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				<title>Gloria Lybecker posted an update: Presence is such a quiet doorway.In a Constellation [&#133;]</title>
				<link>https://www.community.awakenpedia.com/news-feed/p/10722/</link>
				<pubDate>Thu, 16 Jul 2026 00:00:26 -0400</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Presence is such a quiet doorway.</p>
<p>In a Constellation with Horses, we are not trying to force an answer or fix what hurts. We are creating a living field where the body, the heart, the horses, and the unseen patterns can begin to speak.</p>
<p>This moment with a client was deeply tender.</p>
<p>The horses gathered close, not with pressure, but with presence.&hellip;</p>
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				<title>Gloria Lybecker posted an update: This was one of those moments that felt simple on [&#133;]</title>
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				<pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2026 21:47:02 -0400</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>This was one of those moments that felt simple on the outside, but sacred on the inside.</p>
<p>We were gathered together before my youngest daughter’s wedding, glasses in hand, smiles spilling over, hearts full of everything words can barely hold. There was laughter, tenderness, anticipation, and that quiet mother-knowing that life was opening a new&hellip;</p>
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				<title>Gloria Lybecker posted an update: This picture brings back such a sweet memory from so [&#133;]</title>
				<link>https://www.community.awakenpedia.com/news-feed/p/10630/</link>
				<pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2026 20:17:07 -0400</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>This picture brings back such a sweet memory from so many years ago.</p>
<p>My two daughters and I were all dressed up, and their little smiles still touch my heart. There is something so tender about looking back at these moments — the softness of their dresses, the joy on their faces, and the beauty of being their mom.</p>
<p>Looking back now, I’m reminded&hellip;</p>
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				<title>Gloria Lybecker posted an update: This picture takes me right back to those tender years [&#133;]</title>
				<link>https://www.community.awakenpedia.com/news-feed/p/10619/</link>
				<pubDate>Mon, 29 Jun 2026 22:51:33 -0400</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>This picture takes me right back to those tender years when Ashley and Rylan were younger, and Star was such a steady part of our family life.</p>
<p>There is something so beautiful about seeing a big sister share what she loves with her little brother — the trust, the care, the simple joy of being together on the back of a horse.</p>
<p>Family love is not&hellip;</p>
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				<title>Gloria Lybecker posted a new activity comment</title>
				<link>https://www.community.awakenpedia.com/news-feed/p/10602/#acomment-10603</link>
				<pubDate>Sat, 27 Jun 2026 15:57:12 -0400</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a target='_blank' href="https://open.spotify.com/album/1HriP0dooU4B1i6F9LqL4m?si=dzP8DHymSJ-QsyjIR28pvw" rel="nofollow">https://open.spotify.com/album/1HriP0dooU4B1i6F9LqL4m?si=dzP8DHymSJ-QsyjIR28pvw</a></p>
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					<a href="https://www.community.awakenpedia.com/members/b84e841f/" data-bb-hp-profile="2150" rel="nofollow">Gloria Lybecker</a> posted an update <p>It’s here. My first album, The Field Inside Me, is out now. These songs carry so much of my heart — healing, truth, tenderness, and the journey of returning to myself. <span>Thank [&hellip;]</span></p>					]]></content:encoded>
				
				
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				<title>Gloria Lybecker posted an update: It’s here. My first album, The Field Inside Me, is out [&#133;]</title>
				<link>https://www.community.awakenpedia.com/news-feed/p/10602/</link>
				<pubDate>Sat, 27 Jun 2026 15:56:53 -0400</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>It’s here. My first album, The Field Inside Me, is out now. These songs carry so much of my heart — healing, truth, tenderness, and the journey of returning to myself. <span>Thank you for listening, sharing, and being here for this beginning. </span></p>
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				<title>Gloria Lybecker posted an update: Last summer, Hannah and I had lunch together every [&#133;]</title>
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				<pubDate>Fri, 26 Jun 2026 19:56:29 -0400</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Last summer, Hannah and I had lunch together every week before she left for college.</p>
<p>Those lunches became such a precious rhythm — a little pocket of time to talk, laugh, listen, and simply be together before life opened into a new chapter for her.</p>
