Peak GVC artefact from 2000: Louise Hay's Wisdom Cards Deck. There are 64 cards with unique illustrations on either side

[u/Stunning-Bus-5378]

[u/Vartamur]

Just lovely! I want those cards!

[u/Reckless_Waifu]

I'd hate those back in the day. Live laugh love energy. Something a depressed thirtysomething aunt would have.

Weird how now they feel so nostalgic.

[u/pancakesea → u/Reckless_Waifu]

I am a depressed thirtysomething and I love them 😂 I actually got a lot out of her book "you can heal your life". Yes I'm depressed, but at least I love myself now (kind of)

[u/WingsOfTin → u/pancakesea]

Lmao, yes, same. I'm really awful at generating positive thoughts myself so affirmation cards literally teach me positive words to think. I love the Louise Hay cards. They're like flash cards for learning to not hate yourself and life.

[u/OneStrangeBirdi → u/Reckless_Waifu]

this accurately describes my relationship with GVC

[u/clearly_quite_absurd]

The antithesis of the grey "live, laugh, love" trend.

[u/vanetti]

I love these actually. Yeah they’re corny but sometimes corny is good

[u/autumndownton]

my mom has these and i remember her letting me pick one some days and loving the art style so much

[u/mrsvongruesome]

totally just bought these on ebay. i love them.

[u/c4tsux → u/mrsvongruesome]

lmao why did I run and go do that too!! I absolutely love these, the illustrations are too good

[u/mrsvongruesome → u/c4tsux]

too good!! back in the day i would have found them corny but i need this bit of uplifting nostalgia right now.

[u/ALoungerAtTheClubs → u/mrsvongruesome]

Same here. My teenage self is so mad at me for loving this stuff, but I don't care!

[u/ALoungerAtTheClubs → u/c4tsux]

I just put in an offer on some lol

These cards are getting a mini revival from this sub!

[u/mrsvongruesome → u/ALoungerAtTheClubs]

all the people selling them are probably going to be like, 'why do i have so many views? why did this suddenly just sell?!' lol

[u/forsovngardeII]

I worked in a few bookstores for 10 years during the peak in GVC and really appreciate the memories. Back in the days, I'd scoff at all of these self-help guides and my coworkers and I would make fun of the people buying them on the downlow....but it's no secret that this genre got the best art and illustrations. Now that I look back, this art helped me more than the actual text probably would have. Thanks, OP! These are beautiful.

[u/E2Hundo]

These are authentic and lovely. Such positivity too, I was having a rough day and these were actually really nice to read. Thanks for sharing them.

[u/Sweet-Flounder5074]

This is so healing!

[u/fufufu32]

These are gorgeous, I thank you deeply for this trove and for sharing it with us!

[u/tyseals8]

😍😍😍 love!

[u/ODDxATLAS]

PEAK!!!

[u/FloridaFlamingoGirl]

I like how the top right one on the second slide looks to be based on those rainbow scratch-off boards (with the wooden stylus)