<?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:psc="http://podlove.org/simple-chapters" xmlns:podcast="https://podcastindex.org/namespace/1.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[Conversations to Transformation]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p>CTT_Realtalk is a faith‑based podcast and spiritual space for people navigating healing, rediscovery, and the sacred in‑between seasons of life.<br />If you’re walking through loss, endings, life transitions, or the quiet unraveling that comes before becoming — this space is for you. <br />Here, we explore:<br />• healing after loss, divorce, or betrayal<br />• emotional and spiritual recovery<br />• rebuilding identity with God<br />• navigating unexpected life changes<br />• inner healing, resilience, and rediscovery<br />• faith, purpose, and becoming who God created you to be<br /><br />This program is designed to help you breathe again, find clarity, and reconnect with the truth of who you are spiritually, emotionally and physically.  Every episode is — rooted in Scripture, grounded in honesty, and created for the individual becoming their next self.<br /><br />Welcome to a place where your story is honored, your heart is held, and your becoming is celebrated… <br />✨ Subscribe for weekly episodes on healing, faith, identity, and transformation - the journey back to yourself.</p>]]></description><link>https://riverside.com</link><generator>Riverside.fm (https://riverside.com)</generator><lastBuildDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2026 15:58:51 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://api.riverside.com/hosting/v3VQrPWy.rss" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><author><![CDATA[Ruth Barnes]]></author><pubDate>Tue, 07 Jul 2026 00:49:41 GMT</pubDate><copyright><![CDATA[2026 Ruth Barnes]]></copyright><language><![CDATA[en]]></language><ttl>60</ttl><category><![CDATA[Society & Culture]]></category><category><![CDATA[Personal Journals]]></category><itunes:author>Ruth Barnes</itunes:author><itunes:summary>&lt;p&gt;CTT_Realtalk is a faith‑based podcast and spiritual space for people navigating healing, rediscovery, and the sacred in‑between seasons of life.&lt;br /&gt;If you’re walking through loss, endings, life transitions, or the quiet unraveling that comes before becoming — this space is for you. &lt;br /&gt;Here, we explore:&lt;br /&gt;• healing after loss, divorce, or betrayal&lt;br /&gt;• emotional and spiritual recovery&lt;br /&gt;• rebuilding identity with God&lt;br /&gt;• navigating unexpected life changes&lt;br /&gt;• inner healing, resilience, and rediscovery&lt;br /&gt;• faith, purpose, and becoming who God created you to be&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This program is designed to help you breathe again, find clarity, and reconnect with the truth of who you are spiritually, emotionally and physically.  Every episode is — rooted in Scripture, grounded in honesty, and created for the individual becoming their next self.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Welcome to a place where your story is honored, your heart is held, and your becoming is celebrated… &lt;br /&gt;✨ Subscribe for weekly episodes on healing, faith, identity, and transformation - the journey back to yourself.