<?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[Naked with Cassie]]></title><description><![CDATA[flourishthesoul]]></description><link>https://www.nakedwithcassie.com/blog</link><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Fri, 17 Apr 2026 10:34:54 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://www.nakedwithcassie.com/blog-feed.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[The Heart vs The Mind]]></title><description><![CDATA[The nights of lying in bed staring at the ceiling.   We’ve all been there.   “Who am I?” “What do I want to do with my life?” “Should I do this, or shouldn’t I?”   “Did I say or do the wrong thing?” “Am I enough?”   I wish I understood this sooner.   The years I’ve spent trying to figure it all out.   But here’s what I’ve come to realise-   I am what I feel, not just what I think.   My mind is my guide, but my heart decides.   For so long, I followed what I believed was right. I tried to...]]></description><link>https://www.nakedwithcassie.com/post/the-heart-vs-the-mind</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69dd9d8a8946a7ddf4702ef0</guid><pubDate>Tue, 14 Apr 2026 02:18:06 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>cass9e</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Length of Lessons]]></title><description><![CDATA[“Why me? What did I do to deserve this? When will it be my time?”   We all want to be happy. To feel accomplished and fulfilled. We easily fall into the trap of our thoughts. Sometimes it feels like a kind of punishment. But we don’t learn comfortably. In comfort it is easy to stay – to settle. But are you fulfilled? It is in the opportunity of discomfort where we can grow.   If we are still in it, there is still more to learn – even when it hurts. The process – becomes wisdom.   Now, I look...]]></description><link>https://www.nakedwithcassie.com/post/length-of-lessons</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69d468a4072d140cb95cfd28</guid><pubDate>Tue, 07 Apr 2026 02:20:21 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/734523_4d1c5859fba4431eb46d6ba57cf5169b~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>cass9e</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Space you Left, the Love that Remained]]></title><description><![CDATA[Dedicated to my dearest friend, a beautiful person left so soon, for greater things than herself. An angel we got to know who walked the earth for a short time.   Now. This will be hard to read. Grief and loss, as I know, are hard to connect with. I find it hard to connect and accept reality sometimes. My tears shed for you have mostly been me alone in my car. When something hurts too much, we shut it out. There is a song that opens the door for me every time to connect with loss. I cry to...]]></description><link>https://www.nakedwithcassie.com/post/the-space-you-left-the-love-that-remained</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69cdcee1e1d8f66b8f2ed69e</guid><pubDate>Thu, 02 Apr 2026 02:05:57 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>cass9e</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Falling for Potential]]></title><description><![CDATA[This falls into all kinds of relationships. Lovers, friends, family. If you feel me pull away, It’s not that I care any less. It’s that your growth no longer sits with me.   There is a view in society about marriage, commitment, what family and friends are for. But sometimes, there is a cost. The cost of a person out of their own alignment. There comes a point in life where love matures. Where love isn’t about staying – it’s understanding.   Let the grip of old patterns fade.   Because love...]]></description><link>https://www.nakedwithcassie.com/post/falling-for-potential</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69c7e5d0a937958fa7df58b7</guid><pubDate>Mon, 30 Mar 2026 02:30:05 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>cass9e</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Lay the Shield Down]]></title><description><![CDATA[“I can support and guide. But I will not self-sacrifice.”   Throughout my life, I got the feeling of protecting those I love. It’s natural to want what’s best for those you care about. When a friend or family member needs some help or support. You provide. You protect. You shelter. I have experienced a few situations in my life where I have poured my energy into them, and this post could be about protecting your own energy. Yes, that is important. But I’m talking about the value of loving...]]></description><link>https://www.nakedwithcassie.com/post/lay-the-shield-down</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69c36a38149f4fed5650dd6a</guid><pubDate>Wed, 25 Mar 2026 04:54:16 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>cass9e</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Planting Seeds]]></title><description><![CDATA[I went to a Cabaret show with a friend. Walking up to the doors and seeing the red curtain, I felt so invigorated. The room was dark, filled with an audience. The show began and it was instantly wild. I felt lifted off my seat and in love with the atmosphere. My posture straightened, my chin high, shoulders back. I could feel the confidence, passion and connection between the performers and the audience. The atmosphere was alive! I couldn’t wipe the smile off my face. The performance was food...]]></description><link>https://www.nakedwithcassie.com/post/planting-seeds</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69c1f9078f0e652aaa2d443e</guid><pubDate>Tue, 24 Mar 2026 02:38:49 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>cass9e</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[What Becomes of Us]]></title><description><![CDATA[What do you want to be when you grow up?   