Love is Who You Are:

Opening the door to your soul, healing and infinite power.

LOVE IS WHO YOU ARE, dear human soul.

There is a part of you who knows that, and will not give up on being heard. I call this part our Higher Self, our Soul; it is always whispering:“You are greater than your body, you are infinite.”

Our higher self is always calling us to embody our mastery, to open the door to our magnificent divine light and let it fill every particle of our being. It never gives up on us, but it can only create miracles in our lives if we give it permission to do so. The door to Spirit is always unlocked, but we must exercise our free will and step through.

But before we can fully embrace this connection, we must tend to our inner wounds. No one can do this for us - that is how deeply Spirit honours our sovereignty. We are free to shape the course of our lives, and our story is ours to write.

A lifelong connection to Spirit

Since a very early age, I have always felt a strong spiritual presence with me, benevolent and vastly greater than my human self. It was an intuitive knowing and a soothing balm that helped me survive a home environment that lacked warmth and stability. 

This presence, which I now refer to as my spiritual entourage, has accompanied me through exasperation and celebration. The more I acknowledge its presence and express gratitude and love towards it, the more it increases its communication with me. I feel this divine connection in every cell of my body and every facet of my being.

We are one. I speak to it, and it speaks to me through intuition, dreams, visions, and mystical experiences. It is a source of incomparable strength. As you reach out and invite your own guidance, you too will be able to feel their presence and wisdom in your life. 

A life-changing dream

In 2003, during a time of intense confusion and distress, I had a dream that gave me the hope I needed to come out of the dark hole I had put myself in. I was 31 years old, had a successful career in finance, but was on a self-destructive path led by an immense fear to look inside and meet the profound pain of parental abandonment I knew was buried inside me.

It wasn’t simply a dream - it was a spiritual contact, the first time my guides showed themselves to me. They spoke telepathically, giving me an important message that saved my life.

In the dream, I am walking naked on a white sandy beach on a sunny day. The sky and the ocean water of the small bay are a deep turquoise blue. A gentle breeze blows as I walk towards the water, feeling the fine grains of warm sand under my feet. I feel calm and present as the water touches my body, and I see a shiny, black dolphin swimming slowly towards me. He gently grabs one of my hands in his mouth and takes me deep down into the ocean. As we go down, I pay attention to the exquisite coloured vegetation growing in the immense submerged mountain we are swimming along. I look up and realise how deep we are. Although I can hardly see the light from the sky above, I can see everything around me perfectly, as clear as day. The black dolphin leaves me at the bottom of the ocean, and as he swims away, I see two male beings with human features standing in front of me. They wear a one-piece light grey attire that wraps around their bodies perfectly. One stands ahead of the other, and it is he who communicates with me. His message seemed long, but what I recall after waking up is:

“You are never alone. We are going to help you develop your spiritual gifts. Everything is going to be alright.”

I woke up peaceful and joyful, knowing with absolute certainty that I had been visited by cosmic beings who promised the help I badly needed. This dream gave me hope that I would see the light at the end of the tunnel, which I eventually did. It gave me the strength to start healing my wounded parts and face what I was avoiding. 

Healing the inner child and opening the door to Spirit

If you are walking the path of self-discovery, you are familiar with the voices inside you that keep you down and insist on making you smaller than you truly are. These are the voices of your wounded inner child - the survival program you unconsciously created to endure early traumas.

I speak from experience, not only as a therapist, but also as someone who has been a psychotherapy client for over 20 years. This journey has shown me the profound impact of inner child healing on opening the doorway to spiritual connection.

Your wounded child seeks your attention through life’s challenges until you look at your traumas and embrace them as part of who you had to become.

Psychotherapy provides a safe, compassionate space to explore these wounds, bring awareness to protective patterns, and integrate past pain. It helps you reclaim inner strength and open the doorway to your higher self with clarity and stability.

The courage to step into your soul

We need to take a leap of faith and be brave enough to believe in something we cannot see. Science, with all its remarkable tools, has not yet captured the essence of the soul, and while some early speculative ideas in quantum physics explore the nature of consciousness, they remain in their infancy. 

Yet, when we embrace our souls with unshakeable conviction and fiery passion, we begin to create the lives our hearts long for, and in doing so, we play an active role in the shift of consciousness on earth.

When we awaken, we help others do so, and that’s how we change the earth—one heart at a time. Intentionally and gradually, we start to embody our divine radiance in all that we are: thoughts, words, and actions. This shift in vibration causes the electromagnetic field surrounding our body to expand, and through this field, we create the lives we wish.

It is that simple, but it requires courage, pure intention, and discipline. Courage is paramount here, especially at the start of the journey, when you open a door into the unknown, trusting the path will reveal itself as you step forward. Erin Hanson, an Australian poet who at just 18 years old wrote the profound words below, captures the kind of courage required to pursue innate freedom:

There is freedom waiting for you, on the breezes of the sky, and you ask “What if I fall?” “Oh but darling, what if you fly?”

You are more powerful than you know

With pure intention and discipline, you can awaken to your eternal self and work toward the life you deserve and long for. You are more powerful than any darkness, within or around you. This power is inherent in you, available to create marvellous things in your life. You just need to believe it and take the first step. The minute you do, and consistently, fiercely, and passionately commit to it, divine coherence begins to guide your life and brings you all you wish for.

Listen to the quiet voice within that whispers of your greatness, and dare to believe it. You are a human soul - nourish both. Commit to your wholeness, and claim your self-sovereignty.

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If this touches something within you, I invite you to get in touch.

Through Holistic Psychotherapy and Family Constellations, we can uncover what holds you back and open the path for your soul’s energy to flow freely again.

Contact me to begin this journey toward greater harmony and aliveness.

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About the Writer

Karina Barbosa is a certified Holistic Psychotherapist, Family Constellation Therapist, and Rapport-based Relating Coach.

She combines personal and professional expertise helping clients to break free from old patterns and embrace change. Her sessions focus on understanding struggles, processing trauma, and developing healthy strategies for living, all delivered with compassion and authenticity.

Karina emphasises that clients are not alone in their journey toward self-awareness and emotional healing, guiding them to greater freedom and connection with their inner power and magnificence.

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