I’ve been wanting to write to you for a while now, but the moment I’m currently in - getting everything ready to start our new chapter taking a gap year - is demanding more than I initially anticipated. This isn’t necessarily good nor bad, it’s simply life happening and requesting more presence and focus.

But I continue to be connected with you, and thinking about all I wish to share. So much so, I have something special to tell you today: a guided process of reflection I’ve been working on for the past months. A personalized reflective experience designed to help you better understand what may be happening beneath the surface of a situation you're currently navigating.

I included a poll at the end, and I very much appreciate if you could take an extra second of your time to read and mark the option that best resonates with you. This will help me greatly. Thank you in advance for your support!

What do you really want?

Last week we faced this big question.

When I paused to reflect on it, I was brutally honest with myself.

I know it may sound harsh, but sometimes we need this kind of reality check and speak not only from the heart, but by combining every element and aspect present: the circumstances, our wishes and wants, the reality and the truth.

All I really needed and deeply wanted was a period of pause. Even though it didn’t mean I would be throwing everything away and simply doing nothing, it meant exercising a deep and important lesson from a couple of weeks ago: being realistic and making tangible decisions, in accordance with my current moment.

Whatever I decided on or chose had to be in complete alignment with the life I’m living in the present.

How often do we do that? Really?

How often do we pause to reevaluate our lives, calendars, and surroundings to make a necessary decision, without any excuses or even lying to ourselves? (Can we be radically honest here?!)

Sometimes we just can’t face the real truth.

Even to pause, to pull the trigger, to stop our world from spinning, we don’t necessarily look in the mirror and make the decision that will best suit the moment we’re in. Not because it may hurt—it’s not even about that. Mostly because it requires dedication, effort, a tremendous amount of focus, giving up attending gatherings, having difficult conversations, and establishing boundaries.

This is hard. This is really hard.

But can I be really, really honest with you? It’s even harder to continue on a path where you’re always questioning, wondering, or deceiving yourself about what could be if you made such a commitment to your own life.

This isn’t easy to explain. It’s something — like almost everything in life — we can only fully understand once we experience it ourselves.

My decision to pause wasn’t simply for this month. It was much bigger. A desire that has been present for a long time, and slowly helped me see that it wasn’t simply a dream — to travel abroad and experience life fully — it was a necessity.

My whole family needs this pause. The path we were following was good, but it wasn’t great. Not because we were in any way suffering, although there’s pain. This is the kind of pain that builds up slowly and silently. It doesn’t stop you the way a sudden illness does. But eventually it does make you sick, because it poisons you from within.

When we’re not happy with our lives, we don’t make changes right away. We usually choose the longer path. The one where we tell ourselves we should be grateful for everything we have, not complain, look on the bright side, and move on.

So we continue moving on, telling ourselves a story we create and repeat. Every time someone mentions about life or their reality, there we are, taking deep breaths and repeating the same story over and over. After all, what can we do, right? That’s just life.

Well, this is indeed our life. The only one we have. And every single decision we make, every single day, is a choice.

This realization isn’t new to me - and I’m sure it isn’t new to you either - but it’s what got me to really reflect on my family’s situation, and check in with myself, my husband, and my kids, what did we really want? What did we need, right now? Not tomorrow, not when... now.

My husband’s first reaction was exactly as I just described:

“Oh... we can’t simply pause. It’s not that easy!” - he would say.

And yet, every time he was fed up with life or tired, his own words would be:

“If I could just pause. If I could just have some time for myself to think and rest.”

And it’s not that we have a miserable life. Absolutely not. I won’t say it’s been easy, in the sense that raising two kids in a foreign country, without any family or support system, is absolutely hard. No doubt. And this was a great contributor to deciding on pushing the STOP button. But still, like I said, to the eyes of those around us, our life was perfect.

So how come we were feeling so out of sync?

Well, the answer to this question isn’t simple.

Have you ever experienced such a feeling? When you know something is wrong, when your emotions fluctuate constantly, you get more easily irritated by small things, and frustration seems to become part of your life as if nothing could make you feel really, genuinely happy?

And that’s when you start to feel guilty, because you know you should be grateful for all you have and what you have achieved. And you are grateful. It’s not even about that. It’s just that you need life to feel and mean more than all this. And what does meaningful even means in this scenario?

Where to start?

I’ve been asked this question a lot lately…

Was the decision to take a gap year only yours, or did you make it as a couple? When did you decide it was time to pause and leave everything behind?

We’ve been through the denial stage. Well, my husband more than me. He was more concerned about all that this decision involved. He is more analytical in that sense. I’m more connected to my emotions and intuition, so I know that when I start feeling a certain way, it’s not by chance. There’s a deeper meaning and story behind it all.

I’m usually the one who knows the next move before my husband gets on board. He just needs a little more time to process the idea. This was a huge learning in our relationship, that helped me bring a lot of patience.

I’m not going to lie. Sometimes it can be very frustrating. I mean, very!!! But I now feel more compassionate towards him and myself, in how we each deal with our decision-making process. And this time it wasn’t only on me to help my husband see what was already clear. This is a decision much bigger than us. Life already had it all planned out. So it started to speed things up.

There were changes for both of us in regard to our work, in a more constricted way. We haven’t been satisfied about our kids education for a while. Relationships changed in the past couple of years. Winters started to bother us so much we found ourselves complaining and being grumpy about it often. The feeling of discomfort started to grow in a way we could no longer dismiss it. It wasn’t silent anymore. Something needed to be done. Something needed to change.

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Change has been a common theme this year

Not only in my life — in general. Every astrology channel I connect to talks about this signature for the year of 2026. So it didn’t get me by surprise when I heard this word being referred to the month of July.

When I connected to the energy present for this month, upon asking what was the main aspect it would carry, the card that presented itself was the Quicksilver Moon - Changes.

One thing that I promptly understood was that this isn’t the kind of change that comes to shake our ground. No. It’s not about unexpected events. It’s a much more profound type. The one that happens smoothly and yet intensely, because it comes from within.

For the past 3 months, the key element has been consistency, and this month is no different. Again it was expressed through the sequence of cards I pulled for each week. And it’s just so contradictory to see such an aspect under the energy of change, right?

But that’s where we are asked to stretch our thinking a little.

How can you consistently make the changes you not only want, but deeply need, in your life?

It’s through small acts that a bigger move can happen. Nothing is being asked of you to create rupture in an impulsive and abrupt way. More than ever, learning how to deal with the extremes is what will help you understand what creates balance.

And the incredible part is that we are all capable of transforming our lives into what we want them to be, truly, unapologetically, without any excuses or second-guessing what we know needs to happen.

Now is the time to commit to what we truly desire, want, and know is important. It will require hard work, no doubt, but the reward is also certain. Consistency is the element that will guide us through the hardship of attending to our goals.

Even though thinking of all the necessary dedication such achievement requires, it’s by honouring our wants through our doing that we will fully understand the why behind it all.

After being asked about what you really want in your life, and connecting to all the ideas you already have defined in your mind and clear in your heart, the next step isn’t action, it’s pause, and then ACTION!

This doesn’t mean throwing everything away, like I mentioned. It’s about the small steps and consistent movement. It’s about putting your hands to work, making the decisions that will help you move the needle.

An ambitious dream can be improbable, but not impossible.

Your thoughts and your words can be the propelling force to push you forward, or the roadblock that will keep you chained to your own limitations, keeping you from giving yourself the chance to achieve a remarkable life.

The questions to ask yourself at this point are:

• If you could freeze your thoughts right before that avalanche of negative self-talk could take place, where would you stand?

• What limiting beliefs are depleting your confidence and self-trust?

• What is the internal narrative you keep on repeat, to convince you against that impulse that rushes through your veins and lights up your heart?

Remember, change is the main energy present, calling you to commit to your life’s purpose, not from knowing every single step to be taken, but to trust that upon consistently moving towards the life that you want, you will find yourself on the path that will lead you to the answers you so eagerly seek.

Sometimes we need to trust more than know.

I’m about to embark on a journey and I haven’t even bought the tickets yet. Literally. The decision about where to start isn’t clear, but that doesn’t mean we will stop and wait for it to happen. I continue to sell, pack, donate, eliminate what we have. Small actions, everyday, will result in an empty house, ready to accommodate the new family moving in, and all the required supplies we need to have with us.

My reality feels very messy right now. You have no idea how my house looks like. I know it’s temporary, and more than that, that this is part of the whole decision. It will feel messy before everything falls into place. This is a mantra I’m keeping on repeat, because I know it won’t be just for this moment of getting ready to travel.

I have no idea what the future will unfold. But I’m trusting a feeling that is much stronger: the desire to change.

I hope this experience will change not only my surroundings, but my view of the world, my notions of right and wrong, the way I look at people - exercising kindness and compassion in a literal way, my sense of self-worth, how I shy away from my fears, how I communicate. I hope it stretches my knowledge and everything I understand about life. I hope this experience changes me profoundly. And I hope it gives me and my family the connection and bond that will remain for a lifetime.

The biggest decision has been made: take a gap year starting August. The rest will follow, upon our consistent movement towards making it happen. Trust is really at play right now.

What this week holds for you

Have you been feeling somewhat restless? I sudden need to reorganize your closet, clean a cabinet, maybe rearrange your furniture, or looking to start a new hobby or even join a community project?

The urge to get more hands-on is real. There’s a calling for change. And even though it may not be very clear to you how or what this really means, it’s through movement that you will find your answers. But don’t disregard the moments for deeper reflection.

This week you’re being called to reevaluate the story you’ve been telling yourself and regain the power you always had within you to write your story in accordance with what you really want.

Take a moment to reflect on everything that came to your mind during this read and week. Answer with honesty, removing the feelings that make you question yourself and your ideas. Allow your truth to come forward.

You have nothing to lose. Just be with yourself.

Make it a pleasant moment. Go to a coffee shop or restaurant, order your favourite drink and meal, put on some music to cheer you up, and bring your journal with you.

Write without a script. Do this brainstorm exercise:

Set your alarm for 10 or 15 minutes, and write down everything that comes to your mind upon asking yourself: If I were to live the life I truly want, I would...?

Let your heart speak. You owe nothing to anyone but yourself.

After you finish writing, don’t jump right away into action mode. Sit with your feelings for a moment, and notice what comes up. Continue writing if you wish, to help you move through your emotions. And then, only then, check in with yourself and feel — don’t simply think about — what is the first meaningful step to take.

You may need to learn a new skill, take a course, start over somehow. Don’t allow this notion of being an apprentice to scare you and make you give up on your dreams. Life is made of endings and beginnings. It’s part of its cycle.

Be it a formal education or a new view of your own self and inner knowing, in any case, this moment is about undressing yourself from preconceptions and bringing in your new vision.

Believe in your power of creation and put your creativity to good use: one that will build the life you want to live in the here and now, not someday.

It’s time to get to work!

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Before you go, let me tell you about a tool I’ve been working on

I've been reflecting on how often we try to solve what's happening around us, when what we really need is a little more understanding of what's happening within us. I'm creating a new offering to support people through those moments of uncertainty, and I'd love to hear from you.

People often know they feel overwhelmed, stuck, or confused, but they don't always know how to articulate what they need clarity about. A blank question can create friction.

They ask: "Should I leave my job?"

When the real question should be: "Why do I feel so afraid of making this decision?"

Or

"Should I end this relationship?" and instead, they should be asking: "What is this relationship revealing about me?"

The real feeling behind it all is commonly:

• I feel stuck.

• I feel disconnected.

• I feel overwhelmed.

• I keep repeating the same pattern.

• I don’t trust myself.

• I can’t make a decision.

• I don’t understand why I reacted this way.

• I feel like I’m changing, but I don’t know who I’m becoming.

• I know something needs to change, but I can’t identify what.

I want to help people understand what's happening beneath the surface, so they can move forward with greater clarity, self-trust, and connection to themselves.

To support those facing such struggles, I’m working on a tool called Inner Clarity Message - a personalized written reflection designed to help you better understand what may be happening beneath the surface of a situation you're currently navigating. A first step toward understanding yourself differently.

Through a series of thoughtful questions, you’ll be invited to explore how this challenge is showing up emotionally, mentally, and physically. Your responses become the foundation for a personalized reflection, enriched by symbolic guidance from oracle and tarot cards, used as tools for contemplation rather than prediction.

Together with my background in Psychology, Coaching, and Hypnosis, this process aims to help you uncover new perspectives, reconnect with your inner wisdom, and move forward with greater clarity and self-awareness.

When life feels challenging, which of these experiences resonates most with you right now?

Is there something else you’re experiencing that didn’t make the list? Maybe you feel like your mind and body are telling you something, but you don't know how to listen? I would love to hear about it in the comments!

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Hi there! My name is Livia Almeida.

I’m a book and tea lover. Also a Psychologist, Hypnotist and Coach, but I like to identify myself as a Soul Healing Facilitator.

I’m a curious explorer, navigating the subterranean world of the human psyche, looking for the gates that will lead to inner clarity and freedom from mindsets, behaviours and emotions that limit our creative being.

I want to help people understand the whys, whats and hows about life - but in an individual and personal way. When it comes to our evolution path as humans, we need to embrace our uniqueness and how we experience life individually.

My goal is to help people be more free from what is making them small, restricted, limited, sick and deregulated.

If you would like to know more about my work, here are some ways to connect:

• My introductory post on Substack - Hello Beautiful Soul

• My practice as a Soul Healing Facilitator - About page

• 1:1 Hypnosis sessions - message me at livia@almaviahealing.com

• Expand your mind and connect deeper to your intuition - ALMA VIA Podcast (an optional way to access by connecting it to the provider of your choice)

• Instagram - @almaviahealing

This is the last of a five posts series - Grounding Your Way into Clarity: 5 Steps to Getting Clear About What You Truly Want.

If you’re arriving now, here is where you can find episode one - How to have freedom with structure. (Happy to have you here!)

The episodes are building upon each other, so I strongly recommend you start by listening to the one before that - Nurturing the body to feed the mind, as the guided inner journey activity has been the baseline for everything we’re doing for the 5 weeks of June.

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Hello beautiful soul!

We have made it to the finish line!

Last day of this month, and last episode of this series — Grounding Your Way into Clarity: 5 Steps to Getting Clear About What You Truly Want.

If you’re just arriving now, here is where you can start.

This has been a fun ride.

I heard from many of you about the impact these messages had on your own pursuit. Different life experiences, different stages in life—but each one of you (of us) dealing with decisions that feel very big, and how the guidance received opened your minds up to look at your present moment—your life even—from a different place.

Some people had powerful insights, others started journaling again. There are also those who felt exposed—in a good way—reconnecting with their feelings from a humble place, re-learning to listen to their bodies.

For everyone choosing to take the time to truly listen—not only hear the messages I’m sharing—the impact has been profound. Not because I’m sharing the ultimate truth. There’s really nothing new about what I say.

It’s simply the permission we give ourselves to stop and pay attention, observe and reflect—not from self-criticism and shame, but from a willingness to stop denying, dismissing and start taking responsibility to own what we wish to accomplish and be.

All that has been practiced in these past 4 weeks has taken us here, to this very moment, when we get asked a big question: What do you really want?

I often hear something along these lines:

If I could simply stop and have time to rethink my life…
If I could win the lottery, I would do everything I really want…
If I could quit my job and start my own business…
If I could, I would sell everything and travel the world…
If I didn’t have kids, I would get out of my marriage…
If it wasn’t for my job, I would move to a different country…
It’s not that simple… I can’t just do what I want…

Hmm… this last one really got me.

I don’t mean to be dismissive of anyone’s reality or feelings, but every time I hear this, something in me hurts.

From a personal standpoint, and a professional one, we all experience moments of confusion and this sense of being prisoners of our own choices—

As if what we chose throughout life is a final sentence, not a path.

Somehow, it doesn’t feel right. And I imagine that you’re probably feeling the same way as me. It doesn’t feel right, right?

In the end, I believe all we really want is to be happy. But happiness, as with most things, has a personal meaning.

What makes me happy will not necessarily be what makes you happy.

But why are we consistently worrying about so many aspects of our lives and not really focusing—or putting extra effort—into what actually makes us feel happy now?

I’m not talking about big moves, necessarily. Big or small is relative. In any case, it requires courage and presence either way.

A big move for me can be starting a life in another country. For you, it can be saying yes to a job in a completely different field, or even bringing a dog into your home.

In the end, it’s all about the decision-making process we go through—honouring how we want to feel in life. Be it big or small, your choice needs to reflect your truth.

That’s the real challenge: to honour your truth, to speak it out loud, and act on it.

We so often feel ashamed, uncertain, insecure, doubtful—not because we don’t know what we want, but because we don’t know where it will lead us. So we stick with what’s safe.

Look, I’m not telling you to throw your life away and go into the wild. Again, big or small, whatever step you take towards a life that is coherent with your feelings is a life better lived—because it makes sense, because it feels right, because of the place it puts you.

This is a muscle you need to strengthen—one that builds in you the confidence to continue on a progressive path. And in the end, you have a combination of decisions, choices, and ultimately actions that make you feel joyful, proud, safe, and confident.

You may think this is too simple or too small. Believe me, it is not.

It’s huge.

What these 5 weeks of June taught us weren’t simple reflections.

It was an intensive course on how to honour our truth. You were shown practical advice and guidance to truly exercise your freedom—one step at a time.

It’s up to you now to decide: Should I stay or should I go? Remember this episode?

Well, here you are.

This is not random. This is not by chance. There’s a much bigger life waiting for you.

What will be your answer to this question this time?

What do you really want?

I have to say, it took me some time to get here because, like many of us, I’m also learning to trust myself more and listen to my feelings—to my body.

As I’ve shared in the previous episodes, I’m taking a big step in my life right now. And today, this moment, this question couldn’t be more aligned with everything that is happening to me.

Changes will happen in the Podcast, for sure—and it’s for the best. I share more about it in today’s episode.

That’s how I’m choosing to look at everything that is coming. Because in the end, we always have choices. No wonder it’s even one of today’s cards.

And look at the card literally supporting this moment—grounding it, if you will: Painted Eggs.

This card highlights the importance of knowing that just as we are, with the resources we have, we have enough to take the first step towards the reality we want—day by day—and bring the changes we need and wish to see happening.

This is also a muscle I’m strengthening—learning to look at change as something positive and present for my greater good. Not every change is initially felt as uplifting, but almost every time, it comes to help us reach a better place or become a better version of ourselves.

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An extra dose of inspiration and guidance

I love the card that came today.

More than always being in perfect alignment with the episodes, it’s about this extra dose of reflection indeed.

Read it first, than we’ll continue talking…

This card comes to you as a reminder of the profound impact you have when you embody reliability in your actions, words and commitments.

Keeping your word to others and following through on your actions is how you foster trust with others—and keeping your word to yourself is how you build confidence in yourself. It allows you to form the foundations needed to build better relationships, experience personal growth, and ultimately have the trust in yourself to see something through from start to finish.

Seasons of the Witch - Lammas Oracle, by Lorriane Anderson and Juliet Diaz

Upon all we have discussed, all the guidance received, all the reflections made, this card points to the most important aspect of it all: keeping your word to yourself is how you build confidence in yourself.

When you tell yourself a lie—so you don’t have to face your own truth, what you know is what you really want—you’re not only doing a disservice to your life and what you could potentially experience, but to the world as a whole.

I’ve heard this so many times, and each time I would say (thinking less of myself): what difference does my life make to everything else?

It does—not because you will be a leader, or the one saving the environment, curing a rare disease. We’re always projecting it into something outrageous.

Your life matters because you impact others—no matter how many. When you call someone, when you listen, when you stand for what’s right, when you give passage to someone instead of rushing to be first, when you take into consideration your team’s needs on a personal and human level, when you greet someone in the street.

You think these actions—again, big or small being relative—don’t have a direct impact on the world? They do. Because we are a race that lives in communities. We’re not meant to live alone.

And so, how we choose to exercise our presence—and how we choose to present ourselves—directly impacts others.

When you choose not to live your life the way you really want, you’re choosing not to impact the world with the energy, mindset, presence, and vision of someone who is genuinely happy with their choices.

Be it your children, your partner, your neighbours, your colleagues, the attendant in the coffee shop—your vibes speak louder than your words.

You matter. Your life matters. Your choices matter.

So my friend… What do you really want?

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This concludes what I’m calling Season One of the ALMA VIA Podcast.

It’s not a goodbye, but a see you soon.

I just want you to know that what I truly need in this moment is a pause—and you’ll understand why when you listen to the episode.

I’ll continue to write, share insights, and bring themes for us to reflect on together. This pause is both intentional and necessary.

I’m not going anywhere, and I truly hope we continue connecting here.

Thank you, from the bottom of my heart, for your ongoing support. It means more than you know.

Talk soon.

Hi there! My name is Livia Almeida.

I’m a book and tea lover. Also a Psychologist, Hypnotist and Coach, but I like to identify myself as a Soul Healing Facilitator.

I’m a curious explorer, navigating the subterranean world of the human psyche, looking for the gates that will lead to inner clarity and freedom from mindsets, behaviours and emotions that limit our creative being.

I want to help people understand the whys, whats and hows about life - but in an individual and personal way. When it comes to our evolution path as humans, we need to embrace our uniqueness and how we experience life individually.

My goal is to help people be more free from what is making them small, restricted, limited, sick and deregulated.

If you would like to know more about my work, here are some ways to connect:

• My introductory post on Substack - Hello Beautiful Soul

• My practice as a Soul Healing Facilitator - About page

• 1:1 Hypnosis sessions - message me at livia@almaviahealing.com

• Expand your mind and connect deeper to your intuition - ALMA VIA Podcast (an optional way to access by connecting it to the provider of your choice)

• Instagram - @almaviahealing

More to come!! Soon I will be sharing another tool to help you find more clarity around a topic you’re looking to explore deeper and help you take the next step and get unstuck. Stay close!

This message is part of a FREE Private Podcast feed, where you receive weekly intuitive messages to help you enter your week energetically prepared — not overwhelmed — noticing how the messages show up in your own life, activate your intuition to guide you through your days and find more clarity around your emotional blockages. If you’re not subscribed yet, come join us. I look forward to welcoming you to the ALMA VIA Podcast!

This is part four of a five posts series - Grounding Your Way into Clarity: 5 Steps to Getting Clear About What You Truly Want.

If you’re arriving now, here is where you can find episode one - How to have freedom with structure. (Happy to have you here!)

