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Episode #173 Dina Berrin From Reiki Roots to Mystic Mastery: Dina Barron on Tarot, Charms, and Finding Your Way Home

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What if your daily energy practice was as ordinary—and essential—as brushing your teeth? We open with a clear look at Reiki as steady nervous system care and a quiet path to self-healing, then welcome author, intuitive guide, and coach Dina Barron to map how tarot, numerology, palmistry, astrology, and a delightfully simple charm system turn inner knowing into practical steps. Dina’s story travels from a grandmother’s astrology lessons to a New York tea party where a children’s event sparked a new divination language. Along the way, we challenge myths about “healers,” reframe subtle sessions as powerful, and show how consistency builds resilience before life gets loud.

The conversation digs into burnout, boundaries, and the cost of a chronic yes. Tracy shares a cascade of wake-up calls that forced rest, and Dina offers a sharp metaphor: when we ignore signs, the universe finds louder ones. From there, we get tactical—what to look for in a practitioner (steadiness, humility, clarity, real boundaries), how to start your own path (curiosity over expectation), and why copying a teacher always falls short of your own rhythm. Books and tools surface as companions, not crutches: Reiki foundations for practice, Tara Mohr’s Playing Big to expand your voice, and Mary K. Greer’s tarot guides to deepen symbolic fluency.

You’ll also hear a live charm reading that reveals why ordinary symbols—bicycles, spoons, ladders, moons—can carry extraordinary personal meaning. Dina’s Alignment Experience, a year-long program crafted around numerical cycles, offers an intimate container to clarify purpose, values, and timing so decisions feel clean and courageous. For those craving a quicker reset, she shares a 12-week path to break people-pleasing and build authentic choices that stick. The thread running through it all is simple and strong: alignment is a practice, intuition is learnable, and everyday rituals can change the way you move through work, family, and faith.

If this resonates, follow the show, share it with a friend who needs a gentle nudge, and leave a review to help others find our community. Your next step toward alignment might be one breath, one symbol, or one small yes away.

Meet Dina Berrin: Author, Intuitive Guide, and Certified Life Coach

Dina Berrin is a seasoned intuitive guide, storyteller, and Certified Co-Active Life Coach (CPCC, PCC) with over 20 years of experience in the mystical arts. Her journey began under the tutelage of her astrology-devoted grandmother, igniting a lifelong passion for uncovering the deeper truths beneath life's surface.

As a master tarot reader, numerologist, palm reader, astrologer, and creator of a unique charm reading system, Dina seamlessly blends ancient wisdom with modern coaching techniques. Her innovative approach empowers individuals to reconnect with their authentic selves, clarify their values, and overcome limiting beliefs, enabling them to live their most fulfilling lives.

Dina is the author of The Way Within: Igniting Your Intuition With Sacred Tools. This self-published book offers transformative insights and practical tools for personal growth and spiritual alignment. Her upcoming release, The Way Within – A Seasonal Charm Journal: Fall, launched in conjunction with the Fall Equinox, offers a seasonal journey of self-discovery through charm-based rituals and reflective practices.

Through her year-long alignment program, 12-week Happiness Reset, and personalized 1:1 coaching sessions, Dina offers a comprehensive roadmap for those seeking to harmonize their inner and outer wor

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SPEAKER_00:

This is Ready Set Reiki, a podcast about Reiki and all energy work, from the curious beginner to the seasoned master teacher, welcoming all systems, all images, and all levels. Reiki is a journey and not a destination. And on this Ready Set Reiki journey, I refer to myself as a guide rather than a host, as I too am traveling, helping, supporting others, and learning on this Reiki journey as well. And with that said, I am your guide, Tracy C. Wright. And this is Ready Set Reiki. Hello, Reiki family. Reiki blessings to all of you. Ready Set Reiki, another amazing journey I have in store for you today. But before we begin, a couple announcements. Number one, check out Reiki News Magazine, the fall 2025 edition. This is a great resource for those of you from the Curious Beginner to the PhD scholar to check out lots of relevant information in there, including the update of the historical information of Azue Sensei about his resume that was uncovered. So we're able to see what he was doing from age 23 until he connected with the Reiki energy. Also in that uh magazine, there is Reiki for Burnout, written by me. My other article, Reiki Rays, and that is uh an interesting uh one as well because it is with a Reiki with Christianity. This has been something in my life that's been a little bit of a challenge growing up in a in a Christian Bible-based home. So that article's in there. Just look up under Reiki Rays and for September 27th. Also, my article with Reiki for buying a home. That is in the Reiki Associations magazine, Universal uh magazine, issue number seven. These things are all found online, but you can actually get a physical copy of Reiki News. So back to our journey today. So excited for this guest. So it's Dina Barron. Now, she is an author, intuitive guide, and certified life coach. She has over 20 years of experience in the mystical arts. Now, as a master tarot reader, numerologist, palm reader, astrologer, and creator of a unique charm reading system, Dina seamlessly blends ancient wisdom with modern coaching techniques. Her innovative approach empowers individuals to reconnect with their authentic self, clarify their values, and overcome limiting beliefs that enable them for you know living their fullest life. So let's give a warm ready set Reiki welcome to Dina. Hi, Tracy. Welcome, welcome. So let's begin our journey together. You have a lot that you do, and I'd like our listeners to hear all about you. So tell us a little bit about yourself.

