Step 1 gives me a lot of thoughts, as for me there is a lot of conversation between different parts of myself in there. F.e. in following your intuition to deconstruct what parts of unconsciously gathered information it consists of and what you really believe and want to listen to and what is prejudice or expectations of others. If I am not stressed about what is going on I love this step and take the time to learn about the dis-ease as well as my thinking and intuition. If I am stressed I get the feeling I do not know what to believe anymore and I can get more stressed. In that case it is a sign to me something a bit more serious is going on.
I totally agree that your surroundings play a big part in how you learn to look at things and tarot is a perfect example to me. As I have a quit diverse group of friends and some of them joke about this kind of things in a negative way and some of them are very common with them. This is sometimes confusing me, and in times holding me back. But if I feel safe I know I like letting the tool help me help myself.
I never heard of Ogham sticks but it sounds like a great project for later in the year, when the leaves have fallen of the trees.