Being Human Card Deck · Jackie Flynn, EMDR Playground™

Jackie Flynn · EMDR Playground™

BeingHuman

52 printable reflection cards of ordinary moments. Two coffee mugs side by side, an empty chair at the table, sunlight through a window. Simple things that hold different meanings for each of us, made for slowing down in the therapy room.

Get the Card Deck for $34.99 Instant digital download · print as many times as you need

Which image speaks to you today?

Try it the way your clients will. Choose any card from the spread and turn it over. This sample spread draws from a few cards in the deck.

Your card

  1. Notice the feelings, thoughts, or memories that arise.
  2. There are no right or wrong answers.
  3. Let your story unfold.

Look through the cards.

Some images may bring warmth or joy. Others may stir sadness, longing, uncertainty, or hope. Some may bring nothing at all. Whatever comes up is welcome.

What’s in the deck

A nervous system informed reflection tool, drawn in the same gentle paper cutout style throughout: cream shapes, bold black outlines, placed into warm, sunlit everyday scenes.

52 illustrated image cardsPlus a cover and a how-to-use card.
Printable, ready when you areDownload, print at home or at a print shop, and reprint whenever cards wear out.
Open-ended by designNo right or wrong answers, so whatever comes up has room.

Use a card to explore

  • connection
  • belonging
  • comfort
  • change
  • the things we carry
  • emotions
  • relationships
  • memories
  • resilience
  • self-compassion
  • everyday experiences

Brings into

EMDR, play therapy, talk therapy, family work, or other clinical approaches.

Hey there,

I made the Being Human Card Deck as a nervous system informed reflection tool for the therapy room. It is an invitation to slow down, notice the ordinary moments of life, and explore the feelings, memories, and experiences that make us human.

The images hold familiar pieces of everyday life. Two coffee mugs sitting side by side. An empty chair at the table. Sunlight coming through a window. A favorite teddy bear resting on a shelf. A road stretching toward the horizon. Simple things that can hold different meanings for each of us.

You might use a card to explore connection, belonging, comfort, change, or the things we carry with us. Some images may bring warmth or joy. Others may stir sadness, longing, uncertainty, or hope. Some may bring nothing at all. Whatever comes up is welcome.

These cards can be integrated into EMDR, play therapy, talk therapy, family work, or other clinical approaches. They can support exploration of emotions, relationships, memories, resilience, self-compassion, and the everyday experiences that shape our lives.

There is no single way to be human, and no right way to make meaning of what we experience. Sometimes the simplest moments remind us that our stories matter, our feelings belong, and we are all connected by the experience of being human.

Take care,
Jackie Flynn, EdS, LMHC-S, RPT-S™, RST-C/T
EMDR Playground™
Illustrated portrait of Jackie Flynn

Jackie Flynn
Creator of EMDR Playground™

One image, many meanings

Simple things can hold different meanings for each of us. Look at the card and tap whatever it stirs in you. Pick as many as you like, or none.

What does this image stir?

Try another image

How to use this card deck

Straight from the how-to card that comes with the deck.

  1. Look through the cards.

  2. Which image speaks to you today?

  3. Choose a card and read its title and reflection question.

  4. Notice the feelings, thoughts, or memories that arise.

  5. There are no right or wrong answers.

  6. Let your story unfold.

Bring Being Human into your sessions

One-time purchase · $34.99

  • 52 printable image cards
  • Cover and how-to-use card
  • For EMDR, play, talk, and family therapy
  • Print and reprint as often as you need
Get the Card Deck for $34.99