SPEAKER_01:

Sure. Okay. So my name is Dina Barron, and I live in New York City, a city that I adore for all of its grit and magic. And as far as I can remember, I have felt drawn to signs and symbols and the unseen. And I think that I have been very lucky because my grandmother introduced me to astrology at a very young age. And my grandmother was a teacher in a long line of teachers. And I feel as though, so I kind of come from, you know, my grandmother was interested in mysticism and astrology and all this stuff and teachers. And that kind of gave me the constant hum that like kind of underlies all of my work. And living in New York City, it gave me so many opportunities. Like there were always classes on tarot, on astrology. Like there were always classes for me to take. And I see myself as a forever student. My appetite for learning is insatiable. And I feel as what that has led to is today I blend many of my roles: intuitive reader, coach, mentor, teacher, and creative. I published my book, The Way Within: Igniting Your Intuition with Sacred Tools back in April. I also have created two seasonal charm journals since then. Everything is sold on Amazon. And I lead private clients, group programs, and I teach, I host events, and I really enjoy mentoring others. So my work is really about helping people reclaim their voice, reconnect with their soul, and step into a more authentic version of who they truly are.

SPEAKER_00:

Beautiful. I love New York. I remember when I was 12 years old, and uh my home was a big beetle, beetle uh household with the music. And at 12 years old, all I wanted to do was go to New York to see the Dakota, right? Yeah, it's right near me. So I was so excited. But what was so ridiculous um at the time, for some reason I was wearing a door shirt. I was going these pictures of me, you know. So we got to go see, but the trip was because uh my uncle, um, I guess whatever they were doing uh for Ellis Island repair at the time, he paid money to have one of my great-grandparents' names on it. So that was the whole reason of the trip. But I kept asking my uncle, who thankfully was a huge Beetle fan as well. So he drove me up right to the entrance, you know, and we're taking pictures. So, but the energy there is just amazing, isn't it? So it is I just you can feel it. And I'm here in El Paso, Texas, about 25 minutes from the border. And it's so interesting to compare the energy of New York being on Ellis Island to being here. It's so vastly different. And when people ask me, how does it feel here? I said it doesn't feel like New York. Like New York is like the hopes and dreams and excitement where here a lot of people enter under distress, right? And trying to come in. And so you feel that kind of worry, that heaviness where you feel this electric energy like in New York, like anything is possible. Uh, energy. So we're talking about the mystical arts. So when did all this energy work come into your life? Do you say that it found you or you found it?

SPEAKER_01:

Well, I would definitely say that it found me. I mean, my grandmother introduced me at such a young age that I really didn't know, like I felt like I guess everybody's learning this. Like, you know, if you think about like growing up, like you don't you think that everyone's having the same experience as you. And then when you get a little older, you're like, oh, nobody's having the same experience as me. Um, and I feel as though that began it. And I always was interested. Like I grew up in New Jersey and I remember like I used to go to the boardwalk with my family, and you know, we used to see like palm readers or like mystics or psychics on the on the on the beach or on the boardwalk. And I used to beg my mom, please let me get a reading. And she's like, keep walking, like we are not stopping for these people, you know, kind of thing. And it was just always something that I was interested in. And I I feel like when I moved to New York City after I graduated from college, um, because I had a job that had me working like basically around the clock, I I realized I need to get a class or something that takes me out of this routine of just constantly working. And I found a class on tarot. And that started my, you know, kind of like real, you know, studying of it in in a real way. And I, and then I feel as though every experience that I've had after that has had like kind of a gateway moment. Like, for example, I did not start out by studying Reiki. And and but what happened is, you know, all of these modalities have crossovers. Like, I mean, I I work with within so many modalities. Like I know people that do pretty much anything and everything. Like I know like a lot of different people. Everyone's like, do you know someone that can do voodoo? I'm like, I do, you know, kind of thing. Like I can I can find you someone basically that can do anything. But what was happening for me personally is I remember I was going through a bit of a difficult time and I was unable to really find any logic or reason or any advice that really felt valuable to me. And a friend of mine saw that I was struggling and he was a Reiki, he was a Reiki Reiki practitioner, and he said to me, it would be my pleasure to to offer this to you. And I remember just the experience of that. Like I felt so much love and I felt so held. It was just like I it was hard to even even put into words the the value and the actual being in the experience. I just I felt like there was like a before and there was an after to that. And and and then what happens is, you know, life gets busy. And I remember like that was very helpful for me at that time. And then kind of like skip forward about maybe like nine years. And um uh right before COVID, I I was giving somebody a gift, like a gag gift. I bought something on Etsy, and a a woman, the woman that I bought something from on Etsy reached out to me and she said, I know this may sound odd, but through your purchase and like the note that you like wrote to me, um your spirit guide came to me and said that your third eye is blocked. And that you know, he is asking you to, you know, to take care of that basically. And that is what kind of uh led me to seek out Reiki again. And I've and so it's like so I had that experience which was positive, but then I kind of like got away from it, and then I had this amazing experience once again. It was around 2020, and um that led me to getting um not only, I mean, I had a bunch of amazing experiences with Reiki and I was able to connect with my spirit guide, I was able to connect with an archangel, I was able to connect with my grandmother in the afterlife. And I also decided that I wanted to um study Reiki, I wanted to become a practitioner myself. And um, so I actually pursued, I I went and I I I seek I seeked out a um a program and I only did get to level one. So I'm not quite I haven't stopped, but I have taken a little pause because life. But um, but it but I definitely have had really wildly impactful, powerful, meaningful experiences with Reiki. And it's it's kind of hard to put into words, which is like, I know not helpful to anybody that's a saying, but it's it was really huge, really huge for me.

