<?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"><channel><title><![CDATA[TWC - The Travelling Wellness Companion]]></title><description><![CDATA[Massage and company for men. I travel to Ottawa, Toronto, Montreal, Vancouver, and beyond. Discreet, bilingual, and built around the man in the room.]]></description><link>https://www.thetwc.ca/writings</link><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Wed, 29 Jul 2026 17:12:24 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://www.thetwc.ca/blog-feed.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[The Men Who Hire Me]]></title><description><![CDATA[They don’t pay for sex. They pay for time they don’t have to pretend.]]></description><link>https://www.thetwc.ca/post/the-men-who-hire-me</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a5e5c5d3357dd2c7432ed64</guid><pubDate>Mon, 20 Jul 2026 17:39:11 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/97118e_4e36c370aedd42cdafca09e3ec81b523~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Miguel</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Les hommes qui me paient]]></title><description><![CDATA[Ils ne paient pas pour du sexe. Ils paient pour ne pas avoir à faire semblant.]]></description><link>https://www.thetwc.ca/fr/post/les-hommes-qui-me-paient</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a622545e168dd1a50c736b6</guid><pubDate>Mon, 20 Jul 2026 14:31:40 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/97118e_4e36c370aedd42cdafca09e3ec81b523~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Miguel</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Pourquoi j'écris]]></title><description><![CDATA[Le silence ressemblait moins à de la vie privée qu'à une disparition.]]></description><link>https://www.thetwc.ca/fr/post/pourquoi-j-%C3%A9cris</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a6223e6943bedd9a4a53d16</guid><pubDate>Sat, 06 Jun 2026 14:25:58 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/97118e_110f6b7b4839406ab907f6c0aa813d51~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Miguel</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Why I Write]]></title><description><![CDATA[I write because silence started to feel less like privacy and more like disappearance.]]></description><link>https://www.thetwc.ca/post/why-i-write</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a23ab270846f79adfe9914f</guid><pubDate>Sat, 06 Jun 2026 05:12:28 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/97118e_110f6b7b4839406ab907f6c0aa813d51~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Miguel</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Trade]]></title><description><![CDATA[What's worse — losing your life or losing yourself?]]></description><link>https://www.thetwc.ca/post/the-trade</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69f7de3d4f7ebdc9f6a2cc99</guid><pubDate>Sun, 03 May 2026 23:55:16 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/97118e_6d7af42be5054d7ab7c4e67e74570483~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Miguel</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[L'échange]]></title><description><![CDATA[Qu'est-ce qui est pire — perdre sa vie ou se perdre soi-même?]]></description><link>https://www.thetwc.ca/fr/post/l-%C3%A9change</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a62234949285c3efe621c9d</guid><pubDate>Sun, 03 May 2026 14:23:19 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/97118e_6d7af42be5054d7ab7c4e67e74570483~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Miguel</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Maintenance Dose]]></title><description><![CDATA[You weren't chasing a high. You were chasing baseline, and paying for it in blood.]]></description><link>https://www.thetwc.ca/post/maintenance-dose</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69a70c0fb9582c4b5c8bea45</guid><pubDate>Tue, 17 Mar 2026 01:35:44 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/97118e_ce5ae2ab6f094adbb5602a0c1258556a~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Miguel</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Dose d'entretien]]></title><description><![CDATA[Tu ne cherches pas un high. Tu cherches le zéro, et tu le paies en sang.]]></description><link>https://www.thetwc.ca/fr/post/dose-d-entretien</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a622289ad9184c612d7e470</guid><pubDate>Mon, 16 Mar 2026 14:20:30 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/97118e_ce5ae2ab6f094adbb5602a0c1258556a~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Miguel</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Jock (Emeritus)]]></title><description><![CDATA[You reopen Grindr and confront the relic of who you were: confident, desired, blissfully unaware of collapse coming.]]