Today we’d like to introduce you to Paola Charry.
Hi Paola, thanks for joining us today. We’d love for you to start by introducing yourself.
I’m originally from Colombia, and part of who I am today has been deeply shaped by my roots, my family history, and my experience of migration. Moving to the United States opened a completely new chapter in my life — one filled with growth, adaptation, resilience, and transformation. I believe a lot of my connection to healing comes from both my personal journey and the experiences that have been part of my family story across generations.
For many years, I worked in social work and dedicated my life to supporting people through trauma, crisis, displacement, emotional pain, and life transitions. Holding space for others during some of their most vulnerable moments deeply shaped me and taught me the power of compassion, presence, and human connection.
At the same time, there was always another part of me quietly calling for attention — the spiritual and intuitive side of who I am.
Since I was young, I’ve been deeply sensitive to energy and able to feel things beyond words. Over time, I began exploring Reiki, meditation, energy healing, and spiritual practices more intentionally. What started as a personal healing journey slowly became a calling. I began to understand that true healing happens when we reconnect with ourselves — emotionally, energetically, mentally, and spiritually.
About a year ago, I made one of the biggest decisions of my life: I left my full-time job to fully dedicate myself to this path. It wasn’t just a career change — it became part of my own healing journey and a return to my essence, my purpose, and the work that truly lights up my soul.
That journey led me to create Almara — a space for conscious healing, reconnection, alignment, and inner transformation. Through Reiki, energy healing, sound baths, guided meditations, and intuitive work, my intention is to create safe and meaningful spaces where people can slow down, reconnect with themselves, release emotional weight, and remember their inner light.
I believe healing is not about becoming someone new, but about returning to who we truly are underneath the noise, the pain, and the disconnection.
Every step of my path — both personal and professional — has guided me here, and I’m grateful to now share this work from a place that feels deeply authentic to my soul.
I’m sure it wasn’t obstacle-free, but would you say the journey has been fairly smooth so far?
It hasn’t been a completely smooth road.
Even though this path feels very aligned with my purpose, it has also required a lot of courage, uncertainty, and inner work. One of the biggest challenges was leaving the stability of my full-time career to step into something much more unknown, intuitive, and heart-led. There was no clear roadmap, and that in itself can be both exciting and deeply confronting.
I also went through a process of unlearning, especially moving from a very structured, traditional professional environment into a more intuitive and holistic way of working. Learning to trust my intuition, my energy, and what I feel, not only what is logical, has been a deep personal journey.
Another challenge has been holding space for others while also doing my own healing. Working closely with trauma, emotions, and human suffering requires you to stay grounded, clear, and deeply connected to yourself. That has meant facing my own patterns, fears, and moments of doubt along the way.
And of course, building something new from the ground up, like Almara, comes with uncertainty, visibility, and moments of questioning whether you are ready or enough.
But every challenge has also been part of my healing and my return to myself. In many ways, the struggles have strengthened my connection to this work and confirmed that I’m on the right path, even when it feels uncertain or unfamiliar.
Thanks – so what else should our readers know about your work and what you’re currently focused on?
My work is centered around emotional, energetic, and spiritual healing. I specialize in creating safe, intentional spaces where people can slow down, reconnect with themselves, and begin a process of inner alignment and transformation.
Through Almara, I offer Reiki, energy healing sessions, sound baths, and guided meditations. My approach is very intuitive and trauma-informed, combining my background in social work with my training and experience in energy healing. This allows me to hold space not only from a spiritual perspective, but also from a grounded understanding of human emotions, trauma, and life experiences.
What I am most known for is my ability to hold deeply safe and compassionate spaces where people feel seen, calm, and supported enough to truly let go. Many people come to me feeling overwhelmed, disconnected, or emotionally heavy, and leave feeling more grounded, clear, and connected to themselves again.
What I am most proud of is having the courage to fully step into this path and create Almara. Leaving my traditional career to follow something more intuitive and heart-led was not easy, but it has allowed me to fully align my life with my purpose and essence.
What sets my work apart is the integration of both worlds. I don’t separate the emotional, the energetic, and the human experience. I bring together professional experience in trauma-informed care with intuitive energy work, creating a space that is both grounded and deeply spiritual at the same time.
At the heart of everything I do is the intention to help people reconnect with themselves — not to become someone new, but to remember who they truly are underneath everything they’ve carried.
Networking and finding a mentor can have such a positive impact on one’s life and career. Any advice?
Networking has definitely been helpful in my journey, especially when it comes from a genuine and aligned place.
What has worked best for me is being clear about who I am and what I’m building and allowing myself to show up authentically in that. When you are aligned with your purpose, networking stops feeling forced and becomes more about real connection.
I’ve also learned that simple, honest conversations and reaching out to people with shared values can open meaningful doors.
For me, it’s not just about “networking” in a traditional sense, but about building authentic relationships that support growth, learning, and alignment.
Contact Info:
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/soyalmara
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61577957503248