<p>I treasure those moments deeply. Watching my granddaughter grow into this next season of her life&hellip;</p>
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				<title>Gloria Lybecker posted an update: Three generations held in one small moment.Me with my [&#133;]</title>
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				<pubDate>Tue, 09 Jun 2026 18:23:28 -0400</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Three generations held in one small moment.</p>
<p>Me with my Aunt Pat, and my son Rylan when he was just a baby — a picture that carries so much more than what the eye can see.</p>
<p>I look at this now and feel the tenderness of family lines… the ones who came before me, the ones who walked beside me, and the little ones I was learning to nurture and&hellip;</p>
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				<title>Gloria Lybecker posted an update: There is nothing quite like the sound of [&#133;]</title>
				<link>https://www.community.awakenpedia.com/news-feed/p/10525/</link>
				<pubDate>Tue, 09 Jun 2026 00:35:47 -0400</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>There is nothing quite like the sound of grandchildren laughing.</p>
<p>This picture of my youngest two grandchildren captures one of those moments that feels like pure sunshine — the kind of laughter that bubbles up from the belly and keeps growing until everyone nearby can’t help but smile too.</p>
<p>Children have such a beautiful way of reminding us that&hellip;</p>
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				<title>Gloria Lybecker posted an update: This photo of my oldest and youngest sons was taken [&#133;]</title>
				<link>https://www.community.awakenpedia.com/news-feed/p/10494/</link>
				<pubDate>Fri, 05 Jun 2026 18:55:59 -0400</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>This photo of my oldest and youngest sons was taken many years ago while visiting the homestead.</p>
<p>When I look at it now, I feel the sweetness of that season — the laughter, the climbing, the exploring, the way children find adventure in the simplest places. The homestead held so many stories already, and on that day, it held another one: my sons&hellip;</p>
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				<title>Gloria Lybecker posted an update: There are moments here at the Sanctuary when time seems [&#133;]</title>
				<link>https://www.community.awakenpedia.com/news-feed/p/10481/</link>
				<pubDate>Wed, 03 Jun 2026 23:13:47 -0400</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>There are moments here at the Sanctuary when time seems to slow down.</p>
<p>In this image, Belfyre and I were working with a client, but the real work wasn’t about doing more. It was about listening more deeply.</p>
<p>Belfyre has such a gentle way of inviting presence. He doesn’t ask anyone to perform, explain, or figure it all out. He simply stands in the&hellip;</p>
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				<title>Gloria Lybecker posted an update: This little locket holds so much more than a photograph.</title>
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				<pubDate>Wed, 27 May 2026 21:10:55 -0400</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>This little locket holds so much more than a photograph.</p>
<p>It holds a beginning.</p>
<p>My parents, newly married, full of youth, hope, and all the unknowns that life would one day bring. When I look at their faces, I feel tenderness for who they were then—and for all that came after.</p>
<p>Families carry stories. Some are beautiful. Some are painful. Some take a&hellip;</p>
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				<title>Gloria Lybecker posted a new activity comment</title>
				<link>https://www.community.awakenpedia.com/news-feed/p/10365/#acomment-10369</link>
				<pubDate>Mon, 18 May 2026 22:48:19 -0400</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><span class="atwho-inserted"><a class="bp-suggestions-mention" data-bb-hp-profile="1243" href="https://www.community.awakenpedia.com/members/ef3fe5ed/" rel="nofollow">@Tori</a></span> I&#8217;m looking forward to see you! &#x1f496;</p>
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					<a href="https://www.community.awakenpedia.com/members/b84e841f/" data-bb-hp-profile="2150" rel="nofollow">Gloria Lybecker</a> posted an update <p>There was a time when I thought success meant doing more, proving more, becoming more.<br /><br />Now, I understand it differently.<br /><br />Success has become the quiet peace I feel when I know I [&hellip;]</p>					]]></content:encoded>
				
				
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				<title>Gloria Lybecker posted an update: There was a time when I thought success meant doing [&#133;]</title>
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				<pubDate>Mon, 18 May 2026 19:41:38 -0400</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>There was a time when I thought success meant doing more, proving more, becoming more.</p>
<p>Now, I understand it differently.</p>
