<?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" xmlns:itunes="http://www.itunes.com/dtds/podcast-1.0.dtd" xmlns:googleplay="http://www.google.com/schemas/play-podcasts/1.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[Living Unbound with Paige Garrity]]></title><description><![CDATA[Exploring what it means to consciously participate in the unfolding of life. Personal essays, reflections on astrology & Human Design, creative investigations, and curations of style.]]></description><link>https://www.paigegarrity.com</link><image><url>https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!ZVJv!,w_256,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Ff2402da8-ddaf-431a-8e1f-476f90d70dcb_512x512.png</url><title>Living Unbound with Paige Garrity</title><link>https://www.paigegarrity.com</link></image><generator>Substack</generator><lastBuildDate>Mon, 09 Nov 2026 19:17:23 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://www.paigegarrity.com/feed" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><copyright><![CDATA[Paige Garrity]]></copyright><language><![CDATA[en]]></language><webMaster><![CDATA[paigegarrity@substack.com]]></webMaster><itunes:owner><itunes:email><![CDATA[paigegarrity@substack.com]]></itunes:email><itunes:name><![CDATA[Paige Garrity]]></itunes:name></itunes:owner><itunes:author><![CDATA[Paige Garrity]]></itunes:author><googleplay:owner><![CDATA[paigegarrity@substack.com]]></googleplay:owner><googleplay:email><![CDATA[paigegarrity@substack.com]]></googleplay:email><googleplay:author><![CDATA[Paige Garrity]]></googleplay:author><itunes:block><![CDATA[Yes]]></itunes:block><item><title><![CDATA[Becoming unbound.]]></title><description><![CDATA[I want my life to feel like living art.]]></description><link>https://www.paigegarrity.com/p/becoming-unbound</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.paigegarrity.com/p/becoming-unbound</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Paige Garrity]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 03 Jul 2026 02:21:13 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/c0780050-72c8-453c-9e43-8c88577888a5_1200x630.png" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I want my life to feel like living art. But where do I start? Perhaps with a letter from the heart.</p><p>The contemplation of this substack started with a simple intention, like an unfolding, open love-letter to you.</p><div class="subscription-widget-wrap-editor" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://www.paigegarrity.com/subscribe?&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Subscribe&quot;,&quot;language&quot;:&quot;en&quot;}" data-component-name="SubscribeWidgetToDOM"><div class="subscription-widget show-subscribe"><div class="preamble"><p class="cta-caption">Are you in the middle of your own unfolding? Follow along.</p></div><form class="subscription-widget-subscribe"><input type="email" class="email-input" name="email" placeholder="Type your email&#8230;" tabindex="-1"><input type="submit" class="button primary" value="Subscribe"><div class="fake-input-wrapper"><div class="fake-input"></div><div class="fake-button"></div></div></form></div></div><p>You who are seeking inspiration, a higher vibration, a connection to something deeper, to a spark.</p><p>I want you to feel the connection to your life force, to <em>The Source.</em></p><p>Because, you see, I know what it is to feel disconnected. I know the feeling of being dead inside&#8230; the feeling of <em>wanting</em> to come alive.</p><p>It&#8217;s a weight that can feel impossible to shake. Often accompanied by the thought that says, &#8220;you&#8217;re too late&#8221;.</p><p>But if you can overcome the fear, my dear, you&#8217;ll see The Source is near.</p><p>If you&#8217;ll allow me, I&#8217;ll help you let go and I&#8217;ll teach the art of going slow. I&#8217;ll guide you back to your glow. Together, we can learn to live in flow.</p><p>So if you don&#8217;t know which way to go, come with me, <em>let&#8217;s grow.</em></p><p>Become unbound and allow your Self to be found.</p><div class="subscription-widget-wrap-editor" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://www.paigegarrity.com/subscribe?&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Subscribe&quot;,&quot;language&quot;:&quot;en&quot;}" data-component-name="SubscribeWidgetToDOM"><div class="subscription-widget show-subscribe"><div class="preamble"><p class="cta-caption">Subscribe for free to receive new posts.</p></div><form class="subscription-widget-subscribe"><input type="email" class="email-input" name="email" placeholder="Type your email&#8230;" tabindex="-1"><input type="submit" class="button primary" value="Subscribe"><div class="fake-input-wrapper"><div class="fake-input"></div><div class="fake-button"></div></div></form></div></div>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[What is fear?]]></title><description><![CDATA[Fear keeps me safe. And it keeps me small. A poem about learning when to listen and when to let go.]]></description><link>https://www.paigegarrity.com/p/what-is-fear</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.paigegarrity.com/p/what-is-fear</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Paige Garrity]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 16 Feb 2026 17:10:54 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/69a3505d-4997-4207-a94c-6c455bb20ccd_1200x630.png" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class="subscription-widget-wrap-editor" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://www.paigegarrity.com/subscribe?&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Subscribe&quot;,&quot;language&quot;:&quot;en&quot;}" data-component-name="SubscribeWidgetToDOM"><div class="subscription-widget show-subscribe"><div class="preamble"><p class="cta-caption">Thanks for reading! Subscribe for free to receive new posts and support my work.