Soulful Ways, Cape Town (2026)

28/12/2025

Soulful Card of the Week: Our Lady of Soul Birth

This card arrives wrapped in a very tender message: you have never been separate from the Divine.

Even in moments when you’ve felt lost, broken, ashamed, or unsure ...you were still held. Still loved and still becoming.

Our Lady of Soul Birth reminds us that the soul’s journey is not a polished or perfect one. It is earthy, raw, luminous, painful, ecstatic — and deeply human. Light and darkness are not opposites here; they are companions. Both are necessary for the soul to grow, soften, and come alive.

This card speaks of a love that does not ask you to fix yourself first. A love that does not reject your anger, grief, fear, or confusion. A love that says: bring all of it and know that nothing is too much.

When you turn away from parts of yourself, you turn away from that love. When you choose self-acceptance (even gently, imperfectly) something sacred begins to open. Your heart softens. Your soul breathes and life begins to move again.

This week asks you to stop hiding. Stop believing that some parts of you are "unacceptable". To trust that growth doesn't come from perfection but from honesty.

You are allowed to blossom at your own pace and to be fed by both the light and dark.
You are allowed to trust... even when you don’t fully understand.

Nothing is wrong with you and nothing needs to be forced. Love is already growing.

Questions for the Week:
- What part of myself have I been resisting or judging?
- Where am I being invited to soften into acceptance rather than control?

Affirmation: I welcome all parts of myself with love. I trust my soul’s unfolding. I am held, guided, and deeply loved as I become who I am meant to be.

xx Leo

www.leohibbert.co.za
www.soulfulways.co.za
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22/12/2025

Soulful Card of the Week: Generating Dynamic Confidence

This card arrives as a gentle reminder that confidence is not something you either have or don’t have. It’s something that moves. It grows, softens, expands, contracts... and then grows again.

True confidence isn’t loud or performative. It isn’t about always feeling strong or fearless. It’s born from self-trust, self-compassion, and the willingness to stay present with yourself through life’s waves - even the uncomfortable ones.

For sensitive souls especially, confidence can feel fragile at times. A small comment, a misstep, or a difficult day can knock us off-centre. This card reminds you: that doesn’t mean you’ve failed or gone backwards. It means you’re human.

Dynamic confidence grows when you stop turning against yourself in moments of doubt. When you offer yourself the same empathy you give so freely to others. When you allow rest, play, creativity, and small pleasures to nourish you - not as rewards, but as medicine.

Confidence doesn’t grow through harsh self-criticism.
It grows through kindness. Through appreciation rather than ego. Through honouring your unique contribution, exactly as you are.

You don’t need to compare yourself to be worthy. You don’t need to be perfect to be powerful and you certainly don’t need to have it all figured out to stand in your truth.

This week invites you to soften your inner voice and let confidence rebuild itself from the inside out: gently, honestly, and in your own time.

Questions for the Week:
- Where have I been hard on myself instead of compassionate?
- What would change if I treated myself with the same empathy I give others?
- What brings me genuine enjoyment — and how can I allow more of it in?

Affirmation: I allow confidence to grow gently within me. I meet myself with compassion, creativity, and trust. I honour who I am and the unique light I bring.

xx Leo

www.leohibbert.co.za
www.soulfulways.co.za
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14/12/2025

Soulful Message of the Week: Chamber of Power

This card arrives as a clear and loving invitation: Step fully into yourself!

The Chamber of Power reminds you that your strength, confidence, and authority are not something you need to earn, borrow, or prove. They already live within you. You have a right to be here. A right to take up space. A right to occupy your life fully — body, heart, voice, and soul.

So often we learn to dim our light, but you didn’t come here to fit in. No one did. You came here to embody who you are — exactly as you are — and to let your presence be enough.

Power is not a limited resource. Someone else standing tall does not take anything away from you. And you standing tall does not diminish anyone else. We rise together, or not at all.

This card speaks to releasing comparison, competition, and the old habit of placing others on pedestals. It invites you to reclaim your inner authority without shrinking and without overpowering. True power is grounded, calm, self-trusting, and deeply embodied.

You already hold the keys.
The door is not locked.
It never was.

The only question now is whether you’re willing to open it - and to live from that place.

Questions for the Week
- Where have I been dimming my light or holding back my truth?
- In what areas of my life am I ready to take up more space — gently and unapologetically?
- What shifts when I remember that my power does not compete with anyone else’s?

Affirmation: I choose to occupy my life fully. I trust my inner power and allow myself to stand tall, grounded, and whole. I am worthy of my strength, my voice, and my presence.