<p>Success has become the quiet peace I feel when I know I have shown up with my whole heart. It’s in the choice to keep growing, even when the path is tender. It’s in listening to Life, trusting my inner wisdom, and allowing&hellip;</p>
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				<title>Gloria Lybecker posted an update: This photo takes me back to a tender beginning.I’m sitting [&#133;]</title>
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				<pubDate>Sat, 16 May 2026 01:53:01 -0400</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>This photo takes me back to a tender beginning.</p>
<p>I’m sitting behind my sister, trusting the horse beneath us, while my older cousin Bonita holds the reins and helps us feel safe. I didn’t know then how deeply horses would continue to shape my life.</p>
<p>Looking at this little girl, I can feel her wonder. Her courage. Her quiet willingness to be&hellip;</p>
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				<title>Gloria Lybecker posted an update: There is something about standing beside Aragon that [&#133;]</title>
				<link>https://www.community.awakenpedia.com/news-feed/p/10302/</link>
				<pubDate>Fri, 08 May 2026 18:10:47 -0400</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>There is something about standing beside Aragon that always brings me back to truth.</p>
<p>He does not care about the story of where I’ve been, what I’ve been through, or what life has tried to place on me. He responds to presence. To choice. To the energy I bring into this moment.</p>
<p>That has been one of the deepest lessons of this work for me.</p>
<p>We may&hellip;</p>
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				<title>Gloria Lybecker posted an update: Some of the most important healing doesn’t begin with the [&#133;]</title>
				<link>https://www.community.awakenpedia.com/news-feed/p/10283/</link>
				<pubDate>Wed, 06 May 2026 19:35:36 -0400</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Some of the most important healing doesn’t begin with the horses.<br />It begins here… in the simple sacred space of being seen, heard, and met exactly where you are.</p>
<p>Before we ever step into the field, there is often a moment of pause. A moment to listen. To share what is present. To honor what has been carried. And in that honest beginning,&hellip;</p>
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				<title>Gloria Lybecker posted an update: There is something so sacred about the moment [&#133;]</title>
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				<pubDate>Tue, 05 May 2026 17:11:43 -0400</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>There is something so sacred about the moment before movement… when breath, trust, and presence come together.</p>
<p>As I prepared to dance with Aragon and Finn, I was reminded that it is never too late to step into a deeper expression of who we are. The horses have a way of calling that forward — not through force, but through invitation. They ask&hellip;</p>
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				<title>Gloria Lybecker posted an update: This photo makes me giggle so much.There was a part of [&#133;]</title>
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				<pubDate>Fri, 01 May 2026 20:25:18 -0400</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>This photo makes me giggle so much.</p>
<p>There was a part of me, even then, that knew life was never meant to be lived only by the rules, the responsibilities, and the roles we try so hard to hold together. Sometimes the most healing moments come when we let ourselves be playful, silly, and fully alive in the middle of ordinary life.</p>
<p>Goofing off in&hellip;</p>
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				<title>Gloria Lybecker posted a new activity comment</title>
				<link>https://www.community.awakenpedia.com/news-feed/p/10216/#acomment-10233</link>
				<pubDate>Thu, 30 Apr 2026 03:55:12 -0400</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><span class="atwho-inserted"><a class="bp-suggestions-mention" data-bb-hp-profile="1243" href="https://www.community.awakenpedia.com/members/ef3fe5ed/" rel="nofollow">@Tori</a></span> Oh Victoria, I’m so touched by your words. Thank you for receiving the invitation with such an open heart. &#x1f64f;&#x2665;&#xfe0f;<br />
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I truly believe we are not meant to walk these tender passages alone. There is something sacred that happens when women come together in honesty, presence, and care.<br />
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I would love to connect with you and explore whether this&hellip;<span class="activity-read-more" id="activity-read-more-10233"><a href="https://www.community.awakenpedia.com/news-feed/p/10216/#acomment-10233" rel="nofollow"> Read more</a></span></p>
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				<title>Gloria Lybecker posted a new activity comment</title>