></description><link>https://www.thetwc.ca/post/jock-emeritus</link><guid isPermaLink="false">698f874b7d7145cd9e9fbc4b</guid><pubDate>Sun, 15 Feb 2026 22:05:09 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/97118e_239c26bea37a4dbfa1b5e1f2db370d9e~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Miguel</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Jock (émérite)]]></title><description><![CDATA[Tu rouvres Grindr et tu tombes sur la relique de qui tu étais : 29 ans, sûr de toi, désiré, sans la moindre idée de ce qui s'en vient.]]></description><link>https://www.thetwc.ca/fr/post/jock-%C3%A9m%C3%A9rite</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a6221d2e168dd1a50c73302</guid><pubDate>Sun, 15 Feb 2026 15:17:21 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/97118e_239c26bea37a4dbfa1b5e1f2db370d9e~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Miguel</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Bar]]></title><description><![CDATA[You wanted an upgrade. You got hardware and a new way to hate your body.]]></description><link>https://www.thetwc.ca/post/the-bar</link><guid isPermaLink="false">696323b7768b848d271198cb</guid><pubDate>Wed, 28 Jan 2026 18:16:05 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/97118e_ccfdbbc89625456d8b5d994361c04790~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Miguel</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[La barre]]></title><description><![CDATA[Tu voulais une amélioration. Tu as eu de la quincaillerie et une nouvelle façon de détester ton corps.]]></description><link>https://www.thetwc.ca/fr/post/la-barre</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a621ebe497e17ca11c7d531</guid><pubDate>Wed, 28 Jan 2026 15:09:03 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/97118e_ccfdbbc89625456d8b5d994361c04790~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Miguel</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Psychiatry Machine]]></title><description><![CDATA[Four hospitalizations, four psychiatrists, four different diagnoses. In the end, no one agrees. ]]></description><link>https://www.thetwc.ca/post/the-psychiatry-machine</link><guid isPermaLink="false">692f97a7d7b7625be36ea8ff</guid><pubDate>Sun, 07 Dec 2025 22:55:56 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/97118e_69cf16a18d614fc080a8743f093d2ca6~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Miguel</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[La machine psychiatrique]]></title><description><![CDATA[Techniquement libre, fonctionnellement en liberté conditionnelle.]]></description><link>https://www.thetwc.ca/fr/post/la-machine-psychiatrique</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69360538939ec61a812b3b52</guid><pubDate>Sun, 07 Dec 2025 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/97118e_5059605c36a84539ae5263bcd3440291~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Miguel</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fault Line at 33]]></title><description><![CDATA[When the break comes late, you don’t just lose your mind. You lose an ecosystem.]]></description><link>https://www.thetwc.ca/post/fault-line-at-33</link><guid isPermaLink="false">692cb37abdf3aa73170e1f9d</guid><pubDate>Sun, 30 Nov 2025 21:15:42 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/97118e_52bcf5486b1d4f4db7b4897013769fb7~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Miguel</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Faille à 33 ans]]></title><description><![CDATA[Quand la rupture arrive tard, tu perds pas juste ton esprit. Tu perds un écosystème.]]></description><link>https://www.thetwc.ca/fr/post/faille-a-33-ans</link><guid isPermaLink="false">692df4d4189c010704f49553</guid><pubDate>Sun, 30 Nov 2025 21:05:03 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/97118e_7ff0404a62344e0081880a81d1002eba~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Miguel</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Le déraillement]]></title><description><![CDATA[Un regard de l'intérieur sur la manie par quelqu'un qui était sûr d'aller bien jusqu'à ce qu'il se retrouve hospitalisé.]]></description><link>https://www.thetwc.ca/fr/post/le-bug-cerebral</link><guid isPermaLink="false">692df1587409d0ed3077ed19</guid><pubDate>Sun, 23 Nov 2025 19:56:41 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/97118e_d69c84709b814970beb265bb2395ce31~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Miguel</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Brain Glitch]]></title><description><![CDATA[It doesn’t start with sirens. It starts with a good day.]]></description><link>https://www.thetwc.ca/post/the-brain-glitch</link><guid isPermaLink="false">692343d1b9540befc38ff5cf</guid><pubDate>Sun, 23 Nov 2025 17:52:17 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/97118e_299c2740ac2c40bb9953edac66adda71~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Miguel</dc:creator></item></channel></rss>