<?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" xmlns:itunes="http://www.itunes.com/dtds/podcast-1.0.dtd" xmlns:googleplay="http://www.google.com/schemas/play-podcasts/1.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[Sister's of the Garden]]></title><description><![CDATA[Sister's of the Garden]]></description><link>https://sistersofthegarden.substack.com</link><image><url>https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!ksLx!,w_256,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fcd1d4ae3-792d-4e75-9c4e-3dd7cb359b60_96x96.png</url><title>Sister&apos;s of the Garden</title><link>https://sistersofthegarden.substack.com</link></image><generator>Substack</generator><lastBuildDate>Mon, 17 Aug 2026 13:19:21 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://sistersofthegarden.substack.com/feed" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><copyright><![CDATA[Sister's of the Garden]]></copyright><language><![CDATA[en]]></language><webMaster><![CDATA[sistersofthegarden@substack.com]]></webMaster><itunes:owner><itunes:email><![CDATA[sistersofthegarden@substack.com]]></itunes:email><itunes:name><![CDATA[Sister's of the Garden]]></itunes:name></itunes:owner><itunes:author><![CDATA[Sister's of the Garden]]></itunes:author><googleplay:owner><![CDATA[sistersofthegarden@substack.com]]></googleplay:owner><googleplay:email><![CDATA[sistersofthegarden@substack.com]]></googleplay:email><googleplay:author><![CDATA[Sister's of the Garden]]></googleplay:author><itunes:block><![CDATA[Yes]]></itunes:block><item><title><![CDATA[My thoughts at the moment ]]></title><description><![CDATA[God called us to do Great Exploits,visions,and dreams to get those things.]]></description><link>https://sistersofthegarden.substack.com/p/my-thoughts-at-the-moment-25e</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://sistersofthegarden.substack.com/p/my-thoughts-at-the-moment-25e</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Sister's of the Garden]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 25 Mar 2026 19:39:01 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!ksLx!,w_256,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fcd1d4ae3-792d-4e75-9c4e-3dd7cb359b60_96x96.png" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>God called us to do Great Exploits,visions,and dreams to get those things.</p><p>He can work through you,your physical body,mind,to do his work that is instilled in us.</p><p>You are equipped with to Much Greatness.</p><p>Do what you can and let God do the rest.</p><p>Satan is fighting for your body,mind, and soul, worship for a hour a day.</p><p>Let the dead world bury its own, while the righteousness carry on forward.</p><p></p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[My thoughts at the moment ]]></title><description><![CDATA[God called us to do Great Exploits,visions,and dreams to get those things.]]></description><link>https://sistersofthegarden.substack.com/p/my-thoughts-at-the-moment</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://sistersofthegarden.substack.com/p/my-thoughts-at-the-moment</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Sister's of the Garden]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 31 Jan 2026 18:04:09 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!ksLx!,w_256,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fcd1d4ae3-792d-4e75-9c4e-3dd7cb359b60_96x96.png" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>God called us to do Great Exploits,visions,and dreams to get those things.</p><p>He can work through you,your physical body,mind,to do his work that is instilled in us.</p><p>You are equipped with to Much Greatness.</p><p>Do what you can and let God do the rest.</p><p>Satan is fighting for your body,mind, and soul, worship for a hour a day.</p><p>Let the dead world bury its own, while the righteousness carry on forward.</p><p></p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[No title]]></title><link>https://sistersofthegarden.substack.com/publish/post/186429531</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://sistersofthegarden.substack.com/publish/post/186429531</guid><pubDate>Sat, 31 Jan 2026 18:03:21 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!ksLx!,w_256,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fcd1d4ae3-792d-4e75-9c4e-3dd7cb359b60_96x96.png" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Psalm 119:105
