Hello Beautiful Soul!
I have a special message to share with you.
This is my first article, message, post—everything in this space. And you cannot imagine the immense gratitude and sense of fulfillment I’m experiencing right now.
I’ve come from a long path of self-doubt and discouragement in myself, and for me to be here, writing to you in English, to share not only my beliefs, knowledge, and spirituality, but also to start a movement, is something I couldn’t have imagined happening in my life anytime soon. But here I am, and I have a special message and invitation for you.
In the face of everything happening in the world, now more than ever we are being called to consciously create habits that help us keep our sanity, our spiritual balance, and our energetic frequency high.
In my personal pursuit and in my practice, a question that constantly arises is: how can I protect my energy? How can I keep my energetic frequency elevated? And although there are different nuances in how to answer this question, one thing has become more and more clear and present in all my searches: it can start small, it can be simple, and yet very powerful. It starts within.
My curiosity and hunger for learning constantly take me down different paths, and this has allowed me to meet and learn about different practices, works, and professionals. I don’t believe there is a single answer to things, especially when it comes to our lives, spiritual work, and how we navigate challenges. We are complex beings, and we each experience life in a very personal and unique way. So our learning process is also unique, and the time it takes us to learn is also individual.
But we all go through difficulties, ups and downs. It’s part of life. So if life is complex, if we are complex beings, and there’s no single answer that suits every situation nor need, what can we do?
Well, we can look for ways to enlighten us, expand our knowledge. We can observe how a given technique, theory, shared experience, or learning plays out in our own individual lives, notice what resonates, what expands our thinking, helps us stretch. Or even change our vision and opinions on things, people, or situations, and most importantly, evolve.
In a world where the barriers of communication and shared information have narrowed significantly, almost to non-existence, we need to stand up for ourselves and be consciously active in filtering and discerning what enters our minds and what doesn’t—what affects our energy positively, empowering us, and what drains us.
Today I want to not only debut my presence in this space, but also elucidate why I’m here, what I’ll be sharing, and the purpose behind it all.
And I’ll start by telling you one way I use to help me bring clarity and a deeper connection with the Divine, with my Spirituality, and to support me in the face of great challenges and transformations I have been through—and that is through Oracle cards.
But before I do that, let me introduce myself.
I’m Livia Almeida, a Soul Healing Facilitator shaped by both my professional path and my lived experience. I’m trained as a Psychologist, Coach, and Hypnotist, and I also walk this life as a mother, wife, daughter, sister and friend. I support my clients in understanding the emotional conditionings that keep them disconnected from their Souls and their bodies, using tools such as hypnosis, oracle and tarot cards, self-regulating practices, and much more—drawing from my professional training, my experience as a mother of two beautiful souls, and my journey as a human being.
Each role I inhabit informs my work and inspires how I show up in service every day, because that’s a BIG value of mine: to be in service!
More than a personal choice, Oracle reading is a practice I incorporated into my life after being, time and time again, gifted different oracle and tarot decks. This didn’t happen over a long period; it started happening one after the other, sometimes with only days apart from one another. My spiritual guides had a bigger plan for me, and I did not know about it when it all started. It’s still unclear what’s to come, but I’m certain that it’s for a greater good.
With all that was happening in my life, I missed having something practical I could reach out to when I felt the need—something that wouldn’t require another person, or even a high cost—to get some clarity, to have some sort of guidance.
I have always been a spiritual person, and worked with different spiritual practitioners, but I needed something bigger than this, my prayers or meditations. I needed to find my own answers.
Through the cards, I started to ask questions and receive guidance. But I wouldn’t reach out for every simple reason. It wasn’t about taking away responsibility over my own life and the decisions I had to make. This was much more profound. These were moments when I felt a need for a deeper connection; when I felt lost; when I couldn’t find any answers, and couldn’t have the help I needed from those I knew. Or moments where I needed to make big decisions in life and wanted more clarity about where I was going. I needed something bigger than me—a Higher Power.
The learning wasn’t smooth and slow. It was like a door slamming in my face over and over again, until I finally understood I could just stretch my arms and stop it.
And since then, and among other practices I have brought into my life, what was really amazing to realize is that no matter how you choose to do it, in the end what you’re actually committing to is not simply getting answers to your questions, but pausing, thinking about your feelings, discerning what’s happening and what it is you really need clarity on, learning how to ask the right questions, and being open to listen.
Be it through oracles, tarot, a prayer, a conversation with someone you trust, or any way you feel a direct connection to the Devine, when you learn to really be present, you allow yourself to be humble enough to listen and hear the answer. And believe me, it will come.
The Universe has its ways to communicate with us. And what I thought to be mostly through my oracles, it was in fact all around me. Something I knew inside my heart for a long time, but wasn’t really clear about the multitude of ways it happens. For me the most common way frequently involves books. I’m not really sure why—maybe because I love reading and learning, or because my profile in Human Design is a 1/3 —but honestly, it comes even when I’m not looking for a specific reading, a specific book.