SPEAKER_00:

Yeah, yeah. And it's one of those things that it's hard, as you said, to put into words. You just need to experience. And not everyone, when you approach Reiki, has to be that master teacher or has to even teach. I think everyone should at least get level one because level one is about you, your self-healing. So it gives you those tools so that you're able to do your higher purpose, which is for you, all these, you know, wonderful things, you know, master tarot reader, palm reader, astrologer, creator. It gives you those tools as you navigate to keep you grounded, to help you with that stress, to help you open that third eye. So it's not necessarily not everyone's call to teach it, but it's a really great tool to use to help us get through life. I mean, we get things thrown at us all the time, and our breath gets unsteady, our nervous system, you know, blood pressure, all of these things. And that's the invitation in level one just for today. I will not worry.

SPEAKER_01:

Yeah, and it's also as a as a as a practitioner, as someone who works with other people and gives a lot of the time, it is really important to have a self-care practice.

SPEAKER_00:

Oh, yeah, absolutely.

SPEAKER_01:

Because if you don't, then you will burn out. If you don't, then you cannot give at the level that you are meant to.

SPEAKER_00:

Right, right. And it's a great tool, especially those that channel, um, you know, tarot readers uh that have these abilities to be able to pause and really give back to yourself as well. Because we do get empathic. We have a heart of service. We're always giving, giving, giving. So it's a nice little resource that, okay, I can do this myself. I'm gonna breathe, I'm gonna, you know, say my principles, I'm just gonna ask the energy to flow and take care of it. So yeah, it's a great tool to have in your energetic toolbox. So as you studied Reiki, what are you finding some of the misconceptions that people think about Reiki?

SPEAKER_01:

Sure, yeah. Well, I feel like one of the big misconceptions is that you only call on Reiki when something is broken or in crisis. I mean, Reiki is always present, it flows, it supports, it heals, even if we're not being fully aware of it. And and another thing is like that the healer kind of quote unquote does it all. I mean, the reality is that we are all channels, we all surrender, we all hold energy, we all let the energy move through us. So the more precise and the more grounded and the more humble we are, the stronger the energy is. So, and and and not every session has to be like, you know, a storm comes through and lightning strikes and big things happen. I mean, sometimes it can just be like a quiet, calm inner alignment and inner peace.

SPEAKER_00:

And those subtle changes are really powerful as well. Right. My first Reiki, uh, a Zui Rahih ho teacher, she always said, it's like brushing your teeth. Do this every single day. Yeah. And just you have to make it a habit and you know, bringing it in, just asking it to flow. And so when the big things hit, and I remember uh about three years ago, I was in a I teach yoga, but I also go into other classes for you know my own kind of um practice. And uh I actually hurt and teared, I got a tear, and I went in uh to the doctor and um I was like, Oh, you know, all this stuff. And he says, but if you didn't just think if you didn't do the Reiki, like how worse off this could have been, you know. So every time there's a situation kind of medically, and I'm like, people will say, How did this happen to you? You do Reiki all the time, and the doctor would be like, Well, just think if you didn't bring that a part of your practice, it could be really, really worse. So yeah, just using it every day instead of like, you know, oh my goodness, here it is, and pick and choose from it. It's something I do every day. And there were times, because as you said, life gets busy that I would get busy and then I'd start something would happen. I'm like, oh, I really got to go back to my basics and have that consistent practice because you'll feel it, it'll catch up with you. Yeah, and I have to stop and and and redirect. So we all get those reminders. Exactly, exactly. So you probably have many people that come to you with astrology, your work, your uh charms, tarot reading, and they're always usually coming with some type of advice, guidance, or some type of challenge that they're going through. So being someone that helps guide people through their challenges, what has been the biggest challenge you have faced, whether it's personal or professional?

SPEAKER_01:

Oh, well, I mean, I feel as though, I mean, I think that people think like that just because you're a Reiki practitioner or just because you're uh a reader, or just, I mean, they think that like prop life is problem free and it's not. Like everyone has stuff that they deal with. And um, and and I I feel as though as a mom, I I feel like one of the biggest things is um is trying to find balance um for me, like trying to um figure out like how to because I mean there are things that only I can do in my family and in my life and with my kids. I I don't want to delegate it and I I I I don't delegate it. And the thing is that sometimes pieces of my work and pieces of me need to kind of get put on a back burner. So I feel as though I'm always um working with that shifting and changing and balancing act of life. And um, I'm asking, like I feel like I I have developed a stronger sense of patience and I have developed a sense of trust. Like I have to trust that I'm on a path. And, you know, just to be a little bit more specific, um, my youngest went through a really major challenge. And um, you know, it's like he he's my third, but once again, it's like just because he's my third child doesn't mean that I've I've done this before. And and at first it was I felt like he was constantly pulling me away from my work and constantly like I I felt very discombobulated because I didn't feel grounded because I wasn't able to do my work. And then I had a perspective shift, and the perspective shift was that this is my work, he is my teacher, and I was able to show up and be present in a way that I hadn't been before, and there was so much growth available there for me. And so I feel as though, you know, when you and this is like a lesson for everyone, when you go through a challenge, instead of being like, I'm so irritated that this is happening, I'm so angry that this is taking me away from like the rainbows and unicorns that are supposed to be my life, you know, kind of thing, instead of, you know, kind of being irritated or angry or frustrated at it, say, what is the lesson here? What do I need to learn? And how can I exit this situation stronger, more knowledgeable, more capable, more empowered than I was before. So I feel as though I have faced a lot of struggles and I feel as though um I did have those moments of questioning, and then I decided that I was going to get comfortable with being uncomfortable.

