Between Tides
A Healing Journey Through Past, Present & Future
54 gently-illustrated prompt cards to help you pause, look inward, and understand your story with more clarity and compassion — one quiet question at a time.
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Hey there,
I created Between Tides as a reflective tool for gently exploring the experiences that shape who we are — for moments when you want to pause, look inward, and understand your story with more clarity and compassion.
Rather than searching for quick answers, these cards create space to notice what has been, what is present now, and what may be unfolding ahead. The imagery draws from the natural rhythm of the ocean — shells, anchors, tides, and sand — as quiet symbols of change, resilience, and growth.
You might use the cards in therapy, journaling, group reflection, or personal practice. There's no single way to use this deck.
Three tides, one story
Each card belongs to one of three currents — gentle prompts that move between where you've been, where you are, and where you're headed.
What shaped you
Memories, relationships, and experiences that made you who you are today.
What you're holding now
Awareness of what your mind and body carry in this exact moment.
Where you're headed
Possibilities, choices, and the direction you may be growing toward.
Draw a card
Every card pairs a gentle question with an ocean-inspired image. Tap one to turn it over.
Past
What shaped you
Turn it over.
⚓ Reflect gently
⚓ Reflect gently
Present
What you're holding now
Turn it over.
⚓ Reflect gently
⚓ Reflect gently
Future
Where you're headed
Turn it over.
⚓ Reflect gently
Turn it over.
Tap or press Enter on any card to flip it back.
However you reflect, there's no wrong way to shuffle
In therapy
A gentle way to open sessions or explore a topic sideways.
In journaling
Draw a card, write freely, and let one question lead to the next.
In group reflection
Pass the deck around and take turns sharing what surfaces.
On your own
Pick a card whenever you want a quiet moment to check in with yourself.
Jackie is a licensed mental health counselor supervisor and registered play therapist supervisor who believes healing happens one honest question at a time. She created Between Tides as a reflection tool — not a replacement for therapy — to help people notice their own patterns, memories, and hopes with a little more clarity and a little more kindness.
Ready to wade in?
Fifty-four prompts. Three currents. One gentle way back to yourself.
- 54 printable cards
- Past, Present & Future prompts
- Use in therapy, journaling, or solo