The episodes are building upon each other, so I strongly recommend you start by listening to the one before that - Nurturing the body to feed the mind, as the guided inner journey activity has been the baseline for everything we’re doing for the 5 weeks of June.

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Hello beautiful soul!

Something in our lives is shifting, moving, asking for change to take place so we can renew our energy, look at our reality through a different lens, and consider new outcomes and possibilities.

This week we’re officially experiencing what this new moment is bringing.

And so it begins.

You might be debating if you should move to a different country, if you should invest more time in your side hustle, if selling everything and taking on the world is the best approach (I’m in.. LOL), if you commit to a relationship or not, if you quit your job and take some time to rethink your life…

I don’t know what your big moment is, and honestly it’s not even about how big or small it is - this is very subjective - it’s really about where it puts you.

How making this decision right now makes you feel, taking into consideration all the future is holding for you?

The interesting part is that you already know the answer. Your body has been guiding you all the way, for quite some time now. It’s your mind that gets you stuck in a loop, making you second guess that impulse, that spark that makes you smile without even noticing, that gives you that butterfly feeling in your stomach, filling you with excitement just through imagining what it would look like if you said yes.

Up to this point, you have been given guidance to help you build the required inner strength.

When seeking clarity, trying to understand the pros and cons of a situation, your emotions get in the way—but they are not the ones putting you in a place of insecurity or doubt. In reality, they are helping you discern.

Two weeks ago, you were asked to look for ways to ground yourself more, in a loving and realistic way. That moment right there was intended to help you practice that level of discernment—understanding how you feel when you choose what’s in alignment with your soul, with what lights you up from within. In simple words, helping you know if you should commit or blow everything.

This may sound poetic to you, but it’s actually a very practical tool. Once you learn to trust your body more, and really check in with yourself on what feels right and what doesn’t, your mind’s job becomes what it was supposed to be all along: to help you strategize your next steps.

See the difference?

All this month’s messages have brought is a direct opportunity to learn how to trust yourself more.

And now you can choose. And once you make the decision that lights up your heart, your soul will be set on fire!

Are you ready?

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The new path ahead

Upon tapping into that fiery energy the next step is to call out your dream team—those you want to have close to you, cheering you up, supporting you, sharing all this moment is here to bring.

This message has been present since last week, and is here today again to reinforce the importance of knowing that this journey is not meant to be taken alone.

Celebrate. Take the invitations that will come through. A new phase is about to begin. When you open yourself up to receive greatness, you will be surprised not only by the new opportunities emerging, but especially by your own power and capabilities.

You’ll be stepping into a moment when new abilities will be expressed, developed, and practiced. All you need to do is trust that you have what it takes to take this step and gather with those who have the same growth mindset as you.

Together we are more. And we can become even more.

In theory it all looks beautiful, I know. In reality you will need to exercise trusting what life is bringing, more than you can imagine.

If you’re used to planning every stop of your way, this may feel uncomfortable to you. And if you’re not used to planning, but trusting life, you will feel in flow.

We will all be under this energy, it will be up to you to decide how you will surf this wave.

Because in the end, what will really matter is that unique moment when you’re standing on your surfboard, finding the right timing to catch the wave, and everything feels perfectly aligned—and all you have to do is ride it, fully experiencing that once-in-a-lifetime moment.

Sometimes we forget what it feels like to be so charged with positive and propelling emotions. It can make us feel insecure. This is absolutely normal. Embrace it. Notice how these emotions are being expressed in your body. Allow them to reactivate the parts of you that have been dormant.

Play with it, even. This is your life, and it is meant to be lived fully. You don’t owe anyone an explanation. Experiment with the opportunities. Say yes to what feels right, even if you’re not sure how it will work.

Talk to people. Share your thoughts and feelings. Co-create!

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An extra dose of inspiration and guidance

And as if this message of collaboration and being among those who help you lift your spirit wasn’t enough (present in both last week’s and today’s episode), here is another card reinforcing the importance of bringing in this mentality of approaching life from a place of companionship and loyalty.

When something comes up multiple times, it’s really asking for our attention. And this message of collaboration is something that really got me once I heard about what the New Era is about: co-creation, connecting to a more feminine energy of nurture while in collaboration. We’re no longer following guides and mentors where one approach or one method is taken as the only way to achieve a goal. Now is the time to connect with those who share the same views and ideas, walk similar paths, and join forces—helping each other not from a place of competition, but from one of genuine growth.

But in order to be able to contribute, you will need to believe in your own values, in what you can bring to the table, and trust that you are an addition to the team, not a simple apprentice. This is what will help you truly embody your power and confidence.

It’s just as the card says: You are destined for great things, but first you need to fall in love with yourself and believe you are deserving of having what you want.

What amazing things will you create?

First, start by listening to today’s episode.

See you on the other side.

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Hi there! My name is Livia Almeida.

I’m a book and tea lover. Also a Psychologist, Hypnotist and Coach, but I like to identify myself as a Soul Healing Facilitator.

I’m a curious explorer, navigating the subterranean world of the human psyche, looking for the gates that will lead to inner clarity and freedom from mindsets, behaviours and emotions that limit our creative being.

I want to help people understand the whys, whats and hows about life - but in an individual and personal way. When it comes to our evolution path as humans, we need to embrace our uniqueness and how we experience life individually.

My goal is to help people be more free from what is making them small, restricted, limited, sick and deregulated.

If you would like to know more about my work, here are some ways to connect:

• My introductory post on Substack - Hello Beautiful Soul

• My practice as a Soul Healing Facilitator - About page

• 1:1 Hypnosis sessions - message me at livia@almaviahealing.com

• Expand your mind and connect deeper to your intuition - ALMA VIA Podcast (an optional way to access by connecting it to the provider of your choice)

• Instagram - @almaviahealing

• More to come!! Soon I will be sharing another tool to help you find more clarity around a topic you’re looking to explore deeper and help you take the next step and get unstuck. Stay close!

This message is part of a FREE Private Podcast feed, where you receive weekly intuitive messages to help you enter your week energetically prepared — not overwhelmed — noticing how the messages show up in your own life, activate your intuition to guide you through your days and find more clarity around your emotional blockages. If you’re not subscribed yet, come join us. I look forward to welcoming you to the ALMA VIA Podcast!

This is part three of a five posts series - Grounding Your Way into Clarity: 5 Steps to Getting Clear About What You Truly Want.

If you’re arriving now, here is where you can find episode one - How to have freedom with structure. (Happy to have you here!)

The episodes are building upon each other, so I strongly recommend you start by listening to the one before that - Nurturing the body to feed the mind, as the guided inner journey activity has been the baseline for everything we’re doing for the 5 weeks of June.

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Hello beautiful soul!

When the wind turns, an announcement is being made. Some news is approaching, and so is change.

Life is asking for movement.

Can you sense it? Can you feel it?

Oya - the Goddess of change and transformation - is here.

Look how she moves her hands.. her arms are dancing in the air, with the wind enveloping her, and through this dance, she moves the leaves in the Changes card.

All that’s coming to you will ask you to exercise presence, grounding yourself while planting the seeds of what you wish to see grow.

Take a look at the cards. It’s as if they had come to life, whispering the wisdom that will light up your path.

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It’s time to make a decision.

The question to ask yourself is only one:

Should I stay or should I go?

We are each experiencing it, as always, in a very private and particular way. But the wind that blows is the same, carrying the same energy, the same message of change.

Will you bend over or allow it to break you?

In my life, a big change is about to happen. In today’s episode, I’m sharing with you a move I’m making upon a feeling that started a couple of years ago. Inevitably, it will reflect on my work too, including the Podcast. I’m still not sure how. But I’m choosing to go with the flow and open up to what life is calling me to grasp.

I’m still wrapping my head around what this space will come to be. It almost feels as if it has its own life now, its own identity, and therefore, it’s also going to be influenced by the energy present, the same way we are.

In order for the new to come in, what’s current will need adjustment.

For now, there’s no need to rush. Just feel the wind…

June continues to gently incite growth

You will continue to be guided, but have now reached a point where you will face your true self. It’s normal to think:

Can I really do it?

Should I take the risk?

Do I have the courage to take this step?

It’s all part of growing, changing, moving.

You’re not simply deciding Yes or No. You’re moving places, changing realities, evolving.

Can you make space for what’s asking permission to approach, and show you a path of continuous growth?

Can you allow this energy of change and movement to wash over you its power, activating your own strengths?

You’re about to discover a side of yourself you may have never seen before. Or maybe it’s been hidden for way too long, waiting for the wind to turn.

As the Germination card says:

This phrase has become almost like a mantra to me.

Upon the big step I’m about to take - maybe it’s even much more fair to call it a big leap - the path ahead of me will require courage.

And so will it for us all.

Courage will be the force that propels us forward.

Trusting that life brought us to this very moment is what will help us face the unknown, embracing our inner confidence and believing that all that is coming is for our greater good and growth.

I invite you to look at your life this way, fully trusting that what’s ahead of you is much bigger than you can possibly imagine. That’s why it feels scary. But this is the kind of fear that protects you, helping you be cautious, and at the same time it helps you move ahead. Your only job right now is to not allow it to stop you.

Keeping an abundant mindset will be your greatest resource.

Think of it this way: the main cards for every single week of this month are from the Sacred Creators Oracle.

Pay closer attention to the name: Sacred & Creators.

Being sacred sets us apart from the ordinary. It puts us in a place of reverence.

The desire is already present; now all you need to do is tap into your creative thinking. And what does that really mean?

To create: to bring something into existence that did not exist before.

What reality would you like to see happening? What do you wish to manifest? Remember that idea that sprouted in your mind a couple of weeks ago? Did you water that seed? Did you look at it under the light, feeling in your heart what would it truly mean to take that step or give this idea a chance?

We’re continuing to progressively move forward, being guided and supported.

Let the wind blow…you may already find yourself in a lucky vortex. Now is your chance to tap into your success.

Give life permission. Don’t be afraid.

This is your moment.

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Remember, you don’t have to go through this alone

Today the supporting message came in double. I was called to pull a tarot card in addition to the oracle card that usually brings an extra dose of inspiration.

And the card that came was the Three of Cups.

This is a card that portrays friendship, celebration, abundance, community, and gatherings.

So the invitation is clear. Gather with those who you know will support you. Connect with that energy of happiness. I’m always telling you this, and it’s not by chance: our vibes speak louder than our words.

Your energetic frequency is what sets the tone for what life will be bringing to you. Upon this magical moment, if you will, what would you rather have finding your way? Support or self-doubt?

Call your friends and go out on an adventure, be it for a day, a night or the weekend. Laugh, dance, feel happiness in your bones, in your spirit, in your body! Celebrate life!

When big decisions need to be made, don’t allow your mind to override your self-trust, with all the ifs and whys. Believe you have all that is needed to take this step. You will continue to learn, along the way. What you have gained so far is more than enough to support you.

Take the next step. Make the leap!

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An extra dose of inspiration and guidance

And here is the message that brings in an extra layer of support. Once again, we have a card from the same oracle series - Seasons of the Witch. Not by choice, but by guidance.

I’m still intrigued as to why I’m always directed to pull a card from this collection. I have so many other ones.

In one way or another, it’s here to expand our thinking. And look at what it says:

My friend, I don’t know what will happen in your life this week, but today this message is here to remind you to gather your people. Celebrate life. Feel the joy. Bring in this lovely vibe of friendship and happiness to help you set your self up for success.

This is the vibration that will help you believe in yourself. Who better than your besties to cheer you up, be it your family, your friends, your partner, or anyone special to your heart that you know you can trust!

Go out! Live! Feel life run through your veins. Feel that exhilarating energy in your body reminding you how wonderful it is to feel and be alive!!!

There’s a brighter path ahead of you! Embrace this moment and all it’s bringing to you.

Good news will find its way to you this week! Let it all come! Open your heart to receive!

Our vibes speak louder than our words, right?

Be well and hit play!!

Hi there! My name is Livia Almeida.

I’m a book and tea lover. Also a Psychologist, Hypnotist and Coach, but I like to identify myself as a Soul Healing Facilitator.

I’m a curious explorer, navigating the subterranean world of the human psyche, looking for the gates that will lead to inner clarity and freedom from mindsets, behaviours and emotions that limit our creative being.

I want to help people understand the whys, whats and hows about life - but in an individual and personal way. When it comes to our evolution path as humans, we need to embrace our uniqueness and how we experience life individually.

My goal is to help people be more free from what is making them small, restricted, limited, sick and deregulated.

If you would like to know more about my work, here are some ways to connect:

• My introductory post on Substack - Hello Beautiful Soul

• My practice as a Soul Healing Facilitator - About page

• 1:1 Hypnosis sessions - message me at livia@almaviahealing.com

• Expand your mind and connect deeper to your intuition - ALMA VIA Podcast (an optional way to access by connecting it to the provider of your choice)

• Instagram - @almaviahealing

More to come!! Soon I will be sharing another tool to help you find more clarity around a topic you’re looking to explore deeper and help you take the next step and get unstuck. Stay close!

This message is part of a FREE Private Podcast feed, where you receive weekly intuitive messages to help you enter your week energetically prepared — not overwhelmed — noticing how the messages show up in your own life, activate your intuition to guide you through your days and find more clarity around your emotional blockages. If you’re not subscribed yet, come join us. I look forward to welcoming you to the ALMA VIA Podcast!

Before you hit play, can you take a moment to read what I intentionally wrote to you today?

This is part two of a five posts series - Grounding Your Way into Clarity: 5 Steps to Getting Clear About What You Truly Want.

If you’re arriving now, here is where you can find episode one - How to have freedom with structure. (Happy to have you here!)

The episodes are building upon each other, so I strongly recommend you start by listening to the one before that - Nurturing the body to feed the mind, as the guided inner journey activity has been the baseline for everything we’re doing for the 5 weeks of June.

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Hello beautiful soul!

Thank you for taking the time to start here first.

Today’s episode was very interesting to sense and connect to, and I really wanted to highlight some things to you, before you start listening to the message. You’ll see right at the beginning of the episode, when I share how I experienced what’s coming for us.

But there’s something else that came for me.

I’ve been noticing life putting me directly in moments I need to be, in order to connect deeply, and really feel the energy of what needs to come forward, be it through the Podcast or my work in general.

I shared a little about it here:

I was initially intrigued by this aspect of contrast, but then I understood why it was coming forth. This is the way through which we have the chance to differentiate what we experience - discerning and having a clearer view of what works and what doesn’t work for us, in all aspects of our living.

More and more, we’re being called to regain a conscious notion of our reality. Knowing it is so easy to give in to what our mind brings, getting lost in our thoughts, or even numbing ourselves through hours of screen time, work, day dreaming, our bodies are the ones being constantly override, and suffering the most.

Last week’s guided inner journey exercise - about exploring what personal freedom means to us - helped me truly see how that was happening in my own life.

I shared a note in the CHAT about it. It was such a meaningful moment to me.

The past two activities - the Wheel of Life and the Personal Freedom exercise - have become my favourite ones. Honestly. They are really, really powerful tools for getting a much more realistic and direct orientation on how we want to navigate life.

Bringing in a Human Design point of view, last week, we were under the frequency of two gates: 5 and 35.

Gate 5 is about fixed rhythm and patience. We can look at it through the lens of timing, or consistency that comes with alignment. And gate 35 is about progress and experience, evolution, and change.

Can you already see the direct connection with all we’ve been receiving through the messages these past weeks?

When I say it’s not by chance, it really isn’t.

When we work in alignment with these energies, we are looking at:

• trusting our pace

• honouring our routines (when they feel right)

• not rushing through life

• allowing energy to flow in a steady and consistent way

• embracing change

• evolving through doing

When we look at their opposite, or shadows, it looks something like:

• impatience

• trying to force timing

• comparing our pace to others

• frustration when things don’t move fast enough

• chasing experiences to feel fulfilled

• boredom

• feeling like nothing is ever enough

• restlessness (“what’s next?”)

See why it’s so important to look at both ends?

The contrast between the Light and the Shadow of these gates - let’s put it this way - and life in general, is what helps us understand ourselves better and look at the areas we need to place more awareness on.

I wanted to bring this to your attention today, because the moment we’re currently living in literally calling us to progress, to build, to change (this is actually the name of the main card in next week’s episode).

But it’s not under the lens of “what’s next”, for the sake of looking for the new thing to do, read, taste, see, and so on. This is a reflection of apathy and superficiality more than curiosity and trust.

How many times have you actually read a self-help book and done the proposed reflections and activities? Really, let’s be honest. And upon finishing reading the book, what did you do? Look for the next title that interested you, in the hope of finding the answers you were looking for?

I’m right there with you. I’ve also ‘suffered’ from that “next” syndrome.

And that’s why I’m trying to get your attention to read this piece - I hope it worked, and that you’ve made it to this point. Don’t stop just yet!

One of the things I’ve proposed to myself this year, upon deciding on my word for 2026 - Presence, was that I was going to fully commit to my wellbeing.

This does not make me perfect or anything in that regard, I’m just a human being, like you, trying to commit more to what she says. Because, like many of us, I also have a bookshelf filled with super interesting titles, but it wasn’t with every one of them that I engaged with what was being asked to reflect and learn.

I can 100% say that, for every time I followed it through, I saw a direct result, in my life, in what I was learning.

It may seem obvious to say that, but it’s not obvious to think we will always engage with, or bring forward, the opportunity we’re being offered.

So today, if I could honestly give you a piece of advice: do the exercises. It can be literally life changing.

Trust the natural rhythm of life. Trust that everything needs time to grow. Don’t rush through things, anxiously seeking the next miraculous thing that will save you from yourself. You already have resources available to you, right now.

Use them. Truly engage with them.

This is the energy we’re under, and life is inviting us to learn how to have consistency, rhythm, and pace, so we can progressively grow, change and evolve.

Trust the timing!

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Love is in the air…

This week we’re being called to bring romance into our lives, but in a practical and realistic way.

Gathering everything you will hear in today’s message, you’ll notice the opportunity life is giving us to start living a life that is deeply in alignment with how we want to feel today. Not tomorrow, not someday, T.O.D.A.Y!

Throughout this week, I will be sharing different ideas and ways through which real people are tapping into these romantic vibes, connecting to their dreams and aspirations (feminine energy) to bring them into our physical world (masculine energy) - Remember the importance of balancing both energies? We talked about it in this episode - Nurturing the body to fee the mind.

As small or as big as an idea can be, in the end it’s about how it makes us feel. And that’s what you’ll be invited to exercise this week.

To inspire you even more, follow along and look for the posts like the one below. They will be under this energy of LOVE, MADE VISIBLE.

I shared more about it in the article I wrote to you yesterday. In case you didn’t have a chance to check it out, here it is for you - LOVE, MADE VISIBLE.

There you will also find an incredible resource to help you ground yourself even more - made by another beautiful soul in the spirit of being hands on, supporting one another and tapping into how we want to feel now.

Take a look!

And before I go…

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An extra dose of inspiration and guidance

Look at this card.

Look at what it says.

In order to evolve, change is necessary.

In order to change, we must bring in the new.

And in order for the new to come in, the old needs to leave.

Can you use this opportunity to truly engage with what you so eagerly seek to achieve, but not necessarily commit to all that is required in order to truly see the change happen?

Don’t fall into the trap of comparing yourself to other people’s lives. Use it as a tool to understand what works best for you, comparing the differences between what it looks like when you operate under your light and your shadow.

Allow growth to come through experience. Notice the moment you’re currently in and what you need to help you better move through it.

When you use the exercises to reflect, they will give you concrete references to work with.

We’re on this path together. I’m right here with you.

Our vibes speak louder than our words.

Be well.

Love, Livia

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Hi there! My name is Livia Almeida.

I’m a book and tea lover. Also a Psychologist, Hypnotist and Coach, but I like to identify myself as a Soul Healing Facilitator.

I’m a curious explorer, navigating the subterranean world of the human psyche, looking for the gates that will lead to inner clarity and freedom from mindsets, behaviours and emotions that limit our creative being.

I want to help people understand the whys, whats and hows about life - but in an individual and personal way. When it comes to our evolution path as humans, we need to embrace our uniqueness and how we experience life individually.

My goal is to help people be more free from what is making them small, restricted, limited, sick and deregulated.

If you would like to know more about my work, here are some ways to connect:

• My introductory post on Substack - Hello Beautiful Soul

• My practice as a Soul Healing Facilitator - About page

• 1:1 Hypnosis sessions - message me at livia@almaviahealing.com

• Expand your mind and connect deeper to your intuition - ALMA VIA Podcast (an optional way to access by connecting it to the provider of your choice)

• Instagram - @almaviahealing

• More to come!! Soon I will be sharing another tool to help you find more clarity around a topic you’re looking to explore deeper and help you take the next step and get unstuck. Stay close!

This message is part of a FREE Private Podcast feed, where you receive weekly intuitive messages to help you enter your week energetically prepared — not overwhelmed — noticing how the messages show up in your own life, activate your intuition to guide you through your days and find more clarity around your emotional blockages. If you’re not subscribed yet, come join us. I look forward to welcoming you to the ALMA VIA Podcast!

Hello beautiful soul!

Love is in the air!!

This week is a very special one and I wanted to bring it even more to your attention, because it’s always a good opportunity for us to expand our thinking and self-awareness.

As you will come to see tomorrow, in this week’s new episode of the ALMA VIA Podcast, life is calling us to romanticize our reality, but still in a practical and realistic way.

That doesn’t mean simply making our reality more desirable. It’s about bringing our dreams, ideas and aspirations into our physical realm.

I’m not only talking about your life’s dream - this can absolutely be the case if you feel inclined or called to do it.

We are still working with what the month of June is progressively trying to help us learn, notice and understand, connecting us with the present moment in a grounded and realistic way, while also getting clear about what we truly want.

And this week is about indulging ourselves in our aspirations and dreams. But what we’ll be looking to do is get inspired and then get hands-on to bring this dreamy idea into our routine.

It doesn’t have to be a single moment. We’re learning how to balance our routine more, stretching our thinking and looking for ways to live our day-to-day lives in a way that feels right, feels in sync, feels whatever you want it to feel. But absolutely in a way that supports us and makes us feel in alignment with the life we want to live - NOW!

Not tomorrow, not when… now!

Because romanticizing life is nothing else but putting love into our actions!

How?

By bringing beauty closer to us, connecting to people who make us feel good about ourselves, spending a little more time to make our routines more enjoyable, adventuring in exploring new materials and resources to bring an idea to life using our own hands - without any specific expectations about the result, just for the pleasure of engaging in it.

