Izolda Trakhtenberg, Storyteller

Playwright, Author, Director, Podcaster

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Category: passions

  • "Never Tell Me The Odds" – Pushing out of our comfort zones

    Well, of course, I would quote one of my favorite characters from one of my favorite movies. That’s Han Solo from the Empire Strikes Back. When I was thirteen years old and seeing it for the first time, that line solidified something in me. It started my love affair with pushing my boundaries. I’ve jumped…

  • Be careful what you wish for…

    Today’s cards: Three of Swords, Justice, Six of Rods. It’s pretty simple today. You will get *exactly* what you want, so be really, absolutely, positively sure of what it is you do want. We let our passions rule us, sometimes. That can be chaotic, cathartic, and comprehensively destructive. But out of the ashes, we can…

  • "Love is in the air, everywhere I look around…"

    Today’s tarot confuses me a bit while at the same time, I feel like since it’s spring and spring fever is just around the corner, it all makes a certain amount of sense. The cards: Eight of Cups, Two of Cups, Hierophant. Now, the eight and two make sense. The Two is about love, soul…