<?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[RSS Feed]]></title><description><![CDATA[RSS Feed]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com</link><image><url>http://direct.ecency.com/logo512.png</url><title>RSS Feed</title><link>http://direct.ecency.com</link></image><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Mon, 20 Apr 2026 21:03:05 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="http://direct.ecency.com/created/diaryofafreespirit/rss.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[I Wanna Fall in Love with Myself Again & Honouring the Grief of Letting Go]]></title><description><![CDATA[I wanna feel life throbbing though my veins once again. I wanna dance like there was no tomorrow. I wanna write like this was my last testament. I wanna feel alive, once more. (picture taken in the Austrian]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/ecotrain/@bristena94/i-wanna-fall-in-love-with-myself-again-and-honouring-the-grief-of-letting-go-b147e46c8aaa3</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/ecotrain/@bristena94/i-wanna-fall-in-love-with-myself-again-and-honouring-the-grief-of-letting-go-b147e46c8aaa3</guid><category><![CDATA[ecotrain]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[bristena94]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 07 Apr 2018 17:02:51 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/o1AJ9qDyyJNSpZWhUgGYc3MngFqoAN5oSwH6GV87togQZPjJN?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Rollercoaster of Pleasure and Pain]]></title><description><![CDATA[Oh, beloved child, caught in the trap of your own beautiful fantasies, bold aspirations and heartfelt attachments… You truly are being asked to master the art of letting go. Any time you think you’ve found]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/life/@bristena94/the-rollercoaster-of-pleasure-and-pain-05a3eddcc4785</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/life/@bristena94/the-rollercoaster-of-pleasure-and-pain-05a3eddcc4785</guid><category><![CDATA[life]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[bristena94]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 06 Apr 2018 20:51:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/o1AJ9qDyyJNSpZWhUgGYc3MngFqoAMzw687xyLJyPjyS1Hzri?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Steemit, I'm back! & Why I've been absent for so long]]></title><description><![CDATA[Hello dear Steemians, old and new friends... This post has been slow cooking inside the oven of my soul for quite some time now, amongst various other concoctions that I've been up to in the past few weeks]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/ecotrain/@bristena94/steemit-i-m-back-and-why-i-ve-been-absent-for-so-long</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/ecotrain/@bristena94/steemit-i-m-back-and-why-i-ve-been-absent-for-so-long</guid><category><![CDATA[ecotrain]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[bristena94]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 05 Apr 2018 10:33:42 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/4i88GgaV8qiGEw1xifwYz2xp7RJEnNpBZq7dn2K63A6aMTCwkN8LYWEeQTawfydmT8tEmrqViJbEG8wmwhNGwR58vFckiJMgRddFY2emNbLPWwQbiECY5HdefQ?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Diary of a Free Spirit Ep. 5 - My First Spiritual Awakening]]></title><description><![CDATA[After the summer holidays I flew to London accompanied by my dad, who helped settle me in my new room and life. He was going to support me financially for the duration of my law degree, so I wouldn't have]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/ecotrain/@bristena94/db5up-diary-of-a-free-spirit-ep-5-my-first-spiritual-awakening</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/ecotrain/@bristena94/db5up-diary-of-a-free-spirit-ep-5-my-first-spiritual-awakening</guid><category><![CDATA[ecotrain]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[bristena94]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 22 Feb 2018 13:24:18 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/cyxkEVqiiLyAJMrzqHfWLT7YbdgoprDQGwdeDRwr9L587buUFEun4behuASzmHQVuTdkeeZPvinXVNUK3u6ggxrHx6SQJaJYE6uTiXr6js3o5yZvXu6Gg4moM7yhTQzMhFC?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Diary of A Free Spirit Ep. 5 - My First Spiritual Awakening]]></title><description><![CDATA[After the summer holidays, I flew to London accompanied by my dad, who helped settle me in my new room and life. He was going to support me financially for the duration of the degree, so I wouldn't have]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/ecotrain/@bristena94/diary-of-a-free-spirit-ep-5-my-first-spiritual-awakening</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/ecotrain/@bristena94/diary-of-a-free-spirit-ep-5-my-first-spiritual-awakening</guid><category><![CDATA[ecotrain]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[bristena94]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 22 Feb 2018 12:57:30 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Diary of A Free Spirit Ep. 4 - How I Ended Up Being a Law Student]]></title><description><![CDATA[Before going further into my story, let me introduce you to some essential facts that led up to this monumental day. This episode follows up on Diary of a Free Spirit Ep. 3 - The Day That Changed My Life]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/ecotrain/@bristena94/diary-of-a-free-spirit-ep-4-how-i-ended-up-being-a-law-student</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/ecotrain/@bristena94/diary-of-a-free-spirit-ep-4-how-i-ended-up-being-a-law-student</guid><category><![CDATA[ecotrain]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[bristena94]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 17 Feb 2018 14:37:24 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/cyxkEVqiiLyAJMrzqHfWLT7YbdgoprDQGwdeDRwr9L587buUFEun4behuASzmHQVuTdkeeZPvinXVNUK3u6ggxrHx6SQJaJYE6uTiXr6js3o5yZvXu6Gg4moM7yhTQzMhFC?