SPEAKER_00:

I think that's what we're meant to be here for, right? Everything's supposed to teach us something instead of you know resisting, just pausing and saying, What is this teaching me? And I always like have this conversation, you know, kind of with myself, universe, God. Okay, what is this teaching me? I'm gonna learn this because I don't want this again.

SPEAKER_01:

It's always that's how this is all done, right? And sometimes I I talk, people are like, why does this keep happening in my life? And I said, you know, I'm like, I'm gonna give you a metaphor. Like I walk around and I see people with their face and their head down in their phones. Like they walk around the streets of Manhattan, wherever the streets of El Paso, wherever they are, they're driving, they're not fully paying attention. And I feel as though life is very often trying to get your attention and say, hey, look here, do this differently, be aware, you know, that this is happening, you know, fix this kind of thing. And if we don't get the message because we're stuck in our phones, what happens is the universe has to find other ways to get our attention. And it's funny because I always say, you know, like, you see those people walking around with one of those orthopedic boots on, like a lot of times people like fall off the sidewalk and twist their ankle. I'm like, they weren't paying attention. I said, but now they have to because now they're wearing a boot, you know, kind of thing. But I feel so very often we get the messages, but we get them sometimes not exactly in the way that we think they're coming.

SPEAKER_00:

Absolutely, absolutely. I and I have uh, you know, like just last month, you know, I'm going, going, going, teaching all these classes, and I knew, I knew since like May that I needed rest. Like my body was craving it to the point that I had written this article about Reiki for burnout, right? And so I knew this, I'm like, I gotta rest, but there was just nowhere in this schedule. I had commitments all the way up to like November. I'm like, what am I gonna do? I had, you know, was coming from a place of yes. So I said yes to all these things. My schedule was completely full. And so I knew this. I'm like, I gotta, I would go to people and they would work on me, like, oh, your body's feeling rest. You need rest. I'm like, where can I put this in? And then in September, I went to teach at a place and I walked in, and the uh aide that's there said, Oh my goodness, we have a COVID outbreak. I can't believe they didn't call you and cancel. And that was the first time I ever got COVID. So I got COVID. Then I ended up getting a sinus infection, I had an allergic reaction to the medication, then I got bronchitis, and then I had something that through all of this did something to a healthy tooth that I had to get fixed. But this is how many things had to happen because I had that energy of go, go, go, because that's my parents did it. They they pushed, they persevered. You know, my grandparents were that of that same energy, but it was finally like I get it, and I started just clearing my schedule. Like, I got it. I'm I'm gonna take care of myself, but I knew it and I just couldn't find where I could let things go because I had events and this and that and clients. And when you build something, you know, you don't want to go and build it with your right and smash it with your left hand, you know. You're like, oh, but it's needed because I really wasn't listening. And it's like, girl, I'm gonna get you, we're gonna knock you down. You have to listen to your body, right? You have to listen to your body. But look at how many things had to happen for me to like, I get it, I'll take things off the schedule.

SPEAKER_01:

That's funny.

SPEAKER_00:

You know, so it's just but I also looked at it as I was going, I know, I know, I'm trying, I'm trying. Okay.

SPEAKER_01:

But what happens is it's like the universe gives you enough clues, and then they're like, okay, we need to take action. And then, you know, they give you time, and then you're like, okay, you've run out of rope. We're stepping in.

SPEAKER_00:

Yeah, it's like I gave you the article. I've I've had like five, six people tell you you need to rest, you know, and it's like, let's keep going. You need a sign or sign. I need a sign. That's what I tell my friend. She always asks for, can you send me some more cards? I need a sign or sign, right? So, well, when it's time for you to get an energetic tune-up or you going to see someone else, what are some qualities you look for in a Reiki practitioner or someone in the mystic arts?

SPEAKER_01:

Yes. Well, it is very important for me. Like, I feel like I am grounding for a lot of people. Like, I am that person for everyone. And I need someone to be that for me. So I need someone steady. I need someone who has humility, someone who can bring clarity. I'm not looking for a savior. I'm just looking for someone to know their work and to just be of service. And I feel as though I get like this resonance in my bones. Like I get a feeling like I just know when someone is the right person for me to work with. Um, and and I feel as though something that I've really built up over the years, which I appreciate in other people, is a sense of compassion and also a sense of boundaries, like somebody who really honors, you know, my edges, their edges, and you know, just the autonomy of um what's happening in the session.

SPEAKER_00:

Over 20 years of experience in the mystic arts, what advice would you give someone who's just entering this profession?

SPEAKER_01:

Begin with curiosity, not expectation. So you need to keep asking yourself, like, how does this serve me? Does this feel true to me? And building the foundation so it's it's connecting with your body, with your mind, with your emotions, because energy it magnifies what's already there. So if you are trying to push yourself into like, and also like everybody has their own, like just like we all have our own personalities and we have our own proclivities and you know, favorite things in the world, everyone has their own way of working. So it's not like you know, if you go to a teacher and you're like, oh, I think this teacher's the bomb, that's great. But like that teacher has their own rhythm of working. Like, and you shouldn't be them. You should be the most authentic version of you. So be gentle with yourself. Find a circle of people that you trust and and understand that it's a growth process. I've been doing this for like essentially my whole life, and I am still a student and I'm still learning, and I still love showing up with a notebook and a pen and sitting in the front row and hearing what other people have to say. So never stop learning.

