<?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[My Story of Resilience]]></title><description><![CDATA[Story of Resilience]]></description><link>https://kimberlybarchard.wixsite.com/mysite/blog</link><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Fri, 17 Apr 2026 07:12:52 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://kimberlybarchard.wixsite.com/mysite/blog-feed.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[Holiday stress and anxiety.]]></title><description><![CDATA[Holiday stress and anxiety. How’s it making you feel? Kinda like you want to rip your own hair out? Or at least chop it off? Yep. That’s...]]></description><link>https://kimberlybarchard.wixsite.com/mysite/post/holiday-stress-and-anxiety</link><guid isPermaLink="false">65804b7c6c46aa21e86bf496</guid><pubDate>Mon, 18 Dec 2023 13:41:17 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/5709b5_391f4f6988714de99d5e69df2b6ce9ed~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>kimberlybarchard</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[The follow up.]]></title><description><![CDATA[You know what happens when you listen to your body and your doctor… You start to feel better. You don’t need to use your frequent flyer...]]></description><link>https://kimberlybarchard.wixsite.com/mysite/post/the-follow-up</link><guid isPermaLink="false">654a4ca9f5313459df205eb8</guid><pubDate>Wed, 08 Nov 2023 16:35:14 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/5709b5_cef3027477fe4c7a95353ded895abcf7~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>kimberlybarchard</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[This is (almost) 31.]]></title><description><![CDATA[Learning to give myself grace when needed is one of the hardest things I have had to do. And to be fair, I've done my fair share of hard...]]></description><link>https://kimberlybarchard.wixsite.com/mysite/post/this-is-almost-31</link><guid isPermaLink="false">65367cb68f4a6c5fbb4fe34a</guid><pubDate>Wed, 25 Oct 2023 21:59:52 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/5709b5_d51fed9e68af4929a9a31c3c7ca3494d~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>kimberlybarchard</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Welcome to my TED talk.]]></title><description><![CDATA[Today I want to talk about healing. (And by today,  I mean the week it took me to write this because I have 752 other tasks to complete.)...]]></description><link>https://kimberlybarchard.wixsite.com/mysite/post/welcome-to-my-ted-talk</link><guid isPermaLink="false">652c02253ef959997d49e122</guid><pubDate>Mon, 16 Oct 2023 23:00:03 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/5709b5_4b3e85eba6c14344b60f706123d03b4e~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>kimberlybarchard</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Can you imagine?]]></title><description><![CDATA[Going into the hospital, yet again, after already being stuck in there for months on end... Being told you needed to go in for a small...]]></description><link>https://kimberlybarchard.wixsite.com/mysite/post/can-you-imagine</link><guid isPermaLink="false">64e60744a4b789af1ec0b88a</guid><pubDate>Wed, 23 Aug 2023 14:40:09 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="http://video.wixstatic.com/video/5709b5_815279eccb5b451593ff9855cd1de606/360p/mp4/file.mp4" length="0" type="video"/><dc:creator>kimberlybarchard</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[This is my fight song.]]></title><description><![CDATA[I've done a lot of growing up in the last three years. From getting engaged, to getting sick, to my hospital stays and countless...]]></description><link>https://kimberlybarchard.wixsite.com/mysite/post/this-is-my-fight-song</link><guid isPermaLink="false">64b8112c40cba4ec23710a3f</guid><pubDate>Wed, 19 Jul 2023 17:13:08 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/5709b5_5eb045dee5e743bda02c87c2d27d41a1~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>kimberlybarchard</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Forged in fire. ]]></title><description><![CDATA[Here I am again. Not sure what I'm doing, who I'm writing to or who is even reading this. But yet again, somehow you've found yourself on...]]></description><link>https://kimberlybarchard.wixsite.com/mysite/post/forged-in-fire</link><guid isPermaLink="false">649321a9034a92aa7938edf8</guid><pubDate>Sun, 02 Jul 2023 14:39:57 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/5709b5_d04dcad800394135aac25bccd4e7ffb5~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>kimberlybarchard</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Wow, it’s been a long month. ]]></title><description><![CDATA[Why am I being tested? AGAIN?! Our entire house flooded. The whole thing. A total wash. Excuse the pun. I'm just over it. Who decided...]]></description><link>https://kimberlybarchard.wixsite.com/mysite/post/wow-it-s-been-a-long-month</link><guid isPermaLink="false">648e132eec9327c3ab6b2012</guid><pubDate>Sat, 17 Jun 2023 21:05:45 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/5709b5_55a3216282c94b2c9d1a75dbce76a7e9~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>kimberlybarchard</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[To the first annual recipient…]]></title><description><![CDATA[To the first annual recipient of the Kimberly R. Barchard award… Thank you. You have no idea how much this means to me. I read the letter...]]></description><link>https://kimberlybarchard.wixsite.com/mysite/post/to-the-first-annual-recipient</link><guid isPermaLink="false">646567341209902b25b67cf1</guid><pubDate>Wed, 17 May 2023 23:53:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/5709b5_fb91108d7a5d44018179aa2e33cee1c1~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>kimberlybarchard</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Did you know…]]></title><description><![CDATA[…it costs zero dollars to be a kind person? When you see a mom who looks stressed, trying to feed her kid a decent breakfast and get some...]]></description><link>https://kimberlybarchard.wixsite.com/mysite/post/did-you-know</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6451687571a0c9da03698d41</guid><pubDate>Tue, 02 May 2023 19:55:09 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/5709b5_baaf87e58f15459c9b424be1141921a8~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>kimberlybarchard</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[How did we get here?]]