<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[Painted Horse Equine Coaching]]></title><description><![CDATA[Empowerment Through Equine Connection]]></description><link>https://www.paintedhorseequinecoaching.com/blog</link><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Wed, 29 Apr 2026 21:10:25 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://www.paintedhorseequinecoaching.com/blog-feed.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[The Life I Didn’t Plan — and the One I Chose Anyway]]></title><description><![CDATA[There was a version of my life that looked very successful on paper. Degrees. A long corporate career. Work with companies people recognize. A life that made sense from the outside. And yet, somewhere along the way, I realized something I couldn’t unsee: I was living a life that looked right… but didn’t feel like mine. Long before that realization, I had already learned how to survive. I grew up in an environment where safety wasn’t a given. Where love and unpredictability lived side by side....]]></description><link>https://www.paintedhorseequinecoaching.com/post/thelifeididntplan</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69c320ac36a1fdc193bf82c4</guid><pubDate>Sat, 28 Mar 2026 00:23:07 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/cb9147_00afa818d75844049e205ec3ac52dce9~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>melissaspillum</dc:creator></item></channel></rss>