<?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[Lily Rennie]]></title><description><![CDATA[Inspiring Truth, Love, and Light]]></description><link>https://www.lilyrennie.com/blog</link><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Mon, 15 Jun 2026 12:22:20 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://www.lilyrennie.com/blog-feed.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[You Love Them With Everything You Have. So Why Is Nothing Getting Better?]]></title><description><![CDATA[On the difference between loving and enabling — and the question worth sitting with]]></description><link>https://www.lilyrennie.com/post/you-love-them-with-everything-you-have-so-why-is-nothing-getting-better</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a0be2b9a233cf6a052036d7</guid><pubDate>Tue, 19 May 2026 05:16:28 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/eabdf6_b43ca9f8ac3040f7a6f580d1f0aed749~mv2.jpeg/v1/fit/w_225,h_225,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Lily Rennie</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Your Thoughts Are Not You — How Curiosity Can Set You Free]]></title><description><![CDATA[On negative self-talk, the cake without eggs, and the most liberating realisation on the spiritual path Most of us were never taught to be curious about ourselves. We were taught to perform, to improve, to fix. And so when something goes wrong — when the cake comes out as crumbs again — our first instinct is not to wonder. It is to blame or to collapse. We blame ourselves for not being good enough, as though shame itself will produce a better outcome next time. But shaming ourselves into...]]></description><link>https://www.lilyrennie.com/post/your-thoughts-are-not-you-how-curiosity-can-set-you-free</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69cb64166d22c86f75a6d2aa</guid><pubDate>Tue, 31 Mar 2026 06:13:27 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/eabdf6_f69569969ff741e1aa9caf06865b2682~mv2.jpeg/v1/fit/w_612,h_408,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Lily Rennie</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[You Can Love Someone and Still Say No]]></title><description><![CDATA[What compassion and boundaries really mean — and why you need both   For years I suffered at the hands of an abusive father who drank too much. When he drank — and sometimes when he didn't — I had the distinct feeling that I was in his way. That he would have preferred life without me in it.   I lived in that environment until my teenage years, when I finally accepted that I would never receive the love I craved from him. That acceptance was a relief — but it opened a long season of mourning....]]></description><link>https://www.lilyrennie.com/post/you-can-love-someone-and-still-say-no</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69cb59ba138134f81729f15e</guid><pubDate>Tue, 31 Mar 2026 05:22:52 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/11062b_13a926fc0599429d917fceb137f8fa94~mv2.jpeg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Lily Rennie</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[How to Stop Judging Others — and the One Shift That Changes Everything]]></title><description><![CDATA[One closes the heart. The other keeps it open. I came home from a long trip away to find my houseplants in a sorry state. Some had already perished. I had asked my housekeeper, Patience, to water them while I was gone — and it was obvious they had not received the care I would have given them myself. I felt the anger stir. That particular kind of anger that usually masks helplessness — the need to become loud so we feel we have some power to change things. But something in me paused. What if...]]></description><link>https://www.lilyrennie.com/post/how-to-stop-judging-others-and-the-one-shift-that-changes-everything</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69b90dc8bae3e800161cb0e1</guid><pubDate>Wed, 25 Mar 2026 08:16:08 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/11062b_244785e189b2495685321cee1c1c7108~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Lily Rennie</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Why We Shut Out the People Closest to Us - and How to Stop]]></title><description><![CDATA[On emotional withdrawal, control, and the patterns that keep us stuck Most of us have done it. Gone quiet in a way that builds an impenetrable wall. Given someone the cold shoulder and told ourselves it was for our own protection. Withdrawn, pulled back, kept quiet — and waited to see what would happen next. It feels like the only option we have. And sometimes, it genuinely is. But if we are honest — really honest — closing our hearts is sometimes something else too. It is a signal. A...]]></description><link>https://www.lilyrennie.com/post/whyw-we-shut-out-the-people-closest-to-us-and-how-to-stop</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69b90dc99b73dc97f85e1cd5</guid><pubDate>Fri, 20 Mar 2026 08:16:09 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/eabdf6_66543663025240d2af6402159f04c242~mv2.jpeg/v1/fit/w_512,h_512,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Lily Rennie</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Why We Feel Most Hurt by the People We Love Most — and What the Truth Reveals]]></title><description><![CDATA[You know that feeling. The one that starts as internal discomfort and can lead to severe inner pain — a tight chest, a fuming silence, a frustration of thoughts looping in the dark at 2am. Why does it feel so hard? Can't we just be in harmony?   Most of us know the quiet ache of being at odds with someone we love. And what makes it so exhausting is not just the conflict itself — it is the gap between how much we love someone and how much they can hurt us. The pain we feel when we are...]]></description><link>https://www.lilyrennie.com/post/finding-your-truth-a-counselor-s-perspective</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69b90dccfaed8c5e63ca3114</guid><pubDate>Tue, 17 Mar 2026 08:16:13 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/eabdf6_64dbc987534148f2a8cdf6d49e860fa7~mv2.jpeg/v1/fit/w_960,h_540,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Lily Rennie</dc:creator></item></channel></rss>