May this week invite you back into yourself.

xx Leo
www.leohibbert.co.za
www.soulfulways.co.za

07/12/2025

Soulful Message of the Week: FIRGUN
Become a Loving Mirror

This week, the energy of Firgún asks us to soften, open, and step into one of the purest expressions of the heart: genuine joy for the joy of others.

Firgún is a Hebrew word that describes the simple, unselfish happiness we feel when something beautiful happens to someone else — without envy, without comparison, without shrinking ourselves. It is love in motion. It is the healing of the self through the celebration of another.

This card arrives when our hearts are ready for emotional unification — a return to compassion, appreciation, and connection. It reminds us that whenever we delight in another’s wellbeing, we activate the same vibration within ourselves. We mirror what we bless.

And as modern energy work and even quantum physics show us: We become part of whatever we acknowledge.

When we soften our resentment, jealousy, fear, or scarcity and choose instead to delight in someone else’s success, something shifts. Our heart widens. Our energy brightens. Our path clears. Suddenly, we are no longer outside the circle of blessings - we are participating in them.

This is not about bypassing your feelings or pretending everything is okay.
It is about bravely noticing where comparison or contraction has crept in… and choosing love anyway.

When you celebrate others, you open the door for your own life to be celebrated.

Questions for the Week:
- Where have I compared myself instead of celebrating myself or others?
- Whose joy, success, or freedom can I honour this week — even quietly within my own heart?
- What happens in my body when I choose appreciation instead of envy?

Affirmation: I honour the joy of others, knowing it awakens joy within me. I am a loving mirror — generous, open, and free. The success I celebrate is the success I invite into my own life.

Wishing you a week filled with softened edges, open-hearted reflection, and the quiet miracles that come when we bless the path of another… and in doing so, heal our own.

xx Leo
www.leohibbert.co.za
www.soulfulways.co.za

02/12/2025

Your Soulful Card of the Week: STORIES
"I leave you the memory of healing tales."

This week invites you into the quiet, powerful realm of story — not just the ones you tell, but the ones you carry. The Stories card arrives when it’s time to remember that you are both the storyteller and the story being written.

The message is simple yet profound: Your past is not a prison. It is a library. And you get to choose which stories you pull forward, which you rewrite, and which you release back into the fire of transformation.

Every family, every lineage, every soul carries narratives — some beautiful, some painful, some outdated, and some deeply wise. These stories shape the way we move through the world… often without us realising it. But the medicine of this card asks you to pause and gently examine the tales you’ve inherited, the roles you’ve been playing, and the myths you’ve unconsciously agreed to live out.

The storyteller archetype walks beside you now, reminding you that: You can choose a new storyline at any moment. You can honour your past without repeating it.

You are the heroine of your own life.
You are allowed to change the script.
You are allowed to reshape the narrative so it aligns with who you are becoming — not who you were taught to be.

You are not meant to be defined by old stories. You are meant to evolve them.

Questions for the Week:
- What story from my past keeps replaying — and is it still true for who I am today?
- Which roles have I outgrown, and what role do I now choose to step into?
- What tale from my family line is ready to be healed, rewritten, or finally released?
- If my life were a chapter in a book, what title would this next chapter hold?

Affirmation: I reclaim the pen of my life. I honour my past, but I choose the story I live now. I am the author, the narrator, and the heroine of my unfolding journey.

Wishing you a week of deep remembrance, gentle insight, and the quiet courage to write your life in a way that feels true to your soul.

xx Leo
www.leohibbert.co.za
www.soulfulways.co.za

24/11/2025

Soulful Monday Card of the Week: Earth Rat

Change Your Mindset

This week’s energy brings a gentle but powerful reminder: your mind is far more influential than you realise. The Earth Rat arrives to show you that even when life presents what feel like looming obstacles, there are always new paths, fresh solutions, and possibilities waiting to be seen — but they require a shift in perspective.

The Rat is resourceful, creative, alert, and deeply intuitive. Even when the terrain looks impossible, it finds a way. That is the energy stepping forward for you now: the part of you that rises above fear, sees beyond limitation, and trusts the quiet whisper of wisdom inside your heart.

The message is simple and profound:
If one door seems locked… stop pushing. Look for the door you haven’t noticed yet. Or find the person who holds the key.

You are being asked to gently break old mental habits — the ones that spiral into fear, doubt, or “there’s no way out.” Instead, choose thoughts that open space. Thoughts that create possibility. Thoughts that align your heart and mind into one harmonious frequency.

When your heart-mind unites, consciousness expands, and suddenly what felt solid and immovable begins to soften, shift, and move.

Message from Heaven: Restrictions are not punishment — they are invitations. Use your creativity to turn limitations into new solutions.

Message from Earth: You are the master of your thoughts. The moment you imagine a new outcome, the energy around you begins to rearrange itself to match it.

