<?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[The Art of Becoming]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Art Of Becoming]]></description><link>https://www.becomingthewoman.net/blog</link><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Fri, 10 Jul 2026 21:35:13 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://www.becomingthewoman.net/blog-feed.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[The Weight of Another Birthday]]></title><description><![CDATA[I've always loved birthdays. I still do. Even now, I still wake up with that same little excitement I had as a kid. There's something about birthdays that has always felt a little magical to me. The cake, the candles, the people you love gathered around one table, another year of life. I've never been afraid of getting older. If anything, birthdays have always made me emotional for a completely different reason. Because when I look back, I realize that every birthday has somehow reflected...]]></description><link>https://www.becomingthewoman.net/post/the-weight-of-another-birthday</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a4beb4cf7b480551f15d4a0</guid><pubDate>Mon, 06 Jul 2026 18:42:09 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/469eff_b3d51368a745499398d3ee60fc07e45e~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Kier Alexandra Mackay</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Person I’m Becoming]]></title><description><![CDATA[One of the strangest parts about writing again is knowing that some people will read these words and think, “I’ve never heard her talk like this before and it's not who I know her to be.” Well they’re absolutely right. Because I’m not writing as the person I was ten years ago, let alone, 6 months ago. I’m writing as the person I’m becoming. For a long time, I became known as the outgoing one. The party girl. The one who was always saying yes, always surrounded by people, always looking for...]]></description><link>https://www.becomingthewoman.net/post/the-person-i-m-becoming</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a4441e46a52e8858096fe43</guid><pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2026 22:00:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/469eff_157958ebdfb049e6957d126e4d177743~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Kier Alexandra Mackay</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Some Distances Can't Be Measured]]></title><description><![CDATA[There are moments when living abroad feels exactly the way I imagined it would. The quiet mornings. The little cafés I now call familiar. The freedom of building a life somewhere that once felt impossibly far away. And then there are the moments no one really prepares you for. The birthday dinners you only see in photos. The babies who seem to grow up between FaceTime calls. The weddings, the celebrations, the ordinary weekends where everyone else is together while you're watching from...]]></description><link>https://www.becomingthewoman.net/post/some-distances-can-t-be-measured</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a43d4b32481452f72d9d930</guid><pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2026 15:00:29 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/469eff_681904f1e6294dc2921516e0edc79106~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Kier Alexandra Mackay</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Lessons That Find Us Again]]></title><description><![CDATA[I used to believe that once I learned a lesson, I would never have to learn it again. That after enough life experience, enough reflection, enough disappointment, I would somehow become immune to certain mistakes. I thought growth worked that way. I thought healing worked that way. I imagined there would come a point where I would simply know better. A point where the wrong people would be obvious. A point where I would never again find myself looking back and wondering why I ignored...]]></description><link>https://www.becomingthewoman.net/post/the-lessons-that-find-us-again</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a32b3bc38520286278e197c</guid><pubDate>Mon, 22 Jun 2026 20:56:09 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/469eff_0534cdac7e68485a81d51fd3d09ecc33~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Kier Alexandra Mackay</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Way We Begin]]></title><description><![CDATA[There is a quiet window in the morning that belongs only to you. Before the messages come in. Before the day begins to ask things of you. Before you are pulled into the pace of everything around you. It’s easy to move through it without noticing. To reach for your phone, to start thinking ahead, to step into the day before you’ve fully arrived in it. But I’ve come to see this time differently. Not as something to rush through, but as something to return to. The way we begin the day carries...]]></description><link>https://www.becomingthewoman.net/post/the-way-we-begin-matters-my-morning-rituals</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a00d3a2b1ac8cd94fa718ec</guid><pubDate>Fri, 01 May 2026 18:52:18 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/469eff_491fd9aa64524a648d682ada890d304c~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Kier Alexandra Mackay</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[When Things Don’t Go as Planned]]></title><description><![CDATA[This morning, my husband and I woke up to the power being out. At first, it didn’t make sense. Our bills were paid, everything should have been working, and yet nothing was. No electricity, phones barely charged, computers running low and both of us needing to work from home. A situation that, not too long ago, would have completely unravelled us. We would have been stressed, reactive, and frustrated with each other. Arguing, not because of the situation itself, but because of how quickly we...]]></description><link>https://www.becomingthewoman.net/post/when-things-don-t-go-as-planned</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a00d2729b0abb41c5458809</guid><pubDate>Wed, 22 Apr 2026 18:49:36 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/469eff_5cdf5545b65c4cdda992ab55efc8ebd5~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Kier Alexandra Mackay</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Drink Your Skincare]]></title><description><![CDATA[There's been a noticeable shift in my algorithms lately, especially TikTok. One particularly caught my attention. A woman sharing the changes she noticed in her skin and overall appearance after starting her mornings with a small shot of olive oil and lemon juice....naturally, I wanted to try it for myself. For the past few weeks, I’ve been taking a small shot of it each morning before coffee. Nothing complicated or overly thought out, just a quiet addition to my routine. I wasn’t expecting...]]></description><link>https://www.becomingthewoman.net/post/drink-your-skincare</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a044b2448aeb3fcb2423418</guid><pubDate>Wed, 15 Apr 2026 10:10:55 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/469eff_ccd2f83a1c04420e83edc9e58bf9d4d0~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Kier Alexandra Mackay</dc:creator></item></channel></rss>