Karina Barbosa

Many of the emotional wounds we carry did not begin in adulthood. They began much earlier - in childhood, in the emotional experiences and childhood traumas we lived through, in the relationships that shaped our perception of love, belonging, and worth. Perhaps even before that - in your mother’s womb, or in the emotional pain and patterns passed down through generations. You came into this world and slowly learned to shrink your authenticity. You began to feel confused because your parents...

The early lessons that shape us At some point in our early life, we learned that being ourselves wasn’t sufficient. We were criticised, judged, or didn’t feel fully loved. To gain acceptance, we began acting in ways our parents desired. We stopped being our true essence and started wearing layers to feel loved. As a result, we didn’t learn how to love and accept ourselves fully. We grew up waiting for others to give us the love we didn’t receive from our parents. But everyone else is...

Follow your heart, the wise ones say. Easier said than done, I say. And I said it so many times, resisting the whispers of my soul, until the dryness inside me became unbearable. My flesh, this sacred vessel, was alive, barely, but my soul had retired somewhere - I didn’t know where. It was waiting for me to choose to be alive again. The invisible golden threads of Spirit rescued me, and the message was clear "enough of this nonsense, woman, if you don’t value yourself, who will?" No one...