This week, let the Earth Rat show you how powerful your inner lens truly is. Shift it, even slightly, and watch how your reality begins to respond.

Questions for the Week:
- Where have I been pushing against a locked door?
- What new possibility becomes visible when I change my story about this situation?
- What outcome feels most aligned with my heart — and how can I begin imagining it clearly?

Affirmation:
I choose thoughts that open pathways. My mind and heart work together to create new possibilities.

Wishing you a week of clarity, creativity, and beautiful breakthroughs.

xx Leo
www.leohibbert.co.za
www.soulfulways.co.za

17/11/2025

Soulful Monday Card of the Week: Ariadé – Deva of the Element of Earth

This week’s energy comes in grounded, steady, and deeply supportive. Ariadé - the Deva of Earth - steps forward to remind us to return to our bodies, our boundaries, and the simple sacredness of everyday life.

Earth energy doesn’t rush or force. It invites us to slow down, reconnect, and honour what is real.

Ariadé asks you to reflect on where the theme of solidity is showing up in your life right now:

- Where do you need grounding?
- Where do you need clearer boundaries?
- Where have you become too rigid or too hard on yourself?
- And where are you being invited to soften, root, and listen?

This is a week to come home to yourself - your senses, your physical space, and your quiet inner knowing. Your body is speaking… and it’s guiding you toward balance.

What this week is supporting:

• Grounding through simple rituals
• Strengthening healthy boundaries
• Letting go of old rules or self-judgment
• Listening to your body’s messages
• Choosing what genuinely nourishes your energy

Nothing needs to be rushed. Nothing needs to be forced. Root yourself first - clarity will follow.

Questions for the week:
- What needs reinforcing in my life?
- What needs softening?
- Where is my body asking for more presence?
- What feels truly nourishing right now?

AFFIRMATION: I ground into my body, honour my boundaries, and move with the natural rhythm of my life.

xx Leo
www.leohibbert.co.za
www.soulfulways.co.za

10/11/2025

Soulful Monday Card of the Week - You Got the Love
Hadarion energy • Codependency • Boundaries

This week’s message is a sacred call to remember that the love you’ve been searching for has been within you all along!

The Hadarians were said to be beings of pure, unconditional love — souls who could see beauty in everyone they met. But their gift was also their challenge. Their boundless love sometimes blurred boundaries, leading them to lose themselves in others — giving too much, too soon, too deeply.

Many of us carry this same pattern in our hearts. We love to merge, to connect, to give endlessly. We see potential in others and believe our love can heal or change them. But when we pour so much outward, we can forget to tend to the well within.

This card reminds you that it’s time to reclaim your energy and review the dynamics in your relationships. Are you giving more than you receive? Are you overextending, feeling anxious, or losing your sense of self to keep the peace?

Boundaries don’t mean closing your heart — they mean protecting your sacred essence so that your love remains pure, steady, and replenished. True love isn’t found in self-sacrifice, but in self-honoring.

This week, love yourself as deeply as you love others. Come back home to your own heart. Let your relationships reflect balance, not dependency.

Reflections for the week:
- Do I lose myself in relationships?
- How can I develop a deeper love for myself?
- What does healthy interdependence look like for me?

Affirmation:
“I am whole. I am loved. I nurture my relationships without losing myself. My love is powerful because it begins within me.”

03/11/2025

Soulful Monday – Card of the Week: Meditation + Escapism
“I live and accept my own reality.”

This week’s message is a gentle invitation to stop running - not from others, but from yourself.

So often, when life feels heavy or uncomfortable, we instinctively reach for distraction. We scroll, we binge-watch, we fill our calendars, or we reach for comfort in ways that help us forget rather than feel.
But healing asks the opposite of us. It invites us to stay.

Meditation isn’t about escaping your thoughts or silencing your mind — it’s about befriending it. It’s not an act of avoidance; it’s an act of courage. True meditation helps you see your reality with fresh eyes — not to erase it, but to transform the way you hold it.

Instead of running from what feels painful, this card asks you to turn inward and explore it from a place of compassion and curiosity.

When you can sit with what’s real — without judgment — the chaos begins to soften. The truth reveals itself not as something to fear, but as something to understand.

This week, try trading escapism for awareness.
When you feel the urge to avoid, pause and breathe.
Let your inner world become a place of discovery, not escape.

Reflection for the week:
- Where do I tend to run when life feels uncomfortable?
- What emotions am I being asked to sit with rather than avoid?
- Can I bring love to what I’ve been resisting?

Affirmation:
“I live and accept my own reality. I meet myself where I am, and I choose peace in the present moment.”

xx Leo
www.leohibbert.co.za
www.soulfulways.co.za

26/10/2025

Soulful Sunday Card of the Week: Boundaries

“When you say yes to others, make sure you’re not saying no to yourself.”

