Correspondences | The Aligned Shift Magazine: Our Voices

The real journey is within

The Aligned Shift — Thu, 22 Oct 2026 06:49:48 GMT

I have known for almost 20 years. In this life, at least. Because I am certain we have known each other for much longer than that.

She is the only person I recognized the very first time we met. It was quite an incredible moment, such a powerful recognition of a past that had not been lived here. So powerful that I truly didn’t know whether it was the first time we had met in this life or not.

20 years already! And the things we have seen together!

Born in Paris to Spanish parents, she left to live abroad on her own at 21. Now settled in Spain, after time in India, Spain, several places in France and Brazil, she accompanies souls in transition through holistic practices she has been exploring for more than 20 years and has practiced professionally for 15. Alma can do this because she has truly been there herself. She is one of those people who cross geographical, cultural and inner borders with a grace that seems natural, yet is the fruit of deep inner work and a seriously solid foundation of professional training.

She knows what it is to lose everything in order to rebuild herself better. Neurodivergent and multipotentialite, she turns what some call “difference” into a real strength. She accompanies souls in transition because she has been through it herself, and came back with tools, a presence, and a rare capacity to listen.

But above all, Alma is an extreme sensitivity. And an equally extreme strength, because it takes that much strength to move through what hypersensitivity demands of those who feel the world with nothing between it and their skin.

She speaks to us of expatriation, of rebuilding, of identity, of deep Essence, of alignment, of choice, of spirituality, and of that moment when you realize that changing countries was only the beginning, because the real journey is within.

Welcome to Correspondences, Alma! You are at home here. ✨

A place for your voice

The Aligned Shift is an editorial house where practitioners and those they accompany first meet through resonance, without the noise. Two doors: Correspondences | The Aligned Shift Magazine for the written word, and Words of Shifters, the podcast, for the spoken one.
Do you accompany others? Write or speak with us. Over time, your presence in the house opens a profile page for you on thealignedshift.media: a page in your name, linked to your writing, where people looking for a practitioner can find and contact you. It can’t be bought or requested; it is earned through your presence. More visibility online, so a better chance of being found by people who search through AI agents.
Write to us at: contributors@thealignedshift.media

Meet Sophie Trentesaux

The Aligned Shift — Thu, 22 Oct 2026 06:47:06 GMT

In Entre Ici & Ailleurs (Between Here & Elsewhere, in French), ’s newsletter, writes about her years as an expatriate, her career changes and her inner questioning, often in close contact with nature.

She explores what her experiences have taught her about the way we move through transitions: how we change, how we stay ourselves, how we allow ourselves to become someone else without losing ourselves.

Her writing speaks of people pleasing, of the fear of disappointing others, of what happens when we no longer recognize ourselves, and also of Singapore, where she lives as an expatriate, of trees, of the ocean, of those places and landscapes that transform us and ground us when everything is pulling in every direction.

Beyond her degrees and her role as a psychologist, Sophie writes from life as it is lived: she shares the way she moves through it. Not from above, not as the one who knows, but as a Shifter among others, among us.

Sophie adds her voice to those building Correspondences | The Aligned Shift Magazine, a space for stories and reflections for those seeking a more aligned way to live, create, work and belong.

Here, you will follow her from one piece of writing to the next, among other voices that, like hers, explore the inner and outer shifts of life. You will come to know her, and perhaps recognize yourself in her.

Welcome to Correspondences, Sophie! We are lucky to have you with us. 🌿

A place for your voice

The Aligned Shift is an editorial house where practitioners and those they accompany first meet through resonance, without the noise. Two doors: Correspondences | The Aligned Shift Magazine for the written word, and Words of Shifters, the podcast, for the spoken one.
Do you accompany others? Write or speak with us. Over time, your presence in the house opens a profile page for you on thealignedshift.media: a page in your name, linked to your writing, where people looking for a practitioner can find and contact you. It can’t be bought or requested; it is earned through your presence. More visibility online, so a better chance of being found by people who search through AI agents.
Write to us at: contributors@thealignedshift.media

Your emotions are a compass, not an obstacle

The Aligned Shift — Thu, 22 Oct 2026 06:42:46 GMT

I came across Marie’s voice before I knew her name. It was in one of her podcast episodes, at a time when I was only just discovering Substack.

Her way of saying things embodies what I would call a steady gentleness: the kind that reassures you. When the idea for The Aligned Shift’s magazine was born (today it is Correspondences), I knew hers was a voice that belonged here.

Marie is the voice behind Souveraineté Émotionnelle (Emotional Sovereignty, in French) . Behind those words lies a clear mission: to give people back their power. Not so that they become dependent on being accompanied, but so that they leave with concrete tools, a method, and the ability to use them on their own.