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				<pubDate>Wed, 29 Apr 2026 02:11:22 -0400</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><span class="atwho-inserted"><a class="bp-suggestions-mention" data-bb-hp-profile="1243" href="https://www.community.awakenpedia.com/members/ef3fe5ed/" rel="nofollow">@Tori</a></span> my webpage is being updated, it&#8217;s open for enrollment now, first live call will be June 1st. <a target='_blank' href="https://glorialybeckercoaching.com/awakening-consciousness/" rel="nofollow">https://glorialybeckercoaching.com/awakening-consciousness/</a></p>
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				<title>Gloria Lybecker posted a new activity comment</title>
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				<pubDate>Wed, 29 Apr 2026 02:05:22 -0400</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><span class="atwho-inserted"><a class="bp-suggestions-mention" data-bb-hp-profile="1243" href="https://www.community.awakenpedia.com/members/ef3fe5ed/" rel="nofollow">@Tori</a></span> Oh Victoria, thank you for sharing this so vulnerably. My heart feels the tenderness in what you wrote. &#x1f494;<br />
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There is such a deep grief when a sacred community that held so much love, healing, and connection comes apart. Those soul sister spaces become part of us, and it makes so much sense that you would miss them.<br />
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				<pubDate>Tue, 28 Apr 2026 21:23:13 -0400</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The older I get, the more I understand that healing was never meant to be a solitary journey.</p>
<p>So much of my own growth has come through being witnessed, supported, challenged, and loved by others who were willing to walk beside me. We need spaces where truth can be spoken, hearts can soften, and real connection can remind us that we do not have&hellip;</p>
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				<link>https://www.community.awakenpedia.com/news-feed/p/10213/</link>
				<pubDate>Tue, 28 Apr 2026 18:29:14 -0400</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>There is something so tender about watching a child sit down at the piano with curiosity and joy.</p>
<p>My youngest granddaughter reminds me that growth does not always come in big, dramatic moments. Sometimes it begins with one small note, one willing heart, one bright thought at the start of the day.</p>
<p>Children have such a beautiful way of meeting&hellip;</p>
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				<title>Gloria Lybecker posted an update: There was a time in my life when music became a place [&#133;]</title>
				<link>https://www.community.awakenpedia.com/news-feed/p/10183/</link>
				<pubDate>Thu, 23 Apr 2026 17:48:21 -0400</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>There was a time in my life when music became a place where I could tell the truth without having to explain it.</p>
<p>A song could hold what words alone could not.<br />Grief.<br />Longing.<br />Hope.<br />The quiet pieces of the soul that were still finding their way home.</p>
<p>In my experience artists help us see what is real — not just on the surface, but underneath it. They&hellip;</p>
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				<title>Gloria Lybecker posted an update: I still remember the quiet way Lacy could stand [&#133;]</title>
				<link>https://www.community.awakenpedia.com/news-feed/p/10176/</link>
				<pubDate>Wed, 22 Apr 2026 21:41:26 -0400</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I still remember the quiet way Lacy could stand beside someone and say so much without a single word.</p>
<p>She had a gift for meeting people exactly where they were — not rushing them, not fixing them, just offering her steady presence and inviting something deeper to unfold. And in that space, courage often found its way back in.</p>
<p>This image reminds me&hellip;</p>
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				<title>Gloria Lybecker posted an update: Years ago, I stood in front of a microphone with my [&#133;]</title>
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				<pubDate>Wed, 22 Apr 2026 21:19:06 -0400</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Years ago, I stood in front of a microphone with my band, singing my heart out… and what I remember most is not perfection. It’s the courage it took to show up.</p>
<p>There was a time when I doubted my voice.<br />A time when I wondered if I was too much… or not enough.</p>
<p>But something in me kept saying, sing anyway.</p>
<p>Looking back now, I can see that every&hellip;</p>
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				<title>Gloria Lybecker posted an update: I have seen fear soften in the presence of a horse.</title>
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				<pubDate>Tue, 21 Apr 2026 00:12:21 -0400</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I have seen fear soften in the presence of a horse.</p>