Today I will show the work of two beautiful souls! To inspire you into going after your own ideas just for the pleasure of it, but also seeing the impact it can have on others.

All this by simply understanding that what truly matters is how the experience will make you feel!

What does romanticizing life means..

People commonly think about romanticizing life as:

• slowing down through their morning coffee

• setting a beautiful table to have breakfast

• turning bath time into a mini spa experience

• spending extra time getting ready in the morning, intentionally choosing clothes based on how they want to feel.

These are all great ideas. But honestly, they shouldn’t really be exceptions, or seen as life being romanticized. Moments like these should be part of our lives more frequently.

In one way or another, you can absolutely bring one or all of them into your life - if that’s something you’d like to. There are really many different possibilities to play with.

But today, I want to help you think beyond that.

Throughout this week, I will share different ideas to inspire you, showing how other beautiful souls have tapped into their creative thinking and brought to life their heart’s calling.

It can be simple, small, significant or big.

Notice that more than what they have created, it’s about how they felt while doing it and what inspired them.

It’s through balancing the feminine energy of creativity with the masculine of taking action, that we bring to life our ideas and dreams.

Like I said before, romanticizing life is nothing else but putting love into our actions. And that’s why every post this week will be under this theme:

LOVE, MADE VISIBLE

Tomorrow, in the ALMA VIA Podcast you’ll know more about this energy present - stay tuned!

Today, we debut this moment with the beautiful work brought to life.

Inspired by the city of love itself - Paris - she created nicknames based on moments she experienced, people she met, places she visited, and gave these names an essence, a form, an identity.

She made cards telling each name’s story and now her inspiration can be also found in the form of tote bags. Take a look at this beautiful and charming work.

Upon seeing Patricia’s devotion being brought into her reality:

How can your desires, dreams and love, also be made visible?

What idea can you bring into YOUR reality in the form of a physical item?

It can be something made especially for you, or maybe for someone you’d like to gift.

However you choose to do this, remember the feeling.

Be present and enjoy the process of your creation.

Feel the love.

Feel the passion.

Feel present.

Understand and notice how it is physically felt by you, in your body.

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Love through support

This week we are under an energy that calls us to think about partnership, supporting local businesses, connecting with our neighbours and supporting people through love.

I mentioned in my article, introducing what the month of June is unfolding - When achieving personal freedom isn’t just a goal - that this month was initially felt by me in layers.

So, a couple of weeks ago, while connecting to all that was coming to me, a dear friend who has an online shop where she sells crystals, among other products to help us connect more with our spirituality, offered a free reading using a crystal mandala she created, through which she tunes into your energy to see what crystal is calling for you.

Amazing right?

I could barely hold my breath when I saw her offer. I jumped right into it asking if she could do mine.

She so kindly did, and when she sent me a detailed message about my crystal - smoky quartz - I had an epiphany.

This crystal represents all that this month is inviting us to connect with, to help us ground ourselves in a much more purposeful way.

I ordered smoky quartz crystals from her in that very instant.. LOL.. I would not let this moment pass unnoticed.

And that’s when I had an idea!

I asked if she could create a resource to be shared, teaching us what she knew would be helpful to know, given all this moment is calling us to expand our minds around.

Im the spirit of love, companionship, supporting our neighbours, our locals, and bringing our ideas into reality, she created this beautiful material to help us learn more about this natural element we have available to help us ground, protect our energy and have spiritual insights.

Isn’t this really amazing?!

If you’d like to know more about her work, here is where you can find her.

And to help you see how all this is manifesting individually to each one of us, Patricia W., the owner of the crystal shop who created the visual above, had her own idea brought to life.

This was something she thought about doing a while ago, and then it came back in her mind in that week when little seeds where being planted around something we wanted to create, but wasn’t so sure about doing. Here is where I talked more about it - Nurturing the body to feed the mind.

Well, she gave her idea a chance, and look what it came to be:

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It’s about the feeling my friend!

She trusted her own, putting her hands to work and bringing to life this beautiful product! That’s what this week’s energy is all about!

And notice when she says: “intention is important for manifestation!”

Haven’t I been talking about intentionality over and over these past weeks?!

See how we each connect with the energies present? See how Patricia trusted her feelings, created something so beautiful, with the intention to bring love to those being gifted but also into her own life.

It’s love, made visible!

Love is in the air

This week, love is in the air. Take a deep breath and bring this beautiful energy in!

Make sure to follow along to get even more inspired throughout this week. I will be sharing different works, ideas and ways for you to romanticize your life, from those living it, in a practical and realistic way!

Today I brought in the stories of 2 powerful women that inspire me through their work.

Ps.. I just noticed they are both called Patricia! That feels even more special now.

This suggestions are small doses of inspiration to help you look at different ways to connect with this energy of love and how to bring it into your physical world, because that’s what this week’s message is all about.

This month we are working in a progressive mode, with each message building upon each other, to help us understand what we truly want.

Tomorrow is the second episode of a series called:

If you missed the first episode, don’t worry, it’s here for you.

Listen to Episode

Allow the energy of love to take over you this week!

Remember to follow along to get even more inspired by the ideas, work and doings of those connected to this energy and taping into how they want their reality to feel, look and be like!

Our vibes speak louder than our words!

Love, Livia

Hi there! My name is Livia Almeida.

I’m a book and tea lover. Also a Psychologist, Hypnotist and Coach, but I like to identify myself as a Soul Healing Facilitator.

I’m a curious explorer, navigating the subterranean world of the human psyche, looking for the gates that will lead to inner clarity and freedom from mindsets, behaviours and emotions that limit our creative being.

I want to help people understand the whys, whats and hows about life - but in an individual and personal way. When it comes to our evolution path as humans, we need to embrace our uniqueness and how we experience life individually.

My goal is to help people be more free from what is making them small, restricted, limited, sick and deregulated.

If you would like to know more about my work, here are some ways to connect:

• My introductory post on Substack - Hello Beautiful Soul

• My practice as a Soul Healing Facilitator - About page

• 1:1 Hypnosis sessions - message me at livia@almaviahealing.com

• Expand your mind and connect deeper to your intuition - ALMA VIA Podcast (an optional way to access by connecting it to the provider of your choice)

• Instagram - @almaviahealing

• More to come!! Soon I will be sharing another tool to help you find more clarity around a topic you’re looking to explore deeper and help you take the next step and get unstuck. Stay close!

This week I’ve been buzzing a lot around here. And it’s been interesting to see how all of this is unfolding. It wasn’t how I planned, and I can now see that it might just be like this for a while.

Since I started connecting to what June is unveiling, the experience hasn’t been linear.

A lot of back and forth, new ideas that would emerging in the middle of the night, editing the Podcast episodes multiple times. The message wasn’t being received all at one sit, as it usually happens. It’s progressively being built, at the same time that it’s being restructured and reorganized.

And that’s when I realized, this wasn’t by chance. All I’ve been experiencing is a sample, let’s say, of what this month will ask of us: constant adjustment while progressively growing.

As messy as it may sound, along the way, you feel as if things are falling into place more than falling out. As if you’re being pointed to the solutions and answers for what you’re looking to resolve, not getting trapped in confusion.

But in order for you to be clear about what you want and what will really work for your schedule and routine, you will need first to experience it, understanding through action, how the situations make you feel. And the best thing is, the answers will find you at the exact time and place you need them.

That’s why, even thought it may look somewhat acute, in the end it will be like an intensive course - you will learn a lot of content in a short period of time, and walk out of this moment with a clearer understanding of your routine and how you want your day-to-day life to be.

That’s why creating a reality that will support you is so important now more than ever.

When you know you have your life structured in a way that works for you, it becomes easier to reroute when unforeseen events come your way.

You don’t feel lost, disoriented. You feel focused, grounded, because you already know what will continue to serve you and what won’t, being able to find practical solutions - in a realistic way.

It is not about rushing through your schedule, always concerned about the ‘next thing’ - the next appointment, the next client, the next business idea, the next job, the next book to read, the next… the next.. the next.

At this moment we’re under an energy that is asking us to trust the timing of life and slow things down. Patience will be our biggest ally. And that’s what’s so beautiful about it all, because at a steady pace, consistently working on what truly supports you, you will still progress.

You’ll be in an expansion mode, but by trusting the natural rhythm of your reality, following a routine that works for you and doesn’t feel chaotic.

You’re probably laughing at me at this point, thinking I must be crazy or saying something like “if you were in my shoes for a single day, you’d see how impossible this is ”.

I know, that’s exactly how I felt until last week. Let me tell you a personal story:

For now, have this honest conversation with yourself, just like the one I had with myself, and reevaluate your life.

Where does it need adjustment?

Options! We always have options.

The moment you find yourself thinking otherwise, know you’re stuck in your own mind. And we all experience that in one way or another, multiple times throughout life.

But upon learning this about yourself, upon realizing it, you learn to bounce back much quicker and find alternatives that suit your life.

Right now, it’s about honouring a consistent rhythm while still evolving. Not by forcing an outcome, but by simply understanding what is realistically possible to manage, create and resolve, without burning yourself out.

Because it will be intense, yes, and that’s why balance and routine will be sooooooooo important now.

It will give you a sense of stability in the midst of an intense moment. Not to destabilize you, but to help you grow!

It’s action time with self-care.

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Give your nervous system a reset

This week we’re having the chance to recalibrate.

Taking a pause to breathe after an intense period is very much needed and necessary. May had a different intensity from what June will bring, but still, moments of pause and recharge are truly important.

It’s time to do what nurtures us in a meaningful way, helping our nervous system reset.

I love to see how everything is so perfectly aligned.

A month ago I enrolled in a workshop called Sacred Cabin Gathering - not knowing it would fall perfectly in a week like this, when we need to pause and recharge.

So I invite you to look for these kinds of opportunities around you too, or create one for yourself. It doesn’t have to be complicated.

Here are some ideas for you to explore:

• Look into meetup apps and see if there’s any event happening near you - the goal is to recharge replenish your energy.

• Enrol in a yoga class.

• Go for a walk in nature.

• Work with a massage therapist.

• Emerge your feet in fresh and current waters. Or maybe immerse them in warm water and Epson salt.

• Go all in! Take an immersion bath with your favourite herbs and scents.

• Move your body and help it ground - try this.

• Connect with your crystals.

• Do something that truly helps you recalibrate!

An extra dose of inspiration and guidance

Hit play and listen to the beautiful message this card is bringing for you to reflect on.

Enjoy this moment of recharge. Truly choose what supports you!

Our vibes speak louder than our words.

Be well, dear one!

Hi there! My name is Livia Almeida.

I’m a book and tea lover. Also a Psychologist, Hypnotist and Coach, but I like to identify myself as a Soul Healing Facilitator.

I’m a curious explorer, navigating the subterranean world of the human psyche, looking for the gates that will lead to inner clarity and freedom from mindsets, behaviours and emotions that limit our creative being.

I want to help people understand the whys, whats and hows about life - but in an individual and personal way. When it comes to our evolution path as humans, we need to embrace our uniqueness and how we experience life individually.

My goal is to help people be more free from what is making them small, restricted, limited, sick and deregulated.

If you would like to know more about my work, here are some ways to connect:

• My introductory post on Substack - Hello Beautiful Soul

• My practice as a Soul Healing Facilitator - About page

• 1:1 Hypnosis sessions - message me at livia@almaviahealing.com

• Expand your mind and connect deeper to your intuition - ALMA VIA Podcast (an optional way to access by connecting it to the provider of your choice)

• Instagram - @almaviahealing

• More to come!! Soon I will be sharing another tool to help you find more clarity around a topic you’re looking to explore deeper and help you take the next step and get unstuck. Stay close!

Today’s episode is part one of a five posts series - Grounding Your Way into Clarity: 5 Steps to Getting Clear About What You Truly Want.

It includes two supporting resources to help you navigate the guided inner journey activity with more ease:

• A Worksheet - with all the questions that will prompt you to explore about your personal freedom;

• And the ALMA VIA Healing Playlist for you to listen to while diving deep into your reflections.

Hello beautiful soul!

We are officially opening the month of June, and like I sensed, the message of consistency May brought in wasn’t by chance. No..no!

I mean, I was stunned when I connected with the messages for each of the 5 weeks we have in June. A pattern within a pattern is what we can see. Same spreads, same sequence, same oracles, all aligned and connected to one another.

We are really being called to find a rhythm within our lives that keeps us steady, engaged, and focused on what we’re being called to do, in order to achieve something greater.

And this week, reflecting back on a moment we briefly touched on in the last episode, about an idea that was popping up in your mind… remember?

Well, this week:

1. Your artistic abilities will be at play—helping you set yourself free from self-imposed rules or limited views of your own reality, to help you create a more realistic future! (Mark this word - realistic - as you’ll find it popping up a lot today here. And there’s a reason for that).

2. One that allows you to live a balanced life, not through burning yourself out, but with more time and freedom for what you wish to live and create.

3. But first, you will need to look at all the attributes and resources you already have and stop focusing on what you don’t. It’s time to connect with the essence of purpose within your intention so that all can be revealed.

4. You’re at the initial stage of what you will be actively working on this month, so don’t rush into any final decisions yet. Allow time to work its magic and properly think it through, making conscious and grounded, realistic decisions. (I mean it, you will embody this notion today).

Upon understanding this “quiz” - if you will - that the cards called me to play, I noticed not only the pattern in them, but the overall message all 5 weeks are bringing.

This is a moment to get back up on your feet, grounding yourself in a way that allows you to clearly look at your life, your routine, the choices that fill your days, and review them in a practical and realistic (that word again) way.

It’s time to have an honest conversation with yourself about:

• How you want your calendar to look.

• How you want to feel through the daily responsibilities you manage.

• How much dedicated time and space you have for your own wellbeing, for your family, for your work, for your hobbies.

It’s about balancing everything that you do, in a way that allows you to continue nurturing yourself so you can also continue creating, more and more. But always with a sense of equilibrium.

Sounds like our previous episode? Well, if you noticed it, you’re right on point!

All the messages that are coming now are interconnected in an even more intentional way. (You’ll be blown away when you see how the cards lined up).

And that’s why I decided to turn this month’s episodes into a series:

And today you’ll be indulging yourself in the first episode of this series — looking at that moment when you wish you could do differently, but for some reason you just can’t quite take the first step.

To help you better understand the whys behind it all, in today’s guided inner journey, we will explore how or if you’ve been living your personal freedom.

I created another worksheet where you’ll find the activity in full. You’ll understand better why soon. Here is the link to the material.

Hit the link below to listen to today’s episode or continue reading.

This is a turning point moment, my friend!

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An extra dose of inspiration and guidance

The inspirational card that came for us today may look scary, or a little harsh to digest at first, but as always, it’s very aligned with everything we will work on in the episode.

This is a moment of much needed pause.

When we look back at all we have done to get to this point, and understand that in order to continue moving forward things will need to be redirected, rerouted, it can also spark grief.

It’s not necessarily easy to let go of things. But if a balanced and purposeful life is what you wish to have, important decisions will be part of this process.

There’s no need to rush. This month we will focus on each step required to support you in understanding what you really want.

First, just enjoy this moment of recalibration and reflect on how you’d like your life to look like. Listen to today’s episode and do the guided inner journey activity. I really believe it will help you greatly.

I hope you have an amazing week!

Let me know in the comments how you felt about today’s episode and guided inner journey. I will love to connect more and reflect further.

Remember: Our vibes speak louder than our words.

Be well, dear one!

Hi there! My name is Livia Almeida.

I’m a book and tea lover. Also a Psychologist, Hypnotist and Coach, but I like to identify myself as a Soul Healing Facilitator.

I’m a curious explorer, navigating the subterranean world of the human psyche, looking for the gates that will lead to inner clarity and freedom from mindsets, behaviours and emotions that limit our creative being.

I want to help people understand the whys, whats and hows about life - but in an individual and personal way. When it comes to our evolution path as humans, we need to embrace our uniqueness and how we experience life individually.

My goal is to help people be more free from what is making them small, restricted, limited, sick and deregulated.

If you would like to know more about my work, here are some ways to connect:

• My introductory post on Substack - Hello Beautiful Soul

• My practice as a Soul Healing Facilitator - About page

• 1:1 Hypnosis sessions - message me at livia@almaviahealing.com

• Expand your mind and connect deeper to your intuition - ALMA VIA Podcast (an optional way to access by connecting it to the provider of your choice)

• Instagram - @almaviahealing

• More to come!! Soon I will be sharing another tool to help you find more clarity around a topic you’re looking to explore deeper and help you take the next step and get unstuck. Stay close!

What we were called to start embodying (that’s the best word to describe it) in May - organizing our lives in a way that feels more in alignment and balanced - despite a sense of a certain overload that accompanied this month, we were being guided to understand that only through focus and consistency would we get to the finishing line.

In real life this month looked something like this:

Now it’s time for you to catch your breath. You’ve made it!

It’s now May 31st. And this isn’t just any day.

What June will unfold

Tomorrow we cross the start line of another marathon. Yes. June is coming under the same energy as May. We will continue to be called to exercise consistency. But the focus we’ll have will be different.

This week’s guided inner journey wasn’t random. And honestly, not even I knew at the time how things were going to compound.

Since last week, when I sensed the need to bring forward a body-energy exercise, I felt that something different was starting to come. Why so much focus on being practical, moving our bodies more (well, it makes sense when thinking about the multitasking we were performing). But there was something more at play.

Moving through clarity when life throws you a curve ball is the most listened episode I’ve had so far on the Podcast. I was really surprised with how fast the number of downloads was growing. Every time I would check, more people had listened to it.

As thrilled as I can possibly be, I knew something deeper was being sensed by those connecting to this headline. Life was already changing its gears.

But I couldn’t say exactly what, or in which direction. I hadn’t connected to June’s messages yet.

And then, this week’s message came in. And the guided inner journey I sensed to propose was another layer of what we needed to access, in oder to be ready for what’s to come.

Nurturing the body to feed the mind is an episode that looked us straight in the eye, calling us to put our heads down and get to work - intentionally.

The message was clear:

As long as you keep supporting your health - physically, emotionally, mentally and spiritually (and I mean this), you will have the necessary vitality to move through what’s to come. Even though there’s nothing particularly new or different about this message, in real life we know it’s not that simple to manage such changes.

And I’m not only saying this from a global perspective. This moment is also (and very much so) about each one of us, in our little world, in our own reality, what we do inside our home, how we handle our day-to-day tasks, the choices we make when handling our responsibilities, in every aspect of our life! Not metaphorically speaking, but literally!

Through the guided inner journey activity proposed - to help you define your core desired feelings - we are being invited to reflect on our life as a whole.

All the areas included in it. Purposefully and intentionally choosing how we want to feel about each one of them.

I can’t stress this enough. This moment in time is not random! What’s coming to us is not random. Everything is building up.

This activity is a really powerful one, but this is something you can only fully understand once you try it for yourself - doesn’t this go for life in general? 🙄 I think so..

Well, it’s the truth. And I know it’s hard to get in motion and take the initiative to give, something we don’t know, a try.

I’m not trying to convince you of anything, sell you anything, or overcomplicate a simple resource.

I just truly wish you could understand how powerful it is.

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Once in a Blue Moon..

Today we have a Full Moon, but it’s not just a regular one. It’s a Blue Moon, something that only happens once a year, when two full moons fall in a same month.

This is the kind of moment that gives us a sense of luck, a moment one should not overlook, as if your chance of getting what you want could slip away. It brings the idea of uniqueness, for this to be a rare moment, less likely to be repeated. It could also possibly mean you’ve come to find something very rare - at least that’s how it makes you feel.

What does that mean for us right now?

Upon all that is coming, we’re being called to reorganize, rethink, reprioritize our day-to-day life. I’m not talking about working on this notion through journaling - I’m not opposing to it either. But there;’s more involved here. It’s about our calendars and what we can include in them or take out, in a r.e.a.l.i.s.t.i.c way.

If I had to pick a word for this moment, it would be that: realistic.

And we can only truly choose what gets in and out of our agenda, upon being truly aware of our reality and our routine, in a conscious and present way.

There’s a big moment coming! And it’s not the Blue Moon.

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This is where it all begins

We’re at the starting point for what we are about to enter in June.

This month we’re in for a treat from life, being guided in a progressive way. Almost as if we had private mentoring sessions from life itself! And I mean it.

It’s really how it’s going to feel like. It’s literally how it looks like.

The quickest way to describe what the cards are saying would be to give each week’s spread an identification. Let’s call them spread A and spread B—knowing that each one contains the same sequence.

For all 5 weeks of this month, we have this pattern: A, B, A, B, A.

A pattern within a pattern is what we can see. Same spreads, same sequence, same oracles, all aligned and connected to one another.

It’s not by chance that something like this happens.

We are really being invited to find a rhythm within our lives that keeps us steady, engaged, and focused on what we’re being called to do, in order to achieve something greater.

So much so, that I decided to turn the episodes for this month into a series!

This is the beginning of an important growth phase, but this time, one that really fits into our lives, in a realistic way!

There’s an idea that popped in your mind this week that is the seed that will grow into something greater throughout the next 5 weeks.

Each week represents a stage we will move through, bringing new layers of information, shaping it progressively, until you find yourself before the big question: what do you truly want?

If you’re noticing life gently starting to shift in a different direction, but you’re not feeling confident about this move yet, you’re already sensing what’s coming and you’re exactly where you’re supposed to be.

There’s no need to rush to understand anything yet. You’ll be guided to go through all that will come, one week at a time. One feeling at a time.

Now is really not the time to rush into anything. More than ever, it’s time to ground ourselves.

We’ll begin our journey next Tuesday, once the new episode drops!

But here is where life gives me confirmation that what I’m sensing is taking us into the right path.

What inspires me to move forward

I’m writing this post on Friday the 29th. I’m just a little behind you on this one.

The first episode of our series drops next Tuesday, June 2nd. From what I sensed, and you will listen for yourself, in order for us to move forward with what’s coming up this week, we needed to work on emotional attachments first.

But I believe the best way to explore this, under the light of personal growth, is through exploring your perceptions around your personal freedom.

This is a concept usually mistaken for the idea of having the liberty to do whatever you want or freeing yourself from what’s posing restrictions on you.

You are not looking for freedom from life, but freedom within life, strengthening your ability to meet life without losing yourself.

Most people are not choosing their lives, they are repeating them, stuck in patterns such as emotional reactivity, people pleasing, fear-based decisions and constantly finding the same outcomes in what they do.

Through subconscious beliefs and so-called protective patterns, what you once thought was keeping you from harm is the very reason for your own limitations.

