For so many of us, saying no can feel almost unbearable. We want everyone to be okay, and somewhere along the way we learned that keeping the peace often meant abandoning ourselves.

But there comes a moment on this journey where something inside says… this doesn’t feel right anymore.

In this episode, we continue the conversation around helping versus enabling and move into the sacred work of boundaries. Not boundaries as punishment or control, but boundaries as clarity, self-respect, and learning how to come home to yourself.

Through the Recover Your Soul process, we begin to recognize the patterns and beliefs that taught us we were responsible for everyone else’s feelings. We start learning how to trust our own inner knowing, stop overexplaining ourselves, and make choices that align with who we are becoming.

Choosing yourself is not selfish. It’s sacred, and so is setting healthy boundaries.

This work can feel uncomfortable, especially when old relationships and patterns push back. But there is also freedom and peace that comes when you stop abandoning yourself in order to keep everyone else comfortable.

You are allowed to have needs.
You are allowed to say no.
You are allowed to choose yourself with love.

Together, we can do the work that will Recover Your Soul.

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Mother’s Day can bring up so many emotions. For some, it’s a beautiful day filled with love and connection. And for many others, it can be layered with grief, disappointment, longing, resentment, confusion, or the ache of not having received what was needed.

In this episode, we explore the healing of mother wounds through the lens of the Recover Your Soul process. Not to stay stuck in blame or victimhood, but to create space to honestly acknowledge what was felt, what was missing, and how those early experiences shaped the patterns, beliefs, and stories we still carry today.

So often we dismiss our own feelings by saying, “They did the best they could.” And while that may be true, healing also asks us to allow ourselves to recognize the impact those experiences had on us emotionally, spiritually, and even within our nervous systems.

This conversation is also about forgiving ourselves.

As mothers, so many of us carry guilt, shame, regret, and the fear that we somehow got it wrong. We wanted to do better. We wanted to love well. And yet we are human beings carrying our own wounds, patterns, and limitations while trying to raise children in a complicated world.

Healing begins when we allow ourselves to stop carrying the blame.

This is an invitation to witness yourself with compassion, to honor the truth of your experience, and to begin releasing the weight you were never meant to carry forever.

Your healing matters.
Your forgiveness matters.
And the love you learn to offer yourself has the power to change everything.

Together, we can do the work that will Recover Your Soul.

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It can be such a fine line between helping and enabling, between supporting someone we love and trying to save them. When you’re in it, it’s hard to see clearly. You feel their pain, and everything in you wants to make it better.

In this episode, I share from my own experience and from the Recover Your Soul process about what it really means to love someone without trying to fix them. This isn’t about finding the “right” answer, because every relationship and every situation is unique. It’s about turning inward and beginning to recognize when we are acting from fear and discomfort, and when we are responding from a more grounded, soulful place.

So often, our desire to help comes from not wanting to feel the pain of watching someone struggle. But what if peace doesn’t come from changing them? What if it comes from acceptance?

As we shift from saving to supporting, we begin to let go of control and trust that each soul is on its own journey. We can still love deeply, still be present, but from a place of clarity, compassion, and healthier boundaries.

If you’re feeling overwhelmed or unsure of how to show up for someone you love, you are not alone. This is the work, and there is another way.

Remember, this isn’t about fixing yourself. It’s about recovering the wholeness that has always been within you.

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What if the life you are experiencing is shaped by the thoughts you think, the beliefs you hold, and the patterns you continue to repeat?

In this episode of Recover Your Soul, Rev Rachel explores how codependency, people-pleasing, fear, and the need to control others can keep us stuck in painful cycles—and how spiritual awakening begins when we turn inward.

Healing starts when we stop waiting for others to change and begin asking: Who am I becoming?

This episode is an invitation to release old survival patterns, reconnect with your true self, and choose a new reality rooted in peace, authenticity, and love.