<p>Not because the fear was forced away.<br />Not because someone was told to be brave.<br />But because something honest and steady met them there.</p>
<p>The horses teach this so beautifully: courage is not the absence of fear. It is the willingness to stay present in the middle of it. To breathe. To listen. To&hellip;</p>
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				<title>Gloria Lybecker posted an update: There was a season in my life when I spent too much [&#133;]</title>
				<link>https://www.community.awakenpedia.com/news-feed/p/10128/</link>
				<pubDate>Fri, 17 Apr 2026 18:30:26 -0400</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>There was a season in my life when I spent too much time waiting for clarity before I moved.</p>
<p>Waiting to feel ready.<br />Waiting to feel certain.<br />Waiting for the fear to disappear.</p>
<p>But healing has taught me that transformation rarely begins with perfect certainty. More often, it begins with one honest step. One brave choice. One moment of saying yes&hellip;</p>
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				<title>Gloria Lybecker posted an update: I’ve learned that some of the most meaningful moments in [&#133;]</title>
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				<pubDate>Wed, 15 Apr 2026 19:46:01 -0400</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I’ve learned that some of the most meaningful moments in life come when we pause long enough to listen… to our own thoughts, our own truth, and the quiet wisdom that rises when we stop trying to have it all figured out.</p>
<p>Not every choice will be perfect.<br />Not every step will feel certain.<br />But that does not mean we’re failing.</p>
<p>Sometimes what looks&hellip;</p>
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				<title>Gloria Lybecker posted an update: Even in our darkest moments, there is a light within us [&#133;]</title>
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				<pubDate>Mon, 13 Apr 2026 17:30:44 -0400</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Even in our darkest moments, there is a light within us that has never gone out.</p>
<p>Sometimes we search outside ourselves for comfort, clarity, or strength, only to discover that what we needed was already quietly waiting inside. The path through darkness is not always easy, but it becomes possible when we remember who we are.</p>
<p>You are not powerless.<br&hellip;</p>
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				<title>Gloria Lybecker posted an update: Sugar has a way of making everything feel a little softer.</title>
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				<pubDate>Tue, 07 Apr 2026 18:47:38 -0400</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Sugar has a way of making everything feel a little softer.</p>
<p>In this moment, standing beside her, I wasn’t thinking about all the places I still needed to go. I was simply here—grounded by her gentleness, her quiet presence, and the kind of love that asks nothing except truth. She seemed to understand that some of the deepest healing happens when&hellip;</p>
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				<title>Gloria Lybecker posted an update: There is something so pure about this kind of love.</title>
				<link>https://www.community.awakenpedia.com/news-feed/p/10031/</link>
				<pubDate>Mon, 06 Apr 2026 22:07:49 -0400</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>There is something so pure about this kind of love.</p>
<p>My grandson holding his cat, both of them completely at ease, felt like one of those simple moments that says everything without needing words. His smile was full of joy, and the cat looked perfectly content being tucked safely in his arms. It reminds me that happiness often lives in the&hellip;</p>
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				<title>Gloria Lybecker posted an update: When Lacy moved through the opportunity course with a [&#133;]</title>
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				<pubDate>Fri, 03 Apr 2026 01:49:30 -0400</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>When Lacy moved through the opportunity course with a client at the sanctuary, she had such a beautiful way of showing what became possible when trust began to grow.</p>
<p>As I stood beside the client, guiding her through the course with Lacy, I was reminded that healing was often less about forcing a breakthrough and more about taking the next&hellip;</p>
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				<title>Gloria Lybecker posted an update: Sometimes healing begins in the most unexpected way.A [&#133;]</title>
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				<pubDate>Wed, 01 Apr 2026 17:19:34 -0400</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Sometimes healing begins in the most unexpected way.</p>