Freedom begins the moment you can pause between what you feel and what you do.

And here is my confirmation.

I was checking my emails, when I found one from reflecting more on her Blue Moon event - the one I mentioned this week.

Well, take a look at how she is sensing what this moon is bringing.

Right there! Right… there!! Freedom…

For moments like these that I continue believing I’m in the right path. This is what we should look for on our way through life.

Confirmation feels like as if you’re taking a test and your teacher was right beside you giving you a thumbs up every time you marked a correct answer. It gives you that boost of confidence that keeps you moving forward, in spite of uncertainty.

But in order to really tap into that flow, we need to set ourselves free from our own constraints, in whatever capacity they may manifest.

The roles that no longer fit.

The routines that no longer fit.

The restrictions we self-impose that no longer fit.

The limited views about our own power that no longer fit.

Trying to walk in the shoes of the old version of you that no longer fit.

It’s not about resolving, it’s about letting go. And that’s why this moment could feel like you’re grieving the only version of you that you know. It’s hard to let go of it in the face of the unknown. I can relate. I’m right there with you.

But honestly, that’s a true indication that you’re at a turning point in life.

And what’s ahead of you, is a brilliant future. It’s up to you to decide.

You have different options to navigate this moment. I can offer you one.

How to connect to what this moment is here to show

For the new to come in, the old needs to find a way out. That doesn’t only happen in the mind. You need your body to support you.

Like I mentioned today, the messages have been compounding. There’s a clear sense of evolution or steps to be followed.

To help you to move your energy and ground yourself more, I recommend you listen to episode - Moving through clarity when life throws you a curveball!

This episode’s guided inner journey will be felt deeply, and in the right way - in your body! Trust me. It’s very helpful when you need to shake things off, recalibrate and find your centre again, or when you simply want to feel more present in your body.

Upon starting to reconnect with your temple, strengthening your grounding energy, and embodying a more practical way to see life and all your responsibilities and projects, you will start to notice a certain need to get more clarity on what your next step should look like.

That’s where the Wheel of Life activity will come right into place. You can find it in this week’s episode - Nurturing the body to feed the mind.

You will see how powerful this activity really is.

Did you notice the word embedded in the second words? Light.

I want to feel illuminated, enlightened wholeheartedly. This is way beyond what happy could ever mean and connect me with. It’s much more profound and I felt every cell of my body responding to it.

I’ve been saying this and I mean it: this is a moment of deep transformational growth!

How can you be present for it?

June is about to start. Are you ready for what it has to teach you?

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An extra dose of inspiration and guidance

As I was about to wrap my day up, and close my computer, I sensed a calling..

There I go, to check with my pendulum, and yes... something else needed to come forward.

I haven’t thought to add an inspirational card to this article. But again I was guided to do so. And you can only imagine my face when I took a look at the card. Well, maybe your mouth will drop too.

I need to repeat this one to you:

“Discernment is required to recognize what is serving you in your situation and what is not.”

It’s time to get your calendar, plan a family meeting, review your schedule, and realistically organize your life in a way that feels right, balanced, nurturing, and real.

Follow your intuition, connect to your body and your mind will be better equipped to help you organize everything you need.

Allow the energy of freedom this Blue Moon is bringing to help you get clear on what you want and need!

Our vibes speak louder than our words.

See you next Tuesday, in the new episode of the ALMA VIA Podcast.

Be well, dear one.

Love, Livia

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Hi there! My name is Livia Almeida.

I’m a book and tea lover. Also a Psychologist, Hypnotist and Coach, but I like to identify myself as a Soul Healing Facilitator.

I’m a curious explorer, navigating the subterranean world of the human psyche, looking for the gates that will lead to inner clarity and freedom from mindsets, behaviours and emotions that limit our creative being.

I want to help people understand the whys, whats and hows about life - but in an individual and personal way. When it comes to our evolution path as humans, we need to embrace our uniqueness and how we experience life individually.

My ultimate goal is to help people be more free from what is making them small, restricted, limited, sick and deregulated.

If you would like to know more about my work, here are some ways to connect:

• My introductory post on Substack - Hello Beautiful Soul

• My practice as a Soul Healing Facilitator - About page

• 1:1 Hypnosis sessions - message me at livia@almaviahealing.com

• Expand your mind and connect deeper to your intuition - ALMA VIA Podcast (an optional way to access by connecting it to the provider of your choice)

• Instagram - @almaviahealing

• More to come!! Soon I will be sharing another tool to help you find more clarity around a topic you’re looking to explore deeper and help you take the next step and get unstuck. Stay close!

Hello beautiful soul!

How have you been?

If you’d like to jump right into today’s episode, go ahead and click the link below to directly access it! But remember that this article contains a little more information than what’s shared in the first part of the audio.

And today, I have a surprise for you! An additional material to help you navigate the guided inner journey with more ease. Here is the link to the worksheet!

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If you prefer to read, instead of listening, here in this post, I share the intuitive message for the week - right at the beginning - and also some extra guidance and further discussion to help us expand our thinking. But the guided inner journey you can only find in the audio. This is something to be fully experienced, not read.

Enjoy!

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Here we are, in the last week of May!!!

OMG, another month has gone by, and this was a very interesting one, don’t you think?

Let’s just pause for a second and try to think back, remembering what this month asked of you and invited you to expand your mind on - the situations you had to handle and how you showed up for them.

Can you think about how you chose to approach life and all that came in?

Did you find yourself dealing with the circumstances from a more practical place, even if you were emotionally charged at first?

Was there a consistent pattern or way that you chose to handle your affairs, helping you to get things going and move through your days?

From what I sensed and experienced through the oracle cards, the message around consistency was very clear.

This month, every single time I connected to the message I would bring to the ALMA VIA Podcast, besides the exact same sequence that brought the main theme for each week, I was called to pull additional cards to help me expand even further. And every single week, I would be directed to use the same oracle, and 2 cards would jump out of the deck — the exact same oracle, always 2 cards.

We basically worked with the same spread throughout the whole month! That’s very unique.

So when I invited you today to think back and reflect on this month, it’s not a random exercise.

Something about what May brought to us really asked for our attention and presence in a solid, rhythmic, present, and consistent way. Spreads like these don’t happen by chance. There’s a clear message being passed through.

This steady approach, if you will, is something we’re being asked to develop, not simply tap into. I believe that, given everything that is happening in the world, and knowing we are in the year of the Fire Horse, where the energy present is moving us forward at a fast pace without looking back, we will need more than ever to learn how to handle whatever comes under this lens of practicality and steady rhythm.

I invite you to take some time this week to truly reflect on the lessons and learnings the month of May brought into your life. I believe they are here to stay.

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Message for the week of May 26th to April 1st.

Ok… So, how was last week for you? Was it really as intense as initially presumed?

Of course this is very subjective, because intensity can be felt in different ways and layers. But the invitation is always for us to observe and notice what life is bringing, to help us learn and grow more and more.

Did you enjoy the guided inner journey too? I also had so much fun recording it! The music really spoke to me, helping me ground and be more in my body. I hope it helped you move your energy more, and move through your days in a more present way as well.

This is now a resource you can access anytime you find yourself being too much in your mind, needing to connect with your body, allowing energy to flow through you and help you find clarity.

How do the cards translate the events?

All right, my friend.

Today’s message is coming in with different layers as well. As I pieced it all together, again, feeling it deeply in my body, what is coming for us today isn’t about what’s externally around us, but what’s happening inside.

From the Goddesses, Gods & Guardians oracle, by Sophie Bashford, Kane, a Hawaiian God of fresh water — the creative energy source of life — is here to bring us back on our feet and invite us to be very mindful and responsible about how we take care of our physical body and overall health.

The card says: “Bursting with vitality, Kane comes with a simple message: your body would benefit from drinking more fresh water and eating nutrient-rich foods.”

That’s it, a clear and direct message about how we are handling our physical health. This message doesn’t come from a place of judgment about your choices and habits.

“Your spirit needed a reminder about cultivating true health and life-force energy”, Kane says.

After a month like this, when more masculine energy was used to navigate life, it is easy to leave aside the nurturing and feminine energy of taking good care of our health and our body. We processed a lot of information in the mind, and when we deposit too much energy into one cup, we often neglect others, bringing in more tasks and having less time to decompress.

But the body keeps the score. And today’s message is here to remind us that when our bodies get depleted, so does our creativity, which has a direct impact on how we show up in life and in all we can consciously create.

How can you be present for your family, look for a job that is in more alignment with your values, start a new community project, go on an adventurous trip, fix some things around your house, start a new course, or whatever it is you want to have more energy for, if you don’t give your body what it needs to support you?

And here is the real deal. This week we also have 2 tarot cards, from the Wild Unknown Tarot, by Kim Krans: the Daughter of Pentacles and the Father of Cups, both court cards, with each suit pointing us in a different direction.

There’s always a reason why different tarots are chosen for these messages, and for this particular one, the court family is represented as family roles — father, mother, daughter, and son — not as royals — king, queen, knight, and page.

In this tarot, Pentacles is a suit represented by deers, and this is a family that thrives when in nature.

With a feminine energy, sweet, kind, and responsible, the daughter of pentacles is a card that reflects someone who is hardworking, handling logistics and details well. Down to earth, knowing her responsibilities, she is trusted, and others depend on her. Her inner strength is one of her biggest assets.

This card is being accompanied by the father of cups, who is very diplomatic and open-minded, bringing in a unique and dynamic personality, yet one of the most feminine of all the fathers within the tarot.

A patron of the arts, he is a dignified man who supports his family and community. The only thing holding him back is his insecurity, which affects his personality in unpredictable ways.

When you put all 3 cards together, you can see how the feminine energy of nurturing and care is really present. This is a moment to embrace a more caring and fostering approach towards life, ourselves, and those around us.

Cups are about emotions, and Pentacles relate to our family, our finances, and our home. When we nurture our life physically and emotionally, with energy that feeds our body, our mind, and our soul, we thrive, and so do those around us.

When we treat ourselves well, we are able to give back to our family, friends, and community. Our senses become heightened because we feel recharged, replenished, and truly nurtured.

But one important element to consider here is not only the positive and healthy habits we cultivate, but also to clear our space — mentally, emotionally, spiritually, and physically speaking — from what depletes us.

The Hawaiian God, Kane, says:

“If your physical or creative energy needs boosting, consider your dietary habits. The way to optimum health now is to open your heart. Feed your body with loving awareness, rather than with criticism or self-loathing.”

Creativity and intuition come from the same sacred place. They happen when energy can flow through different areas of our lives. They can’t manifest when it is stagnant.

Can you see yourself as the artist of your own life?

What would you like to create and materialize into your reality?

Creativity is part of your true nature. The larger your repertoire, the more creative you get. Through navigating different realities, visiting different spaces, and talking to different people about topics not necessarily within your knowledge, you expand your mind.

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When your feelings say more than a word

This concept of expanding your resources is particularly important, because this week it seems that an idea will be permeating your mind.

Something you’ve been pondering, but haven’t given much thought or credit to. Be it a project you’d like to take a risk on — like creating a workshop, starting a new business, writing a book, giving your house a fresh look. There’s some kind of creative energy popping up in your mind, quietly asking for some space. Start noticing and see what will come up.

Do you feel like you could give it a chance?

Would you be open to exploring some possible ways to make it happen?

You don’t have to take action yet. Remember, we are under a feminine energy, in the first stage of creation, so it’s all about planning, playing with the possibilities, and having fun with the ideas that come.

One thing that tends to stop us in our tracks is the realization of the idea really coming to life.

And what if it indeed happened? What if this project came to be?

How does this idea make you feel? Think of all that came for you today through this message:

I know, this was a long question. But this final part carries the key element for all that this idea represents — how it makes you feel.

The feeling is what will guide you, showing you what this idea really means to you.

Is it really out of this world, impossible, unimaginable?

Or could you give it a try?

One thing is certain, it’s not here by chance. It has something important to show you. So, just make space for it to enter your mind and present itself to you.

Nobody is saying you should start bringing it to life right away. Quite the contrary.

Because, in order to be able and capable of handling this project, you need to take good care of yourself first. And the main element present in today’s message is balance. Did you notice?

We have masculine and feminine energies present in each one of the tarot cards. The daughter, a feminine being, in a suit that is grounded and focused — acting on her responsibilities, tapping into her masculine side to move through her duties. And we have the father, a masculine figure but who is the most feminine representation among all others.

These cards are asking you:

Another big question. Sorry...

But this in itself is another reflection on equilibrium, because creativity happens in the mind, but in order for an idea to exist, it requires the body to actively make it happen and bring it to life.

How can you find greater balance between both worlds — emotions and action, mind and body, masculine and feminine?

How can you live wandering and dreaming among the stars, while also having your roots deeply planted, sustaining your growth and bringing beauty to life as a whole?

There.. I think this is better, right?!

But don’t worry! Today I’m putting on my coaching hat to guide you through an inner journey that will help you clarify your core desired feelings.

Because, like I said earlier today, the most important part of all you wish to create is about how it makes you feel. That’s what will guide you through life.

That feeling becomes your inner compass, helping you instantly identify what feels right and what doesn’t. Before you take action on your idea, you need to first be certain that it feels right to you.

Let’s have some fun, shall we?

Besides that, you will also need a pen and paper - preferably a notebook, not your computer. Somewhere you can write down the reflections I will propose today and can go back to later on.

We will use our creativity, so bring in your colourful pens, post-its, stickers, all your stationery supplies. And why not a cup of tea, coffee, or wine?

I don’t know at what time of the day you’re reading this post, so trust that your body knows what will help bring a cool and relaxing vibe to this moment.

I’m telling you, this will be fun!

If you’d like to jump straight to the guided inner journey, find it at 15’31”. But before you hit play. I have something else to share.

An extra dose of inspiration and guidance

As usual, I end every post with an additional message to see what we really need to be mindful of and notice in our own reality, each of us in a very individual way.

The main purpose of the Podcast is to help us connect intuitively, observe what is coming up for us under the light of each week’s theme that speaks to our human experience. By doing that, we are strengthening our mind-body-spiritconnection and becoming more present in our lives in a realistic way. Something that I see as a common difficulty among those I have the pleasure to work with and support, through my professional and personal life.

Ok, so let’s take a look at what this card has to say.

I mean, I know the messages sometimes can sound a little harsh, but when we read between the lines, or literally, what we’re being called to do is really clear our life - mind, body and soul - from everything that is intoxicating. It’s not only about what we ingest, but about the people we surround ourselves with, the places we go, the energy we connect with through negative self talk, consuming too much news, or putting ourselves in situations we know will not benefit us, but will deplete our energy.

There’s a clear message this week around healthy habits, in general!

So take this opportunity to reflect on what you want to bring into your life. Today’s guided inner journey will help you do exactly that.

All right, now it is time to hit play.

Remember to download the worksheet and gather your supplies first. It will really help you move through this activity.

Our vibes speak louder than our words.

See you on the other side!

Hi there! My name is Livia Almeida.

I’m a Psychologist, Hypnotist and Coach, but I like to identify myself as a Soul Healing Facilitator.

I’m an explorer, navigating the subterranean world of the human psyche, looking for the gates that will lead to inner clarity and freedom from mindsets, behaviours and emotions that limit our creative being.

I want to help people understand the whys, whats and hows about life - but in an individual and personal way. When it comes to our evolution path as humans, we need to embrace our uniqueness and how we experience life individually.

My goal is to help people be more free from what is making them small, restricted, limited, sick and deregulated.

If you would like to know more about my work, here are some ways to connect:

• My introductory post on Substack - Hello Beautiful Soul

• My practice as a Soul Healing Facilitator - About page

• 1:1 Hypnosis sessions - message me at livia@almaviahealing.com

• Expand your mind and connect deeper to your intuition - ALMA VIA Podcast (an optional way to access by connecting it to the provider of your choice)

• Instagram - @almaviahealing

• More to come!! Soon I will be sharing another tool to help you find more clarity around a topic you’re looking to explore deeper and help you take the next step and get unstuck. Stay close!

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Hello beautiful soul!

If you landed on this page, you’re being directed to listen to a new Episode of the ALMA VIA Podcast.

Every Tuesday, a new episode is released with a corresponding post, where I dive deeper into what the intuitive message for the week is inviting us to notice, work on, and expand.

I also explore more around the topic at hand, from a psychological standpoint, translating the message into nervous-system-safe insights, sharing some tools and resources to help you navigate the emotions that will arise.

Besides all that — yes, there’s more! — you can find extra guidance at the end of each post through an oracle card, always connected to what we’re working on in the moment. I’m not the one picking them. I connect intuitively and see what comes. It’s always a delight to see how in alignment the messages are, and to be extra supported.

Come see for yourself!

Today’s episode - Nurturing the body to feed the mind - comes with a surprise! A worksheet to help you navigate the guided inner journey activity with more ease.

And here is where you can access the full article and all additional reflections around today’s episode.

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Our vibes speak louder than our words.

Be well, dear one.

Love, Livia

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Hello beautiful soul!

If you landed on this page, you’re being directed to listen to a new Episode of the ALMA VIA Podcast.

Every episode is released with a corresponding post, where I dive deeper into what the intuitive message for the week is inviting us to notice, work on, and expand. I also explore more around the topic at hand, from a psychological standpoint, translating the message into nervous-system-safe insights, sharing some tools and resources to help you navigate the emotions that will arise.

Besides all that — yes, there’s more! — you can find extra guidance at the end of each post through an oracle card, always connected to what we’re working on in the moment. I’m not the one picking them. I connect intuitively and see what comes. It’s always a delight to see how in alignment the messages are, and to be extra supported.

Come see for yourself!

Today’s episode - Moving through clarity when life throws you a curveball.

Click the link below to access the full article.

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Ps.. In today’s episode, I recommend listening to another one called - Life’s School of Creative Arts, to help you in looking for creative ways to find clarity. I believe this week we’ll need it more than anything. Just fast forward to minute 21’50”. Here is the link that will get you right there. Have fun!

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Our vibes speak louder than our words.

Be well, dear one.

Love, Livia

Hi there! My name is Livia Almeida.

I’m a Psychologist, Hypnotist and Coach, but I like to identify myself as a Soul Healing Facilitator.

I’m an explorer, navigating the subterranean world of the human psyche, looking for the gates that will lead to inner clarity and freedom from mindsets, behaviours and emotions that limit our creative being.

I want to help people understand the whys, whats and hows about life - but in an individual and personal way. When it comes to our evolution path as humans, we need to embrace our uniqueness and how we experience life individually.

My goal is to help people be more free from what is making them small, restricted, limited, sick and deregulated.

If you would like to know more about my work, here are some ways to connect:

• My introductory post on Substack - Hello Beautiful Soul

• My practice as a Soul Healing Facilitator - About page

• 1:1 Hypnosis sessions - message me at livia@almaviahealing.com

• Expand your mind and connect deeper to your intuition - ALMA VIA Podcast (an optional way to access by connecting it to the provider of your choice)

• Instagram - @almaviahealing

• More to come!! Soon I will be sharing another tool to help you find more clarity around a topic you’re looking to explore deeper and help you take the next step and get unstuck. Stay close!

Hello beautiful soul!

As you can see, things have been looking a little different lately. I’ve been testing different ways to bring the message to you, trying to understand what style of posting has a better user experience, and look & feel.

So bear with me, because I learn from doing, not simply thinking things through. And taking action on my ideas is what helps me get clear on what I need. And today, more than ever, you will understand this with what’s coming through the message.

What’s different today?

Today’s episode is embedded in this post. If you’d like to jump right into it, go ahead and click the link below to directly access it!

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But know that this article contains a little more information than what’s shared in the audio. And the supporting oracle card that came today, says it all! Take a look. It’s right at the end.

OR

If you prefer to read, instead of listening, the first part of the message brought in the Podcast is included below. Here, in this post, I share the intuitive message for the week - right at the beginning - and also some extra guidance and further discussion to help us expand our thinking. But that second part is not included in the audio.

I’m trying to give you different ways to navigate this experience, trying to keep the podcast more straight to the point and using Substack to explore more on the topic.

But here is an important note for the readers:

The guided inner journey you can only find in the audio. This is something to be fully experienced, not read. But don’t worry, at the end of this post I explain exactly at what point of the audio you can connect directly to the inner journey.

Let me know what you think of this approach, please! Honest and supportive feedback is always welcome! It has to work both ways, right!? - Right.

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Now it’s time to dive into the message. Enjoy your experience!

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Message for the week of May 19th to 25th

I hate to start a post like this, but the truth is, this week won’t feel easy.

As I’m connecting to the cards, I’m feeling my chest tightening, and this sensation is here to tell me something. The energy present is intense, no doubt. I don’t mean to get you worried or anxious. My work is intuitive, and what my body senses is also part of the reading, helping me connect to the emotion and work with it, not around it.

Last week, some unresolved situation, maybe something from your past, entered your life again, seeking resolution.

I’m not sure if what you’ll be facing this week is directly related to that circumstance, but the message is clear, there’s conflict in the air.

So you will need to feel your emotions, even if it gets uncomfortable. That’s how you will move through this week, feeling what hurts, learning from it, and coming out the other side stronger, wiser, and healed - physically and emotionally.

Physical and emotional disharmony can be a reflection of how your inner or outer world has been out of alignment. Something needs to be adjusted, talked through, or find a common ground.

And this time you’re being called to handle whatever happens by focusing on your wellbeing first, and in a practical way. And that’s exactly what we will do today in the guided inner journey!

How do the cards translate the events?

This week we have one card from the Gods, Goddesses and Guides oracle, by Sophie Bashford, and two from the Lunar Tarot, by Jayne Wallace.

Persephone, a Greek maiden goddess, also known as the Queen of the Dead, after being captured by the King of the underworld, Hades, promised to stay six months of each year underground. Every Spring she would come out, opening the flowers and blessing the crops. She symbolizes the death-life cycle, guiding you to light after experiencing darkness.

Upon her presence, you know that a period of exhaustion, fear and hiding in dark feelings, is near. But once you cross that path, you will enter a phase of new beginnings. It makes sense to think that upon working on a difficult situation, mentally and emotionally, and giving it resolution, you will start fresh, anew, because the decision made now defines the tone under which you will conduct your life.

The cards that follow Persephone’s confirm how this moment will be felt.

The 2 of Swords and the King of Wands show that you will feel stuck in the middle of an unpleasant reality, and will experience it deeply. Maybe lost, indecisive, possibly hurt. But it is through embodying a sense of leadership toward your own life, that you will creatively come up with strategies that effectively support you.

