<?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[GULF Program]]></title><description><![CDATA[GULF Program]]></description><link>https://www.michelledray.com/blog</link><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Wed, 29 Apr 2026 22:37:19 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://www.michelledray.com/blog-feed.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[A New Year &#38; An Invitation to Pause]]></title><description><![CDATA[As the holiday season unfolds, many women find themselves feeling tired — not just physically, but emotionally and mentally too. There’s the hustle, the expectations, the constant giving, and the quiet pressure to start thinking about the new year already. And underneath it all, a familiar feeling often surfaces: I’m fine… but something feels off. In my work with women over the past 12 years, I’ve come to understand this feeling deeply. It has a name: stuck-ness . And it’s important to say...]]></description><link>https://www.michelledray.com/post/a-new-year-an-invitation-to-pause</link><guid isPermaLink="false">695aa1c9564ad52a959511c0</guid><pubDate>Sun, 04 Jan 2026 17:34:34 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/ebb6c7_52509b176b064af7b793e99d323a6755~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Michelle Dray</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reframing Goals: Turning Anxiety into Authentic Action]]></title><description><![CDATA[January 22, 2025 As we begin a new year, I am once again captivated by two things; the first, landing on a word of the year (mine is ‘...]]></description><link>https://www.michelledray.com/post/reframing-goals-turning-anxiety-into-authentic-action</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6792a3407a828687c6104ae1</guid><pubDate>Thu, 23 Jan 2025 20:19:56 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/ebb6c7_b2d5fd29b37e4079916e684cf2149429~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Michelle Dray</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Comparing Mind]]></title><description><![CDATA[We all do it. Compare ourselves to everyone else and beat ourselves up once we’ve seen that thing  another person has the advantage over...]]></description><link>https://www.michelledray.com/post/the-comparing-mind</link><guid isPermaLink="false">66f7176bc8a1c6e4a23ecddc</guid><pubDate>Fri, 27 Sep 2024 20:39:02 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>Michelle Dray</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Meeting Disaster with Presence and a Growth Mindset]]></title><description><![CDATA[And in that moment, I was paralyzed and wrenched with pure fear. ‍ You would think in reading the prior statement, I was describing an...]]></description><link>https://www.michelledray.com/post/meeting-disaster-with-presence-and-a-growth-mindset</link><guid isPermaLink="false">666c543f5e256f908223997e</guid><pubDate>Fri, 14 Jun 2024 14:32:34 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>Michelle Dray</dc:creator></item></channel></rss>