<p>A client arrives at the sanctuary carrying her story, and then a horse like Aragon gently comes forward—not to fix, not to force, but simply to meet her. In moments like this, I am always reminded that true transformation does not begin with having all the answers. It begins with openness. With&hellip;</p>
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				<title>Gloria Lybecker posted an update: It still amazes me how much healing can happen, even [&#133;]</title>
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				<pubDate>Tue, 31 Mar 2026 22:10:01 -0400</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>It still amazes me how much healing can happen, even through a screen.</p>
<p>This image reminds me that connection is not limited by distance. On this video call, what mattered most was not being in the same room, but creating a space where my client could feel seen, heard, and supported. So often, transformation begins the moment we are willing to&hellip;</p>
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				<title>Gloria Lybecker posted an update: There is something about being with my minis that [&#133;]</title>
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				<pubDate>Fri, 27 Mar 2026 21:01:57 -0400</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>There is something about being with my minis that always brings me back to the present moment.</p>
<p>They do not rush. They do not pretend. They simply meet me where I am, asking only that I slow down enough to truly be with them. In moments like this, standing in the pasture with these three little souls, I am reminded that peace is not something&hellip;</p>
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				<title>Gloria Lybecker posted an update: When I first brought Saphira home, I knew someone sacred [&#133;]</title>
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				<pubDate>Thu, 26 Mar 2026 18:20:32 -0400</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>When I first brought Saphira home, I knew someone sacred had entered my life.</p>
<p>There was a quiet majesty about her, a depth in her presence that seemed to reach beyond words. And then my grandson Izaac came out to meet her. Watching the two of them together in that first moment felt like witnessing something tender and timeless—an unspoken&hellip;</p>
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				<title>Gloria Lybecker posted an update: Some of the sweetest moments in my life are the ones where [&#133;]</title>
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				<pubDate>Tue, 24 Mar 2026 21:23:00 -0400</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Some of the sweetest moments in my life are the ones where I get to simply stand in the middle of love and take it in.</p>
<p>This photo with my two daughters holds so much more than a smile. It holds years of growing together, learning together, walking through life’s joys and challenges, and discovering that the deepest gift of family is not&hellip;</p>
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				<pubDate>Fri, 20 Mar 2026 23:53:09 -0400</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><span class="atwho-inserted"><a class="bp-suggestions-mention" data-bb-hp-profile="1243" href="https://www.community.awakenpedia.com/members/ef3fe5ed/" rel="nofollow">@Tori</a></span> Thank you, Victoria. Your words touch my heart. It means so much to know these reflections deepen your appreciation for the people in your life. I’m grateful to share this space with you and for the kindness you bring here. &#x2665;&#xfe0f;&#x2728;&#x1f434;</p>
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				<pubDate>Thu, 19 Mar 2026 22:41:57 -0400</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Sometimes the bravest thing a person can do is simply begin.</p>
<p>At the sanctuary, I often witness quiet moments like this one—where a client softens into the presence of a horse and something unspoken begins to shift. There are journeys we take with words, and there are journeys we take with the heart. Horses have a beautiful way of meeting us where&hellip;</p>
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				<pubDate>Mon, 16 Mar 2026 21:33:46 -0400</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Saphira came into my life not as a hobby, but as a calling.</p>
<p>She reflected something back to me that I could not yet fully see in myself—strength, sensitivity, presence, and the quiet wisdom of following what truly lights up the soul. Being with her reminded me that passion is not selfish. It is sacred. It is often the very path that leads us back&hellip;</p>
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				<title>Gloria Lybecker posted an update: Sometimes the most freeing moment in life is when I [&#133;]</title>
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				<pubDate>Wed, 11 Mar 2026 20:09:58 -0400</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Sometimes the most freeing moment in life is when I finally realize that no matter what I do, I cannot control other people’s opinions.</p>
