<?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[Heather Rees]]></title><description><![CDATA[Home is not a destination. It's a practice. I write about that through depth psychology, imaginal inquiry, and the wisdom traditions that knew this long before we forgot it.]]></description><link>https://letters.heatherrees.com</link><image><url>https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!9NK4!,w_256,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F973b5182-4e06-4aa2-aeb5-2d94030aeaa3_3025x3025.jpeg</url><title>Heather Rees</title><link>https://letters.heatherrees.com</link></image><generator>Substack</generator><lastBuildDate>Sun, 30 Aug 2026 21:00:03 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://letters.heatherrees.com/feed" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><copyright><![CDATA[Heather Rees]]></copyright><language><![CDATA[en]]></language><webMaster><![CDATA[homeasprocess@substack.com]]></webMaster><itunes:owner><itunes:email><![CDATA[homeasprocess@substack.com]]></itunes:email><itunes:name><![CDATA[Heather Rees]]></itunes:name></itunes:owner><itunes:author><![CDATA[Heather Rees]]></itunes:author><googleplay:owner><![CDATA[homeasprocess@substack.com]]></googleplay:owner><googleplay:email><![CDATA[homeasprocess@substack.com]]></googleplay:email><googleplay:author><![CDATA[Heather Rees]]></googleplay:author><itunes:block><![CDATA[Yes]]></itunes:block><item><title><![CDATA[The Longing]]></title><description><![CDATA[Most people think of Home as a place &#8212; a city, a house, a relationship.]]></description><link>https://letters.heatherrees.com/p/the-longing</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://letters.heatherrees.com/p/the-longing</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Heather Rees]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 12 Mar 2026 00:50:30 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!9NK4!,w_256,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F973b5182-4e06-4aa2-aeb5-2d94030aeaa3_3025x3025.jpeg" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Most people think of Home as a place &#8212; a city, a house, a relationship. But Home is not just shelter &#8212; but the ancient and deliberate act of creating a space, inner and outer, where a person can <em>rest, be nourished, and belong to themselves</em>.</p><p>It is one of the oldest human activities.</p><p>It is woven into every ancestral tradition we have.</p><p>Somewhere in the speed of modern life, we lost track of this. It became something we expected to just be there. We stopped tending it and stopped recognizing it as something <em>alive</em> &#8212; something that needs care, attention, and sometimes repair.</p><p>This work is a return to that older understanding. Home as a living structure. Something warm, safe, and steady &#8212; not because nothing has gone wrong, but because you&#8217;ve learned how to rebuild it when it does.</p><p><em>What if you knew &#8212; completely, without doubt &#8212; that you had a safe, nourishing place where you were fully loved and supported? How would you live then?</em></p><p>That&#8217;s Home.</p>]]></content:encoded></item></channel></rss>