SACRED FREEDOM

In this episode of The Illicit Feminine podcast, host Elizabeth Marth dives into the hidden truth about betrayal in relationships, not just from the perspective of being betrayed, but also stepping into the role of the betrayer. While society often casts women as victims of betrayal, Elizabeth reveals how women, too, can unconsciously betray through self-abandonment, silencing their needs, and repeating generational patterns.

Drawing from her personal story and years of guiding women through healing betrayal and rebuilding self-trust, Elizabeth unpacks why betrayal happens, the role of shame and guilt, and how true empowerment begins with listening to yourself. She explores how betrayal is not limited to affairs; it shows up in workaholism, emotional disconnection, addictions, and choosing others over yourself.

This conversation is not about blame or punishment. It is about awareness, self-forgiveness, and reclaiming your personal power. You will learn how betrayal can become an invitation to deepen self-love, authentic connection, and spiritual growth.

If you have ever carried guilt for your own choices, felt judged for choosing yourself, or struggled to heal after betrayal, this episode offers tools, journal prompts, and insights to break the cycle and step into radical self-honesty and emotional freedom.

01:30  Why women identify more with being betrayed than being the betrayer
04:00  How childhood betrayal leads to lifelong patterns of self-betrayal
07:00  Elizabeth’s personal story of shame, guilt, and relationship betrayal
11:00  The hidden forms of betrayal including addiction, workaholism, and emotional withdrawal
15:00  Why women betray and the cost of ignoring needs and abandoning self-trust
19:00  When choosing yourself is mislabeled 
23:00  How guilt and shame spiral women into silence and how to seek healing support
25:00  The power of self-forgiveness and understanding your why
30:00  Reflection prompts to transform betrayal into growth

Reflection Journal Prompts

Where do you still carry guilt or shame about past betrayals?
How has being betrayed shaped the way you betray yourself or others?
What needs have you abandoned that caused you to hurt someone else?
How can you start meeting your needs with honesty, love, and alignment?

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Elizabeth

In this episode of The Illicit Feminine podcast, host Elizabeth Marth invites you to explore the raw truth about betrayal how it shakes the foundations of relationships and, ultimately, reflects the deepest parts of ourselves that need healing.

Elizabeth dives into betrayal, revealing how these experiences can uncover unhealed wounds, challenge our boundaries, and demand honest self-reflection. She shares why forgiveness of both ourselves and others isn’t about condoning harm, but about reclaiming emotional freedom and personal power.

Through this conversation, you’ll learn how betrayal can become a mirror for growth, the role of personal responsibility in the healing process, and how energetic forgiveness can release you from the grip of the past.

What you’ll hear in this episode:

 01:30 – Why betrayal cuts so deeply and what it mirrors back to us
 02:19 – The complexity of relationships and the wounds we carry
 02:55 – Understanding betrayal through human, spiritual, and religious perspectives
 06:18 – The power of self-reflection and taking personal responsibility
 11:51 – Forgiveness as an act of self-liberation
 13:23 – How energetic forgiveness frees your mind, body, and spirit
 14:35 – Closing reflections and an invitation to move forward

If betrayal has ever left you questioning your worth, your trust, or your truth, this episode offers a path toward reclaiming your sense of self and rewriting the story.

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Elizabeth

In this revealing episode of The Illicit Feminine Podcast, host Elizabeth Marth welcomes her friend, Athena, from 'Abundance with Athena.' They discuss Athena's inspiring journey towards a nomadic lifestyle, aiming to live in different places for a few months each. 

Their conversation emphasizes the importance of trust in the universe and oneself, while exploring themes of self-love, empowerment, and living authentically. 

Athena shares her steps from a structured, fear-based life to one filled with trust, surrender, and following her desires. The episode also delves into the societal pressures on women regarding appearance and self-love, with Elizabeth sharing her own journey with body image and plastic surgery.

Episode Highlights:

02:20 Introducing Athena and Our Journey Together

04:23 Athena's Nomadic Lifestyle

10:57 Challenges and Criticisms of Solo Travel

16:33 Trusting the Universe and Manifestation

26:31 Embracing Sensuality and Empowerment

29:40 Athena's Playful Pool Experience

33:33 Empowerment and Authenticity

36:03 Body Image and Acceptance

43:16 Enhancing Your Body

47:58 The Journey of Breast Augmentation

This episode is for every woman who has ever questioned the validity of her desires, who’s wondered if choosing herself meant she was too much, too bold, too free.

It’s a conversation about radical permission; to travel solo, to trust your inner knowing, to build a life that doesn’t make sense to others but feels deeply right to you.

In this soulful exchange, Elizabeth and Athena explore the beauty and bravery of living an unconventional life. From nomadic living to body acceptance, conscious uncoupling to spiritual manifestation, they invite you to consider:

What if the life you want is already waiting on the other side of trust?

What if your sensuality, your independence, your wholeness were never wrong, just unpracticed?

This episode is an invocation to reclaim your freedom, to let your desires lead, and to stop asking for permission where your soul is asking for expansion.