You may feel blocked in your own emotions, uncertain about the next move, the next step to take to get you out of it. But an important decision is to be made, even if it’s a very difficult one, and once done, things will start to fall into place again.

Dismissing your feelings, or intensifying them by focusing only on what hurts, is only going to bring in more hurt.

You will need to make space for your feelings to be really felt, not simply rationalize a solution. Work with them, be present to truly understand what this moment is trying to teach you, because only then will you be clear about the right direction to take.

Action is a masculine energy, and the King of Wands is a bold leader, a creative master, inspiring those around him to be their very best. One of his biggest assets is to combine creative thinking with practical doing. He is fierce, and won’t give up until he gets what he wants.

This is the energy you’re being called to tap into. Looking beyond the tricky situation at hand, connecting mind, body and soul, to find a way out through healing, not through force or confrontation. You will push your reality through by being smart, creative, looking for ways to support you first.

You don’t react, you act from a place of presence, embodying clarity.

But taking action can mean different things.

The right time to act on a decision

Your interaction with the world around you happens in three layers.

First, there’s a thought, a rational perception of what’s happening to you. The idea or notion of the situation at hand. Once you have a clear picture of it in your mind, you then experience a bodily sensation related to the event. All this happens in a split second. It’s not conscious.

After your body feels, it instantly starts to connect you to an emotion. You physically feel what the circumstance means to you. Upon feeling, you’re triggered — positively or not — getting emotionally charged, and that’s when you have the drive to act.

But here is the catch. Taking action doesn’t necessarily mean doing something directly involved to the situation right away.

Many are the moments when getting a clear understanding of your emotions first is the best move you can make, regulating your nervous system to think more clearly and then deciding on how to handle the circumstance.

Life is made of inspirational and challenging moments, both to help you transcend in your capabilities and exercise your inner power and strength.

But let’s be honest! We are all learning, so we will stumble on our own feet, multiple times, acting too fast, not thinking properly before making the first move. And this week, my friend, the message is clear: be the leader of your life, the one who inspires by example, thinking in a practical but also creative way, to take the right action.

At least, let’s try!

It sounds great on paper - actually, on screen. And like my three-year-old daughter likes to say: “Really mom? For real life?” Well, in real life, we all know it’s not that easy.

But one thing is for sure, our body knows how to heal. And what directly contributes — for better or for worse — is what we feed our mind with.

What and how we think has a direct impact on our physical being. When we stay stuck in a pattern or mentality that makes us sick, we won’t heal. We won’t find a solution, because the energetic frequency we emanate attracts like energy. We will end up attracting more pain, more sorrow and suffering, through situations and relationships. But the opposite is also true!

Let me share with you a personal story:

You get what I’m trying to show you, don’t you?

We bring in what we put out. We attract the same energy quality that we emanate.

But look, judgement free zone here! I like to look at life as my science lab, where I test things, see what comes out as a result, learn from it and move on. Perfection is faaaaaaarrr from who I am or want to be. If I was perfect, life would be too boring. There would be nothing else to learn. Everything would be perfectly perfect. I can’t live like that. Can you?

So let’s take the guidance we’re receiving and test it, seeing what resonates, what works and what doesn’t.

This week, by embodying a more practical way of looking at life, not giving in to negative thoughts and emotions, will keep you from being dragged down and frozen in victimhood. — Well, not only this week, that’s a mindset you should carry for life, but you get what I’m saying.

It’s about putting your needs first, prioritizing your health, your well-being, taking good care of your mind, your body, and your spirit by nourishing them; treating yourself with respect, listening to your soul and understanding what you truly want. (That counts for life, right?)

Do what’s possible, but make an effort to really help yourself. Don’t drink your coffee standing or driving. Give yourself 5 minutes. Don’t skip lunch to do extra work. Nourish your body first and your brain will follow. Laundry is piling up? Do a portion, not the entire load. Or at least prioritize the clothes that you need.

But don’t overload yourself thinking you have to take care of everything. Take a pause during the day. An intentional 15 minutes break can go a long way. Feel what your body needs. Maybe it’s to lie down, or a good stretch, bringing movement in. Sometimes I like to step outside, breathe fresh air, look at nature and then come back.

Seek support, mentally and physically. Talk to someone you trust, that can help you sort things out and find clarity.

But don’t forget to also help your body move the energy it’s carrying.

• Take a walk

• Walk barefoot — grounding yourself

• Dance and sing out loud

• Exercise

• Look for ways to exchange energy with nature and bring in healing.

Working with a massage therapist, doing breath or body work, can be really beneficial too, helping you release what you’re holding in. Your goal is to move energy in and out of your body.

But remember, this week’s advice is to be practical, so don’t overthink or complicate it.

Go with what feels safe, comfortable and manageable for you to bring your body to movement and find clarity within, not because you know, but because you feel it!

The important thing to keep in mind is the release of intense energy, not allowing it to get stuck inside, because that’s what leads to sickness.

Body and energy connection

Our body is a combination of over 50 trillion cells, and they operate not only from what physically constitutes them, but especially from the energy field involving them. When you release the energy stored in your body, you’re recalibrating it at a cellular level.

What’s present around you has a direct influence on your physical being: the food you eat, the songs you listen to, the conversations you have, what you read, the environment you’re in, it all has a profound impact on you.

You can only truly heal once you release what is weighing your body down - physically and energetically.

So today we will work with our bodies. We will connect to the forces of nature to help us truly release stagnant energy, pushing it out of our physical temple, to help us move through this week feeling empowered, focused, thinking clearly, to deal with whatever challenge we face in a practical manner.

We will not meditate or go on a hypnotic journey. We will move. We will activate our cells.

We will give our emotions an outlet, not only mentally, but physically. We already know that physical exercise is very beneficial because it gets us moving, but we also need to intentionally move the emotional energy charging our bodies. There’s a very specific goal behind this.

But before we start, I invite you to find a safe space, somewhere you can freely move, stretching your arms, elongating your legs, in a private way, where you can be yourself, not worrying about looking weird or silly - we can look whatever way we feel like, because this is a judgement-free zone.

Just find your safe space to fully RESTORE and hit play!

If you read everything up to this point, and would like to jump right into the exercise, fast forward the audio to 11’56”.

Or you can listen to the full message and see if further insights come for you. Go with what feels right.

But before you leave…

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An extra dose of inspiration and guidance

I like to end the posts with an extra dose of inspiration and guidance. And my mouth always drops with the cards that come, because they couldn’t be more in alignment with the messages, even if I hand picked them myself.

Look at what came today.

What the heck is going to happen this week? OMG!

Maybe now you get why I started this post saying “I hate to start a post like this, but the truth is, this week won’t feel easy.”

I’m a little scared, I won’t lie, but I’m choosing to think that whatever comes will be here to help me get stronger, and that maybe this disruptive situation will happen inward more than out of my being, breaking me free from limiting beliefs that keep me stuck and feeling smaller. I will hold on to that and think positively, as much as I can, right?! LOL

I’m absolutely curious to see what this week holds for us.

But we will not cross our arms and passively wait. We will move, and we can start by moving some energy around, feeling more grounded to creatively carve the solutions and approaches we will use to cross this emotional bridge.

It’s time to hit play and listen to today’s episode - Moving through clarity.

Our vibes speak louder than our words.

Be well!

Love, Livia

What taking the next step can look like

If you need extra support to handle this tough moment, or other feelings and situations you’re navigating in this moment, I’m here to help.

My sessions are about 2hours in length, but I start connecting with your energy before we meet virtually, by intuitively receiving a message that will support what you need to work on and get clarity on.

Besides all that is done in anticipation of your presence, part of our session includes a guided inner journey through hypnosis. Look at it as a doorway into your subconscious, a space where insight can emerge and true healing can happen.

It will be my great pleasure to help you.

If you’d like to know more about my work, below is where you can start.

Hi there! My name is Livia Almeida.

I’m a Psychologist, Hypnotist and Coach, but I like to identify myself as a Soul Healing Facilitator.

I’m an explorer, navigating the subterranean world of the human psyche, looking for the gates that will lead to inner clarity and freedom from mindsets, behaviours and emotions that limit our creative being.

I want to help people understand the whys, whats and hows about life - but in an individual and personal way. When it comes to our evolution path as humans, we need to embrace our uniqueness and how we experience life individually.

My goal is to help people be more free from what is making them small, restricted, limited, sick and deregulated.

If you would like to know more about my work, here are some ways to connect:

• My introductory post on Substack - Hello Beautiful Soul

• My practice as a Soul Healing Facilitator - About page

• 1:1 Hypnosis sessions - message me at livia@almaviahealing.com

• Expand your mind and connect deeper to your intuition - ALMA VIA Podcast (an optional way to access by connecting it to the provider of your choice)

• Instagram - @almaviahealing

• More to come!! Soon I will be sharing another tool to help you find more clarity around a topic you’re looking to explore deeper and help you take the next step and get unstuck. Stay close!

Subscribe now

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Hello Beautiful Soul!

Today I’m bringing the ALMA VIA Podcast closer to you!! Yes!

If you’ve been connecting through Substack more, today you can access the message directly in this platform.

For those already familiar with the posts, you can continue to access the podcast directly via your podcast provider. I just wanted to give the Substack community a taste of this beautiful work.

Whatever feels easier or more intuitive for you, pick your preference and hit play!

But before you do, let me tell you what will be present for us this week.

Does this sound familiar to you?

Again? Why does this keep happening? Why I can’t get resolution on this?

I feel trapped in a hamster wheel, running round and round, coming back to the same place. Why?

At some point in life, we all have experienced a moment where we find ourselves struggling with a recurrent circumstance. Be it difficulty to set boundaries, commitment issues, not finishing what you have started, an argument with a close one over expectations for change, compulsions as a way to cover an emotional wound — time and time again, this unresolved issue materializes into our reality, sometimes in different areas, but always under the same theme - an emotional wound.

I don’t know what your version of this situation is, but I’m sorry to say that, this week, you will be face to face with it again. Not sure in what area of your life this will show up, but some unresolved issue will find its way back to you.

I know it isn’t pleasant to deal with these “ghosts”, but if you have a tendency to push it away, avoid, or do it halfway, this time I strongly suggest you don’t. Even if it’s not entirely up to you, if it involves others, think how you can find resolution for yourself and make peace with it. A decision will need to be made, one way or another.

Consistency, resilience, and focus continue to be the main theme present for this whole month, so it’s under this mindset that you’re being called to take on what will require your dedicated attention. And this time, for good!

When repeated events happen in our lives, there’s usually — not to say always — something we have to learn from it. It’s either related to the situation directly, or a behaviour, pointing to how we tend to manage things and what we’re being invited to exercise.

This week, in an effort to help you start finding more clarity around your whys, I decided to look beyond what we will be tuning in intuitively through the cards, and guide you through an inner journey to your subconscious.

This is where all your life’s information is stored, and where you can look for hints and guidance about your beliefs and emotional triggers.

But before I tell you more about how this will happen, we need to learn about the energy we will be under for the next 6 to 7 days.

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How do the cards translate the events?

When we use divinations to help us navigate the intrinsic moments of our daily life, we’re looking for support, guidance, and inspiration. This is not done rationally. We need to access our intuition.

Divinations are not only a great tool to exercise our spirituality and mind-body connection — like following our instincts, responding to a gut feeling, or paying closer attention when we feel a sudden chill in our body — but also because they help us expand our self-awareness, and be more attentive to how we respond — or react — to life.

What we’re being invited to look at this week was inspired by 3 cards: one from the Goddesses, Gods and Guardians oracle by Sophie Bashford, and 2 tarot cards, from the traditional Rider – Waite deck.

Aditi, a Hindu goddess, whose name means ‘limitless’ and ‘boundless’, is here to help us expand our consciousness.

A celestial mother, also known as Mother Space, she symbolizes the infinite, freedom, divine order, and cosmic connection. (Just coming out of Mother’s Day celebration, this feels like the perfect card to have, holding us dearly while facing this, somewhat, unpleasant moment.)

Alongside the 9 of Wands and the 10 of Cups, these 3 cards are inviting you to take stock of a situation; deal with an unfinished project, or something you have put on hold, or a recurrent circumstance, that now it is time to bring to a close, find a resolution, once and for all.

A man holding a staff, with a bandage wrapped around his head, and looking tired, is the image portrayed in the 9 of Wands card. He’s come a long way; worked hard, and so this card signals a situation that required hard work, that has been done over time, repeatedly, consistently, until completion. It may not have been so pleasant to do so, but it has come to an end.

The depicted suit is Wands, representing our mental capacity in a creative way.

How can you creatively find a solution to what you will be revisiting this week?

What’s encouraging, in the midst of all the effort we’ll need to put into this moment, is that once completed, we will feel absolutely at peace, happy, in harmony with ourselves and those involved — that’s where the 10 of Cups comes into place, here representing our emotions.

The position of the cards also tells us something very reassuring. We have numbers following a sequence — 9 and 10, showcasing natural progression. Once one step is concluded, the next one is already expected to take place.

This is very positive because it confirms that upon using your creativity to handle your affairs, giving it resolution, it will no longer require continuous planning and action, wearing you out, because it will be solved — even if it means that you have made a decision about how you will position yourself towards it.

It is about how doing what’s right for you makes you feel — happy, proud, in harmony. When entering this harmonious moment in your life, you have the confirmation that persistence will be well compensated.

This is very encouraging. It gives a boost of hope and endurance to find in us the necessary strength and energy to deal with this situation one final time.

But the card that really intrigued me was the Goddess Aditi. A benevolent woman, reminding us that we carry within a limitless source of wisdom and resources.

In the way spreads usually come to me, the oracle cards work as the medicine for the (challenging) situation being presented by the tarot cards.

When I saw Aditi, with her nurturing invitation to expand our consciousness, I understood that what she is really inviting us to do is to reconnect with our inner trust in the face of any challenges we may encounter. Throughout our life’s path, there’s always something for us to learn. And regardless of how simple or complicated these assignments can be, a bigger question was holding my curious and compelling thinking:

Why do we avoid facing some truths? Why do we procrastinate, leading to even more frustration?

How I look at it

More than a science-based answer that will explain in technical terms the mechanisms our body and brain activate in those moments, this isn’t where I want to put the focus, nor the perspective I would like to bring to our conversation today.

From a psychological viewpoint, if we look at it as a symptom, procrastination is usually tied to poor time management or lack of self-control. This is a very limited view for such a habit. How simple would it be to fix a problem? A little CBT (cognitive behavioural therapy) combined with some practical tools and all would be resolved.

You know very well it’s not that simple. From an emotional side, procrastination has been linked to a lack of joy when performing a certain task. What we dislike, or find boring, we tend to naturally avoid. Makes sense to me, but it still doesn’t tell the whole story.

Many are those who experience more acute emotions, feeling overwhelmed and deeply frustrated, getting angry and anxious around procrastination. And this is where my attention was drawn to.

Why are we triggered so intensely by some situations, getting our emotions escalated to such a degree that it creates, as a defence mechanism, a response through procrastination?

And here lies the main focus point — procrastination as a defence mechanism.

What are we protecting ourselves from? There is a deeper truth that is being hidden, or that at this stage in life we don’t feel able to change our circumstances. But still, being in such a position does reveal a side of us that is most likely rooted in deep wounds.

For most of the time, we don’t know — consciously. We can’t clearly justify the why. How many of us have done inner work, expanded our mind, healed emotional wounds, understood emotional patterns, gotten more self-aware, and still get emotionally activated? Not to mention the moments when we don’t have any control over the way we react. We just do.

Why?

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Getting to the root cause

The answer to this question isn’t singular. It differs from person to person, because it’s directly related to each one’s life experience.

The way we respond to situations was initially conditioned by our upbringing — through the events lived in our early years — and the emotional patterns taught to us, directly or indirectly, by those around us.

As a child, we have no clue about how to navigate the world. We depend on the adults in our lives to help us create and give meaning to everything surrounding our universe, including the way we respond emotionally.

We learn from what is taught to us — intentionally or not — especially when it’s repeatedly present. Think about a recurring behaviour expressed by your caregivers, your parents, or an adult you constantly interacted with, and how it influenced you, positively or not.

The mind of a little kid is curious, a sponge, absorbing everything surrounding them. But the interpretation they give to each situation, when not mediated appropriately, is subject to the level of knowledge and maturity they have at such anearly age. Which — needless to say — isn’t much.

So there we are, creating the first imprints in our subconscious, the ruler of our behaviour and emotional reactions, that will serve as the foundation for what we will continue to experience, shaping the way we navigate and read life around us.

It’s much more profound than we think.

How can we find a single generalized, one-size-fits-all kind of answer to this question: Why are we triggered so intensely by some situations, getting our emotions escalated to such a degree that it creates, as a defence mechanism, a response through procrastination?

We can’t.

But that doesn’t mean we can’t find any answer.

That’s why I’m so inspired by the work I do with hypnosis. I find it fascinating. A tool, or — as I prefer to see it — a gentle approach used to guide us into our most sacred world — the unconscious mind — and help us find clarity for our whys.

Upon seeing the cards that came for us this week, I took this opportunity to help you start uncovering the layers of the truth behind your emotional triggers around procrastination.

We all deal with these emotional responses in some shape or form. So I found it to be very important and helpful to focus on this element today, especially in a week when unresolved matters have decided to bounce back into our lives.

How to navigate this experience

You can interact with the weekly messages in 3 different ways, and mix and match them throughout your week too.

1. Symbolic reflections

   In the first part I share what the cards are bringing to our attention. Literally the intuitive message we’re receiving, the reflections they inspire and how we can work with them. The cards tell a story, and upon intuitively connecting with them, I translate the main energy present into guided

2. Mind-body regulation

   As a way to help you expand your thinking around what the message is proposing, I’m bringing an extra layer combining with my experience in hypnosis. But before I can guide you through your unconscious mind, I first help you reset your nervous system, through a relaxation session. This week we’ll be doing a version of body-scan, helping you find a state of peace and calmness to connect much deeper with your body.

3. Beneath the Surface

   The final part is the hypnosis script, a guided and supported journey into your inner world, to help you receive what your subconscious has saved and can share with you, to help you expand your awareness around what’s being discussed.

In today’s Episode, I will help you start to understand why you get emotionally triggered with a particular situation that leads your mind into using procrastination as a defence mechanism.

When listening to the message the first time, I suggest you do it from beginning to end. Once you’ve experienced it entirely, then you can choose to listen again - as many times as you find necessary or feel called to - targeting what you need most.

Upon returning subsequent times, you can experience the message differently. There could be something that did’t get your attention the first time, but can bring you further insights when heard again.

Another way is to listen to the relaxing meditation when you’re getting ready to bed. It can help you soothe your body into a more calming state, regulating your nervous system and decompressing all the emotional baggage carried throughout the day.

Or maybe you would like to experience the inner journey more than once, because you feel that what came for you the first time needs more clarification and even deeper healing.

Last week I shared my own experience with the message, where I listened to it 3 times. And each time something different landed. take a listen to the Mind-Body (re)connection Episode, for you to have a more detailed view on how the way we work with these messages are very personal, but also very intuitive.

Below is the introductory post to the related message.

I always say this — and I will continue to — there’s no right or wrong way to work with the messages.

More than anything, this is an invitation to help you find clarity, learn more about yourself and how life is communicating with you, helping you in your own Soul journey, expanding your consciousness and self-awareness, activating your intuition and connecting your mind and body in a much more profound way.

In more practical terms, treat the messages as a good friend who you trust and who is sharing with you a recommendation about a new store, restaurant or place they know. You can’t say what the experience will be like for you until you try it for yourself. And sometimes you need to try it more than once to have a better perception and opinion.

So here is your chance to give this episode a try.

I hope you enjoy your journey.

I would love to know how it was for you. Leave a comment below highlighting what better describes how the message is landing for you this week.

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But before you go…

An extra dose of inspiration and guidance

Following a tradition that came to me when I started writing these posts, there’s always an extra card that asks to be present. So far, it has always been from the series Seasons of the Witch.

Amethyst is calling us to connect with our intuition, make spiritual connections, and release stress.

Go where your spirit dwells, where your sight is clear and your breath is liberated.

Well my friend, you read the card. A meditative practice has found your way to help you today! I love how everything connects.

I hope today’s episode can help you to start finding clarity about your whys.

If you feel like deepening your inner searches, wanting to explore in more depth the whys behind your emotions, the ways in which you get triggered, what these triggers mean to you, how you can work with them and be free from the conditioning they “impose”, I’m here to help you explore different ways we can work together.

Our vibes speak louder than our words.

Be well, dear one.

Love, Livia

Hi there! My name is Livia Almeida.

I’m a Psychologist, Hypnotist and Coach, but I like to identify myself as a Soul Healing Facilitator.

I’m an explorer, navigating the subterranean world of the human psyche, looking for the gates that will lead to inner clarity and freedom from mindsets, behaviours and emotions that limit our creative being.

I want to help people understand the whys, whats and hows about life - but in an individual and personal way. When it comes to our evolution path as humans, we need to embrace our uniqueness and how we experience life individually.

My goal is to help people be more free from what is making them small, restricted, limited, sick and deregulated.

If you would like to know more about my work, here are some ways to connect:

• My introductory post on Substack - Hello Beautiful Soul

• My practice as a Soul Healing Facilitator - About page

• 1:1 Hypnosis sessions - message me at livia@almaviahealing.com

• Expand your mind and connect deeper to your intuition - ALMA VIA Podcast (an optional way to access by connecting it to the provider of your choice)

• Instagram - @almaviahealing

• More to come!! Soon I will be sharing another tool to help you find more clarity around a topic you’re looking to explore deeper and help you take the next step and get unstuck. Stay close!

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Hello Beautiful Soul!

Lately I have been thinking a lot about the ALMA VIA Podcast, how it started, and even though it began so recently, how it has already changed - or better said, transformed, over the weeks.

The main purpose remains the same - to offer perspective, reflection, and support, so you can bring the teachings into your daily life in a realistic and embodied way; accessing gentle portals of awareness — moments where insight, clarity, and alignment become available through frequency, reflection, and presence.

This is the essence. This is what the messages help you reach. But I knew when I started, that even though I wasn’t sure about what the Podcast would become, it would come to be something bigger than the initial proposal.

Not so many weeks after its debut, on February 17th, the messages in the Podcast are now bringing a much deeper connection to the subterranean layers of our being.