SPEAKER_00:

Yeah. That's what I love too. It's just your and that's why I consider this a journey, and I don't call myself a host because I'm learning too. I'm coming on this journey, and there are things that when people come on, I'm genuinely surprised by, and I just so amazed with things, especially like card readings and when things come through, and you're like, oh my goodness. And it's not getting the uh being validated for ego, it's just being so surprised by it. It's like, oh my goodness. Uh, one of the best compliments I've ever gotten. Um, I went to, you know, moving to El Paso, you have an opportunity to meet a lot of variety of people here. And I connected with someone, and she was great, and we became fast friends, and she came to introduce me uh to her children. And um, I went to shake the little girl's hand, and she went to her mom and she went, and and my friend goes, Can I tell her? And she goes like this, and she said she loves meeting somebody with the same energy as her. Oh, wow. The same energy, you know, as her. And I thought, oh, how like wow, like this she recognized that.

SPEAKER_01:

I love that because a lot of children would like maybe think that but not say it. She didn't feel confident enough.

SPEAKER_00:

And yeah, and that's what she said. So yeah, so it's my little my little buddy there that and um also with the charm readings, you know, I taught her how to do charm readings as well. So she was helping at the market doing charm readings, and she was uh a natural at it, but yeah, that's just working on that energy and having that playfulness and fun with it. Let's just have fun, you know. It's like just surprising myself. Like that came true. Wow, like wow, like who would have guessed these synchronicities? I even had like an interesting way how I found out that was something wrong with my tooth because it showed no signs. And it was through my hairdresser who just happened to have a client that had the same series of health events as I did from the COVID to you know the sinus infection. And so you have, and I'm like, I'm blown away. Like, what were the odds of me going to that hairdresser and I'm having a dentist appointment for a checkup the next week? And she tells me this, you know, check that out because I had a client that had COVID and had a sinus infection, and she had a healthy tooth and it had an abscess on it. It's like, wow, but you're listening and you were probably I could have easily ignored that. And I went into that dentist and I said, You have you have to check this. Like, I need you to x-ray. This happened. I I believe there could be a coincidence, and like, okay, and they're bringing and dusting the equipment off, you know, because they don't do it that often. And there you go. And so, and listening, that's the other thing, yeah, for sure. With that, yeah, it's so what books do you recommend?

SPEAKER_01:

Okay, well, I'm a huge reader and I'm always reading like multiple books at a time because I have a Gemini moon and I am just a very curious and restless person. I'm always like, learn, learn, learn. I'm really hungry to learn. So I have books like so um I I I started with like so for Reiki, I like The Five Foundations of Reiki by Monique Wagner. It's just practical advice, step-by-step instructions that are easy to follow. Like, I liked how it really just confirmed the interconnectedness of everything. I just really like that book. But a book that was really powerful for me, which was more of like a coaching type book, was a book by the author named Tara Moore, M-O-H-R. And the book is called Playing Big. And this book helped me face my inner critic. It really helped me create space for my voice and let me live more from possibility than from a place of fear. It's saying, stop playing small, play big. And it was, it's like I feel like I've read this book multiple times and it's it's extremely powerful. I mean, I love the book The Artist Way by Julia Cameron. I think a million people have read that book. Um, but what I really like, the tarot books that I like, I'm a huge fan. I mean, there's a million authors out there. I have a book out there too that I would recommend. But the books that I love, um, I'm gonna recommend Mary Greer. I mean, there's so many books that I love. If you are new to reading tarot, there's a book called 21 Ways to Read a Tarot Card. And it gives you all these unique ways just to see the cards, to interpret the cards and helping readers find personal meaning in them because I really feel like things start connecting, things start clicking, things start coming together when they have personal meaning to you. Which leads me another book that she wrote, which is like, who are you in the tarot? And it it was like a discovery of like, what are your birth cards? What are your personal year cards? And a really deep dive into like self-discovery. And um like so I I feel like there are a million ways um for you, I mean there's a million books out there, but having a personal connection, whether it's Reiki, whether it's tarot, whether it's meditation, whether it's yoga, whatever it is, you will have more value. You will gain so much more if there is a personal connection. So ask what's my why? Like why am I here? Why am I doing this? Why am I choosing to spend my time doing this thing? How is it changing me? How is it building me up? How is it making me a more positive, you know, change oriented person, whatever. And that's more of it. Like I feel like you know we all connect to different books at different times of our life because of what we're going through. And um I love I love getting book referrals, but most importantly, like what do you need right now? And um what would make that you know and sometimes it's just a matter of like just sit still for a minute. Just take a time out and stop doing and start connecting with your you know your inner self because the answers are not out here.

SPEAKER_00:

The answers are here. Yeah yeah it reminded me of uh when you were telling the story about the boardwalk and the the readers that were on the boardwalk um as a child you know my mother was very Bible based uh color herself a Christian and she would always go into the bookstores and this is a child in the you know the latter 70s and 80s I would have to come with her and then I would kind of sneak off and there I would be in the astrology and the the spiritual section as a kid just reading things and she would get she'd find me like oh what are you doing there? No no no you know and then pull me away even though my mother had abilities that she shut off and my grandmother did my grandmother you know um was more open to it but she would always pull me away but the thing of it is if you can't think of it sit back and reflect what were you doing as a child what what lit you up so as a kid going into that whole bookstore and I went right over there. I would go right there too that is my section find me I'll spend the day there's like a 10 year old kid and you're reading and it's just then you have that culturally created self that no no no we don't do that that's not okay you know put that back on the shelf we're going over to the Christian section let's get you a Bible you know so and then to shame a lot of people and then what happens is people find out like they they are they are taught from a young age that this is not okay.

