What do you do when the life you built is dismantled not just by divorce, but by betrayal?

In part two of this conversation, Michelle sits back down with Rachel Gossett to go deeper into the layers that breathwork and somatic healing alone cannot always reach. Rachel shares the full arc: a 2009 marriage, the shock of her husband moving out in 2016, and the discovery of his infidelity in 2017 that became the moment she chose herself and her son over the life she had known.

Rachel speaks honestly about the financial and emotional toll of that decision, the shame she carried quietly, and the commitment she made from the beginning to never speak ill of her son's father. That commitment became the foundation of a co-parenting relationship that eventually supported something rare: a genuinely healthy blended family.

But the healing did not stop at co-parenting. Rachel shares how breathwork helped her release the energetic ties that outlasted the marriage itself, and how the harshest catalyst for her growth came not from the divorce but from the judgment of conservative in-laws who rejected her Reiki practice and spiritual beliefs entirely. What followed was an Instagram confrontation, a period of being shunned, and ultimately the most clarifying question she had ever faced: was she willing to hide who she was in order to stay acceptable to people who had already decided she was not enough?

She chose authenticity. This episode is about what that costs, and what it gives back.

Rachel can be found at @reikibyrae and offers Reiki, breathwork, intuitive sessions, and her Reclaiming Your Light mentorship.

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04:23 The Paris Affair The moment Rachel discovers the infidelity. The turning point the entire episode builds from.

08:52 From Shame to Forgiveness Rachel names the shame she carried and how she began to move through it. Deeply resonant for your audience.

10:50 Co-Parenting With Respect A practical and values-driven conversation about choosing her son's wellbeing over her own pain.

20:22 Breathwork Breakthrough How somatic healing released what therapy alone could not reach.

30:28 Conservative Family Clash The spiritual rejection that became her greatest catalyst for self-worth and boundaries.

40:49 Shunned But Stronger What happened after she stopped hiding and the community that found her because of it.

49:06 Boundaries and Healing The practical and energetic work of reclaiming yourself after years of shrinking.