<?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[Wildflower Expressions]]></title><description><![CDATA[Wildflower Expressions]]></description><link>https://www.wildflowerexpressions.com/blog</link><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Fri, 23 Oct 2026 19:49:10 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://www.wildflower-expressions.com/blog-feed.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[From The Outside Looking In: Finding Freedom in Never Fitting In ]]></title><description><![CDATA[Growing up, I always felt like I was on the outside looking in, wondering why I wasn’t good enough to belong. As I’ve grown, healed, and strengthened my faith, I’ve realized that my worth was never determined by someone else’s acceptance. This is a reflection on ego, exclusion, and the freedom that comes when you stop trying to fit in and start creating a space where everyone belongs.]]></description><link>https://www.wildflowerexpressions.com/post/from-the-outside-looking-in-finding-freedom-in-never-fitting-in</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6ac81e74b89f0f638e3ac7fb</guid><pubDate>Sat, 10 Oct 2026 20:44:16 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/8ed36a_5cd3fee9c7834255b6aa5c8e561a0138~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_630,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>kelseyclay9</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Looking Past The Brokenness]]></title><description><![CDATA[Some people will only remember the version of you they met when you were breaking. But that version was never your whole story. I’m learning I don’t need every circle to accept me or every person to understand my heart. I just need the courage to keep showing up, keep growing, and trust that God will place the right people along my path. Maybe the most beautiful things really do grow from the places that once felt the most broken ]]></description><link>https://www.wildflowerexpressions.com/post/looking-past-the-brokenness</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6ab5b72c6de3d82672a951d8</guid><pubDate>Fri, 25 Sep 2026 00:03:04 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/8ed36a_ebbd15733d474657b4e248b8d0239dda~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_630,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>kelseyclay9</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Choosing Joy]]></title><description><![CDATA[I’m learning that happiness doesn’t mean life never feels heavy  Sometimes it means carrying the hard things while still noticing everything beautiful around you. My mental health is part of my story, but it isn’t all of me. I’m choosing more creating, more laughing, more dreaming, and a whole lot more blooming ]]></description><link>https://www.wildflowerexpressions.com/post/choosing-joy</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6ab155079fb9473c1985f9e3</guid><pubDate>Mon, 21 Sep 2026 16:12:15 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/8ed36a_da8b7009f2c240328ea2a9b7da65a0b3~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_628,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>kelseyclay9</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Art Of Resiliency]]></title><description><![CDATA[Resiliency has become such a recurring theme in my life. I’ve had plans completely fall apart. I’ve had doors close that I was absolutely positive were supposed to open. ]]></description><link>https://www.wildflowerexpressions.com/post/the-art-of-resiliency</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6aab2eec39c7a6ef9541d378</guid><pubDate>Thu, 17 Sep 2026 00:15:17 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/8ed36a_ff9c64e067c0468a8583fb91e341edba~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_630,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>kelseyclay9</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Labor of Becoming ]]></title><description><![CDATA[Labor Day has me thinking about all the ways I’ve labored for a life I’m still learning how to live.

Not just the work that earns a paycheck or checks something off a list. I’m thinking about the invisible work…]]></description><link>https://www.wildflowerexpressions.com/post/the-labor-of-becoming</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a9f175b03180f25aa3a30b4</guid><pubDate>Mon, 07 Sep 2026 22:46:54 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/8ed36a_91e1459ba61a44f182454c988979cf55~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>kelseyclay9</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Woman Beneath The Noise ]]></title><description><![CDATA[We start building identities almost from the moment we’re born. Be successful. Be pretty. Be productive. Be liked. Make money. Get married. Buy the house. Have the babies. Keep up. Don’t fall behind.]]></description><link>https://www.wildflowerexpressions.com/post/the-woman-beneath-the-noise</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a9b5f02450c4ccc95c9e396</guid><pubDate>Sat, 05 Sep 2026 00:21:49 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/8ed36a_06ab5d72f43349309756d773bfc3dd75~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_630,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>kelseyclay9</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Room for Everyone: Take Up the Damn Space]]></title><description><![CDATA[Is there a ceremony? Do the professionals gather around, knight us with a 70-200mm lens and say, “Congratulations. You may now accept $150 without feeling like a fraud.”]]