Our subconscious is our mind’s ‘hardware’, recording in detail all we experience every single second of our lives, with added layers of emotional impressions and our own perceptions of what we perceive through all of our senses. The memories created mostly communicate with us through non-verbal channels such as images, dreams, symbols and our intuitive guidance.

When I started working with hypnosis, it was to help my clients be able to move past the wall they all have reached at some point in their lives, regardless of the therapeutic approach they had worked under. They all come with a somewhat version of being stuck.

Stuck in emotional patterns, stuck in their professional lives, stuck in unhealthy relationships, stuck in unhealthy behaviours, stuck in their search for what feels meaningful, stuck in their limiting beliefs. Stuck.

The list is long, but in the end, we all seek help when we find ourselves stuck in a situation that feels uncomfortable, most of the time unhealthy, or even painful, that we can’t seem to overcome.

But from all these ‘stuckness’, if I may call it, in the end, what ties to it are views of the life imprinted in our minds by external entities, powerful enough to create the foundation of our own perceptions and self-direction.

In other words, the belief system introduced by the adults and environment we were exposed to while growing up, shaping our own view of the world around us.

One thing we don’t seem to notice so distinctively, is that we see life through other people’s eyes. As babies, we can only read our surroundings by what our caregivers make sense of and introduce to us. We come to this world a white canvas. We need an artist to paint on us, until we can become a masterpiece - a combination of brushstrokes, one after another, that together create a unique piece of art!

As a society we learn to navigate the world upon the definition we give things, aka labels. Following this artistic metaphor, as a piece of art, we get defined by a certain style, and then are categorized: Modern, Renaissance, Cubist, Classic. Many are the possible sections we can fall under.

And so we are put in the art gallery of life, somewhere to be seen, admired, questioned, interpreted, and judged; created to inspire and tell a story.

We start to experience life through the places we visit. Some paintings stay in the same place their entire life. Others travel the world. Some are hidden, kept in secret, with little exposure; others are the talk of the neighbourhood. Each carrying a personal touch and purpose toward life.

It is only when different viewers start to show us the multitude of interpretations we can have as a painting, giving us different meanings and ways in which we can be, that we notice our own amplitude. Our perceptions and takes on what we live make sense only when shared.

When misplaced, or paired with paintings that don’t highlight our particularities, we can loose our brilliance or be incorrectly valued for our potential. It takes others to recognize our true exuberance in order to be placed in a wall that will make us shine and standout.

This does not mean we don’t carry value being ourselves. It means our life becomes much more meaningful and inspirational when they are collaborated and co-created.

But the true transformation and potential exists when we’re seen by eyes that carry a Soul - a mix of perspective coupled with knowledge through lived experience, and a touch of unique expression.

That’s when we comprehend we are not only a certain style. We are a combination of interconnectedness, moments lived, stories once told, interpretations, trials and errors, emotions, actions and reactions, all shared with other artistic creations. We are layers of many lives.

In our own complexity, we look for our placement in the world. Secretly wondering through different galleries, looking for the one where we will be mostly recognized. And again it’s not simply about admiration, it’s about being seen for what - or who - we truly are.

Some give up halfway, or don’t even start their journey. Others incessantly keep in pursue, until the moment when they realize it’s not about the where (they are) or the who (they cross paths with), but about how they feel through the journey.

Even though other’s may have their own impressions about us, what really matters is how we feel about our own beauty, our own way to express our brilliance.

Opinions will always differ, but we cannot allow ourselves to be defined by other people’s view.

In order to find peace and comfort in ourselves, we need to first look beyond the external world. We need to understand:

• What was happening around me when I was brought to life?

• Am I able to understand the circumstances and emotional baggage the artists who painted me carried?

• How can I best express the beautiful creation I am?

• What story am I telling the world?

• What story do I want to tell?

• What’s keeping me from doing so?

• What’s the truth behind my actions, choices, and behaviours in becoming the masterpiece of my own life?

Use these questions as journal prompts to help you expand your insights.

But to help you gain a deeper understanding, you’ll need to go back in time, not only through your thoughts, by looking into the archives of your life. This is a much deeper exploration. You need to look at each brush once used to paint your canvas; reflect on the character of your painter’s touch; learn about the paint used to create you, its colours and composition, and even the places you moved through while being painted, and the ones that came after.

It’s all imprinted in your canvas. It’s all imprinted in your body!

This week, we are being invited to start looking back into the hidden parts of our being, awakening spontaneously, and regaining an important point of connection between mind and body.

The month of May has arrived, delivering, in an intriguing way, a message of its own: consistency.

I talk about this in detail in the article below, if you’re interested.

This month, for each week, we have 3 cards: 1 oracle and 2 tarot cards.

Today and this week the Avalon Priestess, Ace of Swords and The Moon are our guides.

A moment of breakthrough and intuitive awakening that will give us a boost of confidence, helping us reclaim our self-trust to overcome obstacles and act on the ideas that will emerge instantly, without overthinking them.

This week the signs will be everywhere. Pay close attention, as they will become more evident for you to see.

In order to be truly present to what is around you, first there’s something in you that needs to be reactivated and realigned. But this isn’t something you can do consciously. This is where The Moon card falls into place. It is all stored in your unconscious realm.

But don’t worry, you’re never alone! Today you will be especially accompanied by an Avalon Priestess, a powerful Goddess, ready to help you be intuitively awakened.

I started this post telling you how the messages have been transformed. Today you will sense it for yourself.

More and more they are becoming not only guidance for how to experience your week, but portals for direct access to your subconscious, to help you work on a much more profound level on what keeps you stuck, navigating the part of you that holds your truth: your subconscious.

And in doing so, they support you in your own healing journey, reactivating your confidence, self-trust, courage, and sense of presence, to live the life you’re meant to live - in alignment with your dreams, goals, purpose, desires, or however you wish to call it.

Trust that you’re being guided. Trust that you’re here and if this message found your way, it’s here to support you. Give it a try! You have nothing to lose. I promise you.

An extra dose of inspiration and guidance

Before I leave, I pulled a card to inspire us and guide us even more. I love to watch everything fall into place.

This was a card I pulled when I was feeling unsure and insecure about launching the ALMA VIA Podcast (click this link if you wish to subscribe). In my mind, I was not ready to share it with the world, even though my heart - and my spiritual guides - were telling me otherwise. In the midst of my moment of self-doubt, I felt a calling, and this card came to me.

Campfire is here today to give you the same gentle and friendly push, to show you that even if you’re not feeling 100% ready, or even 70% ready, you should move forward with your idea, project or dream. Don’t overthink it. Just do it!

Today’s Episode - Mind-Body (re)connection, will help you recode your mind, and imprint on your mental ‘hardware’ the message of self confidence you need so you can stop listening to the inner voice that makes you look the other way.

Read if for yourself:

Can you imagine my face when I read this card? ‘Do not fear opening your mouth and allowing your tongue to speak’. In a moment, when I was wondering if I should start the Podcast or not, THIS card found its way to me. How can some not believe we’re always being guided?

I’m not going to lie. At first, it felt like a slap in the face. A well intended one, but a much needed one too. I needed to wake up, silence my inner critic, and act on my beliefs. As you know, I listened to it! Hence the Podcast!

Jokes aside, the card is asking us to seek support, and make sure we don’t give up on our dreams and goals. But as it’s always in direct alignment with what comes for us (and I pulled this card after writing this piece), it is also reinforcing the ideas we discussed a little earlier in this post: collaboration, co-creation, joining forces and seeking support to bring our dreams to life.

I hope you listen to both, the Podcast and this card!

Take a deep breath, grab your journal, find a place to sit in serenity and tranquility, and open yourself up to what you’re about to receive. It is a true gift. From me and our spiritual guides to you. I see you! I’m here for you!

Don’t forget to work on the journal prompts suggested above. It will help you enhance your reflections. You can answer them first, to see where you’re at, and come back for further considerations after you listen to the episode - Mind-Body (re)connection.

And if I may, would you be so kind in coming back here, after you experience today’s message and let me know how was it for you?

It will make me so happy, and not only that, it will also serve as honest feedback for the work I care so deeply about.

In any way you decide to be part of the ALMA VIA Community, I appreciate your support.

Thank you for being here.

See you on the other side!

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Maybe that’s your way to connect to what the Campfire card brought today: being the light for someone soughing out knowledge and guidance.

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Our vibes speak louder than our words.

Be well!

Love, Livia

May has officially arrived.

- What? Already??

Yep. Are you feeling this way too?

Time continues to trick us, flying away, indulging us with its beauty, while flapping its wings bravely and constantly. Bit by bit, passing by.

In contrast, what a month we are also wrapping up. April came by softly, gently announcing secrets from our underground world, around which our lives revolve, even when we have no clue about their presence or influence.

Did you feel this wave of reality check? Well, be it unconsciously or not, what needs to be seen and faced is finding its way to us - to be clarified, resolved and to push us forward.

In the here and now, we continue to experience life, but even if we don’t notice them (yet), the signs are all around us, guiding us and keeping us on track. What is so profoundly asking for our attention is here as an opportunity for deep healing.

Under April’s energy, the changes we are being invited to discover - many to our surprise - caught us off guard, but still somehow we experienced it all while feeling blessed and grateful for what is being revealed. Because only when they become conscious can we choose to set ourselves free.

Bittersweet feelings, conflicting with our desires and reality, but all this to assist us in realizing that these are exactly the changes we need to see happening in order to fulfill our deepest desires, or simply feel alive. Even if it doesn’t seem so easy or compelling at first.

We need these changes. Oh, we do!

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And now, we’re about to start a whole new month. New realizations and discoveries. And as life continues to amaze us, what will be coming for us in the ALMA VIA Podcast is so unique, that I felt called to write this post and share some initial observations with you.

As you can see in the picture, every single message for this month consists of:

• 1 card from the Gods, Goddesses & Guardians oracle

• 2 tarot cards

They all came in this same order: 1 oracle card and 2 tarot cards. Different tarot decks though, but all tarot cards.

This has never happened to me before. Even before starting to connect to the messages that will come through these cards, we can already see a pattern. This tells us something. A very important note to pay attention to: consistency.

This month we will be guided to focus on whatever it is that is calling for our attention, in a consistent way. No diversion, no stopping in the middle, no multitasking.

The consistency will also be present among the resources we choose to use. It will be very important for us to make sure we don’t get distracted or attracted by different ideas, propositions, materials or modalities - as challenging as it can be sometimes.

The key will be to stick with what we start and keep it going. At least until the rudder turns the ship in a different direction. From start to finish we move, steady, focused and grounded.

During the month of May we need to be diligent, keep our heads down, and don’t lose track of what will be here to help us continue honouring our path in this life - in our own individual and personal way, but collectively engaged.

I don’t know if you find this meaningful, but believe me, it is.

I don’t choose the decks, nor the cards. I connect, I ask for the messages, and ask my Spiritual Guides to show me, through my pendulum, which oracle or tarot holds the message. Currently I have a total of 11 oracles and 3 tarot decks (well, actually 14 oracles now. Life just gifted me with 3 new ones this week. I wish you could see my excitement right now). But honestly, this is not random. There’s direction, intention and purpose behind it all.

And when you pull the exact same spread, for 4 different readings, from the exact same oracle, with the exact same sequence, you stop and listen.

This month we will continue on an awakening path, expanding our consciousness, moving through new beginnings and connecting with our life-force energy. Because we are all being guided. We are all being called to step into a new world, a new Era, a new reality of what it is to live our humanity as spiritual beings.

Not everyone is listening to this calling. Not everyone is working with these energies, allowing them to guide them into their own discoveries and awakening moments.

But if you’re here, and I mean this more than ever, if you’re reading this right now, don’t dismiss this moment. You’re not here by chance.

There’s no right or wrong way to experience these energies. There’s no right or wrong way to experience these messages. But there’s a wrong path your Soul can follow if you disconnect from serving your own purpose. And by that I mean to simply be present enough to notice how life communicates with you.

I know we so often read or hear about ‘finding our purpose’ in life.

What if your purpose is meant to find you?

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The signs are everywhere. But you will not notice them if you’re stuck in your mind, worrying about the ups and downs of the world, or your own little world, without connecting with what truly is here to guide you: your body.

The mind and body axis has been in great disarray. The modern world has focused too much on producing, being productive, getting more and more out of everything, at the cost of our humanity.

Through a masculine, active, work-oriented energy, we focused on what the mind could create. But it didn’t stop there. Once an idea is present it needs to become real.

So we built, and we built. Through it we evolved. This was the energy somehow needed to get us through evolution. But we reached a point where the masculine energy once needed is now being exacerbated. It’s unbalanced.

In order to continue growing strong, we need to give in accordance with how much we receive. That’s the only way we can have a prosperous and fulfilling life, for everyone. In a balanced and fair way.

Unfortunately, in order to build the world we are currently living in, and instill progress, we got emotionally, physically, mentally, spiritually and socially sick.

More than ever, we need the feminine energy to counterbalance all that is misaligned, not only by being present, but by truly embodying the change. Our society is now starting to understand this more deeply, not by choice, but by despair.

Sometimes we can only make a change when it starts to hurt. We need to feel so we can understand. Even when the pain is profoundly unbearable. Many are the moments in life when we only actively look for help once our reality becomes impossible to sustain.

Unfortunately that has been our truth. And that is why we’re starting to look for a more gentle and nurturing way of living. We can’t continue to simply survive. We need to live!

A reality check

This hyper focus on the mind closed the doors of connection with the body. Our body was receiving the orders and commands on how to operate, to produce, to achieve, but without the opportunity to decompress, recharge, rebalance, replenish and restore.

So it kept on going, it kept on moving, it kept on working. And now it’s hurting.

How many somatic diseases have emerged in the 21st century?

In retrospect, in the 20th century, the major causes of death were related to infectious diseases, aside from the great wars, which had a significant contribution to the numbers of those deceased. These infections can be viewed as external causes, due to poor sanitary conditions. Prevention and medications were created based on what was emerging simultaneously.

Since then, as we know, medicine evolved greatly, having its major “contribution” from the wars.

But as we entered the 21st century, the main causes of death became chronic and lifestyle diseases. As per a report released by the World Health Organization in August 2024, the top causes were: cardiovascular and respiratory (mostly related to COVID), cancer, Alzheimer, dementia and diabetes.

Accounting the fact that this report reflected the year 2021, right after the world was struck by COVID, even if we were to remove this index from the list, “7 of the 10 leading causes of death in 2021 were noncommunicable diseases (chronic), accounting for 38% of all deaths, or 68% of the top 10 causes”.

Deaths caused by diabetes have increased by 95% since 2000, and drug overdose has risen significantly in some regions around the globe. Take a look at the WHO website if you’d like to understand the statistics better.

But what we really need to understand is that:

Noncommunicable diseases (NCDs), also known as chronic diseases, tend to be of long duration and are the result of a combination of genetic, physiological, environmental and behavioural factors.

The main types of NCDs are cardiovascular diseases (such as heart attacks and stroke), cancers, chronic respiratory diseases (such as chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and asthma) and diabetes.

NCDs disproportionately affect people in low- and middle-income countries, where nearly three quarters of global NCD deaths (32 million) occur.

Noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) killed at least 43 million people in 2021, equivalent to 75% of non-pandemic-related deaths globally.

Are you starting to see what I’m trying to say?

Although in lower income countries, respiratory diseases are still the main cause of death, connecting to the same poor sanitary conditions we saw in the 20th century - and other political and economical factors - my point here is that, except for COVID, which is an environmental disruptor caused by a virus, humanity is now mainly suffering from diseases emerging in their bodies from a combination of ‘genetic, physiological, environmental and behavioural factors’.

It’s important to take account of how epigenetic has revolutionized the field of biology and the idea that we are controlled by our genes, as believed for so many years. As author Bruce H. Lipton says in his book The Biology of Belief:

In other words, the simple fact that your parents have a health condition, of any sort, does not mean you will develop it too, even if your genes carry the trait. This is true only for a small number of diseases, such as Huntington’s - a degenerative condition of the nervous system that, upon the presence of a correlated single gene, when inherited, will invariably cause the disease. Huntington, alongside a couple of other conditions, together represent 2% of the population.

The inheritance factor and activation of the genes, based solely on their presence in the cells, cannot be taken as a general concept. In fact, there isn’t much difference between the number of genes a human body has, compared to primitive organisms. Humans and rodents have roughly the same number of genes, so how could that explain the evolutionary gap between both beings?

Genes can be activated or turned off by factors in the environment, not only from direct exposure - for example, through food, chemicals in the air, or those found in household products, but also by how the individual is emotionally triggered under the influence of stressful circumstances. And that’s why numbers like the ones below become really scary and concerning.

The United Nations recently released a report showing that:

More than 840,000 people die each year from health conditions linked to risks such as long working hours, job insecurity, workplace harassment and bullying, according to a new report by the International Labour Organization (ILO).

Another recent study, released in December 2025 on the National Library of Medicine website, investigating the association between stressful life events and the risk of myocardial infarction (MI) and mortality, showed that:

Lifetime exposure to stressful life events is associated with risks of MI, MI-related mortality, and all-cause mortality. Our findings highlight the importance of considering psychosocial stress in cardiovascular risk assessments and support the integration of screening for stressful life events into preventive cardiology.

According to this research, “participants reporting four or more stressful life events experienced non-fatal MI (myocardial infarction) on average 3.7 years earlier, MI-related mortality 12.3 years earlier, and all-cause mortality 9.5 years earlier than those without exposure to stressful life events.”

I know I got a little technical here, but sometimes we need science to back us up and support our views. There’s a very important take on all this that I want you to understand, something I’m sure you already know, but for some reason we keep forgetting.

This hyper-vigilant way of living has led to psychosomatic diseases - physical illness of the body without a clear medical cause, but with a correlation to emotional stress. Under a continuous stressful state the body feels constantly under attack, achieving a point of deregulation and, consequently, disease.

Our bodies were built to respond to stressful situations as a survival mode. We’ve all read or heard about the fight-or-flight responses at some point in our lives - an automated defence mechanism our bodies activate to keep us alive. But that is a response we can naturally understand when we are indeed in danger.

The major issue arose when our lifestyle started to continuously produce moments that trigger these automated responses. Repeatedly, with no break in between. The modern world requires of us to be highly productive, super alert, on top of our game, raise children, beat AI, be fit, emotionally stable, while driving in crazy traffic, being sleep deprived, managing our diets, being emotionally present to support our kids, and be mindful of all the harmful chemicals we are non-consensually being exposed to - all at the same time!

This is crazy just to write, let alone to live! Who can survive all this pressure, without giving in to health imbalance?

And that right there is a huge red flag: we are not taking appropriate time to recover from all these triggers.

Our brain continues to read the stressful situations in our environment and prepare our bodies to defend themselves, ongoing, nonstop, every single day! But when do we really stop to take good care of ourselves. I mean, really?!

A biology check

I’ll get a little more technical here. Bear with me. It’s important, you’ll see.

The hypothalamus, the organ that senses threats, under such circumstance sets off an emergency alarm to notify the pituitary gland, the part of your brain responsible for controlling and managing the over 50 trillion cells in our body.

Once the pituitary gland has been notified, or activated, it sends a direct message to your adrenal glands, informing them of your threatening surroundings and the urgent need to prepare your body for a fight-or-flight response. In a few words, this is our body’s defence mechanism.

Why is this important? Because under a defensive mode, our body can’t grow, can’t prosper. It needs to choose between keeping us alive and nurturing the other organs. I’m talking about our visceral organs - such as the liver, intestines, kidneys and stomach - they will not be receiving the bloodstream they would under a non-chaotic environment.

When preparing the body to defend itself, the adrenals will send signals to start pumping blood to the parts you will need to (technically) use the most, your legs and arms. I say technically because this will be extremely important if you’re indeed in need of running or fighting. But if that’s not really the case, if your outer reality does not match such need, and even worse, continues to produce these stressful activations continuously, your body is constantly being shut down for no “real purpose”.

We’re talking about stressful situations such as those mentioned above: traffic, lack of sleep, your boss shouting at you, the excessive amount of responsibilities that should logically be split between at least another person, but you carry them all yourself, be it at work or at home. The multiple tasks you deal with on a daily basis, running here and there to manage it all, without giving yourself a single break.

Don’t come to me saying that when you go grocery shopping or binge-watch your favourite TV show, it counts as rest. You’re not engaging your mind and body all together, to release the tension and stress. And as wonderful mindful exercises truly are, they’re also not enough if only this resumes your self-care practice. They are super important - don’t get me wrong, nor give up on them - but alone they can’t do much.

You need to move your body’s energy, intentionally, not just your body!

Intentionality. This is a word I’ve been deeply connected to these days. Actually, two words: activation and intentionality.

I’m not taking about good intentions. It’s about being intentional. This is different. Let me circle back to this a little later in this post.

First, I want you to truly understand what happens in your body, because the concern is not even around what is inhibited when the fight-or-flight mechanism is activated (see? This word again), but the fact that the body doesn’t bounce back to a nurturing state once the threat ceases.

Our body cells respond to correlated external stimuli, either protecting themselves or growing. But when one mode is active, the other one is stopped. The cell can’t protect itself and grow at the same time.

But here is a catch. The absence of threat doesn’t automatically activate the growing mode. Proper stimulation needs to happen.

Meaning, when you leave a stressful situation, unless you give your body the nourishment and care it needs to recover from what you just experienced, it will not create it by itself. It’s just like your bank account. The money doesn’t replicate itself just by sitting there. If you keep spending, your account will eventually get into a deficit. You need to make new deposits, regularly, to have a reserve to spend while also growing your assets.

But the amount of stress we are currently living under has not accounted for the moments of self-care we need to bring in, in order to replenish our bodies. The fact is that we are constantly running empty.

We need to intentionally advocate for our health!

And what does all this have to do with the May messages?

Well, my friend, everything.

What’s coming our way?

We need to regain our balance. Our bodies are crying out for help, exhausted by the excesses. They need to be nurtured, supported in their individual needs and also through community, diving into more profound waters, accessing the subconscious and activating the parts that have been silenced, dormant, hidden and forgotten. And now is a wonderful moment to start doing just that!

These, my friend, are times for deep healing. And that’s the main purpose of the spiritual messages in the ALMA VIA Podcast: to help you reconnect with yourself, to allow life to guide you and get you back on your feet, in alignment with what you truly want to see happening in your life. As prosperously, abundantly and joyfully as you may wish it to be.

Because sometimes, even though we know how stressful and unhealthy the habits we keep in our lives are, change isn’t something that comes easily.