This week’s message is a sacred reminder that kindness without boundaries is self-betrayal in disguise.

You have a generous heart and a natural desire to help, heal, and make others happy. It’s one of your most beautiful qualities. But when your giving comes at the cost of your own needs, when you say yes out of guilt or fear of disappointing someone, your energy begins to fracture. Slowly, you start to lose touch with yourself.

Boundaries are not barriers - they are acts of love. They say, “This is how I honor my energy. This is how I protect my peace.” They help you give from overflow instead of depletion.

This week, Spirit asks you to notice where you may be overextending, people-pleasing, or feeling responsible for others’ happiness. You are under no obligation to carry everyone else’s burdens. You do not owe constant availability, endless patience, or unconditional yeses to anyone.

When you set clear boundaries, you teach others how to respect you—and you remind yourself that your needs are valid.

Reflections for the week:
- Where in my life am I giving more than I have to give?
- Do I say “yes” when my soul is crying out for rest?
- What would healthy self-respect look like in this situation?

This card calls you back to balance. It asks you to stand strong, not in anger or resistance, but in truth. Let go of the fear that saying “no” makes you selfish—it actually makes you sovereign.

Affirmation:
“I honor my energy and protect my peace. Boundaries are love in action, and they allow me to give from a full and grounded heart.”

xx Leo
www.leohibbert.co.za
www.soulfulways.co.za

19/10/2025

Soulful Sunday Card of the Week: The Pearl of Sharro
Arising through the alchemy of the soul

This week’s message reminds us that every trial, every challenge, every painful experience carries the potential to become something sacred — a pearl born from our inner alchemy.

The Pearl of Sharro speaks of transformation through grace. Just as an irritant in a shell becomes a gem of luminous beauty, our deepest wounds and hardest lessons can become sources of wisdom and radiance when met with courage, compassion, and higher awareness.

We are each responsible for how we respond to life. The Divine doesn’t wish us pain — but through free will, we are given the power to shape what we experience into something meaningful. When we take responsibility for our healing, we reclaim our creative power. What once brought darkness can be transmuted into light.

If you’ve been navigating confusion, loss, or a heavy heart, this card is a sign that resolution is coming. The situation that once felt impossible will begin to shift as you rise into your spiritual strength. You are not being punished — you are being refined. You are growing into something precious and rare.

This is the alchemy of awakening. It is the transformation of pain into purpose, of suffering into strength, of resistance into radiant light.

Reflection for this week:
- Where am I being asked to take responsibility for my healing?
- How can I turn this experience into wisdom rather than resentment?
- What new form of grace might be trying to emerge from what once felt painful?

Affirmation:
“I rise with grace. I take full responsibility for my life path, transforming every challenge into a pearl of sacred wisdom. I am light, and I shall rise with dignity.”

xx Leo
www.leohibbert.co.za
www.soulfulways.co.za

12/10/2025

Soulful Sunday Card of the Week: Love all Trust a Few
Refuse to Be Controlling or Controlled

This week’s message speaks to the sacred balance between love and power — and the need to live from both.

There is a difference between unconditional love and unquestioning trust. Love sees the soul and honors it. Trust, however, must be earned. Not everyone who enters your life has earned the right to your inner world — and that’s okay.

This card calls you to stay aware of how energy flows in your relationships. Are you giving your power away by trying to please, fix, or rescue others? Or are you attempting to control outcomes or people to feel safe? Both are signs that something deeper needs attention — usually the part of you that is still learning to trust your own worth.

Healthy love includes boundaries. It allows compassion without self-sacrifice, forgiveness without foolishness, and openness without naivety. You can wish someone well and still decide not to walk beside them. You can send love while also saying “no.”

And sometimes, the reflection cuts both ways. If you notice you’ve been dismissive, manipulative, or unwilling to admit mistakes — pause. Growth begins with self-honesty. Strength is not in always being right, but in being real.

As Shakespeare wrote, “Love all, trust a few, do wrong to none.”
This is the heart of this card’s message: love freely, but wisely. Protect your peace. Listen to your intuition when it whispers, “Something doesn’t feel right.” You owe no one an explanation for honoring your truth.

You are allowed to step back. You are allowed to walk away. You are allowed to choose who has access to your energy.

Reflections for this week:
- Where in my life am I giving too much power away?
- Who or what feels draining or controlling — and what boundaries need to shift?
- Am I showing love without self-abandonment?

Affirmation:
“I love deeply, but I also honor my boundaries. I refuse to control or be controlled. My energy is sacred, and I trust myself to protect it.”

xx Leo
www.leohibbert.co.za
www.soulfulways.co.za

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