MENTOR, PRACTITIONER, AUTHOR
Tam Dillon works exclusively with healers, intuitives, coaches and space-holders – offering self-development mentoring designed specifically for those who hold space for others. With over 25 years of experience as a practitioner, she understands the emotional, energetic and spiritual demands this work carries. Her mentoring combines practical spiritual tools – Tarot, mindfulness, yogic philosophy and energy-based practices – to help practitioners stay grounded, build resilience and engage their work with integrity. The focus is on real, ongoing self-development – not bypassing and not spiritual fluff.
Tam is the author of The Art of Tarot, published in May 2025 through The Peacock and the Owl. She is currently updating her memoir, Walking with the Fool and developing a new series of titles focused on self-development for practitioners. Her writing and mentoring both reflect a deep commitment to supporting those who serve – offering honest guidance, clarity and tools for staying anchored in the work without losing yourself in the process.
TAM’S FULL STORY
Tam Dillon is a seasoned self-development mentor, practitioner and author whose path began in her teens, shaped by a deep fascination with ancient spiritual traditions and divination systems. What started with Tarot soon evolved into a professional calling – one that would carry her through over two decades of full-time practice. In her early career, Tam offered intuitive readings and integrated energy healing into her work, building a reputation for her grounded and no-nonsense approach to spiritual tools.
Seeking depth and wider perspective, she left her home country of South Africa and relocated to Vietnam, eventually settling in Hanoi. There, she opened a dedicated Tarot café in the city’s Old Quarter – a healing and intentional space for seekers from all walks of life. In 2019, Tam retired from offering professional readings to the public, completed formal mindfulness training and shifted into a teaching-focused role. That same season, she published the first edition of The Art of Tarot, followed by an updated second edition in 2021. The third edition was released in May 2025 through The Peacock and the Owl, reflecting her evolved approach to Tarot as a tool for self-awareness and ethical practice.
Tam also published the first edition of her memoir, Walking with the Fool, in 2017. It was refined in 2019 and again in 2022. The book traces her personal development as a practitioner—from receiving her gifts and navigating early initiations, to confronting burnout and spiritual disruption, to embodying her current phase of integrity and purpose. Walking with the Fool is currently out of print as it undergoes a deep revision.
This evolution led Tam to pursue further certifications in counselling skills, applied psychology and happiness coaching. After moving to the United States to join her husband (whom she met in Hanoi), she completed a 200-hour yoga teacher training and began developing The Yogic Tarot – a system that bridges the philosophy of Yoga and the archetypes of the Tarot, now taught through her official YouTube channel.
Following a significant personal burnout in 2023, Tam gained renewed clarity about her true focus: mentoring practitioners. Those with gifts. Those walking the path of service. Those who hold space for others, but often neglect themselves in the process. She is now working exclusively with healers, guides, intuitives and space-holders, offering self-development mentoring tailored to the realities of practitioner life. Her work now supports those navigating burnout, boundaries, identity, ethical dilemmas and the unseen emotional labor of spiritual service.
Tam’s mission is simple: to help practitioners stay grounded and whole while doing their work in the world. Through mentoring, writing and practical resources, she creates space for honest self-inquiry and sustainable growth. This is not surface level spiritual practice. This is not love-and-light bypassing. This is the real work of being a practitioner with integrity – and she’s here to support those ready to do it.
INTERVIEWS WITH TAM
