<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><?xml-stylesheet href="https://feeds.captivate.fm/style.xsl" type="text/xsl"?><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:googleplay="http://www.google.com/schemas/play-podcasts/1.0" xmlns:itunes="http://www.itunes.com/dtds/podcast-1.0.dtd" xmlns:sy="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/syndication/" xmlns:podcast="https://podcastindex.org/namespace/1.0"><channel><atom:link href="https://feeds.captivate.fm/strong-like-a-mf/" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><title><![CDATA[Strong Like a Mother Feather]]></title><podcast:guid>b24af8f9-d3b1-5be6-bc9a-6c1705709707</podcast:guid><lastBuildDate>Thu, 16 Apr 2026 13:00:04 +0000</lastBuildDate><generator>Captivate.fm</generator><language><![CDATA[en]]></language><copyright><![CDATA[Copyright 2026 Lightly Ever After]]></copyright><managingEditor>Lightly Ever After</managingEditor><itunes:summary><![CDATA[Strong Like a Mother Feather is a podcast about the kind of strength that both roars and rises. Hosted by Ana - a spiritual strategist and soft power truth-teller - and Company, this show explores the sacred tension between tenderness and grit, grief and joy, shadow and soul.

Each episode is a feather: part story, part medicine, part middle finger to the idea that strength only looks like struggle. We call BS on the BS we inherited. We talk healing, relationships, sensuality, identity, aging, reinvention, and everything in between with language as fluid as the soul.

Episodes are offered in English/Spanish and sometimes Span-glish, honoring the bilingual lives, stories, and spirits that shape us.

Because one feather alone can’t fly.
But together? We rise and heal like a mother f****r.]]></itunes:summary><image><url>https://artwork.captivate.fm/d739eef9-e0ef-4445-a760-d773660afc2c/xJlHPkJH0IGLr5tBwqPYuqAx.png</url><title>Strong Like a Mother Feather</title><link><![CDATA[https://strong-like-a-mf.captivate.fm]]></link></image><itunes:image href="https://artwork.captivate.fm/d739eef9-e0ef-4445-a760-d773660afc2c/xJlHPkJH0IGLr5tBwqPYuqAx.png"/><itunes:owner><itunes:name>Lightly Ever After</itunes:name></itunes:owner><itunes:author>Lightly Ever After</itunes:author><description>Strong Like a Mother Feather is a podcast about the kind of strength that both roars and rises. Hosted by Ana - a spiritual strategist and soft power truth-teller - and Company, this show explores the sacred tension between tenderness and grit, grief and joy, shadow and soul.

Each episode is a feather: part story, part medicine, part middle finger to the idea that strength only looks like struggle. We call BS on the BS we inherited. We talk healing, relationships, sensuality, identity, aging, reinvention, and everything in between with language as fluid as the soul.

Episodes are offered in English/Spanish and sometimes Span-glish, honoring the bilingual lives, stories, and spirits that shape us.

Because one feather alone can’t fly.
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