SPEAKER_01:

This is not like work that people do in the world. Maybe it's kind of considered to be you know forbidden or thing like we don't do this like why are you over here? Like stop it you know and but exactly and then you shut it off because you're like oh it's bad and and I mean I've had clients that I've worked with and they're like it it freaked me them out a little bit that I worked with tarot because they're like we were always told it was it was it was a bad thing. And I was like well that's a story and you know we can that's an old story let's get a new story. Like is that the story that that still aligns with your thinking or is there a new story that you'd like and and then the same client by the time we were done working together she owned a whole bunch of decks and she was like telling me about them.

SPEAKER_00:

I was like look at you yeah yeah so it's always good to reflect if you can't think of it what lit you up as a child what what brought you joy and then through there's a start and then you'll get that confidence to you know and it's amazing that the books pop up uh when you re when you really need them.

SPEAKER_01:

Yeah but that's like a huge part of my work like I feel as though people don't know who they are in the world because people that they consider to be important their their parents their grandparents teachers you know maybe religious figures that are big in their life told them don't do that. That's not good. So then they they they stop having passions they stop having things that are interest to them and they forget like they aren't rooted to anything.

SPEAKER_00:

So I'm like okay who's making your decisions for you right and it's harder to like especially like my my mother you know I'll go and do this and she's like well yoga's bad and this is bad. So then I went and I got trained in uh Christian yoga and then she's like well that's not good enough and then I modified my practice and then I started beginning to kind of tweak myself according to her and you know even the card readings okay well I'll do angel readings and I'll go with Cal Gray because it's more you know an alignment with that. And then finally it's like what am I doing? You know I was trying to add all of these things to make it and I remember when I got my um yoga Christian certification and she was like I don't understand how saying some Bible verses while you're doing this is making a difference. And she wrote that on my Facebook page.

SPEAKER_01:

Well I feel very very fortunate that my family has been so supportive and never judgmental and always open like I feel so very lucky because I know that a lot of people have not had it so easy.

SPEAKER_00:

Yes yes yes so that's just a and someone maybe going through that right now just know try to find that authentic because if you're called to it then it it's meant for you to do so what uh modalities other modalities do you offer do you offer classes trainings?

SPEAKER_01:

Yeah so you know as I mentioned my grandmother was a teacher my mother was a teacher my grandmother's mother was like I come from a long line of teachers and um so I felt like I really wanted to learn it. Like I feel so comfortable being in a student position but lately I am teaching more. I also have a mentorship program. I also have a a 12 week how to stop being a people pleaser program because that's a huge you know that that this is kind of like what this all roots in but um my work is tarot it is numerology it is palmistry it is charm readings I work with crystals and I work with my coaching modalities and it's funny because I became a coach in in 2018 and before I coached I used to just like read for people I used to just like just talk at them. And now my readings have changed so much my readings are more of a conversation it's more of like well what do you want to happen here or how's that working for you you know kind of thing like I feel as though people come to readings and they want me to give them answers. My job is to I I consider myself the bringer of the light. I shine the light on what's happening I'm like I'm gonna set the stage I said you're gonna need to act in this scene you're gonna need to figure out how you want this scene to play out so to speak I can't tell you to leave the relationship. I can't tell you to take the job I can't tell you to hop on a plane and move to another country it has to be your decision because in the end if it doesn't work out it has to be a decision that you made not one that like some tarot reader that met you you know 15 minutes before your reading made for you. But I I what I really love is um I created my charm journals and excuse I created my charm kits and then what I decided was charm kits are great and and I do have charm lessons and I teach people how to do it and I've taught some charm classes but then I created my charm journals um and I sometimes offer workshops and you treats but I I just release this fall charm journal there's 14 charms every week I pick a charm that we dig into I offer up some symbolism and meaning behind it. I offer up prompts and how to work with it you can get that on um and Amazon but I also have a YouTube channel where all the stuff that I do is on there but I I am involved in workshops and retreats I have an ongoing class um that I do every year. It's a one year program it's called the alignment experience and what we do is we like basically we go through your astrology your mymology your you know your tarot cards everything and we get you into alignment. By the time I'm done with you you will know exactly who you are and what you are meant to do in this world. So I do a lot of different things but I'm also I do a lot of parties and events I I'm all over the place. I feel like my Gemini moon once again I like to do a lot of different things. So I write I I do readings I work with people but I've also begun to be like okay there has to be a pause there has to be a little space for me because that's where I kind of get to water and sunshine myself so I can keep giving at the rate that I do. Beautiful so where can we find you online or in person? Sure well I have my website is my name so it's dinabarron.com all my stuff is there but I also have Instagram where I put a lot of stuff and you can go to my link tree and see a whole bunch of stuff too I've got you know videos on YouTube. Everything is under my name so I'm on Facebook as Dina Barron I'm on YouTube as Dina Barron I'm on Instagram as Dina Barron and um and you can always email me at Dina at Dina Barron. Perfect.

SPEAKER_00:

Well that ends the first part of our journey I'm gonna guide you into the second part which are questions from Ricky students and from listeners.