&lt;/p&gt;</itunes:summary><itunes:type>episodic</itunes:type><itunes:owner><itunes:name>Ruth Barnes</itunes:name><itunes:email>rythbarnes6@att.net</itunes:email></itunes:owner><itunes:explicit>no</itunes:explicit><itunes:category text="Society &amp; Culture"><itunes:category text="Personal Journals"/></itunes:category><itunes:image href="https://hosting-media.riverside.com/media/podcasts/6efb3b91-71eb-4a18-a4b2-b68dbfeaed9b/logos/a2d95cb0-6d37-47f0-a6cf-e08339b1ad50.png"/><item><title><![CDATA[The Grief You Didn't Now You Were Carrying.]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p>There are wounds that scream… and wounds that whisper.  Some grief doesn’t arrive with tears. It settles quietly, in the corners of your strength, in the spaces you never slowed down long enough to feel.  This episode steps into that hidden ache — the sorrow beneath the survival, the weight you carried so well you didn’t realize it was heavy.</p>]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">f55f9bcc-638b-4925-ab8d-37789fdf4730</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Ruth Barnes]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 10 Oct 2026 16:00:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://api.riverside.com/hosting-analytics/media/61a4ea9bb50bba14cf7b6e34f3768b950f1b2f1dec9f221e499d89772e3cb34b/eyJlcGlzb2RlSWQiOiJmNTVmOWJjYy02MzhiLTQ5MjUtYWI4ZC0zNzc4OWZkZjQ3MzAiLCJwb2RjYXN0SWQiOiI2ZWZiM2I5MS03MWViLTRhMTgtYTRiMi1iNjhkYmZlYWVkOWIiLCJhY2NvdW50SWQiOiI2OWMyMDVjMGY1ZDM4MWIwYWJiM2FlN2IiLCJwYXRoIjoibWVkaWEvY2xpcHMvNmFhZWIwODJlMGRjYTk3OGMxZDA0OGFmL3J1dGgtYmFybmVzcy1zdHVkaW8tMjAyNi05LTE5X18xNS01NS00OS5tcDMifQ==.mp3" length="54971811" type="audio/mpeg"/><podcast:transcript url="https://hosting-media.riverside.com/media/podcasts/6efb3b91-71eb-4a18-a4b2-b68dbfeaed9b/episodes/f55f9bcc-638b-4925-ab8d-37789fdf4730/transcripts.txt" type="text/plain"/><itunes:summary>&lt;p&gt;There are wounds that scream… and wounds that whisper.  Some grief doesn’t arrive with tears. It settles quietly, in the corners of your strength, in the spaces you never slowed down long enough to feel.  This episode steps into that hidden ache — the sorrow beneath the survival, the weight you carried so well you didn’t realize it was heavy.&lt;/p&gt;</itunes:summary><itunes:explicit>no</itunes:explicit><itunes:duration>00:28:38</itunes:duration><itunes:image href="https://hosting-media.riverside.com/media/podcasts/6efb3b91-71eb-4a18-a4b2-b68dbfeaed9b/logos/a2d95cb0-6d37-47f0-a6cf-e08339b1ad50.png"/><itunes:season>1</itunes:season><itunes:episode>5</itunes:episode><itunes:title>The Grief You Didn&apos;t Now You Were Carrying.</itunes:title><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Quiet Rebuild]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p>After the breaking… after the unraveling… after the surrendering — there comes a stillness that doesn’t ask for permission.  This is the quiet rebuild. The season where nothing looks different, but everything <i>is</i> changing.  It’s not the comeback. It’s the construction. The holy work no one sees — but you feel.</p>]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">72c29d5d-ffb4-483f-8396-e13ba96f29e4</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Ruth Barnes]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 03 Oct 2026 17:00:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://api.riverside.com/hosting-analytics/media/a4e47bc38b22c277097d0258d011d25bb21590743b581abbee4546610191debb/eyJlcGlzb2RlSWQiOiI3MmMyOWQ1ZC1mZmI0LTQ4M2YtODM5Ni1lMTNiYTk2ZjI5ZTQiLCJwb2RjYXN0SWQiOiI2ZWZiM2I5MS03MWViLTRhMTgtYTRiMi1iNjhkYmZlYWVkOWIiLCJhY2NvdW50SWQiOiI2OWMyMDVjMGY1ZDM4MWIwYWJiM2FlN2IiLCJwYXRoIjoibWVkaWEvY2xpcHMvNmFhZWFkM2Y3NTlmYWRjNTk3M2E2MzE2L3J1dGgtYmFybmVzcy1zdHVkaW8tMjAyNi05LTE5X18xNS00MS01NC5tcDMifQ==.mp3" length="50603302" type="audio/mpeg"/><podcast:transcript url="https://hosting-media.riverside.com/media/podcasts/6efb3b91-71eb-4a18-a4b2-b68dbfeaed9b/episodes/72c29d5d-ffb4-483f-8396-e13ba96f29e4/transcripts.txt" type="text/plain"/><itunes:summary>&lt;p&gt;After the breaking… after the unraveling… after the surrendering — there comes a stillness that doesn’t ask for permission.  