></title><description><![CDATA[Well I have no clue what I’m doing on here sometimes but this is where I’ve found myself… Apparently along with all of you. Everyday I’m...]]></description><link>https://kimberlybarchard.wixsite.com/mysite/post/how-did-we-get-here</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6430b40fb53fdeb482c472bb</guid><pubDate>Sun, 09 Apr 2023 13:06:09 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/5709b5_197085bb4f0a400e8f6dc1a97e2cae2d~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>kimberlybarchard</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[My scholarship is LIVE!]]></title><description><![CDATA[My scholarship. An award given in my name, by me, with the help of those around me. "The Kimberly R. Barchard award is given to a senior...]]></description><link>https://kimberlybarchard.wixsite.com/mysite/post/my-scholarship-is-live</link><guid isPermaLink="false">641b03822f4ec815c3b6cd45</guid><pubDate>Thu, 06 Apr 2023 13:06:45 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/5709b5_aa509880fd80463bbc870bdba329d298~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>kimberlybarchard</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[The good AND the bad.]]></title><description><![CDATA[I'll start off by saying I was talking with a close friend today... Now, it doesn't really matter how we met or how we became friends but...]]></description><link>https://kimberlybarchard.wixsite.com/mysite/post/the-good-and-the-bad</link><guid isPermaLink="false">63f65a7b6c616b82212b7396</guid><pubDate>Wed, 22 Feb 2023 18:28:14 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/5709b5_2db85380e9324d31beee6c3b5c3cc52a~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>kimberlybarchard</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Therapy.]]></title><description><![CDATA[Therapy is hard. Like really freakin' hard. I got down to the nitty gritty of some of where my anxiety and depression stems from this...]]></description><link>https://kimberlybarchard.wixsite.com/mysite/post/untitled</link><guid isPermaLink="false">63d979ad558dd8035734e29c</guid><pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2023 12:25:15 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/5709b5_741388ab6cce48aa9f25f50d1afe6c5a~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_823,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>kimberlybarchard</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hard pills to swallow.]]></title><description><![CDATA[HARD PILLS TO SWALLOW This isn’t for opinions or criticism, these are my thoughts and if you choose to read it, I hope it helps you in...]]></description><link>https://kimberlybarchard.wixsite.com/mysite/post/hard-pills-to-swallow</link><guid isPermaLink="false">63d47b858b4acc5b3172178e</guid><pubDate>Sat, 28 Jan 2023 14:03:19 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/5709b5_85d8d489655a482bb357a416aa41e1b0~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>kimberlybarchard</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Surviving; not thriving.]]></title><description><![CDATA[How do you go back? How do you start over? What happens when you end up back where the route of all your trauma stems from? But this...]]></description><link>https://kimberlybarchard.wixsite.com/mysite/post/surviving-not-thriving</link><guid isPermaLink="false">63b5c8a46e552a05bd9437f4</guid><pubDate>Wed, 04 Jan 2023 19:00:12 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/5709b5_736f7766b47d4f31aa77527a8a64c4ea~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_720,h_960,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>kimberlybarchard</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[It’s…]]></title><description><![CDATA[It’s messy hair. It’s exhaustion. It’s forehead kisses. It’s drool covered clothes. It’s rocking the baby to sleep. It's them waking up...]]></description><link>https://kimberlybarchard.wixsite.com/mysite/post/_it-s</link><guid isPermaLink="false">639bcac05a8aa28867208c28</guid><pubDate>Fri, 16 Dec 2022 01:39:44 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/5709b5_4ba299c96a9f4d67a550c29c44315b62~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>kimberlybarchard</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Common colds.]]></title><description><![CDATA[Why can't we just have a common cold anymore? Why does everything have to be "highly contagious" or "omg the vid?" I went to the doctors...]]></description><link>https://kimberlybarchard.wixsite.com/mysite/post/common-colds</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6383847f332c5377dafc135a</guid><pubDate>Sun, 27 Nov 2022 16:01:19 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/5709b5_e654f182e6c84da8b3c30b30190cb28e~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>kimberlybarchard</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[November.]]></title><description><![CDATA[November beach days. Do you know how nice it is to be able to go to the beach in November in New England? To sit in the sun with your...]]></description><link>https://kimberlybarchard.wixsite.com/mysite/post/november</link><guid isPermaLink="false">636939a1dda5f652d2bad8ff</guid><pubDate>Mon, 07 Nov 2022 17:08:06 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/5709b5_4e3d3794847d4937a7122e13e15b5de2~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>kimberlybarchard</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[The one with Matthew Perry.]]></title><description><![CDATA[The one with Matthew Perry. You all know him. He’s everyone’s favorite Friend. Did you watch his interview? Did you see why he decided to...]]></description><link>https://kimberlybarchard.wixsite.com/mysite/post/the-one-with-matthew-perry</link><guid isPermaLink="false">63616584f6acec1fd7ef8133</guid><pubDate>Tue, 01 Nov 2022 21:31:53 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/5709b5_e1fe4329026744af8617b9dfa19543b3~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>kimberlybarchard</dc:creator></item></channel></rss>