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A new path to self
discovery

Your destination for self actualization

How It Works

A quick look at how to move through your deck, on your own or with someone else.

Swipe Through Cards
Swipe left or right to explore questions. Left swipes show you less of that category.
Double Tap to Like
Save favourite questions and add a personal reflection to any liked card to revisit later.
Choose Categories
Filter questions by topics that resonate with you.
Reflect Together with Circle
Invite someone into Circle mode: answer the same prompt independently, then reveal your answers together.
Catharsis Cards app in use

Circle

A shared reflection experience

Answer Independently
Each player reads the same question and writes their own honest answer — no peeking!
Reveal Together
Once both players submit, your answers are revealed at the same time so you can read each other's perspective.
Choose: Match or Differ
Did you feel a deep connection on this one, or do you see things differently? Pick your verdict.
See Your Circle Recap
After all questions, get a beautiful summary showing where you connected and where you diverged.
Each player has 3 skips per session. Skipping a card skips it for both of you.
Starting a Circle session in the Catharsis Cards app
Start a session together
Answering a Circle prompt in the Catharsis Cards app
Answer independently
Circle session recap in the Catharsis Cards app
Reveal your Circle Recap

Catharsis Guides

Downloadable guides to support your self-discovery practice — worksheets, prompts, and reflection exercises. New guides coming soon.

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The Overthinking Reset
A 38-page, 14-day workshop for leaving the mental loop and returning to your body, your values, and one clear next step. Includes a bonus code for 3 month access to the Catharsis Cards app premium subscription.
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The Boundaries Reset
A 38-page, 14-day workshop for protecting your energy without overexplaining, apologizing for your needs, or disappearing from connection. Includes a bonus code for 3 month access to the Catharsis Cards app premium subscription.
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The Emotional Burnout Reset
A 38-page, 14-day workshop for recovering from emotional depletion, reducing invisible load, and rebuilding energy without forcing yourself back into performance. Includes a bonus code for 3 month access to the Catharsis Cards app premium subscription.

Catharsis and You

A look at reflections and moments from our community. Follow along on social for prompts, stories, and self-discovery content - new posts coming soon.

About Catharsis

The world can be a confusing, cruel, and irrational place — and growing up in it today looks different than it did for the generations before. Catharsis is our small contribution to a much bigger issue: a beautifully simple, seemingly non-chalant space built to get people, young and old, caring about their own and each other's mental health.

Questions are the real answers. Thinking is really just a constant asking and answering of questions, and the questions we habitually ask ourselves shape how we feel and how we live. Kids ask endless questions about everything; most of us lose that habit somewhere along the way. Catharsis is here to bring it back.

Catharsis | kəˈθɑːsɪs — the release of strong or repressed emotion. The word goes back to Aristotle, who believed that cleansing the emotions was the purpose of a good story. We borrowed it because that's exactly what we're after: releasing what's been sitting with you, one honest card at a time.