></description><link>https://www.wildflowerexpressions.com/post/room-for-everyone-take-up-the-damn-space</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a92f6794f7694ed1eda36b3</guid><pubDate>Sat, 29 Aug 2026 15:25:48 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/8ed36a_e4376240519042fc83a2ecb63ff6d6f3~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>kelseyclay9</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Where My Energy Flows]]></title><description><![CDATA[It’s been a while since Wildflower wrote a blog. I could say I’ve been busy, or that life got in the way, and both of those things would be true.]]></description><link>https://www.wildflowerexpressions.com/post/where-my-energy-flows</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a832c59ba66df2a74dc44e6</guid><pubDate>Wed, 26 Aug 2026 13:32:16 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>kelseyclay9</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Funny Thing About Envy…]]></title><description><![CDATA[There’s a funny thing about envy. It doesn’t come in loud or obvious]]></description><link>https://www.wildflowerexpressions.com/post/funny-thing-about-envy</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69eacd8dfa79b9c206c0e77a</guid><pubDate>Fri, 24 Apr 2026 02:01:03 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/8ed36a_bb30d00cb96a40069ba57f0715956bb8~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>kelseyclay9</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[ When Life Gets on Top of Us]]></title><description><![CDATA[The past couple of weeks… I haven’t been very nice to myself. Not in the loud, obvious ways — but in the quiet ones. The self-doubt. The constant pressure. The intrusive thoughts that sneak in when I finally sit down after packing lunches, signing folders, answering emails, rocking a teething baby, remembering who has speech therapy on what day, what time school starts tomorrow because of early release, who needs a snack for practice, and whether or not everyone has actually brushed their...]]></description><link>https://www.wildflowerexpressions.com/post/when-life-gets-on-top-of-us</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6997b6db4c11d313e8998c78</guid><pubDate>Fri, 20 Feb 2026 01:41:36 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/8ed36a_8113e07e8dec4c709c3151da1d3fb115~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>kelseyclay9</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[ Starting From Scratch: When Mold, Moments, and the Mind Collide]]></title><description><![CDATA[That reframing doesn’t magically fix everything, but sometimes it opens a window. A breath of air. A little light.]]></description><link>https://www.wildflowerexpressions.com/post/starting-from-scratch-when-mold-moments-and-the-mind-collide</link><guid isPermaLink="false">696c453b482610fa28959722</guid><pubDate>Sun, 18 Jan 2026 02:33:41 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/8ed36a_7e8b828af9884047896c12ebd9633dd3~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>kelseyclay9</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[ Blooming Beside the Algorithm]]></title><description><![CDATA[We live in a world where everything new is immediately put on trial. Guilty or pure. Good or evil. Real or fake]]></description><link>https://www.wildflowerexpressions.com/post/blooming-beside-the-algorithm</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6959c90408cb4324d68ebc9c</guid><pubDate>Sun, 04 Jan 2026 02:10:59 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/8ed36a_be47fbde2a5f4499a2d40de9a77c902c~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>kelseyclay9</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Embracing Transformation: The Alchemy of Growth]]></title><description><![CDATA[The rush fades. The noise quiets. And in that quiet, everything I’ve been avoiding seems to rise to the surface.]]></description><link>https://www.wildflowerexpressions.com/post/alchemy-in-the-in-between</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6951dbc082b426413644b42e</guid><pubDate>Mon, 29 Dec 2025 01:44:19 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/8ed36a_c63467164b9a46be99f13c0adfd42dfe~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>kelseyclay9</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Healing Isn’t an Aesthetic — It’s an Alchemy]]></title><description><![CDATA[A Wildflower Expressions Blog Healing has become something people feel strangely entitled to evaluate. As if there’s a correct pace. A socially acceptable presentation. A quiet, humble version that doesn’t take up space or shimmer too loudly. But healing was never meant to be performed for approval. It’s an internal process — and it belongs solely to the person doing the work. I read a post recently that offended me, and for a moment I couldn’t understand why. Instead of reacting, I did...]]