</p></div><form class="subscription-widget-subscribe"><input type="email" class="email-input" name="email" placeholder="Type your email&#8230;" tabindex="-1"><input type="submit" class="button primary" value="Subscribe"><div class="fake-input-wrapper"><div class="fake-input"></div><div class="fake-button"></div></div></form></div></div><p>What is fear?</p><p>A feeling that the end is near?</p><p>What is fear? </p><p>The impending gloom of losing what I hold dear.</p><p>It keeps me fixated on my vision</p><p>and attached to the view of the rear.</p><p>Fear is a warning to be heeded.</p><p>Firm boundaries help me discern</p><p>when that warning is needed.</p><p>Fear keeps me safe</p><p>and it keeps me small.</p><p>The higher I go, the harder I fall.</p><p>Waiting for the shoe to drop</p><p>Will it ever stop?</p><p>The answer is yes, my dear.</p><p>Do not give into the fear.</p><p>From a place of respect</p><p>I can interact and reflect</p><p>What is the fear?</p><p>It is far and it is near</p><p>I&#8217;m letting go</p><p>Not holding on so dear</p><p>To  what is fear</p><div class="subscription-widget-wrap-editor" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://www.paigegarrity.com/subscribe?&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Subscribe&quot;,&quot;language&quot;:&quot;en&quot;}" data-component-name="SubscribeWidgetToDOM"><div class="subscription-widget show-subscribe"><div class="preamble"><p class="cta-caption">Thanks for reading! Subscribe for free to receive new posts and support my work.</p></div><form class="subscription-widget-subscribe"><input type="email" class="email-input" name="email" placeholder="Type your email&#8230;" tabindex="-1"><input type="submit" class="button primary" value="Subscribe"><div class="fake-input-wrapper"><div class="fake-input"></div><div class="fake-button"></div></div></form></div></div>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Lie of Becoming]]></title><description><![CDATA[What if becoming isn't about more; what if it's actually about letting go of everything you were never meant to be?]]></description><link>https://www.paigegarrity.com/p/the-lie-of-becoming</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.paigegarrity.com/p/the-lie-of-becoming</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Paige Garrity]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 25 Jan 2026 03:28:53 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/fc55e144-c792-40ba-94d7-e54d82ba9840_1200x630.png" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong>What are you striving for?</strong></p><p>Why do you want more?</p><p></p><p>What awaits you when you get &#8220;there&#8221;?</p><p>Will anyone even care?</p><p></p><p>There is an ideal in your mind.</p><p>It makes you feel behind.</p><p></p><p>What is this race&#8230;</p><p>&#8230; these feelings of just-in-case.</p><p></p><p>Don&#8217;t go numb</p><p>You&#8217;re here to be someone</p><p></p><p>The answer is not in who you become</p><p>But in what you&#8217;ve undone</p><p></p><p>Let go of what you&#8217;re not</p><p>Reality is a construct of thought</p><p></p><p>If you can let go</p><p>You will continue to grow</p><p></p><p>Not for more to show</p><p>But for an unrecognizable glow</p><p></p><p>Detach from what defines you</p><p>Or it will confine you</p><p></p><p>Don&#8217;t know where to go?</p><p>The answer is in letting go.</p><p></p><p>You&#8217;re entering a new chapter</p><p>Who knows what comes after</p><p></p><p>They say joy comes through pain</p><p>There&#8217;s so much to be gained</p><p></p><p>Ask for more</p><p>But know what&#8217;s it for</p><p></p><p>Fate and free will</p><p>Choosing the blue pill</p><p></p><p>Maybe you don&#8217;t know</p><p>But one thing&#8217;s for sure&#8212;</p><p>You&#8217;re bound to grow</p><p></p><p>So take it slow</p><p>And go with the flow</p><p></p><p>Feelings of peace</p><p>Come from release</p><p></p><p>You don&#8217;t need to know</p><p>You just need to grow</p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Roots before flowers.]]></title><description><![CDATA[The discipline beneath the dream: Growth isn&#8217;t always visible. Sometimes the most important work is happening beneath the surface.]]></description><link>https://www.paigegarrity.com/p/roots-before-flowers-the-discipline</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.paigegarrity.com/p/roots-before-flowers-the-discipline</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Paige Garrity]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 09 Jan 2026 05:30:39 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/ee61a208-9a3d-40da-b44f-7ea7936422bb_1536x1024.png" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Capricorn season is a season of compost.</p><p>This isn&#8217;t New Year, New You energy.</p><p>It&#8217;s Remember the version of yourself you committed to&#8212;how&#8217;s that going? energy.</p><p>Some of the most important work in any growing season happens in the dead of winter.</p><p>It&#8217;s quiet. Unseen. Foundational.</p><p>It&#8217;s the work of tending the soil.</p><p>Of making sure the roots are nourished long before the flowers bloom.</p><p>Of preparing the ground so the harvest has something to stand on.</p><p>Capricorn invites us into Saturn&#8217;s domain: maturity, structure, routine, and the sacred devotion to showing up consistently for what matters. Not the fantasy of growth&#8212;but the discipline that makes growth possible.</p><p>Before racing toward new visions and grand expansions, pause.</p><p>Take inventory of the commitments you made at the beginning of last year.</p><p>Five years ago.</p><p>Ten years ago.</p><p>Where are you now?</p><p>What&#8217;s held? What&#8217;s withered? What&#8217;s quietly grown stronger?</p><p>This is a moment for orientation, not reinvention.</p><p>Not starting over&#8212;but re-aligning with the path you&#8217;re already on.</p>]]></content:encoded></item></channel></rss>