<?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[Purposely Stained]]></title><description><![CDATA[Unveiling your purpose with personalized guidance and transformative growth]]></description><link>https://www.purposelystained.com/resources-latest-reflections</link><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Sun, 02 Aug 2026 07:11:16 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://www.purposelystained.com/blog-feed.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[From the Other Side of the Glass: Maybe She Isn’t Alpha]]></title><description><![CDATA[Lately, I’ve found myself in one of the most interesting debates. Several men told me there is no such thing as an alpha female. I smiled. Not because I had a rebuttal ready, but because I realized we weren’t really talking about women. We were talking about perception. Because I know this woman personally. I am this woman. I am the woman who walks into a room and people feel her before she speaks. The posture. The presence. The authority. The confidence. The power. The one who looks like she...]]></description><link>https://www.purposelystained.com/post/from-the-other-side-of-the-glass-maybe-she-isn-t-alpha</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a4c59d2734a469143f16084</guid><pubDate>Tue, 07 Jul 2026 01:45:28 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/8b30b6_36225f658987485ea929224f7b9fac4e~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>A.P. Brown-Founder</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[From the Other Side of the Glass: The Terror of Learning Someone New]]></title><description><![CDATA[There is a quiet kind of terror that follows relationship trauma. It is not the fear of being alone. It is the fear of being wrong… again. It is wondering if kindness is genuine or simply the opening chapter of another painful story. It is questioning whether consistency will remain once comfort sets in. It is learning to silence the voice that asks, “What am I missing?” every time someone treats you well. Trauma has a way of making your heart become both a historian and a detective. It...]]></description><link>https://www.purposelystained.com/post/from-the-other-side-of-the-glass-the-terror-of-learning-someone-new</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a4c4b85734a469143f15e91</guid><pubDate>Tue, 07 Jul 2026 00:46:32 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/8b30b6_378af2e1d29447c3a467da36f73c7cc5~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>A.P. Brown-Founder</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[From the Other Side of the Glass: I Wasn't Born to Be Everyone's Sacrifice]]></title><description><![CDATA[By A.P. Brown | Founder of Purposely Stained At Purposely Stained, I believe our deepest scars often become the places where purpose begins to bloom. From the Other Side of the Glass is a space where I write honestly about healing, identity, boundaries, grief, faith, and the quiet courage it takes to choose yourself after a lifetime of choosing everyone else. My hope is that somewhere in these words, you recognize pieces of your own story and discover that you are not alone. There is a unique...]]></description><link>https://www.purposelystained.com/post/from-the-other-side-of-the-glass-i-wasn-t-born-to-be-everyone-s-sacrifice</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a4981ee0e6d465694993694</guid><pubDate>Sat, 04 Jul 2026 22:08:50 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/8b30b6_862b92f4ecb34dccb89bcf4110272011~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>A.P. Brown-Founder</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[From the Other Side of the Glass: Unrequited Love Doesn't End When the Relationship Does]]></title><description><![CDATA[There is a particular kind of grief that no one prepares you for. It isn't always the end of a relationship. Sometimes it's the end of believing someone would eventually choose you. Unrequited love has a way of convincing us that if we become softer, quieter, prettier, stronger, more patient, more understanding, more available, more forgiving... eventually we will become enough. But love was never supposed to be earned through exhaustion. Most people think unrequited love only hurts because...]]></description><link>https://www.purposelystained.com/post/from-the-other-side-of-the-glass-unrequited-love-doesn-t-end-when-the-relationship-does</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a4957f0f7b480551f102d23</guid><pubDate>Sat, 04 Jul 2026 19:06:27 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/8b30b6_6acfe37f7fb34d188d05dd7a56342a51~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>purposelystained</dc:creator></item></channel></rss>