]]></title><description><![CDATA[Your word is a lamp to guide my feet and a light for My path.]]></description><link>https://sistersofthegarden.substack.com/p/psalm-119105</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://sistersofthegarden.substack.com/p/psalm-119105</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Sister's of the Garden]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 17 Dec 2025 22:41:13 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!ksLx!,w_256,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fcd1d4ae3-792d-4e75-9c4e-3dd7cb359b60_96x96.png" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Your word is a lamp to guide my feet and a light for  My path.</p><p>Do not Dwell on the past. See God is doing a new thing!</p><p>As you begin a fresh year, rejoice that God is continually working newness into your life. Don't let recent disappointments and failures define you or dampen your expectations. This is the time to make a fresh start! God is a God of unlimited creativity; expect God to do surprising things in your life that stretches out before you.</p><p>Today is a precious gift. The present moment is where God meet with you, beloved. So seek God's face throughout this day that God has made for you.</p><p>Search for signs of his loving presence as you journey along the path of life. Look for the little pleasures He has strewn alongside your pathway-sometimes in surprising places-and thank Him for every one. Your thankfulness will keep you close to God and help you find Joy in your journey.</p><p>Isaiah 43:18-19 </p><p></p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Romans 4:17]]></title><description><![CDATA[What does it mean to call those things?Which be not as though they were, it simply means: you speak God's truth even before you see it.]]></description><link>https://sistersofthegarden.substack.com/p/romans-417</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://sistersofthegarden.substack.com/p/romans-417</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Sister's of the Garden]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 16 Dec 2025 04:45:28 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!ksLx!,w_256,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fcd1d4ae3-792d-4e75-9c4e-3dd7cb359b60_96x96.png" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>What does it mean to call those things?Which be not as though they were, it simply means: you speak God's truth even before you see it.</p><p>You declare what God said, knots, what your situation says.</p><p>You align your mouth with heaven, not with fear.</p><p>This is not pretending it is agreeing with what God already knows. Is yours?</p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[No title]]></title><link>https://sistersofthegarden.substack.com/publish/post/181759408</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://sistersofthegarden.substack.com/publish/post/181759408</guid><pubDate>Tue, 16 Dec 2025 04:45:05 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!ksLx!,w_256,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fcd1d4ae3-792d-4e75-9c4e-3dd7cb359b60_96x96.png" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded/></item><item><title><![CDATA[You're invited.Join the sisters of the garden community!]]></title><description><![CDATA[Dear sister, we are delighted to invite you to you to become a part of sisters of the garden, a nurturing space where women come together to grow connect and uplift.]]></description><link>https://sistersofthegarden.substack.com/p/youre-invitedjoin-the-sisters-of-6e8</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://sistersofthegarden.substack.com/p/youre-invitedjoin-the-sisters-of-6e8</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Sister's of the Garden]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 02 Dec 2025 06:54:41 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!ksLx!,w_256,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fcd1d4ae3-792d-4e75-9c4e-3dd7cb359b60_96x96.png" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Dear sister, we are delighted to invite you to you to become a part of sisters of the garden, a nurturing space where women come together to grow connect and uplift. One another.</p><p>Our community is built on the power of sisterhood, shared wisdom, or simply seeking a supportive group. You will find a welcoming home here.</p><p>About our newsletter quote, that's fine. The sisters of the garden letter will be sent out. Email and if possible through Messenger as well, each issue will feature inspiring stories, helpful resources, and opportunities for connection and growth period indent. How can you participate quote indent? We encourage you to "one, share your story,", your journey can inspire and empower others to contribute resources. recommend books events. 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   ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Episode 2: The Mirror Within 
Journal Entry - 00]]></title><description><![CDATA[&#8220;I woke up today feeling heavy, like the weight of everyone else's expectations is pressing down on me.]]></description><link>https://sistersofthegarden.substack.com/p/episode-2-the-mirror-within-journal</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://sistersofthegarden.substack.com/p/episode-2-the-mirror-within-journal</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Sister's of the Garden]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 26 Nov 2025 03:35:55 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!ksLx!,w_256,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fcd1d4ae3-792d-4e75-9c4e-3dd7cb359b60_96x96.png" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&#8220;I woke up today feeling heavy, like the weight of everyone else's expectations is pressing down on me. I keep trying to be what they want, the perfect daughter, the perfect friend, the perfect student&#8230; but who am I when no one is looking? Today I decided  To face myself in the mirror  - not just glance, not just look - really see me. And I didn't like what I saw at first. My eyes were tired. My lips trembled with unsaid words. My heart felt to small for all the love I was trying to give away. But then, slowly, I started to breathe into the reflection. I whispered, &#8220;I am enough&#8221;. I am enough for the first time in a long time, It didn't feel like a lie?