SPEAKER_01:

So here we go number one I am interested in your charm reading can you tell me about your unique charm reading system yes so my charm reading system evolved from a desire to take this spiritual thing but make it more simple what happened was there's a um there's a tea salon here in New York City called Alice's Teacup. It's like an Alice in Wonderland themed tea salon and I I do readings for them there. I do parties I do events and I got hired to do like a five year old kids party and I was like oh my God I'm like I can't bring my tarot deck to a five year old's birthday party like I can't let them pull like the death card or the devil. I'm like I got to do something different. So I mean they they were like we don't care to show up and do readings kind of thing. So I ran down to like the fashion district and I started buying like all these different like buttons and shapes and different objects and I went to the party and I started just reading the charms that these kids pulled and anyway that evolved into me creating an actual charm kit. Like so here's my charm kit and this charm kit this my charm kit here has a whole bunch of charms in it. As you can see these are all items that you've seen before like for example this is a spoon um and this is a a bicycle uh and this is a a ladder you know kind of thing like there's nothing in here this is there's a uh a skipper's wheel uh like there's and all of them have this little uh hook here that if I wanted to put it on my necklace that's why I call them charms because they can all fit on your necklace. So basically how the charms work is that um I I like to I I put it like usually in a bigger dish but I'm just showing it to you here but I I don't like to look you don't pick the charm the charm picks you and we're working with the symbolism of the archetype the themes kind of like what comes up so we we don't look and I'll develop charming for you right now. So we don't look and oh this isn't so I pulled a charm can you see what that is okay so basically what we do is um and you can you can pair the charm with a card for more information but I just ask a couple of simple questions and so everyone is going to come up with a different answer so I'm Tracy I'm gonna do a charm meeting for you so here's the first question for you what is this item looks like a crescent moon a crescent moon excellent I agree um so my question to you is imagine like I never have seen a moon before I don't know what it is I don't know what it does like what is the purpose what is the function like what is a moon in the world like what is the symbol and you've been chosen out of all the people in the world to explain to me what is a crescent moon like what does a crescent moon mean like after I'm done talking to you I will have some understanding you don't have to give me like a full deep down like tome of a vision but like give me a few sentences how would you describe this well um it probably is a waxing moon uh maybe positive thinking positive action um gosh you know it's bringing a little light into the darkness uh new beginnings maybe life cycles uh hope that you know progress excellent excellent so I know the answer to this but this is my question have you ever seen a moon like in in the world like and what like so like what is your experience with a crescent moon I just am always just so taken back at the beauty of the moon in the sky you know whether it is um fully exposed and bringing light even if the kind of clouds come in front of it in some way you're able to see it but it's always just really you know I've always looked up and like oh the moon and I remember as a kid I'd my mother would drive in the car and I'd be in the back and I would see the moon I'm like it's following me the moon's following me I love that so it's positive and happy and life bringing so how are you Tracy personally like the moon like the crescent moon what you described well one of the things we know is consistent the sun rises right the moon's in the sky so I would think just kind of someone that you can rely on right um I try to be bright in darkness try to see that hope within there um trying to be positive and just like being a human being there are times where I get a little down but try to pull myself back up.

SPEAKER_00:

So um that's kind of how I looked at it. Perfect that's perfect answer. Kind of like a compass in a way well we're gonna go that way you know but also too the great thing about the moon it changes. So it's not I like to as you mentioned do a lot of things so I don't like to stick with something too long. So I like that it's constantly changing waxing and waning things like that.

SPEAKER_01:

Wonderful you give excellent answers okay and I have one last question for you. So imagine this moon can talk and it came to our reading it came to this session today specifically with the intention of giving you a message a very specific very personal very clarifying message for you and this message it's not long I mean it could fit like on a fortune cookie type message what is it that the moon this crescent moon and all the things that you've shared about it want you to want you to know today I would think cycle transformation just the the constant change I'm right now is like I shared with you after getting better changing how my business looks changing how I'm approaching things at the ability where I don't have to say yes to everything that I can bring a little bit discernment uh bring in a little mystery things like this is kind of the unknown me letting go of some of these things what's going to happen right you're used to these consistent contracts and things and just an invitation to more balance duality uh coming in uh to my life so that's kind of where I see the the the crescent moon coming in perfect so I you know I know that so your your reader said they were interested in the charm reading and this is how it works. So my charm kits have you know about 80 80 or so charms in it and all of the charms are ones you know and the cool thing is it's and and everybody's like I've I've had people um say well where are all the directions like where are all the charm meetings and the thing is everybody has a different experience like the like I've had clients that you know pull the bicycle and said oh I fell off the bike once when I was younger I don't like a bike or I've had someone be like oh my bike's my favorite thing in the world like so it's like everybody knows what a bike is but your personal experience is what I'm interested in. And so what I do is we pull a charm and we use the the themes and the meanings and I want to dig into what it means to you so we can get a personal message for you. So this was what makes the system unique. It's like I designed these to um and I sometimes offer prompts and questions like I have in my journal but I want to invite you to like to live with the message to be the message and it's not about like what I'm telling you it's it's like this is a message for ongoing growth for you. Like so for example that's message you're like don't book yourself so much you know make sure that there's space you know shine that light be aware and so I feel as though like when people say to me like how do I read the cards I don't want to do it wrong or how do I do this I don't want to do it wrong what if there was no wrong like what if the only thing was you just needed to learn and connect with it and have it be the best experience for you. And that's what I feel as though we are looking for here. In my charms I encourage you to have a personal experience so you can have your own growth at your own pace and have um new perspectives enter you know your picture so that's my charms in a nutshell and I find when I've used charms uh at events it seems to you know you have still that little stigma with tarot they're like oh I don't want to do this but then they're curious with the charms well this is interesting I've never seen this before well let's have fun let's let's here's a little spoon scoop it out let's find your story and like well you know what can be so wrong with it with the ladder what can be so wrong with a bicycle you know like we can talk about this it's not like because if like if if like somebody pulls like the Hyrophant or the temperance card like what the heck is that I'm like okay now I have to explain that to them but I don't have to explain what these little symbols mean.

