<?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[Anamcara]]></title><description><![CDATA[Anamcara]]></description><link>https://www.anamcara-friendofthesoul.com/blog</link><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Thu, 21 May 2026 19:58:45 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://www.anamcara-friendofthesoul.com/it/blog-feed.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[Mirror, mirror on the wall, what's this darkness in us all?]]></title><description><![CDATA[With a recently-held  trauma  workshop behind me, a very familiar sensation  lingers. She has been so alive in me, weaving itself in and...]]></description><link>https://www.anamcara-friendofthesoul.com/post/mirror-mirror-on-the-wall-what-s-this-darkness-in-us-all</link><guid isPermaLink="false">66793d1b90741b41640917e2</guid><pubDate>Fri, 28 Jun 2024 13:17:12 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/c81b1f_1c89a2408525495f981aa0958ca18988~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Paola Ferretti Pontiggia</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Now is not Then]]></title><description><![CDATA[When I think of the household I grew up in I can't help but ache for the emotional famine the younger me had to endure. 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This...]]></description><link>https://www.anamcara-friendofthesoul.com/post/this-is-not-the-time</link><guid isPermaLink="false">62337872e658653792b2fe6e</guid><pubDate>Thu, 17 Mar 2022 18:27:58 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/c81b1f_9349ed2698a141f1b66543ead86d1840~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Paola Ferretti Pontiggia</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Open, close, give, take until I break: AND THEN WHAT?]]></title><description><![CDATA[When the blood of truth starts coursing through the veins of unconsciousness, waking up from our numbness and protective slumber can be a...]]></description><link>https://www.anamcara-friendofthesoul.com/post/open-close-give-take-until-i-break-and-then-what</link><guid isPermaLink="false">612365a607bc3f001546b4e6</guid><pubDate>Mon, 23 Aug 2021 09:12:17 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/c81b1f_df1e4d5f494f40538d48d97587faca2e~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Paola Ferretti Pontiggia</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Life's weave]]></title><description><![CDATA[I was so scared of forgetting who I was, of losing the awareness of my place in life..... 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