</p><p></p><p>Relection:</p><p>I realized that love and acceptance don't start with others- They start with myself. My journals are becoming more than a diary; they are a conversation with my soul. I am learning that self-approval is the foundation for all other relationships. </p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sister's of the Garden Newsletter:
The Woman Who Spoke in Journals
A Story of Healing, Truth, And Spiritual Growth pt1
The Quiet Girl
]]></title><description><![CDATA[Amaran was the kind of girl who made herself small.]]></description><link>https://sistersofthegarden.substack.com/p/sisters-of-the-garden-newsletter-8fa</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://sistersofthegarden.substack.com/p/sisters-of-the-garden-newsletter-8fa</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Sister's of the Garden]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 21 Nov 2025 18:38:24 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!ksLx!,w_256,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fcd1d4ae3-792d-4e75-9c4e-3dd7cb359b60_96x96.png" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Amaran was the kind of girl who made herself small.</p><p> She was shy- not the sweet, gentle shy people found adorable, but the heavy kind of shy.  The kind that comes from old hurts, swallowed words, and memories she tried  hard not to remember. </p><p>Her mother used to say she had &#8220;the voice of a feather.&#8221; Soft, delicate&#8230; but easy to lose in the wind. </p><p>What everyone didn't know was that Amara carried a thousand thoughts inside her.  She just didn't know how to speak them out loud. So she wrote them.</p><p> Every night she opened her journal- the one with the worn-out blue cover and bent covers-and she pulled her whole heart into it.</p><p> And every entry began the same way:</p><p>&#8220;Dear truth, help me grow stronger.&#8221;</p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sister's of the Garden Newsletter 
A Message to My Sister's pt5]]></title><description><![CDATA[I thought I was missing love from my parents.]]></description><link>https://sistersofthegarden.substack.com/p/sisters-of-the-garden-newsletter-7b4</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://sistersofthegarden.substack.com/p/sisters-of-the-garden-newsletter-7b4</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Sister's of the Garden]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 21 Nov 2025 04:29:45 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!ksLx!,w_256,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fcd1d4ae3-792d-4e75-9c4e-3dd7cb359b60_96x96.png" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I thought I was missing love from my parents. I thought I was missing love from the Partners who came along afterwards. I spent my life searching for in the wild, never noticing that the love I needed was right there until I had to let go of everything else. </p><p>To my Sisters of theGarden: God can create beauty from your ashes. He can take &#8220;Raised in Chaos&#8221; and turn it into &#8220;Raised in Glory.&#8221;  </p><p>If you are hurting, if you are running, I urge you to stop. Repent, be thankful for the breath in your lungs, and let go.</p><p> Let God take the pen. He is writing a new chapter for you, just as He did for me.</p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sister's of the Garden Newsletter 
The Revelation pt4]]></title><description><![CDATA[It wasn't until I couldn't take life anymore- until I had nothing left to give and nowhere left to run- That everything changed.]]></description><link>https://sistersofthegarden.substack.com/p/sisters-of-the-garden-newsletter-fea</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://sistersofthegarden.substack.com/p/sisters-of-the-garden-newsletter-fea</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Sister's of the Garden]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 21 Nov 2025 04:20:11 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!ksLx!,w_256,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fcd1d4ae3-792d-4e75-9c4e-3dd7cb359b60_96x96.png" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>It wasn't until I couldn't take life anymore- until I had nothing left to give and nowhere left to run- That everything changed. I fell on bending knee.</p><p>In that moment of total surrender, I realized that God is in control. He was leading me to learn from every scar, and every tear, I realize that if I just leaned on him, He will comfort me. He will protect me. He would provide the love I had been starving for my entire life.</p><p> Grace. Mercy. Nursing my spirit back to health.</p><p>My soul finally found out the truth: I have the best father in the world, and He was right by me the whole time.</p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sister's of the Garden Newsletter 
