The Illicit Feminine

In this powerful episode of The Illicit Feminine, Elizabeth Marth explores Gate 9 of the Sovereign Descent Journey: The Devotional Self a deeply transformative invitation to return to your soul as your primary source of truth, safety, and authority. So many women have been conditioned to devote themselves outwardly to partners, roles, belief systems, and external validation often at the cost of th...

In this deeply moving episode of The Illicit Feminine , Elizabeth Marth guides listeners through Gate Eight of the Sovereign Descent, known as The Grief Gate. This conversation explores a profound and often unspoken form of grief, the grief that comes not from losing others, but from slowly losing ourselves. Elizabeth reveals how many women carry a quiet, cumulative grief formed through years of s...

In this powerful episode of The Illicit Feminine, Elizabeth Marth explores Gate Seven of the Sovereign Descent, known as The Rage Gate. This conversation reframes anger and rage not as destructive emotions, but as intelligent signals from the soul calling us back to ourselves. Elizabeth explains how rage often arises when we repeatedly abandon our truth, ignore our body's wisdom, or suppress...

In this captivating episode of The Illicit Feminine , Elizabeth Marth sits down with outdoor boudoir and erotic adventure photographer Wren Morrow for a deeply intimate conversation about embodiment, sensuality, healing, and the power of reconnecting with the body through nature. Wren shares her powerful personal journey, from growing up in a conservative religious environment shaped by modesty an...

In Gate Six of the Sovereign Descent , Elizabeth Marth guides listeners into one of the most powerful and misunderstood aspects of feminine awakening: the reclamation of erotic authority. This episode explores erotic energy not as performance, seduction, or sexuality for validation—but as life force, creativity, desire, pleasure, and embodied truth. Elizabeth reframes the “illicit feminine” as the...

In Gate Five of the Sovereign Descent, Elizabeth Marth guides listeners into one of the most misunderstood and underdeveloped aspects of feminine healing: the inner masculine. This gate explores masculine energy not as dominance, productivity, or hustle, but as safety, containment, structure, and protection. Elizabeth reframes the inner masculine as the internal force that allows the feminine to s...

In Gate Four of the Sovereign Descent, Elizabeth Marth guides listeners into one of the most psychologically and spiritually confronting stages of the Inanna journey: the disavowed woman. This gate explores the parts of ourselves we did not merely repress but consciously or unconsciously deemed unacceptable in order to survive. Unlike repression, disavowal is a knowing exile. It is the moment the...

Have you ever felt pulled in two directions unable to make a decision, looping in confusion, or feeling like two different versions of yourself are at war inside? In this powerful episode of The Illicit Feminine , Elizabeth continues the Sovereign Descent series by guiding listeners through Gate Three: The Split Self - the internal divide between who you became to survive and who you were born to...

In this powerful episode of The Illicit Feminine Podcast, host Elizabeth Marth continues to open the first gate of the Sovereign Descent - the Authority Wound - where women learn to reclaim the throne of their own lives. Inspired by Inanna’s descent into the underworld, Elizabeth reveals how this ancient myth mirrors the modern woman’s journey through loss, identity collapse, and rebirth into soul...

Welcome to the Illicit Feminine Podcast with Elizabeth Marth. In this transformative episode, Elizabeth explores the ancient Sumerian myth of Inanna’s Descent through the Seven Gates, a powerful metaphor for women’s journeys of self-discovery, shadow integration, and reclaiming authentic sovereignty. Episode Highlights: The story of Inanna, Queen of Heaven and Earth, and her courageous descent int...

 In this powerful episode, Elizabeth introduces her new work, "The Sovereign Descent," a 10-gate journey inspired by the ancient Sumerian myth of Inanna. She shares her personal transformation and the deep inner work that has shaped her over the past five years. This episode kicks off a series exploring each gate, beginning with the fear of being "the bad one" a threshold every...

In this powerful and deeply probing episode of The Illicit Feminine Podcast, host Elizabeth Marth sits down with author, spiritual teacher, and women’s spiritual expert Chelsea Ann for a transformative conversation about the wounded feminine, societal conditioning, and the journey back to a woman’s authentic nature. Drawing from her new book The Feminine Effect and her own extraordinary life story...

In this episode of The Illicit Feminine, host Elizabeth Marth welcomes Wendy Luk an intuitive healer, energy practitioner, and Soul Mission Coach who helps lightworkers reconnect with their higher purpose and step fully into their authentic path.  Together, they explore the deeper meaning of being a lightworker and how healing our energy field can transform every area of life, from health and rela...

In this powerful and refreshingly honest episode of The Illicit Feminine , host Elizabeth Marth sits down with Rachel Wilson , CFO, podcaster, and creator of The P*ssy Project , for a raw and liberating conversation about the feminine body, motherhood, and self-connection. Together they explore how women’s relationships with their breasts, bodies, and sexuality evolve through pregnancy, nursing, a...

In this week’s episode of The Illicit Feminine, host Elizabeth Marth opens a bold, vulnerable, and deeply spiritual conversation about womanhood, body image, and sovereignty through a lens few explore - her personal journey with breast augmentation. October is often recognized as Breast Cancer Awareness Month, and while honoring that, Elizabeth expands the conversation to include breast awareness,...

In this week’s episode of The Illicit Feminine, host Elizabeth Marth invites special guest Kassi Underwood—author of May Cause Love and founder of The Feminine Urge into a raw and powerful conversation about celibacy, feminine energy, and reclaiming sovereignty in relationships. Kassi shares her transformative year-long journey of intentional celibacy, not as a religious or cultural prescription,...

In this week’s episode of The Illicit Feminine , host Elizabeth Marth takes a deeply reflective detour into one of the most transformative practices we can embrace—self-love. Fresh from facilitating a couples retreat, Elizabeth shares profound insights into why authentic relationships begin with the relationship you cultivate with yourself. Through stories, energetic wisdom, and four practical ste...

In this week’s episode of The Illicit Feminine , host Elizabeth Marth invites a close friend who we’ll call Jane for anonymity into a vulnerable and eye-opening conversation about open marriage. Together, they explore what it really means to step outside the traditional framework of monogamy, challenging cultural taboos and uncovering the deeper truths of desire, multiple partners, and authenticit...

In this week’s episode of The Illicit Feminine, host Elizabeth Marth continues the powerful exploration of the question: Should I stay or should I go? This time, she shifts the focus to the external—family, friends, culture, and community—and how their opinions, judgments, and projections can weigh heavily when you’re navigating decisions about your relationship. Elizabeth unpacks how outside infl...

In this deeply vulnerable episode of The Illicit Feminine, host Elizabeth Marth explores one of the hardest questions many women face in their relationships: Should I stay or should I go? Drawing from her personal journey and her training in conscious uncoupling, Elizabeth breaks the silence on this often-taboo topic and offers insight into how to navigate the complexity of love, marriage, and sel...

In this episode of The Illicit Feminine Podcast , host Elizabeth Marth continues her powerful conversation with Rachel Jackson on reclaiming feminine wisdom, healing ancestral wounds, and awakening intuitive gifts. Rachel shares her journey of uncovering the power of her ancestral lineage, from women in her family who were healers and midwives to the intuitive guidance she now carries as a seer an...

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 rep...

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. Sh...

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...

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,...