In This Episode:

• How codependency shapes your reality
• Letting go of control and people-pleasing
• Spiritual awakening as a shift in perception
• Releasing old beliefs and identities
• Aligning with your authentic self
• Creating a life rooted in peace

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This one is a little different. And a little special.

Today I am joined by my husband Rich — the man who has been by my side through all of it. Nearly 34 years together, two recovering alcoholics, kids in addiction, a marriage that almost did not make it, and a healing journey that quietly changed everything between us.

We are talking about the new memoir — Recover Your Soul: A Spiritual Journey of Healing from Addiction, Codependency, and People Pleasing — and what Rich experienced reading our story told through my eyes. Rich wrote the foreword before he had even read the book. His willingness to let me share our real story with the world is one of the greatest gifts he has ever given me. Thank you Rich. 🤍

This is a real honest conversation about what actually shifts in a relationship when one person commits to healing their codependency. Not because it fixes anyone else. But because something changes. Quietly, steadily, and profoundly. We talk about anger, intensity, conflict, and the Jenga tower concept that changed how we handle hard moments together.

If you are doing this work and wondering whether it will make a difference in your relationships — this episode is for you.

📖 Recover Your Soul — available now on Amazon → https://amzn.to/4sDvKeE An honest review means everything — thank you. 🤍

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Recover Your Soul: A Spiritual Journey of Healing from Addiction, Codependency, and People Pleasing is available now on Amazon. If you are listening on launch day — April 13th — please grab your copy today and leave an honest review. It means everything. 🧡

It is book launch day. And I am so grateful you are here.

Eight years ago I was two months into sobriety, my family was in chaos, and my teenage son was deep in his addiction. AA was where I got accountable for my drinking. But it was Al-Anon that saved my life.

And then something deeper began to unfold. A spiritual awakening that moved through 12 steps, metaphysics, Buddhism, and a completely different perception of what healing actually is. And out of that journey came the Recover Your Soul Nine Step Process, and eventually this spiritual memoir.

Thank you Mattie Murrey for being my coach and Collaborator- she can help you write a book too!!!

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Free Recover Your Soul Mini Workbook — your soul journey starts here: www.recoveryoursoul.net/whatisrecoveryoursoul

There is a movement happening right now, and if you have found your way to this community, you are already part of it. A movement away from codependency, people pleasing, and betraying yourself to keep everyone else comfortable.

So many of us have spent a lifetime in the supporting role and forming ourselves around what our partners want, what our kids need, what our families expect — without ever asking: who am I, and what do I actually want?

That question is at the center of the Recover Your Soul process. And it is at the heart of my new memoir Recover Your Soul: A Spiritual Journey of Healing from Addiction, Codependency, and People Pleasing — launching April 13th. (Help me to get the book out into the world!! Make this a Best Seller, and then write a review ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️)

We talk about what happens when you begin to disrupt the roles others have come to expect from you, and why the discomfort you feel when you finally choose yourself is not a sign you got it wrong. It is a sign that something real is shifting.

This episode is an invitation to get curious. To ask yourself where you are still forming yourself around someone else's approval. And to recognize that choosing yourself — fully, finally — is not selfish. It is the most healing thing you will ever do. 🤍

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A Special Episode: Eric Zimmer on How a Little Becomes a Lot

This week I'm sharing something a little different and I think you're going to be really glad I did.

Eric Zimmer is the host of The One You Feed, one of the most beloved personal growth podcasts out there, and his new book How a Little Becomes a Lot comes out March 31st. His story, from homeless heroin addict to helping millions of people change their lives is inspiriting and a reminder that there is always hope.

We recorded this conversation for the Recover Your Soul Bonus Podcast, and it was so rich that I wanted every one of you to hear it.

If you're not yet part of the Bonus Podcast community, this episode is a glimpse into the deeper conversations happening over there every week. I'd love for you to join us.

Get the book: How a Little Becomes a Lot — available March 31st Learn more about Eric https://www.oneyoufeed.net/ or listen to podcast on all streaming platforms.

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