The Deck of Care

The Deck of care is a passion project a friend and I began working on as a creative outlet during the pandemic, that would hopefully help others see some light in trying times. The Deck of Care is an easy reference for free, achievable self-care activities that are built into a standard deck playing cards. Full of fun, whimsical graphics, it's a perfect companion for people of any age building out their self-care toolkit.

We loosely used tarot as inspiration, with each number covering a category of self-care activities - like meditation or boundaries. Each suit is an area of life - such as emotion or passion. The user can shuffle the deck to pick one thing to do at random, play out a suit to experience many self-care activities in one area of life, or explore a category of self-care by playing out the four cards in one number. As the user plays, they'll learn a lot of self-care strategies - and gain an understanding of what works for them when.

Each card has a unique visual concept drafted by the two of us over hours of brainstorming. We used a different animal to represent each suit, and in an effort to hit a specific timeline, we used a freelance illustrator to draw out our visions for each card. We used kickstarter to crowdfund the project, and when we exceeded our goal we decided it was time for the deck of care to be available to a larger pool of clients who would use it. We’re now proud to say that The Deck of Care is offered on Amazon both in the USA & Canada, and can be in your hands in two days time!