<p>There will always be voices that misunderstand, judge, or doubt. I’ve learned that if I live trying to please every voice around me, I slowly lose my connection to my own heart. But when I choose peace over&hellip;</p>
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				<pubDate>Wed, 11 Mar 2026 19:06:13 -0400</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Sometimes the most freeing moment in life is when I finally realize that no matter what I do, I cannot control other people’s opinions.</p>
<p>There will always be voices that misunderstand, judge, or doubt. I’ve learned that if I live trying to please every voice around me, I slowly lose my connection to my own heart. But when I choose peace over&hellip;</p>
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				<title>Gloria Lybecker posted an update: I got a front-row seat to the sweetest kind of medicine: [&#133;]</title>
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				<pubDate>Mon, 09 Mar 2026 22:58:49 -0400</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I got a front-row seat to the sweetest kind of medicine: my youngest two grandchildren and their pure, unfiltered joy.</p>
<p>One of them gave me that serious little “I’m-not-sure-I’m-ready-for-this-photo” face… and the other one was already mid-giggle, like the whole world was one big playful surprise. And there I was in the middle—laughing so hard I&hellip;</p>
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				<title>Gloria Lybecker posted an update: I love it when I get to do one of my favorite “ordinary [&#133;]</title>
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				<pubDate>Fri, 06 Mar 2026 02:16:03 -0500</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I love it when I get to do one of my favorite “ordinary miracles”… lunch with my son, Chris.</p>
<p>No big agenda. No grand event. Just the two of us, sharing a meal, laughing, catching up on the little things and the meaningful things—those moments where you realize how much love can be carried in a simple conversation across a table.</p>
<p>As a mother,&hellip;</p>
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				<title>Gloria Lybecker posted an update: This little one is my youngest granddaughter… and being [&#133;]</title>
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				<pubDate>Thu, 26 Feb 2026 01:30:24 -0500</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>This little one is my youngest granddaughter… and being with her is the sweetest reminder that life is “always” inviting us to begin again. </p>
<p>Children don’t overthink the next step.<br />They reach. They try. They laugh. They learn.<br />They dream out loud—without asking permission.</p>
<p>And honestly, that’s a medicine I need sometimes.</p>
<p>Because no matter our age&hellip;</p>
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				<title>Gloria Lybecker posted an update: This quote feels like a deep exhale.So many of us [&#133;]</title>
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				<pubDate>Fri, 20 Feb 2026 19:51:58 -0500</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>This quote feels like a deep exhale.</p>
<p>So many of us were conditioned—by family, culture, school, religion, “shoulds,” and survival—to follow rules we didn’t even choose. To keep the peace. To fit in. To live a life that looks “right” from the outside… while something inside quietly whispers, &#8220;there’s more.&#8221;</p>
<p>One of the most liberating&hellip;</p>
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				<title>Gloria Lybecker posted an update: This sweet girl right here is my oldest granddaughter… and [&#133;]</title>
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				<pubDate>Thu, 19 Feb 2026 18:52:06 -0500</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>This sweet girl right here is my oldest granddaughter… and being with her makes “spread love everywhere you go” feel so simple and so real.</p>
<p>Because love isn’t always a grand gesture.<br />It’s the way we look at someone.<br />The way we listen.<br />The way we speak when we’re tired.<br />The way we choose kindness—even in the middle of ordinary life.</p>
<p>When I’m with&hellip;</p>
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				<title>Gloria Lybecker posted an update: This quote feels like permission.So many of us were [&#133;]</title>
				<link>https://www.community.awakenpedia.com/news-feed/p/9610/</link>
				<pubDate>Tue, 17 Feb 2026 19:53:43 -0500</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>This quote feels like permission.</p>
<p>So many of us were taught to &#8220;pick one identity&#8221; and stick with it…<br />the good girl, the strong one, the caretaker, the achiever, the “easy” one.</p>
<p>But the truth is—I am not one thing.<br />And neither are you.</p>
<p>I can be grounded &#8220;and&#8221; wild.<br />Tender &#8220;and&#8221; boundaried.<br />Spiritual &#8220;and&#8221; practical.<br />Grieving &#8220;and&#8221; grateful.<br />In the&hellip;</p>
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