But if you’re waiting for life to make the changes you wish to see happening, that’s not going to happen. If you’re one of those people who are always waiting for “this phase” to be over, you will be waiting forever. Trust me.

We already understood that this month we will be called to consistently work on something that will expand our consciousness and reconnect us with our life-force energy. This is your chance to dive deep and find out more about your own emotional patterns and start to make the movements you want in your life.

That’s why I believe so much in these messages and the work I do through hypnosis: together they help us connect with the part that holds our truth - our subconscious - and break free from the emotional conditionings that keep us stuck and hold us back.

If you’re uncertain about where to start, here is a good place to begin. Listen to the first two Episodes. Then follow along, or follow your heart and see which messages call out to you.

May is here. This month we will be lovingly guided and supported into our intuitive awakening. If this is something not familiar to you, don’t worry. There’s no right or wrong way to experience any of it. Just be open to listen and receive.

As much as we are still experiencing the inspirations of what is present for this week, as we move closer to its end, we start to sense the shift in the energy.

Next Tuesday we will receive the first message for this month. We’re being called to dive deeper and deeper into our hidden world: our subconscious. That is where the real programming of our mind was done. Where the whys about our life are saved.

Just by the cards that came in for the first week you can start to see - The Avalon Priestess (Intuitive Awakening), Ace of Swords (Realization) and The Moon (The Unconscious).

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Every Tuesday a new episode is released and a new post is published here on Substack, in relation to the Episode.

These messages are not meant to tell you what to do, but to offer perspective, reflection, and support — so you can bring the teachings into your daily life in a realistic and embodied way. And to help you connect even deeper, I bring in my experience with hypnosis to guide you through moments of inner clarity and self discovery.

And before I leave, it’s starting to become a ritual for me to pull a card at the end of every essay I write. Even when I “forget” about it, this inspirational idea finds its way back to me. And this time was no different.

Today I’m writing from a coffee shop, making an effort to get out of my house more whenever I can, and opening myself up to new encounters life has to bring me. Last year I came to this place and met two gentlemen, who after a delightful conversation decided to gift me with a gift card from this shop. I had the card in my purse for over six months now and hadn’t come back since then. This place is a little far from my home.

But today, life surprised me with a set of new oracle decks (the ones I mentioned earlier in this post) and the place I picked them up from was close to this café. I then remembered the gift card and decided to make my drive worth the commitment.

Among the five decks that I have with me here, one got my attention. So I worked with its energy and look what came for us.

Sun wheel - Make sure to catch your breath; you are in for an unexpected journey.

I always get amazed with the synchronicity of it all.

Our vibes speak louder than our words.

Be well!

Love, Livia

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As I write to you today, from a French coffee shop, looking out the window, listening to some older ladies talk as they gather among friends, starting their day filled with joy, companionship and laughter, my heart smiles.

The tables are all full, and it’s not even 9:30 in the morning. A mother and her cute little baby in one, a young man in a Zoom call having a business meeting on another. An old couple savouring a warm cup of coffee in a corner. It feels like everyone decided to start their day in a place that is inviting, comforting and warm.

In my mind, I choose to think they all decided that because, where we are located, Spring finally gifted us with what will be a hot and bright day. At least for today.

It’s sunny outside. No rain in the forecast, finally. So I don’t think anyone will be going back home after this good start for their day. Everybody is looking for a moment to feel joyful. And today they intentionally chose to make it happen.

While noticing those around me, I realized that this is exactly the energy I needed to connect with when writing to you today. I absolutely love how life organizes our reality in a way that every - little or major - event has an intention, a purpose and a goal, to help us in what we need to either see, connect with, or learn. At least, that’s how I’m choosing to look at life.

And it’s something I’ve been trying to get your attention to as well.

Intentionality is a concept we really need to start paying more attention to, especially when intentionally choosing the life we want to live.

The more I understand this concept, that life is literally guiding us purposefully, all the way through, the clearer and the easier it gets to see all the signs; how everything that happens falls in the right place and in the right moment.

The hard part, and I think it is absolutely understandable, is that when we are being swallowed by difficult moments, we give in to feelings that disconnect us from this idea of guidance and support. We get angry, frustrated, sad, lost, and under this lens we feel attacked, as if life is happening to us. So we fight, we oppose, we push things back and away, we get angry, resentful.

But even then, we continue to be guided, maybe more than before. I too feel this way sometimes - hopeless and discouraged. Who doesn’t?

But for the past days, I have been witnessing life in a way I can’t begin to describe. Helping me understanding in a much deeper way that difficult moments also bring support, and once we cross them we find clarity.

Due to the series of events that life organized for me, all happening in the same week without my conscious participation to put them together, upon experiencing them, living through each one of them being intentional and present, something clicked.

I’m always using the word synchronicity to refer to these ‘coincidences’, because honestly, there’s really no other way to describe it. There’s a higher power orchestrating it all behind the scenes. It definitely wasn't me.

The biggest realization I had was the understanding of how disconnected our minds are from our bodies.

We’ve been living way too much in our mind, and not really opening the channels for energy to flow to our bodies. This is creating a lot of stress, getting our bodies sick, for the sole purpose of not having new energy flow and recharge our cells. We can’t simply think our way through life, we need to feel it! In order to feel, we need to live! Be out into the world. So Life can have multiple opportunities to happen for us.

Moments like these work as real awakening portals.

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And speaking of awakening, last week’s message was all about this concept.

Close friends, after listening to the Podcast, started to contact me to share about their own moments of synchronicity, their own awakening moments. The messages were everywhere - be it through oracle cards, books, crystals, spiritual downloads, meeting new people, unexpected invitations, even through ads, the messages kept coming.

And they all carried the same essence - actually the same exact word: awakening! It felt like we were being struck by a lightning bolt, getting our minds and bodies fully activated, reconnected, experiencing one realization, one confirmation after another.

We were being called - and we continue to be - to step into a new reality. Not that our lives will turn upside down, although it did feel a little like this to me for a brief moment. All I’m seeing, in my own life and through those who are kindly sharing their experiences with me, is that we are being called to enter new realms of knowledge, feeling in our own bodies new and different sensations, signs of confirmation even, being presented with new information. New. New. New. That’s the main element present. But it’s not just anything. This is big and profound.

It’s all coming now, and there’s a reason behind all this. It always has.

This week we are starting anew. We are being called, invited, and pushed to enter a new space. A place where curiosity, creativity, and fresh starts will be the energy inspiring us. But this time we will need to put on our student hat. We are being initiated in a new body of knowledge.

That’s why it’s not only about new ideas. This is an important element, of course, because ideas are the byproduct of our experiences and desires. But upon what we live and seek in life, we keep in our heart the seeds to what we want to see grow. When the right time comes, our heart takes the impressions of what our Soul wants to perceive, adds in our desires, and if in alignment with our personal values, it plants in the mind that little seed that will grow into new and fresh possibilities.

But you see how it all works? None of it started in the mind. The body is also a big part of it. There’s a direct connection. When this connection is blocked, we get stuck in a mental loop. We stop feeling, therefore we not only block the source of our creative energy, we also block the direct communication channel that guides us through our decision making process. Because my friend, it doesn’t happen in the mind, it happens in the body.

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What makes these moments of connection more powerful and amazing is adding to this mix what’s stored in our subconscious, accessing lived experiences, making space for our truth to take place. In a raw, real, and honest way.

Because my friend, your mind doesn’t run the show alone. It is only the main stage of your life. The backstage is where the casting, the scenarios, the costumes, the conversations, the drama, the lighting, the sound, and the director of the show, stay.

As Bruce H. Lipton says in his book The Biology of Belief:

You see? That’s why I’m so passionate about this topic.

We keep living in a, literally, mental loop, going round and round with ideas, trying to make sense of things, but our mind is just the tip of the iceberg. We’re not accessing the rich and resourceful library within our unconscious mind. We are only checking the books showcased in the store window.

And these memories, even though they are kept in the unconscious realms, they are remembered through the body and mind connection. They need to be experienced, felt, not simply thought of.

In my pursuit to help me and others access this internal world and truly live by their purpose, feeling in alignment, present, connected with themselves, their bodies, and a higher source, this is why I started the ALMA VIA Podcast.

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These messages are true spiritual guidance, no doubt, but I wanted to experience them with a purpose. My goal is to really understand how this guidance shows up in real life, not by rationalizing them, but by discovering the ‘whys’ behind the triggers and the activations they spark.

And to enhance and make this moment more impactful and meaningful, I’m bringing in my experience with Hypnosis, to help us access these portals of inner discovery and get juicy information directly from the source: our subconscious.

Maybe navigating the underworld of your mind, through today’s Episode, will be the new concept, or new idea, you will tap into this week.

New ideas, new projects, new goals, new possibilities, will be present this week. There’s something you’ve been thinking about lately that will put you in a new position in life, and it’s just waiting for you to take the first step. But in order for you to make this reality happen you need to create it. It’s up to you to understand all the requirements, which means connecting to your creative energy, and maybe, even acquiring new knowledge around it. It’s about wearing that student hat we talked about earlier.

And where is all this coming from? Well, this week we have a single tarot card, the Page of Wands. Wands relate to our mind. Creativity is the energy running the show.

But it’s not about the final result. It’s about the in-between moments and how they make you feel. The ways in which this energy will move through you are what you’re really being called to notice.

Today your subconscious will be at work, activated by external energies, and directly communicating with you, in a more active and direct way. What memories, symbols, or ideas will pop up?

Going forward, pay careful attention to your dreams. Daydreaming counts as well. Notice the topics that will emerge in conversations. Things that will catch your attention as you’re walking down a street, running some errands, or even while watching TV.

I once had a client who, in a session, had a message brought through the tarot card ‘The Hanged Man’. A couple of days after, while watching a Medical TV Show, this exact card showed up, in the show, not related to what was going on in the episode, but for some reason there it was. A closed zoom, in one of the scenes, of this card. It was so obvious and to the point that my client couldn’t ignore what Life was showing him. It was a direct confirmation of what needed his attention, which was related to bringing new perspectives to what he was struggling with.

Maybe you will start having confirmations as well. Or some “random” ideas about projects you are feeling called to. It will feel something like “Where did this come from?”, or “I never thought about this before!”

But life happens best when we get out of our secret chambers and connect with people, or go out into the world, so that these moments of synchronicity can actually happen. Being in community is an important element to consider now. I for one am so happy and grateful to have people in my life who not only support me, but who also share the same impressions about all that’s coming to us, through these messages.

These moments of confirmation are really what keeps us in awe, excited for what’s next.

Having a community to rely on, to support your “craziness”, laugh with you, cry with you, help you traverse intense and difficult moments, and celebrate the wins and the losses - because losing things isn’t always bad - well, this is really what the New Era, this moment in time, is about: being in community of like-minded people.

And my friend, pay attention to what I’m about to say: this new ‘crazy’ idea will be here for you to embrace with a youthful and playful approach! It’s very important that you first consider how navigating this new project will make you feel, from beginning to end. Enjoy the process! Go wild in your own creative world. More than what will result from this, it’s about how you will feel as you live through it.

Today’s message - Life’s School of Creative Arts - is an immersive experience to connect you directly with your internal library - your subconscious - and discover what you may not even imagine was there, waiting for this exact moment, to be revealed to you and guide you through this explosion of creative energy.

I hope you’re feeling inspired. I hope you are feeling ready to dive deep into your secret world! There’s something very special waiting to be found by you today!

One important note: have a pen and paper right beside you when listening to the message. As soon as you come out of this experience, it will be important for you to have it handy, so you can write down what will come to you, in detail, before it fades away. Because this moment is not to be forgotten, but to be lived and felt deeply, today and in the coming ones.

Be creative! Be open. Allow life to speak to and through you.

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Oh! And guess who I saw on my way out, gathering outside to enjoy the warmth of the sun and the joy the day was bringing? The group of older ladies I first saw having breakfast inside the café. They took their mugs and treats outdoors, found a picnic table, and made their day even brighter. They were intentional about how they wanted to feel!

Remember this moment, because this is an important piece from today’s message - this concept of intentionally creating the reality you want to see happening in your life.

Before I go, I felt like this was important to share. This card came right before I worked on today’s message. And while channeling what needed to come forth, a strong feeling to connect to a crystal invaded my heart (when you listen to the Episode you will understand why). Right there I remembered this card. When I read what it had to say, my heart felt in sync.

This is guidance. This is confirmation. This was Life speaking to me.

I hope it can spark more insights for you too.

Citrine is a yellow crystal that activates the Solar Plexus Chakra, also associated with the colour yellow. It is considered lucky or helpful when trying something new. It helps with self-esteem and self-control.

The Solar Plexus is the chakra associated to personal power and the ability to manifest and make things happen. Where your ideas are born and established.

Believe me when I say that synchronicity is all around. It’s not by chance that this card came this week. It never is. You will understand, or even feel it better once you listen to today’s Episode - Life’s School of Creative Arts.

Since today’s message is all about creativity, take a look at the page of the artist who illustrated this oracle - Tyjana Lukovic. Her work is a true testament to how the Soul speaks through art.

Now is the time for you to see it for yourself. I hope you enjoy the creative experience you’re about to embark on. It’s really magical!

Our vibes speak louder than our words.

Be well!

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Last week I attended a networking event and met some kind and interesting women. Some of them showed me that humanity continues to be present in the form of gentle and loving gestures.

I had the pleasure of connecting with entrepreneurs while digging my hands into paint and pottery art. It was a mix of fun and business all together. More and more I have been looking to bring this combination into my life.

I also met this beautiful woman, who so kindly shared with me her story. She’s living a moment of transition. A recent break-up is keeping her heart sore. She’s rethinking her career path, even though what she already does has a great impact on the world around her. She’s an event florist, and her flower arrangements are a real piece of art. But yet, in her own reality, life isn’t exactly where she wanted it to be.

Something within her called for a pause. And while hearing about her journey, she said: ‘I’m in that space in between’.

Hmmm.. as soon as she spoke these words my heart lit up. It instantly connected me to the energy present two weeks ago. I love when people share with me what’s going on in their lives and it’s a direct testament to the energy present.

But what I love the most is when life so kindly (even though it doesn't feel this way) gifts us with the opportunity of pausing.

So I said to her: “The space in between. This is not a comfortable position to be in.” Her reaction to my comment directly confirmed the truth behind all she is experiencing.

So I continued to say: “As uncomfortable as it is right now, know that these are the moments with the biggest breakthroughs! I know it may not feel like this season of life is something to look forward to, but if you give it perspective and look for the signs, you will find guidance all around you.”

When in between phases, when we’re under a transition, we are not here nor there. We have already put a stop to our reality, but we haven’t yet arrived anywhere. And it becomes even harder when the next step, place or phase isn’t clear.

That’s when anguish, anxiety, doubt, fear, take over. For many depression hits hard. They lose their sense of hope. And isn’t exactly this what the Episode - Sitting in Simplicity, for the space in between taught us about?

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But what really keeps us in a state of uncertainty and overwhelm, is that we try to rationalize our way out of it. We get stuck not in life, but in our own mind.

We feel like we have to come up with the idea that will change everything, or solve all the problems, with a direct strategy, or make the one decision that will change and resolve all the issues, all at once. And while trying to figure it all out mentally, we disconnect from ourselves, we disconnect from our body.

Last week we received a message of courage. You see how perfect these messages are? Can you follow the pattern? Nowadays I have been feeling more prone to look back than seek guidance on what’s to come.

Going back to the Episodes, if we think about it, although one of the messages was on March 31, this energy debuted April more than it closed March. We were invited to embark on a journey, to our Inner Child’s Land. Some old wounds were asking to be seen with tenderness and care. There was something that needed healing, something we hid inside a long time ago, but that now needed to be brought to light.

In sequence we had April’s energy coming in full. April has been an interesting month all along. Less cards, more direct messages, straight to the point, and not necessarily subtle, although always caring and loving. We started April 7th in that space in between. We were invited to pause.

After looking at old wounds, our Spiritual Guides did not ask us to take on full course, and instantly start making something out of what was being rescued within our secret chambers. They invited us to pause, to sit with discomfort and notice how it made us feel. We were not asked to think things through. We were asked to feel.

The pause did not mean letting go of our responsibilities. The pause meant recalibration, rerouting, redirection, a return to Self. At least, that was the invitation. Not everyone is necessarily connecting to it.

Because, especially when given a difficult situation to deal with, we naturally tend to escape the discomfort it brings. This is a survival instinct we activate. We tell ourselves it’s no big deal, or that it’s all ok and soon we’ll figure it out.

But this time it’s not about figuring anything out. It’s about allowing what needs to be seen to present itself, in a raw, true and direct way. There’s no need, or even a chance, to embellish it and make it look palatable. It’s here to be faced in its purest form. And that’s not necessarily easy - not to say it’s actually quite difficult - to do so.

Upon this moment of truth, in the following week our Guides started to ask a little more of us - courage. Again it wasn't about bringing solutions to anything. It was about honouring our truth. It asked of us nothing but honesty. But it called us to move.

This moment, was once more, not about making decisions. It was about feeling in our hearts what makes us be bold enough, courageous enough, to go after what our Sou desires, even if we don’t know exactly where it will lead us.

And now, here we are. April 21st.

This week, my friend, the spiritual forces underneath us will shake our ground. Not to turn our lives upside down, bringing in distress and sorrows. But to help us move forward.

All that is coming for us really touched me. Last Friday I shared with you a post I did not see coming. I sat down to write this message, the one I’m sending you today, but once I started typing, something completely different came through. Another important reflection needed to come first. And it was important indeed: it was all about courage.

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Courage as an energetic frequency, is the point of separation between lower level energies and the higher ones.

It’s the critical point that differentiates the positive and negative influences of life. It is considered to be the level of empowerment. When one embodies confidence, determination, and is ready to explore the world with a positive mindset and a sense of readiness, it is through accessing this energy and emanating it that one enters this action mode, if you will.

Below the energy of Courage there are Guilt, Fear, Apathy, Grief, Shame, Desire, Anger and Pride. Above Courage there are Willingness, Neutrality, Acceptance, Reason, Love, Joy, Peace and Enlightenment.

And the most important aspect of Courage is the willingness to move forward, to learn, to grow, to become, to live. This doesn’t happen in the mind. As much as you may think it does, considering all the life’s decisions one needs to make. As I explored a little in last Friday’s essay, our decision making process doesn’t happen in the mind. In Human Design we say it comes from our Authority Centre.

Right now life is making a simple ask:

This week’s message is calling us to a powerful transformation.

One chapter of our lives is coming to a close or has recently closed. This is so we can step into a whole new phase. And the Goddess bringing today’s message is one of the strongest I know: Kali Ma. She is a powerhouse that will move our creative energy to propel us forward. The ultimate spiritual transformer, who confronts you with your darkest fears, whilst simultaneously activating your eternal light.

Don’t fear her, don’t fear anything. These messages are here as a loving and supportive hand being extended to you to propel you forward. Now is not a time when you will be sitting and waiting for the right moment, thinking your way through things.

It’s time to activate your body, because it is through doing, through movement that life is able to show you what you need.

It’s when I attend a networking event that I meet someone who shares an information I’ve been looking for, for a while now, and suddenly it is given to me without me even asking for it. It’s in events like these that I share a piece of information that helps another person in her own endeavours.

It’s through collaboration, interaction, and going places that life gives us what we need in the form of conversations, a book, a business card, a contact number, a person, a referral, some sort of hint, tip or sign that will show us our next step.

In order for life to help us, we need to live, literally. And in order for us to identify these signs, we need to be fully present to see and receive all the blessings that are ready to find our way.

So if you’ve been feeling lost, stuck, hopeless, confused, overwhelmed:

1. know you’re not alone

2. get out of your mind

3. get out of your house

4. get your body moving

5. connect to your heart and focus on what will honour your true self

6. listen to today’s message (and the previous one if you feel called to)

Don’t be discouraged. Be ready, because this week you have Kali Ma by your side, and there’s no other Goddess I would want with me when facing my own demons.

Take a deep breath, put your right hand on your heart, and trust you’re being guided. Don’t try to figure it all out in your mind. Connect with your body, trust your intuition, trust the timing.

The answers will come. Be present to see them.

This is an awakening moment!

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An extra message of support

Today, as I was getting ready to write this letter, I felt called to pull a card. It’s not always that this happens, but recently it’s been somehow present.

At first I didn’t make a direct connection between the card and today’s episode, but once I finished writing, the card popped immediately into my mind. An extra message of support needed to come through.

When I write, even though I have an inspiration to follow, using what the current message is bringing, more and more I’m coming to notice that these moments have been open portals of connection. What I write doesn’t come from me.

And so this card came as another way, another loving and supportive way, to help us navigate this week, this moment in life. And as always, it couldn’t be more in alignment with everything we’ve been talking about.

Trust you’re being guided!

Trust you’re not alone!

Trust your heart!

If, in your heart, you feel like you need help to sit with discomfort, in this space in between, not knowing exactly how to access what your heart wants to show you, and tap into your courage, let’s talk. There are different ways we can work together, and it will be my pleasure to do so.

I too have sat in discomfort, many times. And I still do. Some things we can only feel. And that’s the starting point for change. Believe me.

If today’s message inspired you, or helped you in any way, let me know. I love to hear how the energy is being experienced by others.

Share this with someone who may be facing a similar situation, who may be inspired or need some guidance during some challenging times. Maybe this could be their sign to help them move forward ;)

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Our vibes speak louder than our words.

Be well, dear one.

Love, Livia

The clock is ticking, time is passing by, and life around you fills your calendar and makes you constantly question: ‘how will I ever be able to focus on what I want with everything that is going on in my life?’

Last week’s message felt like there was a baseball coach looking straight into our eyes and almost in a shouting mode, asking: ‘What is it that you want? You need to make a decision right now, or you won’t make the final cut.’

I may be sounding a little harsh, but somewhere, in between these past days, it did feel like there was a pressure being put on us to help us focus.

Life continued to do its job: present us with opportunities for learning and situations asking for our attention. And when you have in your (human) design a taste for manifesting different things, or a gate that sparks new ideas on an ongoing basis, well my friend, temptation knocks on your door almost daily, persuading you to spread your energy and attention all over the place.

The only problem with that is that, at the end of the day, or the week, you feel like you’ve moved a million things around and still accomplished nothing. Or at least, not enough.

But today, as per the messages we have been receiving, and what is about to come (next week), the ground underneath us will tremble. And besides all that, I can’t ignore the fact that today we’re entering a new moon with seven planets in the same sign. Seven! And it’s not just any sign, it’s Aries.

Wait!!!! Before you leave..