I have also received guidance through conversations, listening to podcasts or music, through nature, spiritual practices, silence, dreams, or simply by noticing life around me. But all that is only possible when I’m fully present and tune into my intuition.
We so often bypass our intuitive callings, dismissing a powerful form of communication between us and our Spiritual Guides. We second-guess what comes to us, or simply disregard it, doubting and questioning—only to later have a reality check and acknowledge that if we had listened from the beginning, it would have been much easier.
More and more, I have looked for ways to strengthen that inner muscle—learning how to be more open to listen and connect from within, how to trust myself and my intuitive guidance, and observe how it plays out in my life. I have to say, it has been such a wonderful ride—so profound, with huge impacts both in my personal journey and professional path.
And it is from knowing the powerful change it has provided me that the idea of sharing it grew on me. It started by incorporating it into my work, and how wonderful and to the point the messages always are, inviting my clients to expand their thinking and notice with even more care and attention what it is they need to focus on. But I wanted to help more people. That’s how two projects came to life, all at once.
One is here, on Substack, where my goal is to share insights, knowledge, and experiences about spirituality in a practical way—to help you navigate life feeling more grounded, embodied, and present in the moment where life is truly happening and where we can actually do something about it.
My other project, and a very special one, is a private podcast called ALMA VIA Podcast. The BIG launch day is February 17th! If you feel called to join us please subscribe. It would be wonderful to have you with us.
Through oracle cards and tarot, and by adding to the mix different bodies of knowledge I have acquired throughout my life and continue to, I share weekly messages from our Spiritual Guides so you can listen to messages that carry a more positive, grounded, and yet spiritual component—not only to expand your thinking, but also to help you keep your energetic frequency elevated. My goal is to help us enter our week energetically prepared—not overwhelmed—teaching how to carry a higher frequency day by day. I say “we” because the messages are for you as much as they are for me.
We listen to the message, notice how it resonates with us, and then take daily micro-practices by observing how things show up in our life throughout our week, from a place of curiosity—taking small energetic experiments, noticing how we react to things or situations, and what happens when we put into place what we’re being guided to try and learn.
From the message received, we learn: What frequency is present? What is this energy asking of us? Where may it show up in daily life? — translating symbolism into lived experience.
There’s no right or wrong answer—only an invitation.
By doing that, just like I shared about my own experience with reading the cards, what we are really doing is tuning into a Higher Frequency Field, helping us have moments of clarity, elevating our energy individually and in community, and supporting humanity. It may sound very presumptuous of me, but I believe that small acts like this are what our world needs right now.
This is not me speaking. As I prepared to write this post, I felt a calling to connect with my Guides—and below is the message that came through the cards for us to reflect on and carry with us as the energy of this week.
Tarot cards: Practical Advice Spread
Devil – Past Influence
5 of Wands – Present Influence
5 of Cups – Major Influence
The Fool – Advice
10 of Wands – Outcome likely if advice is followed
Mandala Oracle: Flow
With all we are currently experiencing worldwide, and the impact these events have on our energetic fields, we know that our pasts are coming to the surface.
What was once veiled is now being revealed (on both a greater and individual scale), and challenging situations we once faced and that remained within us, consciously or not, are now being called upon to create healing—to open up space for what’s new, for growth.
If it all once made you feel trapped or powerless, the question being presented to you now is: Are you really trapped? The time has come to empower you with the strength, knowledge, and resources to free yourself, because this suffering is being self-imposed. Meaning, you have a choice.
As unfair as it may sound, the message here is to help you realize that your power is being placed in somebody else’s hands by allowing external circumstances to affect you, and you keep waiting for the moment when things will get better, and shying away from your responsibilities and contribution to humanity. Now, you’re being guided to find within you the strength to face your own shadows and bring your power back to you—and most of all, to elevate your energetic frequency, make a conscious choice to protect yourself, for a higher good, collectively.
This may not come without disagreement, discontentment, or questions. Before we acknowledge the need for change, we tend to fight against it, be mad, and angry about the circumstances. And that’s ok. This is because we know the transformational change that lies ahead of us is big and profound. And it takes not only Courage to face this path, but also compassion, humility, and resilience.
When we give in to external forces, causing internal conflict and anger, when we make space for that energetic frequency, it makes us feel lonely, lost, and we lose our sense of Hope. And these are all valid feelings. But when we change our perspective, we start to understand that every transformational transition means we are letting go of a part of ourselves—a part that no longer serves us—to make space for new opportunities, for growth. And we start to reconnect with a Higher Energy and look at life as this amazing gift we have been given to learn and evolve.
And when your mindset shifts and you start to look at the brighter side of all that’s going on with you, in your own life and the life around you, Universe, God, The Source will provide you with direction, guiding you to find a way out.
But in order for this to happen, you need to first change your vibrations and TRUST!