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Post Meditation Retreat: Reflections on The True Self Emerging (Part II)]]></title><description><![CDATA[On the other side of nothing, there is everything... And, indeed, everything is what I found when I plunged into the abyss of nothingness... In this article, I will continue sharing how my five-day silent]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/ecotrain/@bristena94/post-meditation-retreat-reflections-on-the-true-self-emerging-part-ii</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/ecotrain/@bristena94/post-meditation-retreat-reflections-on-the-true-self-emerging-part-ii</guid><category><![CDATA[ecotrain]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[bristena94]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 17 Feb 2018 11:55:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/D5zH9SyxCKdBnJaFeHnL3svQi9ZN2XzXDbzH7Wc9tyyNsnZ7CFdaGnCxEnUc9obv2bxCstH5BCUjF646CkeoBhgYSyd4EciRkXgSqsvs6MayYFATtTHMXg4ZkGGPKdFA7Yc8Xx?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[My First Meditation Retreat: What Happened When I Gave Myself the Gift of Silence (Part I)]]></title><description><![CDATA[Sunday evening I arrived back home in London after a long coach journey from Newton Abbot, a small town in Devon, South West of England. My five-day silent meditation retreat had ended, but the journey]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/ecotrain/@bristena94/my-first-meditation-retreat-what-happened-when-i-gave-myself-the-gift-of-silence-part-i</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/ecotrain/@bristena94/my-first-meditation-retreat-what-happened-when-i-gave-myself-the-gift-of-silence-part-i</guid><category><![CDATA[ecotrain]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[bristena94]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 13 Feb 2018 19:55:36 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/32FTXiZsHoAWXDGUT6XfPTLRBbYW7TUFpRSTArzFnnscc5jX2NjtEsQxG1NyByjkBcAFTZ64nEeD8utNnoFcYtwBwYJWPU65pKtBz8Qi1fcKkJhpRmF2rwPW7qJcXqJVgWd5S3uyFw6qkxQW?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Take a Break from your Busy Life and Recharge Your Batteries at the Spring Retreat in Ybbsitz, Austria in March 2018]]></title><description><![CDATA[Hello dear ones, Today I'm excited to announce that I will be part of the Spring Retreat team organized by the one and only Dominik Reza Zaerin-Holubovsky (Yoga Teacher, Personal Trainer, Massage Therapist)]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/ecotrain/@bristena94/take-a-break-from-your-busy-life-and-recharge-your-batteries-at-the-spring-retreat-in-ybbsitz-austria-in-march-2018</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/ecotrain/@bristena94/take-a-break-from-your-busy-life-and-recharge-your-batteries-at-the-spring-retreat-in-ybbsitz-austria-in-march-2018</guid><category><![CDATA[ecotrain]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[bristena94]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 13 Feb 2018 13:10:51 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/Zskj9C56UondJxcjVaienfhVaNb7LJVWG6e787gaLPPE4qKFpS5d1mH82mUPRqWHUDitVAZ1ruG45xZQx7XNfJNbvqEgin2dys5332f3GTQG8xhjHYp6?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Radically Honest Update, Raw & Unrefined Stream of Consciousness, This is Me Today :)]]></title><description><![CDATA[I could think of so many ways in which I could start writing this post, but none of them can truly honour the depth and the beauty of what wants to come through me... So I will simply bow to this voluptuous]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/inspiration/@bristena94/radically-honest-update-raw-and-unrefined-stream-of-consciousness-this-is-me-today</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/inspiration/@bristena94/radically-honest-update-raw-and-unrefined-stream-of-consciousness-this-is-me-today</guid><category><![CDATA[inspiration]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[bristena94]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 05 Feb 2018 16:22:42 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/99pyU5Ga1kws91ecJjkANAzfstp5ietJ4ACvk9NVPNU2sKDwNF5quNoMN7qM9w9F8pYt5Tu5CNKuu9cfMZqtnBSdqyw46e182pvQbSpBgd2WoSUidbfYPMDnYwC2YNJqCJ?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Diary of a Free Spirit Ep. 3 - The Day That Changed My Life]]></title><description><![CDATA[15th of September 2014 was the day that radically and irrevocably changed the course of my life. It was one of those days when a choice between the red pill and the blue pill had to be made. And it had]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/ecotrain/@bristena94/diary-of-a-free-spirit-ep-3-the-day-that-changed-my-life</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/ecotrain/@bristena94/diary-of-a-free-spirit-ep-3-the-day-that-changed-my-life</guid><category><![CDATA[ecotrain]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[bristena94]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 29 Jan 2018 23:14:21 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/cyxkEVqiiLyAJMrzqHfWLT7YbdgoprDQGwdeDRwr9L587buUFEun4behuASzmHQVuTdkeeZPvinXVNUK3u6ggxrHx6SQJaJYE6uTiXr6js3o5yZvXu6Gg4moM7yhTQzMhFC?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Dreaming Out Loud: Steemit SUCCESS, Digital NOMADISM, Reuniting with my Aussie LOVE]]></title><description><![CDATA[Imagine waking up one day with a sense of revitalized purpose. As if your entire life is glowing with meaning again, after a long period of gloomy, dense vibrations. As if your soul has reawakened to its]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/steemit/@bristena94/dreaming-out-loud-steemit-success-digital-nomadism-reuniting-with-my-aussie-love</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/steemit/@bristena94/dreaming-out-loud-steemit-success-digital-nomadism-reuniting-with-my-aussie-love</guid><category><![CDATA[steemit]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[bristena94]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 25 Jan 2018 19:29:42 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2gsjgna1uruvUuS7ndh9YqVwYGPLVszbFLwwpAYXYqxfGtRdwiZZzdniwXNqZwNcX8CaEULyyXjmMWK2tnN5VqfMwj2g2YPZYKEq6383K8QoyzAgkv?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Diary of A Free Spirit Ep. 2 - The Inner Voice]]></title><description><![CDATA[Imagine being in an Airbnb room with a friend called Robert. 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