If you’ve ever silenced your joy, hidden your radiance, or felt shame around choosing a path of your own this is the medicine.

Follow Athena on IG: https://www.instagram.com/abundancewithathena/

Email Athena: [email protected]

Work with Athena: https://abundancewithathena.com/

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Elizabeth

In this soul-baring episode of The Illicit Feminine Podcast, host Elizabeth Marth wraps up “Women Reclaiming Their Sexuality” month with a powerful deep dive into the emotional undercurrents that shape our relationship with sexuality.

Elizabeth explores how five core emotions—shame, anger, sadness, fear, and joy, interact with our sense of sensual self and influence how we show up in our bodies, relationships, and spiritual connection. Through personal stories, spiritual insight, and embodied wisdom, she illuminates the often-silenced truths about:

• Releasing shame rooted in childhood, religion, and social conditioning
• Honoring anger as a call to reclaim boundaries and bodily autonomy
• Grieving sexual trauma with sacred compassion
• Understanding fear as a signal to seek safety and support
• Reclaiming joy and pleasure as divine feminine birthrights

Episode Highlights:

01:58 Reclaiming Women's Sexuality

03:27 The Emotional Connection to Sexuality

03:52 Understanding Sexual Shame

11:10 Exploring Anger and Sexuality

14:54 Grief and Sexual Healing

19:08 Addressing Fear in Sexuality

20:50 Embracing Joy in Sexuality

22:49 The Power of Self-Love and Sexuality

This episode is for every woman who has ever felt disconnected from her body, silenced in her sensuality, or unsure of what she desires. It’s an invitation to reconnect with your inner Aphrodite, to own your turn-on, and to remember: your sexuality is not something to be hidden it’s divine.

Whether you’ve faced trauma, cultural repression, or are simply curious about deepening your self-intimacy, this episode offers guidance, validation, and unapologetic permission to feel it all and reclaim what was always yours.

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Elizabeth

In this powerful episode of The Illicit Feminine Podcast, host Elizabeth Marth dives deep into the link between the mother wound and a woman’s erotic identity. If you’ve ever felt disconnected from your sensuality, silenced in your sexuality, or uncertain of your worthiness for pleasure—this episode is for you.

Elizabeth explores how generational shame, enmeshment, and emotional dynamics with our mothers shape our relationship with our bodies, our desires, and our sense of self. Through personal stories, embodied insight, and spiritual wisdom, she reveals how your erotic truth may have been shaped long before you had the words for it—and how you can now reclaim it as your own.

This episode is a call to sacred reclamation for the woman ready to:

• Heal inherited feminine wounds passed down through generations
• Untangle from enmeshment and reclaim emotional and erotic autonomy
• Understand the role of safety in experiencing sensual pleasure
• Embody her erotic truth without shame or apology
• Step fully into her worth, her wholeness, and her sensual power

You are not broken—you are awakening.
 This is your invitation to come home to your body, your breath, your pleasure… and your power.

Timestamps:
00:00 – Introduction to the Erotic Self & the Mother Wound
04:15 – Generational Feminine Shame and Silence
09:50 – Enmeshment, Identity Loss, and Sensual Disconnection
13:30 – Safety in the Body as a Pathway to Pleasure
16:40 – Shadow Work & Becoming Self-Centered in a Sacred Way
18:30 – Final Reflection: Your Erotic Truth Is Your Divine Right

Free Gift Mentioned:
Check the show notes for a free guided practice from Elizabeth to help you begin reconnecting with your sensuality.

Share this episode with a woman who is ready to rewrite the story of her sexuality. You get to break the cycle. You get to reclaim what was never fully modeled for you.

🎧 Listen now and subscribe to The Illicit Feminine Podcast for more conversations that awaken your truth.

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Elizabeth

In this episode of the Illicit Feminine Podcast, host Elizabeth Marth discusses the distinctions between sexuality and sensuality, emphasizing their roles in reclaiming a woman's body and autonomy. This episode is for the women who feel disconnected from their sexuality due to shame, trauma, or social conditioning. Elizabeth explains how sensuality, as the embodiment of senses, serves as a gateway to one's sexuality, which she defines as the soul's energy moving through the body. She advocates for self-awareness, self-love, and healing through engaging with one's senses and breath. Elizabeth also touches on the societal and personal challenges women face in knowing and expressing their sexuality, and she underscores the sacredness of intimate connection with oneself.

00:00 Introduction to Sexuality vs. Sensuality
02:30 Understanding Sexuality
05:59 The Role of Sensuality
09:54 Healing Through Sensuality
16:41 Embracing Sacred Sexuality

Elizabeth shares intimate stories, spiritual insight, and embodied practices to help you reconnect with your innate sensual wisdom on your own terms and in your own timing.

