Saturday mornings, but I have some special news today! My long-form essay Substance Use and Autonomy in Word and Deed is up on the Institute for the Development for Human Arts (IDHA) blog. It's about common pitfalls in language and how to shape services around individual autonomy.

Feedback is welcome as always!

IDHA is a transformative mental health education group of which I am a member. Anyone is welcome to their content and events, which I strongly recommend. Thanks to Jessie and Noah at IDHA for their help with this piece.

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