This is the quiet rebuild. The season where nothing looks different, but everything &lt;i&gt;is&lt;/i&gt; changing.  It’s not the comeback. It’s the construction. The holy work no one sees — but you feel.&lt;/p&gt;</itunes:summary><itunes:explicit>no</itunes:explicit><itunes:duration>00:26:21</itunes:duration><itunes:image href="https://hosting-media.riverside.com/media/podcasts/6efb3b91-71eb-4a18-a4b2-b68dbfeaed9b/logos/a2d95cb0-6d37-47f0-a6cf-e08339b1ad50.png"/><itunes:season>1</itunes:season><itunes:episode>4</itunes:episode><itunes:title>The Quiet Rebuild</itunes:title><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Return to You After the Impact!  Pt 2 of The Slow Rebuild.]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p>After the impact, everything goes quiet. Not broken… just rearranged.  And in that silence, something in you begins to rise again.  The small spark of you finding its way back through the rubble.  Just the first sign that your soul is still alive… and still becoming.</p>]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">b5c83ece-0d02-45f7-8b45-3e8774c542c3</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Ruth Barnes]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 26 Sep 2026 17:00:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://api.riverside.com/hosting-analytics/media/36671030202e56c21f17519414fb3b1b2c0fe7629d3d5b7075ba71a0e03c5604/eyJlcGlzb2RlSWQiOiJiNWM4M2VjZS0wZDAyLTQ1ZjctOGI0NS0zZTg3NzRjNTQyYzMiLCJwb2RjYXN0SWQiOiI2ZWZiM2I5MS03MWViLTRhMTgtYTRiMi1iNjhkYmZlYWVkOWIiLCJhY2NvdW50SWQiOiI2OWMyMDVjMGY1ZDM4MWIwYWJiM2FlN2IiLCJwYXRoIjoibWVkaWEvY2xpcHMvNmFhZWFiNDEzY2VkY2M2NzUyZDYyMWYyL3J1dGgtYmFybmVzcy1zdHVkaW8tMjAyNi05LTE5X18xNS0zMy0yMi5tcDMifQ==.mp3" length="26008076" type="audio/mpeg"/><podcast:transcript url="https://hosting-media.riverside.com/media/podcasts/6efb3b91-71eb-4a18-a4b2-b68dbfeaed9b/episodes/b5c83ece-0d02-45f7-8b45-3e8774c542c3/transcripts.txt" type="text/plain"/><itunes:summary>&lt;p&gt;After the impact, everything goes quiet. Not broken… just rearranged.  And in that silence, something in you begins to rise again.  The small spark of you finding its way back through the rubble.  Just the first sign that your soul is still alive… and still becoming.&lt;/p&gt;</itunes:summary><itunes:explicit>no</itunes:explicit><itunes:duration>00:13:33</itunes:duration><itunes:image href="https://hosting-media.riverside.com/media/podcasts/6efb3b91-71eb-4a18-a4b2-b68dbfeaed9b/logos/a2d95cb0-6d37-47f0-a6cf-e08339b1ad50.png"/><itunes:season>1</itunes:season><itunes:episode>3</itunes:episode><itunes:title>The Return to You After the Impact!  Pt 2 of The Slow Rebuild.</itunes:title><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Slow Rebuild]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p>Episode 3 is the quiet rise after the fall — the slow return of the person you thought you lost.  It’s the breath, the flicker, the whisper of becoming again.  This is the part of the journey where your soul rises softly… but rises all the same.