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Elizabeth

In this empowering episode of The Illicit Feminine Podcast, host Elizabeth Marth delves into the transformative journey of women reclaiming their sexuality. Highlighting the theme for July, Elizabeth emphasizes the importance of understanding one's own sexual essence, disconnected from the historical and societal expectations aimed at pleasing others. She offers a fresh perspective on how sexuality is a divine gift, encouraging connection with one's body, desires, and pleasure. Elizabeth also discusses the deep-rooted shame and trauma women face regarding their sexuality, bolstered by eye-opening statistics that reveal the prevalence of sexual dysfunction and disassociation among women. Elizabeth's invitation to engage in this vital conversation aims to spark a cultural shift towards embracing and celebrating women's sexual empowerment.

01:20 Historical Context of Women's Sexuality
02:27 Redefining Modern Sexuality
03:37 Shame and Misconceptions Around Female Sexuality
10:53 Statistics on Women's Sexual Satisfaction
19:41 Cultural Shifts and Empowerment!

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Elizabeth

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 success from the inside out.

Connect with Rachel at www.racheljackson.uk or on Instagram @racheljackson.coaching.

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Elizabeth

This week on The Illicit Feminine Podcast, host Elizabeth Marth takes listeners on a soul-stirring journey into one of the most unspoken yet deeply formative dynamics in a woman’s life: the sacred mother-daughter wound.

With vulnerability, reverence, and raw truth, Elizabeth explores the emotional, ancestral, and spiritual dimensions of this generational wound, sharing her own powerful story of grief, healing, and re-mothering after the passing of her mother.

This episode is an invitation to reconnect with your inner child, to understand the patterns passed through your maternal lineage, and to step into the sacred work of healing. Whether your mother is living or has transitioned, this conversation opens the door to ancestral release, emotional clarity, and divine reconnection.

Elizabeth unpacks key archetypes women often embody in childhood such as the Caretaker, the Peacekeeper, and the Ghost and how these roles silently shape our adult relationships, self-worth, and emotional expression.

This isn't just a conversation it’s a reclamation of your voice, your wholeness, and your feminine power.

If you’ve ever felt unseen, overburdened, or emotionally enmeshed in your relationship with your mother, this episode is a must-listen.

Episode Highlights:
 
02:26 The Sacred Mother-Daughter Wound: Energetic and Lineage-Based
04:10 Personal Stories of Generational Pain and Healing
06:00 Healing the Ancestral Feminine: Elizabeth’s Group Experience
07:45 Emotional Survival Mechanisms Learned in Childhood
09:10 Ancestral Patterns Passed Through Maternal Lineage
14:45 The Story of Elizabeth’s Mother
17:10 The Journey of Self-Liberation After Loss
18:00 The Roles We Inherit: Caretaker, Peacekeeper, Ghost
22:00 How Childhood Coping Patterns Become Adult Limitations
24:30 The Power of Re-Mothering the Inner Child
26:00 The Duality of Holding Both Your Pain and Your Mother’s
28:00 Questions to Begin Your Sacred Mother-Daughter Healing

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Elizabeth

This week on The Illicit Feminine Podcast, host Elizabeth Marth is joined by the wise and radiant Michèle Heffron, a life relationship and divorce coach who supports individuals through some of life's most defining moments from navigating the complexities of divorce to rediscovering identity after long-term partnerships, empty nesting, or career shifts. Michèle offers compassionate, strategic guidance through every phase of relationship transition.

Michèle is a certified Calling in "The One" facilitator, and host of the Getting to the Heart: Life, Relationships, and Divorce podcast. Together, they explore the silent unraveling that happens inside women when their lives no longer align with who they truly are and the courage it takes to choose themselves, especially in midlife.

Michèle shares her powerful story of leaving a marriage that looked “picture perfect” on the outside but was emotionally controlling behind closed doors. With raw honesty and emotional depth, she reflects on the moment she realized she was emotionally gone and how listening to her intuition saved her life. From walking away without a bank account to reclaiming her worth, Michèle opens up about how trauma, spirituality, and soul-aligned coaching shaped the woman she is today.

This episode is a moving invitation for women navigating major life transitions—divorce, empty nesting, career changes—to reconnect with their divine feminine power, dismantle old beliefs, and unapologetically reclaim their voice.

Episode Highlights:
02:26 – The retreat that changed everything and sparked lifelong friendships
05:15 – The day Michèle left her marriage with no bank account and no plan
08:55 – How financial control and emotional manipulation eroded her identity
11:48 – The terrifying trip to Sedona and the moment her intuition screamed “No”
14:50 – A divine message while running in the rain: “So you would see.”
17:05 – Discovering her part in the pattern: the root of self-abandonment
25:30 – Choosing herself and modeling resilience for her children
27:00 – The moment coaching changed her life and her path forward
28:45 – Shifting from survival to expansion and asking for more
31:30 – The power of community, vulnerability, and being truly seen
33:30 – Holding non-judgmental space for women in divorce and transition
34:50 – Why women wait years to leave—and how to reclaim your clarity now
36:45 – What it means to embody your sacred self after years of living small
38:00 – Choosing love over fear and the collective power of rising together

Learn more about Michèle Heffron:

Website: https://www.Michèleheffron.com
Podcast: Getting to the Heart - Life, Relationships, and Divorce
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/Michele_heffron.coach/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/micheleheffron/

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Elizabeth