The first thing I remember about what I wanted to be when I grew up was an author. From late primary school, I wanted to be a fashion designer. I wanted to be a fashion designer all through high school. But sometimes, all it takes is for one person not to believe in you. That you’re not good enough. That they don’t see that you’ll make it far. Not only did this affect my fashion design dream, but all my passions.   It became a core belief that I...]]></description><link>https://www.nakedwithcassie.com/post/what-becomes-of-us</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69b768b4b77817bc0c9e775b</guid><pubDate>Tue, 17 Mar 2026 01:42:43 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>cass9e</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[What Loving Myself Means]]></title><description><![CDATA[Life can be so overwhelming for anyone – everyone. As a parent, I thought I still looked after myself. I tried to get a babysitter when I needed. Doing hair and skin care. Tidy my nails. But no! I wasn’t doing enough for myself. All the fruit I bought I saved for my kids snacking and school lunches. If I ate the fruit, I would be spending more money and shopping more often. I sacrificed eating fruit for myself so my kids would eat it and I save money. While attending my emotional 2-year-old...]]></description><link>https://www.nakedwithcassie.com/post/what-loving-myself-means</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69b3e844ecfce39c49ac397a</guid><pubDate>Fri, 13 Mar 2026 12:51:10 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>cass9e</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Stop Apologising]]></title><description><![CDATA[When saying ‘sorry’ stopped feeling real. I’m sorry I overshare. I’m sorry I forgot. I’m sorry I wasn’t listening properly. I’m sorry I’m emotional. I’m sorry I’m lost in my life.   I’m ‘sorry’…I always say sorry.   I remember being told I overshared. So, I started to overthink everything I said. Then I'm told I overthink too much. So, I overthink more but keep it to myself. Now my mind is overflowing. Before I know it, my inner world feels much heavier and I notice I start losing presence in...]]></description><link>https://www.nakedwithcassie.com/post/stop-apologizing</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69ad2f91bd7d50eed0217f32</guid><pubDate>Tue, 10 Mar 2026 01:16:07 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>cass9e</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Prison of Strength]]></title><description><![CDATA[All through our lives, we go through pain, trauma, lessons. We build ourselves up with strength, over time adding more pieces of armor. Through our young years and even now in my mid 30’s, we are learning to survive. In time, our armor gets heavy. Too heavy to regulate our breathing. Too heavy to paint or draw, build or write. Too heavy to dance.   We become covered in layers of armor to protect ourselves. Then it becomes difficult to even dress our wounds. We stopped connecting. We stop...]]></description><link>https://www.nakedwithcassie.com/post/the-prison-of-strength</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69a64e3b60298c02e5c10a89</guid><pubDate>Wed, 04 Mar 2026 03:12:41 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>cass9e</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Diary Entry]]></title><description><![CDATA[I broke down last night. I read over my blog posts and felt I could word it so much better. That, it didn’t quite come out, like I’d hoped. I found myself doing what I always do. Telling myself that I’m not good enough. That I’m not cut out for anything I love doing. I think to myself, people must find it annoying or wonder why I have to say anything at all. Maybe they are thinking that I am after attention or believe keeping quiet and private is much more appropriate. But no! I changed my...]]></description><link>https://www.nakedwithcassie.com/post/diary-entry</link><guid isPermaLink="false">699fb6b4bf1bf6f6a2a86901</guid><pubDate>Thu, 26 Feb 2026 03:13:34 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/734523_67b1850359604adb855df1b529ef0bbe~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>cass9e</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Coming Home to Myself]]></title><description><![CDATA[I didn’t know I abandoned myself until I built my family, and realized I felt so alone! I grew numb and I wasn’t excited about the future. I wasn’t happy. It’s a real thing to be surrounded by people yet feel so alone. It wasn’t until my own unraveling after the separation where I started to not feel alone anymore. This is not a post about my separation. This is a post about where I abandoned myself.   It is very easy to do when managing children, animals and the household. So, I will not be...]]></description><link>https://www.nakedwithcassie.com/post/coming-home-to-myself</link><guid isPermaLink="false">699d19b2a2f37a9969cde6c6</guid><pubDate>Tue, 24 Feb 2026 04:15:06 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/734523_747526eaa4a5406c840eb100ab937e31~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>cass9e</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[My Goal in Life]]></title><description><![CDATA[I used to think my goal in life was career path, marriage, house, kids. It wasn’t until now, in my mid 30’s that I realized what I’ve missed most importantly and that’s ok! See, I can have all those things, and still feel disconnected from my own life, from myself. What did I miss so importantly?! That strange feeling that left me feeling a bit off like something was missing and I just can’t put my finger on it. I’m talking about me, my soul. The things that light me up from the inside out....]]></description><link>https://www.nakedwithcassie.com/post/my-goal-in-life</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69967cd37b02767d86632fcf</guid><pubDate>Thu, 19 Feb 2026 04:39:35 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/734523_87e30af79f1645118f44d53c8d215a0b~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>cass9e</dc:creator></item></channel></rss>