Marie does not believe emotions are a problem to be managed. She believes they are a lever we were never taught to use. Her approach does not go through mental analysis. It goes through feeling: “How does this situation make me feel? What does it awaken in me?” Welcoming the emotion, letting the body do its work, moving through it so it can be released for good. And alongside this, deprogramming limiting beliefs and patterns of self-sabotage, in order to reprogram a more aligned way of functioning.

It is this combination of emotional release and reprogramming that makes deep, lasting change possible, while leaving each person autonomous in managing their own inner world.

Through her articles, her podcast episodes and her spaces for transformation, she asks essential questions: what do you do with what you feel? What if your anger were a guide? What if letting go were not a posture, but a path?

These questions resonate deeply with what The Aligned Shift carries, because learning to steer your own inner world may well be the first step toward meeting others through resonance rather than through noise.

Welcome, Marie ✨ 🌸

A place for your voice

The Aligned Shift is an editorial house where practitioners and those they accompany first meet through resonance, without the noise. Two doors: Correspondences | The Aligned Shift Magazine for the written word, and Words of Shifters, the podcast, for the spoken one.
Do you accompany others? Write or speak with us. Over time, your presence in the house opens a profile page for you on thealignedshift.media: a page in your name, linked to your writing, where people looking for a practitioner can find and contact you. It can’t be bought or requested; it is earned through your presence. More visibility online, so a better chance of being found by people who search through AI agents.
Write to us at: contributors@thealignedshift.media

A shared editorial space for voices shaping a more aligned way of living.

The Aligned Shift — Tue, 08 Sep 2026 18:43:30 GMT

Between worlds, she is building a bridge.

has long felt like she didn’t quite belong to this world, not out of rejection, but due to a fundamental sense of strangeness. As if she were an observer of it.

Rather than opposing it, she chose to go through it in every sense of the word: through countries, collapses, and rebirths. These passages led her to a clearer understanding of who she is and what deeply constitutes a human being.

All her life, she has turned toward others. Passionate about psychology and the mechanisms of consciousness, she observes what makes us act, suffer, evolve, and awaken. Curious about everything that speaks of Life, she has always been drawn to the esoteric section of bookstores. There, she discovered a thousand and one ways to describe life and our place in the universe, which gave her an open and holistic view of these mechanisms.

Over the years, these interests and observations evolved. A common thread eventually emerged, and in early 2026, it gave birth to The Aligned Shift: a living editorial house for people who live, create, work, and relate differently.

For those who feel called to be more honest with themselves. For those who are learning to listen to what they feel. For those who know that alignment is not a final destination, but an ongoing practice that includes uncertainty, change, and every imperfect step along the way.

Correspondences, the magazine, was the first expression of that vision. Words of Shifters, the podcast, is the second door: the magazine for texts, the podcast for speech.

It was born from a simple conviction:

People who are rethinking how we live, work, connect, and take our place in the world do not need more noise in an already saturated digital landscape. They need a thoughtful shared space: somewhere their voices can meet, resonate, and evolve together.

This is not personal development as a formula. It is not a doctrine, a manual, or a promise of easy answers.

It is a space for lived experience.

Here, voices gather to share what they have explored, what they have learned, and what they are still discovering. We speak about intuition, consciousness, inner peace, relationships, courage, meaningful work, transitions, and the quiet shifts that transform a life from within.

We believe that learning how to live never truly ends. And perhaps we do it better when we do not have to do it alone.

Audrey calls this approach Living Beingly: embodying one’s essence through one’s humanity, with all its contradictions and apparent imperfections.

Through The Aligned Shift, she is exploring this way of being in the world: creating value with care, encouraging meaningful exchanges, and making trust the foundation of a growing collective movement.

A place for your voice

The Aligned Shift is for voices who feel that something is changing, and for the people who accompany that change in others.

We welcome writers, practitioners, coaches, facilitators, therapists, artists, founders, researchers, guides, and thoughtful professionals whose work helps people live, create, connect, or work with greater awareness.

On Substack, the house has two doors: Correspondences | The Aligned Shift Magazine for texts, and Words of Shifters, the podcast, for speech, in English and in French. Stories, perspectives and conversations that help us name what shapes our lives, and understand it together.

If you have a voice that seeks to create connection beyond your own publication or audience, we would love to hear from you.

Write to us at: contributors@thealignedshift.media

A house lives through those who inhabit it: we ask for a first text within the month after you join, then regular signs of presence. Over time, that presence earns you a profile page on thealignedshift.media: a page in your name, linked to your texts, where people looking for a practitioner can find and contact you. It cannot be bought or requested; it is earned through presence in the house. More visibility online, so a better chance of being found by people who search through AI agents.