Carol McClelland

Nature's Wisdom Deck: A Powerfully Insightful
Guide for Exploring Life's Changes

The Essential Companion for
The Seasons of Change

No matter where you are on your path through life, Nature's Wisdom Deck is a transformative, thought provoking guide to understanding and moving through life's changes.

Using Nature's Wisdom Deck enhances:

• Feelings of Reassurance: Because nature changes continuously, it provides a wealth of images that show gentle, natural ways to experience change. Just as some animals Hibernate to protect themselves during Winter, you may find you crave time alone to rest when you are in the midst of a change.

by Carol McClelland, Ph.D.
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• Hope: Nature is full of images that renew hope: Spring, Sunrise, Rainbows, Young Taking Their First Steps, Seeds Sprouting, Flowers Blossoming…

• A Sense of Direction: By understanding how nature responds to changing seasons, you can pinpoint practical next steps for yourself. Perhaps it is time to Plant a Seed, Stay in a Safe Place or Harvest the rewards of your progress.

• Perspective: Just as seasons affect light, trees, animals, seeds and weather, transitions in your life will impact your clarity, self-image, actions, ideas and emotions. Learning to balance all of these aspects of yourself will enhance your ability to move through change.

The insight deck gives you a positive way to explore personal changes at deeper levels individually, in groups, with clients or children. The deck's versatility enables you to use it to fit your own needs as a conversation catalyst, a creativity stimulus, a decision-making aid or an education/insight tool.

The package contains:

1. 90 nature cards in a detachable case.
2. An 80-page guidebook with a step by step description of nine ways to use the cards. (The book and the deck are printed on recycled paper and packaged to maximize usability and minimize disposable waste.)

Comments from people who use Nature's Wisdom Deck

" The nature metaphors in Nature's Wisdom Deck were a powerful clue to my own sense of being."

" The Nature's Wisdom Deck is one of my favorite tools for helping clients gain deeper insight during their self-assessment process. The cards never fail to reveal simple, clarifying insights."

" There can be much fear in the transition process…your unique perspective has eased my fears. The "fox kit emerging from the burrow" and the "meaning of Winter" metaphors are powerful!"

" Nature's Wisdom Deck is a great guide to explore change-gently and subtly-without giving an exact answer. That part is still up to me."

" With Nature's Wisdom Deck, Carol McClelland has given us a simple, yet elegant way to relate to the naturally occurring cycles of change in our lives. Playing with these cards is not only fun, but thought-provoking and therapeutic as well."

" Familiarizing myself with Nature's Wisdom Deck has given me a wonderful way to focus during my walks in nature. Now, when my eyes are drawn to the trees or the animals, I remember the deck and look at how I am responding to the changes occurring in my life."

Sample Cards from Nature's Wisdom Deck

	Fall Card from Tree-Self Image Suit You realize that your beliefs and attitudes about yourself and your situation are changing rapidly. Continue to be aware of these changes.
	Early Winter Card from Animals-Actions Suit You are finding ways to spend time alone in your nest. Your energy level may be lower than usual and your eating and sleeping patterns may have changed. Do not fight you body's desire to heal. Use this time to nurture yourself and reflect on your situation.
	Winter Solstice Card from Light-Clarity Suit At this time, your confusion about a major life issue is most prominent to you. There is really no way to avoid it, so experience it and learn from it. What emotions are you feeling? Acknowledge them. By experiencing your confusion and the associated chaos, you will have the opportunity to see your past and your future from a new perspective. This new perspective provides the beginnings of the clarity you are desiring.
	Late Winter Card from Weather-Emotions Suit You are in awe of the potential of your situation. You recognize that the beauty of your situation comes from the fact that the light from one aspect of your situation is shining through the downpour from another aspect.
	Spring Card from Seasons-Transitions Suit Your new beginning explodes into expression with quick, striking evidence of your growth. Enjoy the excitement and honor the feelings you are experiencing as you enter this new life.
	Summer Card from Seeds-Ideas Suit You reap the rewards from your idea. Enjoy and celebrate your accomplishments.
Cards and Cover Illustrations by Ellen Margaret Silva

Nine Ways to Use Nature's Wisdom Deck

• Conversation Catalyst
• Sequence Exercise
• Creativity Exercise
• Check in
• Transition Circle Layout
• Decision Diamond
• Topic Triangle
• Relationship Circles
• Energy Rainbow

by Carol McClelland, Ph.D.
$ 28.95