SPEAKER_00:

It just brings us down to a more basic and even with that death card I'll get people that say I'm worried you're gonna say something bad to me I'm like I I'm not gonna do that. So they see that death card and like oh no or the tower oh my goodness so you don't have any of that I know for a while I was struggling when I was very early on with card readings with the writer deck because it had the pentacles see how that culturally created itself well that was connected to that right so I got myself another deck that didn't have that so I could do the story but you don't realize until you face these things like oh my God that's not that's money.

SPEAKER_01:

Right. And I always have my I speak two languages I speak English and I speak tarot. Yeah I said so if there's anything here that makes you uncomfortable I said I've been with my deck for like 30 years. I said there is I can tell you anything you need to know death is not death the tower is not the end I'm like there are you know there's upsides and downsides just like anything in life. So let's like not get ahead of ourselves and let's just let's talk about it you know kind of thing.

SPEAKER_00:

Number two, you offer a unique program alignment program that is a one year long program. How can your program help someone align with their purpose and find their way home to themselves?

SPEAKER_01:

Well my uh my alignment experience program I offered it for the first time in 2025 because 2025 is a number nine universal year and I felt as though um so the nine years about ending a cycle and I felt as though we are ending a cycle this year and for those that are interested in kind of being feeling complete feeling whole and feeling ready to move on to like a new cycle I felt as though it was the perfect time to do that. And as I've worked and I and I only let like a handful of women into this program because I really give them so much time attention and love. And I don't want to water that down or have it be less than I really want it to be. But what I do is I go into every area like every modality that I work with. So if you are confused about your life purpose if you are questioning who you are why you're here you know what's your strengths and your weaknesses like we will hammer every single piece of this out we will go through your tarot we will go through values we will go through finding your inner leader we will look at your life path we will look at you know your attitude your personality your personal year number we will go through every single thing. So when you are done you will have clarity you will have confidence you will have energetic alignment and a deeper sense of how to move forward in life from the center of who you are and um it's not just a program it's a container to help you return home to yourself. It's it helps you trust your inner compass and move with intuition and carry your alignment into every single day. And um so I worked 2025 out to be in alignment with the number nine year 2026 is going to be a number one year. So the 2026 version of the alignment experience is going to be a little bit different because we're working with one energy. And if you don't know what that is then you should definitely reach out and find out about this because once again I'm only offering this to a handful of women that really want to take this to the next level and and live a life of courage and confidence and empowerment.

SPEAKER_00:

Wonderful and where can they find more information on that? Do you have a website?

SPEAKER_01:

Yes on my website I mean if you put in like the the alignment experience and my name it will pop up I think it's like dinabarron.com slash the alignment experience but there might be a few dashes in there. So um you can Google it and if not just email me or you know DM me and I'll I'll get that to you.

SPEAKER_00:

Perfect. Number three you offer a variety of modalities out of all of your modalities you do which one is your true passion?

SPEAKER_01:

You know what this to me feels like asking who your favorite child is it's a little bit of a trick question. And um and and you know although my grandmother introduced me to astrology and that was like the magic that opened everything up I have to say that I do love tarot. I mean I love tarot with all my heart I will never stop wanting to learn and work with the tarot but the charms the charms hook me the charms are opened up something in me and I feel as though you know tarot speaks in stories and in symbols and it allows me to hold space for someone's inner landscape what's hidden what wants to emerge and what's ready but the charms bring that energy into the physical realm and making it invisible making what's invisible more real, more alive. So together they let me guide someone from insight to embodiment and you know you can really see that message and and then carry it with you. So I feel as though to be honest all of my modalities support and complement each other numerology, palmistry, coaching they all add layers and richness. But tarot and charms that's where I lose myself a little bit that's where I feel really in flow where I see the bridge you know between the inner world and the physical world most clearly so um thank you for trying to make me pick one but I had to pick pick at least two and I still feel a little guilty about my other modalities because I love them very much as well.

SPEAKER_00:

Very good. Well that was our last question as we've been talking is there something that you uh maybe forgot to share or something you would like to share with our listeners the floor is yours.

SPEAKER_01:

Oh well thank you I mean I I talked a bit about um my alignment experience I also have a a 12-week program called the Happiness Reset which is a designed you know for energy energetically aware women um who are done with people pleasing and they're ready to live boldly and authentically and these are like a this is a 12-week program once again we do dig into a little bit of the numerology and the tarot and everything and coaching and it's a little bit more kind of like in and out so to speak but other than that I feel as though um what really is important is to give people the opportunity to know that like any change that they want to make in the world is available to them. All they need to do is to be consistent and to have the desire you know to do it. I feel as though and you you shouldn't want to do it like I know how you got involved in angel readings and you were reading you know you're doing a very specific type of yoga for your mother. It's like it has to be for you just like anything like if somebody doesn't want to quit smoking if they're doing it for someone else somebody doesn't want to lose weight if they're doing it for someone else if they are really willing to do the thing it has to come from within so follow your passion and trust yourself that I mean there is no like oh I'm late it's all about you're right on time. You're right exactly where you should be and trust the timing and have fun with it.

SPEAKER_00:

Beautiful well thank you Dina for coming on this ReadySetRiki journey. I know you have a very busy schedule but I really appreciate uh coming along and sharing all of your wisdom with our listeners. This was my pleasure I had so much fun and time talking to you. All right wonderful all right my beautiful listeners if you would like your question featured on ReadySetRiki reach out www.ready setrikey.com if you're interested in Reiki trainings check out there as well as well as feather sister wellness www feathersister.com I'm Tracy Seawright and this has been Ready Set Reiki

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