</p>]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">4c3fa5d7-75cd-4978-b6fa-9f6c65096759</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Ruth Barnes]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 26 Sep 2026 15:00:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://api.riverside.com/hosting-analytics/media/fdb0afb4f78b393447c6f22a8de1b5325ca1ade5a5213704cf65fc291ad5a7e4/eyJlcGlzb2RlSWQiOiI0YzNmYTVkNy03NWNkLTQ5NzgtYjZmYS05ZjZjNjUwOTY3NTkiLCJwb2RjYXN0SWQiOiI2ZWZiM2I5MS03MWViLTRhMTgtYTRiMi1iNjhkYmZlYWVkOWIiLCJhY2NvdW50SWQiOiI2OWMyMDVjMGY1ZDM4MWIwYWJiM2FlN2IiLCJwYXRoIjoibWVkaWEvY2xpcHMvNmFhZWE0YmQ4YjJkMTczMDZiYjdjOGE3L3J1dGgtYmFybmVzcy1zdHVkaW8tMjAyNi05LTE5X18xNS01LTM0Lm1wMyJ9.mp3" length="49770727" type="audio/mpeg"/><podcast:transcript url="https://hosting-media.riverside.com/media/podcasts/6efb3b91-71eb-4a18-a4b2-b68dbfeaed9b/episodes/4c3fa5d7-75cd-4978-b6fa-9f6c65096759/transcripts.txt" type="text/plain"/><itunes:summary>&lt;p&gt;Episode 3 is the quiet rise after the fall — the slow return of the person you thought you lost.  It’s the breath, the flicker, the whisper of becoming again.  This is the part of the journey where your soul rises softly… but rises all the same.&lt;/p&gt;</itunes:summary><itunes:explicit>no</itunes:explicit><itunes:duration>00:25:55</itunes:duration><itunes:image href="https://hosting-media.riverside.com/media/podcasts/6efb3b91-71eb-4a18-a4b2-b68dbfeaed9b/logos/a2d95cb0-6d37-47f0-a6cf-e08339b1ad50.png"/><itunes:season>1</itunes:season><itunes:episode>3</itunes:episode><itunes:title>The Slow Rebuild</itunes:title><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title><![CDATA[Who am I NOW!!!]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p>When life shifts without warning…<br />When the ground moves beneath your feet…<br />Identity doesn’t break — it <i>quakes.</i></p><p>And suddenly you’re standing in a silence you didn’t ask for,<br />Whispering the question that rises from the rubble:</p><p><b>Who am I now?</b></p>]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">a4d02f11-55c5-44a8-8a31-b185fdf31419</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Ruth Barnes]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 20 Sep 2026 15:00:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://api.riverside.com/hosting-analytics/media/ed7c315964c226bd287a8399a7a58023bb004bff79f0273b321464a5ec88559b/eyJlcGlzb2RlSWQiOiJhNGQwMmYxMS01NWM1LTQ0YTgtOGEzMS1iMTg1ZmRmMzE0MTkiLCJwb2RjYXN0SWQiOiI2ZWZiM2I5MS03MWViLTRhMTgtYTRiMi1iNjhkYmZlYWVkOWIiLCJhY2NvdW50SWQiOiI2OWMyMDVjMGY1ZDM4MWIwYWJiM2FlN2IiLCJwYXRoIjoibWVkaWEvY2xpcHMvNmFhZWExOTQwZTkxN2I5YTZkMWZiZDhiL3J1dGgtYmFybmVzcy1zdHVkaW8tMjAyNi05LTE5X18xNC01Mi01Lm1wMyJ9.mp3" length="13842120" type="audio/mpeg"/><podcast:transcript url="https://hosting-media.riverside.com/media/podcasts/6efb3b91-71eb-4a18-a4b2-b68dbfeaed9b/episodes/a4d02f11-55c5-44a8-8a31-b185fdf31419/transcripts.txt" type="text/plain"/><itunes:summary>&lt;p&gt;When life shifts without warning…&lt;br /&gt;When the ground moves beneath your feet…&lt;br /&gt;Identity doesn’t break — it &lt;i&gt;quakes.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;And suddenly you’re standing in a silence you didn’t ask for,&lt;br /&gt;Whispering the question that rises from the rubble:&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;Who am I now?&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</itunes:summary><itunes:explicit>no</itunes:explicit><itunes:duration>00:07:13</itunes:duration><itunes:image href="https://hosting-media.riverside.com/media/podcasts/6efb3b91-71eb-4a18-a4b2-b68dbfeaed9b/logos/a2d95cb0-6d37-47f0-a6cf-e08339b1ad50.png"/><itunes:title>Who am I NOW!!!