Running to Stand Still pt3]]></title><description><![CDATA[Trauma is a tricky thing.]]></description><link>https://sistersofthegarden.substack.com/p/sisters-of-the-garden-newsletter-c69</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://sistersofthegarden.substack.com/p/sisters-of-the-garden-newsletter-c69</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Sister's of the Garden]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 21 Nov 2025 03:43:41 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!ksLx!,w_256,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fcd1d4ae3-792d-4e75-9c4e-3dd7cb359b60_96x96.png" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Trauma is a tricky thing. As I grew older, living through rejection and control, I tried to escape the only way I knew how. I had children at a young age. I jumped into marriage, not necessarily for love, but to run. I was trying to escape the pain of my childhood.  </p><p>Yet, I hadn't learned how to heal- emotionally,physically,or mentally. In running away, I found myself circling back to where it all started. I face the same ghost in different forms. I thought I was escaping, but I was just surviving.</p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sister's of the Garden Newsletter 
The Darkest Phases pt2]]></title><description><![CDATA[There are memories etched in my mind that no child should ever have to carry.]]></description><link>https://sistersofthegarden.substack.com/p/sisters-of-the-garden-newsletter-cfc</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://sistersofthegarden.substack.com/p/sisters-of-the-garden-newsletter-cfc</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Sister's of the Garden]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 21 Nov 2025 03:37:41 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!ksLx!,w_256,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fcd1d4ae3-792d-4e75-9c4e-3dd7cb359b60_96x96.png" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>There are memories etched in my mind that no child should ever have to carry. I remember being thrown into a tub of scouting hot water. I remember the humiliation of being forced to eat my own waste. I remember the terror in the bad seat of a Mustang, being punished and sprayed for accidents, I couldn't control.</p><p>Growing up, I knew deep down that I was different. Even amidst the fear, I made a vow to myself: I will not be in relationships like this. I looked at the trauma I suffered- the overwhelming fear, the total absence of love, the nights spent wondering if I would even live to see tomorrow- and I decided I wanted more. I wanted to be strong, I wanted to be smart,beautiful, and successful.</p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sister's of the Garden Newsletter 
Issue: Raised in Chaos pt1]]></title><description><![CDATA[It begins I can clearly remember being about 8 or 9 years old, looking at my mom and trying to make sense of the world around me.]]></description><link>https://sistersofthegarden.substack.com/p/sisters-of-the-garden-newsletter-bd7</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://sistersofthegarden.substack.com/p/sisters-of-the-garden-newsletter-bd7</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Sister's of the Garden]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 21 Nov 2025 03:29:27 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!ksLx!,w_256,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fcd1d4ae3-792d-4e75-9c4e-3dd7cb359b60_96x96.png" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>It begins I can clearly remember being about 8 or 9 years old, looking at my mom and trying to make sense of the world around me. I watched the abuse. She endured so often that, tragically,It began to feel normal.  I came from a place where chaos wasn't just an event; It was the atmosphere. Everyday was different, but yet exactly the same. It was a cycle of unpredictability. </p><p>I watched it for years but eventually the chaos didn't just happen around me-it began happening to me.</p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sister's of the Garden Newsletter:
The Unseen Roots: 
Befriending Your Shadow 
