The Power of Letting Go of Others to Finally Come Home to Your True Self with Rachel Jackson

The Illicit Feminine

This week on The Illicit Feminine Podcast, host Elizabeth Marth is joined by energy healer, business energetics coach, and bestselling author Rachel Jackson for a courageous and deeply transformational conversation on choosing yourself, releasing guilt, and breaking free from patterns of self-abandonment.

Rachel shares her personal journey of unraveling, a journey marked by burnout, people-pleasing, loss, and ultimately, radical self-liberation. From walking away from an unfulfilling marriage to uncovering the unconscious beliefs that kept her small, Rachel reveals the inner work required to truly come home to yourself.

This episode is for every woman who has ever said "I'm fine" when she wasn’t, who stayed too long out of loyalty or guilt, and who is ready to stop living based on someone else's potential.

Together, Elizabeth and Rachel explore:

• The trauma of over-functioning and the illusion of being “fine”
• The subtle ways women abandon their truth (starting with dinner plans)
• Why we confuse kindness with self-sacrifice
• How guilt and shame can become portals to healing and ancestral release
• Releasing the fantasy of who someone could be and accepting what is
• The dangerous myth that healing others is your responsibility

This isn’t just a story of self-love, It’s a masterclass in reclaiming your power, living in alignment, and remembering that loving yourself is not selfish it’s sacred.

If you’ve ever felt torn between your truth and someone else’s comfort, this episode is your invitation to choose you.

Episode Highlights
02:00 When your breakdown becomes a breakthrough
04:30 Rachel’s catalyst moment: choosing self over circumstance
06:15 The loneliness inside relationships
08:30 From enabling to energetic boundaries
10:45 Living in cycles of false happiness
12:00 When you see someone's potential, but it's not your job to make them grow
14:00 Boundaries vs. expectations: what women get wrong
16:00 Letting go of guilt, shame, and the fixer identity
19:30 How past wounds resurface through present decisions
22:00 Rachel’s rebirth: new love, new life, new energy
25:30 The sacred question: What do you really want?
28:00 The danger of self-abandonment in everyday decisions
32:00 Illness as a messenger from the body
34:15 Healing the generational pattern of female burnout
36:30 Why you cannot heal someone who doesn’t want to be healed
38:00 Stop excusing bad behavior because of trauma
42:00 Are you holding yourself back to keep others comfortable?

Rachel Jackson is an Intuitive Success Coach for visionary women scaling soul-aligned empires. Combining deep energetic work with practical strategy, Rachel supports high-level entrepreneurs to expand their impact, income, and inner alignment without the hustle or self-sacrifice. With a background in leadership, energy healing, and coaching, she’s the creator of the Becoming Unstoppable book, Soulful Badass podcast, and transformational programs that guide women to embody their power, lead with intuition, and build lasting

Learn more and follow along with Elizabeth at:

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Thank you so much for listening, and remember come as you are in your light, in your shadow, in your illicit feminine. Please subscribe to my podcast and leave a five-star review.

Elizabeth