Even if you’re not that into Astrology, give me a chance here.

Let’s be practical and look at what this has to show us, not from an astrological standpoint, but giving it perspective to understand what this could mean.

We’re not only considering what’s going on in the world, outside of us, but also what we’re being called to look at in our secret realms.

Because my friend, let’s be honest. The time to ignore reality and try to go through life dissociated, numb, indifferent about humanity and about our own personal growth, has passed. Long gone!

Be it Astrology, spiritual guides, your therapist, your mom, the Uber guy, regardless of where you’re getting this message from, like it or not, it is everywhere: the times have changed! This is a moment to face the truth!

And then what?

We face it, we look at what we don’t necessarily want to see, and what comes next?

Well, first things first. Let me start by showing you what Aries is here to teach us, because it’s all interconnected.

On a side note, for those of you who are super into Astrology, here is a well written piece about what this new moon and stellium of planets have to tell us, in full spectrum.

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Aries is the first sign of the zodiac; it debuts the astrological year every end of March. Because of it, it brings the concept of initiation, starting new projects or new ideas.

With its symbol being a ram, and the element of fire, this sign calls us directly to take action, and courage is the energy that will propel us forward. There’s an impetus for competition, an eagerness to achieve our goals, getting ahead and standing out in the crowd. But in order to do that, we can’t focus on multiple things all at once.

That’s why, under this sign, we are called to discern, focus, and get rid of everything that could potentially get in the way of achieving the one goal we set for ourselves. Because another aspect of Aries is about turning our life’s focus to ourselves, to what we need, and where we’re going with our lives.

It’s a sign that asks us to tap into what we want. If you ever thought about starting a new business, launching a book, moving to a rural area, or taking a bold step in your life, this is the energy you would be tapping into. This is what this sign makes us look at.

When you listen to last week’s message - Let your creativity run free, in the ALMA VIA Podcast, if you haven’t already done so, you’ll be mesmerized by how in alignment everything is. And no, I did not record it under the light of the new moon. Even when I bring in these elements, the message itself comes from the oracles and tarot cards, and carries a meaning on its own. Which leaves us in complete awe to witness the resemblance of it all.

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Got the idea? Great!

Now look. Take this simple description I gave about the sign of Aries. Add on top what came for us last week, about courage, about focusing on the dream, the desire, the project or idea we feel most called to manifest. Can you see how there’s a common denominator to all of it?

Regardless of how these messages are finding your way, you’re here right now, being called to pay attention to this!

So let’s give it the proper importance it’s requiring.

Before you move on, grab some paper and pen.

Ok. Now, once you read what’s next, role with it and notice what comes for you.

Ready?

Just imagine there’s someone randomly interviewing people on the streets, and they approach you. There’s a camera pointing to your face, and a mic directed to you when they ask:

‘If you could simply put a stop to everything in your life, what would be the one idea, the one thing, you would choose to invest (not spend) time and energy on?’

Go!

Don’t let your mind overrule your gut feeling. What is the one thing that popped into your head?

Got it?

Write it down.

Good!

Now, notice how thinking about this idea makes you feel! (Look at what you wrote). Just go with the feeling. Don’t think about it. Feel it!

Do you notice any sensations - not thoughts!? Move from your mind to your body.

Sense the emotion. What is your body trying to show you? Don’t try to name it, just identify where in your body it’s manifesting.

Great!

What you’re doing right now is allowing your body to tell the story, not your mind. Your body has imprinted in it a memory. When you feel a certain way, there’s a narrative behind this sensation. This is the most reliable source of guidance you can trust.

Trust that your body knows more than what your mind is telling you.

Today, I want you to sit with this experience. I want you to simply feel your body.

Write about it if you can. I can’t stress enough how important this exercise is. When you sit down to write, you open a bridge between your subconscious and your conscious mind. This is not only healing, it’s informative.

Aren’t you even a little intrigued to know what your body wants to say? Aren’t you looking for answers about how to move on with your life? This is a great starting point. And a touch point too, ongoing.

I don’t want you to get stuck in your mind. I want you to return to your body, because that’s where your healing journey really starts.

Connect to what your body wants to tell you.

If you want to stop here, good. Sit with the feeling. Make space for it and go on with your day playing around with this exercise. Simply notice what your body has to say when you face a decision. Don’t complicate it.

Play around with it, if you will. When deciding what you’re going to have for lunch or dinner, or while working and a sudden need for a pause emerges, or when somebody asks you for a favor, or you receive an unexpected call, simply notice:

How does your body react in these moments?

Where does each of these situations manifest in your body? In what parts?

What are the sensations? Is your chest suddenly feeling heavy? Is your back aching? Did your stomach flip? Maybe it’s the opposite, and there’s a sense of complete relaxation or even what once was feeling constricted has now softened.

Just notice!

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If you’d like to move on with this conversation, there’s something else I would like to bring to your attention.

When it comes to making decisions, we basically navigate between two concepts: we either feel called to do it, and move forward, and simply say yes, or the other way around - a direct no.

We could navigate in between and throw a maybe into the mix, but this means nothing but you trying to buy yourself some time until you go with one of the two options above.

The thing about making difficult decisions, or any decision for that matter, is that we have no guarantee of the outcome. And when we only consider what our minds try to tell us, we ignore the true source of knowledge: our body.

In Human Design, we have 5 Authority Centres. When it comes to making wise and assertive decisions, understanding from which of these centres we respond from is what will help us.

Because our authority is the ability to take charge of our lives. Removing self-doubt or the smallest ounce of insecurity and hesitation from the equation, gives you direct access to an important element: confidence.

We’ve been too stuck in our minds and have profoundly disconnected from our bodies.

The positive side of it is to see how many somatic practitioners are now emerging in the market, because more than ever we need this healing work to help us reconnect with our own temple: our body.

When we look into a Human Design Chart, like the image below - for those new to this field, you can see that the Ajna, or the Mind, is not connected to the Heart, Sacral, Self and Root centres. There’s no direct line that connects them. These are what are called the Authority Centers.

Adding to this mix, we also have the outer authority, which is characterized by a chart with the Crown, Mind, and Throat Centers defined, or coloured in, and all the other centres undefined, or not coloured. This is a very particular authority because, instead of looking inwards for guidance, the individual will go through an external search and discovery of their inner truth.

This is important because, for someone with a Sacral authority centre, for example, the decision making process happens through a gut feeling, not simply a yes or no response. We exercised this idea earlier in this article. Where do you feel your response came from: your gut - a physical sensation in your body; your heart - your desires; your emotions; your spleen - without hesitation; your G center (Self) - a sense of inner knowingness; or outside of yourself - exploring and double checking the options and resources available?

I have a Sacral Authority Centre. When my husband asks me: ‘What would you like for dinner?’ you lose me right there. I get lost in the notion of having to think about all the possible things available in the form of food. One important aspect of this authority is to wait to respond, not to proactively engage. I can’t run to my fridge and look at all the food I have available, and still feel lost.

So I learned to narrow my options down and pick between two ideas. I can still look at everything available in my fridge to then think of possible menus. But wait. It doesn’t stop there. I need a moment with the options. It’s not a mental decision, remember? In order to respond, I need to sit with the possibilities.

Only then can my body show me what feels like a direct yes, or a direct no. I will use my mind to picture the dishes, but it is my body that will either make my mouth water or my stomach twist.

You see how different it is? Now think about all the other possible ways people respond or act from their authority centres. You’re probably starting to think about those close to you and how different, or alike, you may be in making decisions.

Now my husband, who has wisely learned how to better communicate with his wife - LOL - comes to me and asks:

- Do you feel like eating sushi or pasta today?

Oh Jesus! Now you’re talking. Well, actually it’s my gut that will be doing all the talking. I just wait to hear what it has to say to me and savour my meal.

I discuss more about another two of these centres in this article here.

Besides this authority aspect of a chart, another area I consider to be important to look at, in one’s Human Design (HD), is where the planet of Mars is located.

Having the conscious and unconscious sides in HD representing mind and body respectively, we need to look at both placements for this planet. But I want to give them proper attention today because Mars is about our courage and calling, and these are the aspects this week’s message, in the Podcast, talks about.

Of course we still have to consider the gates and lines in these placements, but overall our conscious Mars represents our willpower, our capacity to act. Because in HD our consciousness is related to the mind, we have to look at the element of movement through the lens of taking initiative, the force that makes us push through resistance and purposefully move toward our goals.

It’s that energy that suddenly takes over our body and makes us move forward regardless of whether fear is present or not. It’s our drive, and therefore, what helps us be disciplined and focused. It’s about being bold, feeling courageous to take risks, and through this movement, through action, find inner clarity.

On the unconscious side, Mars represents our calling. It’s about initiation and the impulse that moves us into acting. But because it’s at the body level, it’s related to how we feel. Not what we think. In this part of our charts, our unconscious Mars shows us where we are instinctively driven toward growth or purpose. It’s our body directly communicating where we want to go, when movement is needed, what it takes to pursue our dreams. It’s the energy that comes from within.

Can you see how this is all connected? Seriously. I know it may be easier for me because I’m all immersed in this world and I’m the one channeling the messages, recording the podcast, writing the notes and essays, and blah blah blah. But really.

Today I did not plan to sit at my desk and write about all this. I was really looking to work on next week’s post for the Podcast.

But it’s not by chance moments like these happen, and I not only trust them deeply, but I also honour and make space for them.

This message of courage is not here to be dismissed. There’s something very, very, very, very, very (you get it right?!), very, very important for us to look at.

Because my friend, spoiler alert, next week’s message will hit us at our core. I can only imagine what’s coming our way, with all these planets coming together under the same sign (a total of 7, just so you know. Yep. 7!!!).

Even if you don’t believe in Astrology, what I’m trying to invite you to do is to notice, simply notice, all these aspects I described today, in your own life.

How are they manifesting for you?

Can you sense a sudden urge or impatience with your life, with things you want to do? Maybe you’re feeling overwhelmed because you came to realize all the tasks, projects and demands you already have to attend to besides all of those you would like to find time to act on.

Maybe you decided to clean out that closet, or subscribed to the local gym, or started an new arts and crafts project that was sitting on your desk for the longest time, or booked that trip you so wanted, or decided to write the book you always wished you would but never really had the C.O.U.R.A.G.E to do so.

There’s something in the air moving you from inside out, making you uncomfortable, maybe even irritated with life right now, and you’re not sure why, but it’s calling you to move!

Well, now you have a better idea of why. I hope..

Listen - and now that I’m truly reflecting on why this message is coming to me today - if you’re still not feeling anything, it will be very hard for you to notice, especially if staying in your mind is all you do throughout your day.

But Livia, what you mean by ‘staying in my mind’? Aren’t we all?

Well my friend, yes and no.

Of course our minds will always be almost like the entity that governs our life. But it’s not the leader. You see. We think our minds rule the party, but not really. It helps communicate the rules, govern the territory, but it is informing, sending notes, storing the files, organizing the agenda. It is not ruling the party (politically speaking).

Our minds are our internal GPS. They help us locate ourselves in time and space. But your decision making process does not happen there. Nope! It happens in your body.

So if you’re not connected to this very important part of your being, you will not notice how the energies are manifesting around you, let alone what life is trying to show you to HELP YOU stay on track and honour your truth!

I know it all sounds pretty and cute, but let’s be super honest: are you currently actively looking to make your existence worth the time you’re spending here?

This is not about what you are doing, all the things you’re accomplishing, and what you’re building. All these things are a reflection of WHO YOU ARE BECOMING.

Now I’m seriously asking: are you living in alignment with your truth?

Does your life reflect what you feel you came here to do?

Yes, no, maybe?

Remember right at the beginning when we talked about this idea of maybe? Let’s be honest then: yes or no?

Ok, you may feel like saying ‘somehow’, because you have done things you feel proud of and your most deep desire is to continue doing so.

Great! You hit the jackpot!

This is exactly what I need to reflect on:

What about you, in those moments of brilliance and achievements, made you go after what you wanted and actually do it? What part of yourself did you listen to? Why you had the courage to face the unknown and go for it?

Take some time today to reflect on it.

What makes you tap into your courage?

And as much as you feel tempted to say that the circumstances at that time were different, it is not about what was happening outside of you, but what you made in despite of the situation.

It’s about your courage!

Return to your body. Trust it has something very important to show you.

If I had to choose one thing to leave you with today, among all I have shared here (and I know it was a lot), it’s this: return to your body!

All right my friend, I feel like I said too much.

I hope it all makes sense to you.

But wait. Before I go, let me pull a card for us, right on the spot. I felt a calling to do this right now. Let’s see what else our guides want us to know.

Give me a moment.

Oh wow! Look at that!

Mic drop!

Honestly my friend, I truly hope you believe in spirituality, because it’s for moments like these, for all that came for me today and this oracle card, that I decided to be consciously present in my body to witness my life.

I want a life that is full. Full of synchronicity, presence, guidance, movement, realizations, but most of all, full of what it is to be ME.

I hope you do too.

Our vibes speak louder than our words.

Oh, and if knowing more about the authority centres in Human Design, is something you would like me to explore, let me know in the comments.

Be well!

Love, Livia

If you’re looking for a way to expand, or connect to your spirituality, not from a religious standpoint, simply by learning to gently navigate this space, noticing how it makes you feel and access this within you, I have a suggestion for you.

Each week, I share messages guided through oracles, tarot, books, and different bodies of knowledge that I walk with and study. These messages are not meant to tell you what to do, but to offer perspective, reflection, and support — so you can bring the teachings into your daily life in a realistic and embodied way.

This is a work I hold close to my heart.

If you feel called to give it a try, here is where you can access it.

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If you’ve been stuck in overthinking, disconnected from your body, not feeling ready to move forward with your life or projects and emotionally overwhelmed, there are different ways I can help you navigate this moment. Let me know if you’d like to explore some options.

Here you can find out more about myself and my work.

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Hello, hello!

How have you been? How has last week treated you?

As I write this message, I can’t help but wonder about you.

Yes, you.

Who is this person on the other side, who I cannot look straight in the eyes, but that somehow I feel so deeply connected to?

Our paths somehow lead us here. In this exact moment that I’m writing, you’re taking on your life, doing all the things you need to do. You may be happy, worried, tired, anxious, excited - there’s a multitude of possibilities. I don’t know exactly what’s happening in your life, day to day, but I do imagine how you will feel when you connect to the messages I share on the ALMA VIA Podcast.

I keep thinking and imagining how everything around you will reflect the energy present for the week. How will it manifest for you? In your own world? I love when I hear from other people what they’re experiencing and how in alignment it always is with the messages.

I also try to picture how these messages will help you, support you and guide you through the hardship and enjoyments of life. I put into every single one of them my own heart and Soul, only hoping that they will serve you the same way they have been serving me: strengthening my self-awareness and in how I witness daily confirmations of guidance and support from my Spiritual Guides. Even when things feel lost, or I’m at my lowest point, there’s always something to support me and connect me to a sense of Hope and purpose.

When I record the Podcast, I try to imagine as if I’m right in front of you, whispering these words to you, almost as a chant, helping you centre, find peace within and be present to listen. Feeling every word entering your being.

I know it may sound quite presumptuous of me, but I really believe these messages carry a healing energy, and that my mission is to bring it to those who need it. I don’t exactly know who will. All I know, in my heart, is that in the right time their paths will cross, in one way or another.

I also think of you every time I write a note here, on Substack, as if I’m sending a DM to your personal phone. Reminding you to continue focusing on what will help you take the next step, look beyond what you see, gain more clarity, and feel more present.

So today, I wanted to express my sincere gratitude to you!

Thank you for being here. For supporting me in this journey. For trusting me and being patient with my own creative process.

Life showed me that every time I felt pressured by the system to perform my creativity drains. I don’t create by demand, I create when I feel the idea. And I learn as I do, and so I believe everything has its own time to flourish. Just like in nature, you can’t force a flower to grow. You need to wait until it’s the right time and season for it to bloom.

That’s how I look at ALMA VIA Healing.

There’s so much I want to share with you, so much I want to offer. The seed has been planted, and it’s slowly growing, because I’m also growing alongside it. I appreciate your presence and patience.

To initiate this project wasn’t a decision that came easy to me. I struggled, fought my own demons, faced my own fears, not from impostor syndrome, but from being afraid to use my voice. For speaking out loud. For having something to say, regardless of what others may think of it.

Once, in my life, someone took away my power to speak for myself, took away my voice. I grew up shying away from expressing my true self. That hurt me in ways I can’t begin to express. But I’m finding my path back to who I am, through deep work and learning. And my mission is to help others do the same.

My methods aren’t conventional, because I don’t think life really is. But this time I’m trusting my gut, I’m listening to my Soul, I’m expressing my own voice! Literally! :)

This is not me being defiant. This is me learning to have the courage to be simply me. It took me a long time to be here.

So thank you for holding the space for it to happen. Thank you for being part of it.

I don’t know if you have given the Podcast a chance yet. If you haven’t, today is a good day to start. Honestly.

Contrary to what some may think, these messages don’t carry a religious tone, or are simply a meditation. It’s not even close to that. I don’t preach any belief or philosophy. This is a spiritual work, but the parameters of it go way beyond religion.

I use oracle cards as a bridge, and when working on a message I do connect to what my intuition is bringing forth, but I’m also working on a subconscious level, because in the end, what we are really doing through these messages is accessing the parts of your mind that will help you reconnect with what needs to be brought to the light so you can continue or be on your own path.

You can look at this as decoding an emotional programming to rewire your mind in a way that will support you in serving your purpose - even if you’re not clear about what it is. This is the exact work you’ll be doing, consciously or not: understanding what life is trying to show you to make sure you honour what you committed to do (spiritually speaking).

I’m not simply recording pretty messages, to inspire and connect you with your spirituality. Well, that too.

I’m helping your subconscious send a direct message to your upper levels of consciousness, to help truly connect with your body, mind and soul, while being present enough to read between the lines - or the signs - of what your reality is showing you, so you can understand and feel your own Truth. Synchronicity is not random and it doesn't happen by chance.

As cute or beautiful as it all may sound, this is real work. And it’s not necessarily easy.

Today’s Episode - Let your creativity run free - talks about courage, about letting your creativity run free, by allowing the one idea, the one dream, you’ve been longing to make space for to flourish, but for some reason didn’t feel like it was the right moment for it.

Now it is. And it will require focus!

Today is about taking the initial step toward making space for your subconscious to show you, or remind you, of what has been hidden, put aside, even forgotten, to come to the light so you can start connecting to the activation phase of what it will possibly become - honouring it, taking a risk, thinking positively, embracing the unknown, for the pure realization of how working on this idea makes you feel!

Be it a good idea or not, whether it will indeed work or not, now is not the time to worry about this particularities or the outcome, nor it is time to attend to different projects all at once. Focus is the one thing you need right now, taking one step at a time, trusting it will all unfold. The rest can wait its own turn.

Under the light of the Full Moon in Sagittarius, today there are two beautiful stories inside this Episode. One I was inspired to write while receiving this message, the other read directly from the book BIG MAGIC by Elizabeth Gilbert. Both came for me to help you step into your courage (me too! I’m all in. I tell you more about it at the end) and focus on this one thing that will make you feel present and energized.

This is a special Episode. I wholeheartedly hope you enjoy it, and that it is in any, or many, ways helpful to you.

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I invite you to give this message a chance. Listen to it once, or twice. Through different moments throughout the week. See what comes to you each time you listen.

Don’t ignore any thoughts, ideas, symbols, or memories that come to you during or after you dive into it. Remember, our subconscious communicates better metaphorically. You don’t necessarily need to remember a past event. And even the memories don’t always come all at once. It shows you piece by piece, so you can have time to process and reflect on them.

After you listen to the message, observe what you’re experiencing in your life in that very moment. How does this message, or the energy present, reflect your reality, experiences and emotions? What do they say about you and how do they manifest? In what shape, form, circumstance, or area of your life?

Notice your feelings around your reflections too. Are you open to what’s been presented to you, or resistant? Do they make you shy away, feel angry or open? Why? What does it say about what this moment is trying to help you learn?

Believe me, these messages aren’t just a nice meditation to listen to. These are real callings, helping you keep on your life’s path and transcend! That’s all we’re here to do, on this planet, in this lifetime: evolve!!!

If there’s something you would like to reflect more on, or expand your knowledge, inspired by what the messages bring, or about what I write, let me know. This relationship works best both ways. :0)

Or if you feel like navigating your self-discovery path, accessing what your subconscious holds inside, and understand why you can’t seem to pass a certain phase, or why you keep getting stuck in a loop, and/or heal from emotional conditionings, let’s talk!

I’ll continue to share the cards for the week on the CHAT, alongside my own perceptions and experiences with the energy present. If I may ask, come say Hi! It would help me so much to hear how you’re experiencing everything too.

It makes a tremendous difference when we share. Sharing is therapeutic. We expand our views, our perceptions. We feel supported. We learn. We inspire. We help!

I hope to hear from you either in the CHAT or in the notes.

In any way, I kindly thank you for being part of the ALMA VIA Community.

Before you go… I wanted to share two important things with you:

The first is that I’m working on another project that I hope to be able to share with you soon. I’m doing my very best to find more ways to support you. This is to help you gain more clarity about some challenges you’re facing, and see what is the message that comes to you around this situation to support you in moving from confusion to awareness, and/or taking a first step toward it.

Keep an eye in the newsletter or in the ALMA VIA Healing page!

The second one I would like to share with you is the work of a beautiful Soul whose path crossed mine, just like mine and yours.

Her work is as inspiring as it is meaningful. She writes from her heart, guiding us through the streets of Paris in a sounding pilgrimage.

Through the path of Mary Magdalene she goes, hearing her calling, bringing to life her own dreams, connecting to what her heart calls her to do, while serving and guiding those seeking to connect deeper with themselves, walking with the teachings of Our Lady, honouring beauty around and inside her own being.

If you’d like to bring more inspiration to your own spiritual walk, while being inspired by the ephemeral architectural beauty of France, follow Patricia Russo’s work through her Sacred Paris.

Her writing too is another gift - true poems to the Soul.

Sacred Paris

The Rose Line Beneath Our Feet

My name is Patricia and I am an American from Sausalito, California, living in Paris with my French husband. My love affair with the City of Light began nearly twenty years ago, and I’ve been a Parisian for almost nine. Last year I created Sacred Paris…

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Thank you for your support, for listening, for walking alongside me in this evolutionary journey.

I wish you a blessed and inspiring week!

Be well, dear one.

Love,

Livia