Issue: November 2025]]></title><description><![CDATA[Dear sisters, we begin our journey in the garden.By acknowledging a fundamental truth a health gardenDear sisters, we begin our journey in the garden.]]></description><link>https://sistersofthegarden.substack.com/p/sisters-of-the-garden-newsletter-7e8</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://sistersofthegarden.substack.com/p/sisters-of-the-garden-newsletter-7e8</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Sister's of the Garden]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 18 Nov 2025 20:11:50 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!ksLx!,w_256,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fcd1d4ae3-792d-4e75-9c4e-3dd7cb359b60_96x96.png" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Dear sisters, we begin our journey in the garden.By acknowledging a fundamental truth a health gardenDear sisters, we begin our journey in the garden. By acknowledging a fundamental truth, a healthy garden Is tended both above the soil and beneath it. We love the sight of the bright petals, but the real power lies in the unseen roots. The part of the plant that is dark missy. And absolutely essential for grounding and growth.  Dismal , we turn our living attention to the unseen roots of our spirit , often called the shadow.</p><p>WHAT is the Shadow?</p><p>The shadow is not a demonic or evil force.It is simply the name we give to the parts of ourselves that we early in life decided were unacceptable unlovable or inconvenient to the world.</p><p>When you were a child, you learned that being angry was bad. So you suppressed your anger, you learned that being loud was disruptive, so you muffled, your joy, you learned that being needy was shameful, so you bear it, your desire for connection, the shadow is the accumulation.  Of all these disowned pieces, it is the box of traits you locked away because you feared they would prevent you from being loved. The trouble is that box often holds not just your pain. But also your greatest untapped power, your fierce passion, your boundless creativity, your necessary assertiveness.  Why we fear the unseen, our fear of the shadow is really a fear of wholeness we have been taught in spiritual and societal circles to strive only for the light we chase perfection and suppress our flaws, creating an exhausting inner battle. The spiritual truth is that you cannot fully embrace your lights.  Until you have acknowledged your darkness whenever you feel an unexplainable surge of Shane's self sabotage or overwhelming judgment to another person that is the shadow knocking on the door asking to be seen. Your goal is not to eliminate the shadow but to integrate it. Integration means moving from. I hate that part of me to that part of me is powerful and I will learn to guide it.  Thank you , that's our message for today , and please join this group and give your story or tell a story of someone else to give some input on this thing called lifeWhen you were a child, you learned that being angry was bad. So you suppressed your anger, you learned that being loud was disruptive, so you muffled, your joy, you learned that being needy was shameful, so you bear it, your desire for connection, the shadow is the accumulation.  Of all these disowned pieces, it is the box of traits you locked away because you feared they would prevent you from being loved. The trouble is that box often holds not just your pain. But also your greatest untapped power, your fierce passion, your boundless creativity, your necessary assertiveness.  Why we fear the unseen, our fear of the shadow is really a fear of wholeness we have been taught in spiritual and societal circles to strive only for the light we chase perfection and suppress our flaws, creating an exhausting inner battle. The spiritual truth is that you cannot fully embrace your lights.  Until you have acknowledged your darkness whenever you feel an unexplainable surge of Shane's self sabotage or overwhelming judgment to another person that is the sh  adow knocking on the door asking to be seen. Y</p><p>our goal is not to eliminate the shadow but to integrate it. Integration means moving fro.I hate that part of me to that part of me is powerful and I will learn to guide it.  Thank you, that's our message for today, and please join this group and give your story or tell a story of someone else to give some input on this thing called life.</p><p></p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sister's of the Garden Newsletter ]]></title><link>https://sistersofthegarden.substack.com/p/sisters-of-the-garden-newsletter-e85</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://sistersofthegarden.substack.com/p/sisters-of-the-garden-newsletter-e85</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Sister's of the Garden]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 18 Nov 2025 06:20:34 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Etr2!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fd202c5c5-f454-4405-aa43-937587a51853_2553x970.jpeg" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p></p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" 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One another.</p><p>Our community is built on the power of sisterhood, shared wisdom, or simply seeking a supportive group. You will find a welcoming home here.</p><p>About our newsletter quote, that's fine. The sisters of the garden letter will be sent out. Email and if possible through Messenger as well, each issue will feature inspiring stories, helpful resources, and opportunities for connection and growth period indent. How can you participate quote indent? We encourage you to "one, share your story,", your journey can inspire and empower others to contribute resources. recommend books events. 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