></description><link>https://www.wildflowerexpressions.com/post/healing-isn-t-an-aesthetic-it-s-an-alchemy</link><guid isPermaLink="false">694763382d0f2cf5278d33e7</guid><pubDate>Sun, 21 Dec 2025 03:09:03 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/8ed36a_c89e84188ea74566a3fa1441e6dbc483~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>kelseyclay9</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Year 33: Still Standing]]></title><description><![CDATA[A Wildflower Expressions Blog  On December 21st, I step into my thirty third year of life, and before I move forward, I need to pause. Not because I am tired, although yes, but because the woman I am now deserves to look back and say we made it. From 2021 to now, life did not just test me. It tried to dismantle me. Three mental breaks. Three moments where everything inside me said I cannot do this anymore. And yet, I did. I rebuilt from scratch more times than I can count. Not the pretty...]]></description><link>https://www.wildflowerexpressions.com/post/year-33-still-standing</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69435d8d33c5123904edf333</guid><pubDate>Thu, 18 Dec 2025 02:08:20 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/8ed36a_357b0aaa4ac54aa583cc101dde9c5557~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>kelseyclay9</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[ Where Wisdom Still Blooms]]></title><description><![CDATA[A Wildflower Expressions Blog There is a generation above us who carry a quiet kind of wisdom that the world seems to be losing track of. They come from a time built on calloused hands, slow mornings, and communities that leaned into one another instead of pulling apart. It was a time when hard work was not a slogan or something you admired from afar. It was a rhythm. It was a way of life. Neighbors borrowed sugar, shared milk, watched each other’s children, and trusted the people who lived...]]></description><link>https://www.wildflowerexpressions.com/post/where-wisdom-still-blooms</link><guid isPermaLink="false">693b8a3127f06ae0642048a3</guid><pubDate>Fri, 12 Dec 2025 03:25:04 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/8ed36a_34a0946a863446deb715e18a43dd368d~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>kelseyclay9</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[When the Universe Brings A Soul Back: Reflection on Reconnection]]></title><description><![CDATA[Reconnection is a reminder that nothing true is ever lost. It may go quiet. It may rest beneath the surface for a while. ]]></description><link>https://www.wildflowerexpressions.com/post/when-the-universe-brings-a-soul-back-a-wildflower-story-of-reconnection</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6937842793c3022703211fe0</guid><pubDate>Tue, 09 Dec 2025 02:16:42 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/8ed36a_74b1d4fe9cfa4a39bf95da214cd856d7~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>kelseyclay9</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[ Where Your Energy Flows, You Grow]]></title><description><![CDATA[A Wildflower Expressions Blog There’s a quiet rhythm to the world, an unseen current that runs through all of us. Energy. Not the kind you can measure or calculate, but the kind you feel move through your chest, your mind, and your spirit. It flows through your thoughts. It settles into your breath. It shapes how you show up in your day. Just like water, energy moves best when it’s allowed to flow.  When Energy Gets Stuck Sometimes we get so caught up in doing everything “right” that we...]]></description><link>https://www.wildflowerexpressions.com/post/where-your-energy-flows-you-grow</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6930e55be3b97e83981c9832</guid><pubDate>Thu, 04 Dec 2025 01:41:41 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/8ed36a_a4d2d4ddd6d84962b8fa5f6ac2351eed~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>kelseyclay9</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Loved, but No Longer Aligned]]></title><description><![CDATA[A Wildflower Expressions Reflection on Growth, Boundaries &#38; Sacred Love There comes a moment on every woman’s journey - that quiet, trembling moment - when your heart whispers a truth you’ve been trying to ignore: “I can’t keep watering a garden that refuses to grow with me.” It’s not anger. It’s not bitterness. It’s not revenge or resentment. It’s release. It’s growth. It’s the soft, sacred knowing that your spirit has outgrown the space you’ve been squeezing yourself into. Just like a...]]></description><link>https://www.wildflowerexpressions.com/post/loved-but-no-longer-aligned</link><guid isPermaLink="false">692508f734aee16484572d16</guid><pubDate>Tue, 25 Nov 2025 01:52:36 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/8ed36a_74a0fd4471104449a5a2b43235d6de95~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>kelseyclay9</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[ Where Boundaries Bloom: Gentle Parenting vs. Permissive Parenting]]></title><description><![CDATA[A Wildflower Expressions Blog  Gentle Parenting vs. Permissive Parenting: Why They’re Not the Same (And Why I Chose Gentle) There’s this running joke online that “gentle parenting is just letting kids run wild with fairy dust and zero consequences.” Except—no. Absolutely not. Gentle parenting is not permissive parenting. One is wildflower wild—soft, rooted, resilient. The other is more like… dandelion fluff in the wind—floating wherever the breeze takes it. And that difference changes...]]></description><link>https://www.wildflowerexpressions.com/post/where-boundaries-bloom-gentle-parenting-vs-permissive-parenting</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69161c3a0652efd734aff8d0</guid><pubDate>Wed, 19 Nov 2025 19:51:32 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>kelseyclay9</dc:creator></item></channel></rss>