Find the words you need for the feeling you are carrying. From bestselling Pillow Thoughts author Courtney Peppernell comes a beautifully illustrated deck of 52 affirmations for moments of sadness, anxiety, uncertainty, fear, healing, and emotional overwhelm. Pull a card for comfort, reflection, grounding, or a gentle reminder to keep moving forward—one breath and one feeling at a time.
Some feelings arrive like storms. Others linger quietly beneath the surface. Once Upon a Feeling offers a compassionate place to meet them.
Since its debut in 2017, Pillow Thoughts has captured the hearts of millions of readers around the world with its honest and relatable meditations on love, heartbreak, healing, and hope. In this new format, both affirmation and poetry lovers can experience its warmth in bite-sized moments throughout the year.
Now, Once Upon a Feeling: A Pillow Thoughts Affirmations Deck for Reflection and Healing offers readers 52 beautifully designed cards that feature encouraging excerpts from Courtney Peppernell’s original poetry collection on one side and new and exclusive illustrations from artist and longtime collaborator Justin Estcourt on the other. Following the lead of Pillow Thoughts, the cards are intentionally presented in six different themes (If You Are Sad, If You Are Anxious, If You Are Lost, If You Are Afraid, If You Are Healing, and If You Need a Reason to Stay) so that you can always find exactly the inspiration you need.
With focus on hope, love, happiness, acceptance, gratitude, and motivation, this deck is brimming with thoughtful affirmations and meditations that have been curated to meet you exactly where you are, no matter the day, month, or year. Pull one card each day, choose a section when a particular feeling becomes overwhelming, or use an affirmation as a journal prompt, meditation, or message to carry with you.
Designed as a supportive toolkit for difficult emotions—not a divination system—Once Upon a Feeling is a meaningful companion for quiet mornings, hard nights, journaling practices, personal reflection, and moments when someone you love needs a little light.
- 52 affirmations for the full year: Draw one card each week or return to the deck whenever you need reassurance, perspective, courage, or a moment to breathe
- Six clearly labeled sections offer support when you are sad, anxious, lost, afraid, healing, or searching for a reason to stay
- Courtney Peppernell brings the compassionate, emotionally honest voice of her bestselling Pillow Thoughts poetry series to a new bite-size affirmation format
- Use as inspiring prompts for journaling, meditation, or self-care
- The combination of Courtney’s encouraging words and Justin Estcourt’s foxes, owls, jellyfish, hearts, lanterns, flowers, stars, and ornate storybook imagery makes the boxed deck both a practical reflective tool and a beautiful display or gift item.
Choose the feeling that meets you today, pull a card, and let one small message help carry you toward the light.
3.5 x 5.5 x 1.2 in | 52 cards