</itunes:title><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Unraveling]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p>When trying to make sense of your new normal, you just can't seem to continue to hold it together.</p>]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">7862bb28-8614-42a3-803a-9baefb122149</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Ruth Barnes]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 16 Jul 2026 23:24:29 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://api.riverside.com/hosting-analytics/media/09115e177d9ebb53e109c7b3523f85e462dbe97404203c8815517f0b3bfbae14/eyJlcGlzb2RlSWQiOiI3ODYyYmIyOC04NjE0LTQyYTMtODAzYS05YmFlZmIxMjIxNDkiLCJwb2RjYXN0SWQiOiI2ZWZiM2I5MS03MWViLTRhMTgtYTRiMi1iNjhkYmZlYWVkOWIiLCJhY2NvdW50SWQiOiI2OWMyMDVjMGY1ZDM4MWIwYWJiM2FlN2IiLCJwYXRoIjoibWVkaWEvY2xpcHMvNmE1ODMyZTUxNzQwNjhlMzI1YjIxNTMyL3J1dGgtYmFybmVzcy1zdHVkaW8tY29tcG9zZXItMjAyNi03LTE2X18zLTI0LTUyLm1wMyJ9.mp3" length="48087188" type="audio/mpeg"/><podcast:transcript url="https://hosting-media.riverside.com/media/podcasts/6efb3b91-71eb-4a18-a4b2-b68dbfeaed9b/episodes/7862bb28-8614-42a3-803a-9baefb122149/transcripts.txt" type="text/plain"/><itunes:summary>&lt;p&gt;When trying to make sense of your new normal, you just can&apos;t seem to continue to hold it together.&lt;/p&gt;</itunes:summary><itunes:explicit>no</itunes:explicit><itunes:duration>00:25:03</itunes:duration><itunes:image href="https://hosting-media.riverside.com/media/podcasts/6efb3b91-71eb-4a18-a4b2-b68dbfeaed9b/logos/a2d95cb0-6d37-47f0-a6cf-e08339b1ad50.png"/><itunes:season>1</itunes:season><itunes:episode>2</itunes:episode><itunes:title>The Unraveling</itunes:title><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Breaking - Who Am I Now?]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p>There are life shifts that have such an impact on us that it would have us questioning our identity.</p>]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">b4f149b0-f61d-4236-8600-d827817c1a0e</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Ruth Barnes]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 16 Jul 2026 01:55:34 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://api.riverside.com/hosting-analytics/media/79e2c05b951c006bad07ccf3e5b55ad8b9652be5c24592c1dde36449503b686d/eyJlcGlzb2RlSWQiOiJiNGYxNDliMC1mNjFkLTQyMzYtODYwMC1kODI3ODE3YzFhMGUiLCJwb2RjYXN0SWQiOiI2ZWZiM2I5MS03MWViLTRhMTgtYTRiMi1iNjhkYmZlYWVkOWIiLCJhY2NvdW50SWQiOiI2OWMyMDVjMGY1ZDM4MWIwYWJiM2FlN2IiLCJwYXRoIjoibWVkaWEvY2xpcHMvNmE0ZWY1OTczNjZjZDdlOGQ1ZjA3N2M0L3J1dGgtYmFybmVzcy1zdHVkaW8tY29tcG9zZXItMjAyNi03LTlfXzMtMTItNTUubXAzIn0=.mp3" length="40372497" type="audio/mpeg"/><podcast:transcript url="https://hosting-media.riverside.com/media/podcasts/6efb3b91-71eb-4a18-a4b2-b68dbfeaed9b/episodes/b4f149b0-f61d-4236-8600-d827817c1a0e/transcripts.txt" type="text/plain"/><itunes:summary>&lt;p&gt;There are life shifts that have such an impact on us that it would have us questioning our identity.&lt;/p&gt;</itunes:summary><itunes:explicit>no</itunes:explicit><itunes:duration>00:21:02</itunes:duration><itunes:image href="https://hosting-media.riverside.com/media/podcasts/6efb3b91-71eb-4a18-a4b2-b68dbfeaed9b/logos/a2d95cb0-6d37-47f0-a6cf-e08339b1ad50.png"/><itunes:season>1</itunes:season><itunes:episode>1</itunes:episode><itunes:title>The Breaking - 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