You will not always know exactly what waits for you, where your path is going to lead you, but when you connect to the energetic frequency of Hope, and TRUST that what is best for you awaits a little further ahead, you step into a world of multiple possibilities, KNOWING in your HEART that you’re not alone—and in fact, you have never been.
But make no mistake. Taking that first step into the unknown means taking responsibility for your own progress, healing, growth, and evolution. It doesn’t mean waiting for better days to come. It means you will be making a conscious decision towards your Soul, your healing journey, by acknowledging all the areas requiring your attention, understanding where growth is needed, and taking the necessary actions to make that happen.
And as you commit to this change and really do the work, you may experience pain—but it is for greater gain later on. You’ll be experiencing such challenges for a limited time, as you’ll be consciously working on them, resolving them, bringing clarity, resolution, and healing. After the storm, the Sun always comes out and shines its light upon us again.
Don’t be discouraged. Don’t resist change. It will drain you even more, because the amount of energy required to sustain a painful situation is greater than what you need to get out of it. Let it go, let it FLOW… TRUST!
Take a moment here before you continue reading. Give your Soul time to take it all in. There’s really no rush.
Once you feel ready, carry on…
Well, my friends, this message shows us the importance of connecting with our sense of hope. And an important observation I feel like making is that having hope is not a passive state—waiting for a better reality to emerge.
When talking about energetic frequency, we need to understand that action is the turning point that leads us to change. That’s the key aspect between lower-level energetic frequencies, like Apathy, Victimhood, and Fear, and the more elevated ones: we consciously choose to act in the direction of change. That’s what Courage is all about!
But when we talk about Hope, it is a direct call to our Faith!
How do you practice or live your Faith? It’s not about religion, although it can be through a religious routine. What I’m inviting you to think and reflect on is how you practice your Faith in your life, daily—yes, daily!
Do you pray or have a moment of deep connection to the Devine once you wake up, or before you go to bed? When you take a walk, do you take deep breaths, giving yourself a moment to simply acknowledge your life—the fact that you are alive, breathing, that you have a body, that you have a Soul, and that you need to take care of them as much as your energetic frequency? While showering, maybe you pause in silence and allow your intuition to kick in? Maybe you have ritual practices you follow, where you talk and connect to your Guides, God, or a Higher Power?
How often are you creating these safe and sacred moments and spaces to allow that sense of Faith to take over you and help you better prepare for what’s to come?
Be it 2, 10, or 30 minutes of your day, in whatever way or capacity, we are being called by Spirituality to help sustain a Higher Frequency collectively, as humanity. But that doesn’t necessarily require you to gather with a group and only then emanate a higher energy. It can happen inside your own temple: your body! It starts within you, wherever you are. Just close your eyes and you’re there!
Say whatever you feel like saying. There’s no specific format to follow. No one can say there’s a right or wrong way to have Faith! You need to feel it! You need to experience it.
You can put on some music if it helps you (for me, it makes all the difference; so here is a suggestion for you) and be in silence as you listen to it, thinking in that moment that you’re connected to a Powerful Light. Just imagine yourself being surrounded by that Light. Send Love, Joy, and Peace to that energetic field. Right there, you will be connected to a powerful source and will help elevate the energetic frequency of humanity—not only yours.
Maybe you can write freely and see what comes for you while connected to that space, or read a poem you like, or a beautiful passage you feel called to.
One thing is certain: when you connect in this powerful field, know that you will not only be sending out Love, but also receiving it.
These are challenging times to be living in, but VERY POWERFUL AND TRANSFORMATIONAL ones too! And we are not in this alone!
Change happens when we are willing to try, when we open ourselves to doing things differently and feel empowered to move, to act on, and handle what life is presenting. So HOW can you actively exercise your Faith?
Maybe this message is coming to you to remind you of a routine you used to have, but that you have let go of in the midst of a busy life. Maybe you’re facing some deep and difficult challenges and didn’t know where to start looking for help. Maybe you already connect to your Faith on a regular basis but wondered how you could do more for humanity.
Whatever brought you here, this message is for you! And only you will know what it will mean.
If you’re still not sure where to start, just close your eyes and TRUST your Guides. They will show you the way. What you find is part of your destiny.
This is a safe space where you can simply tune in, be it through the Podcast or here, knowing that once you do, you will be connecting to a place of Love, community, and support.
Come here as many times as you wish. Let’s share our experiences and support one another.
My intentions are based in collaboration because I’m no one’s Guru, Guide, or Mentor. I share my learnings through my experiences, and I wish to spark in you the curiosity to notice how it plays out in your own life, helping you be more conscious and present, knowing you’re not alone, and that you can find here a community of like-minded Souls to share experiences and learn from one another.
That’s my mission through ALMA VIA Healing—be it through my practice as a Soul Healing Facilitator, through the ALMA VIA Podcast, or here!
I believe our vibes speak louder than our words.
I’m very happy to share this moment with you and learn alongside.
Welcome, beautiful Soul!