Unspoken Emotions

Elizabeth Kipp grew up thinking she had missed the instructions. The handbook for how to be a person that everyone else seemed to have. She was educated, capable and high-functioning on the outside. Overwhelmed almost constantly on the inside. And quietly convinced that something must be wrong with her.   In this conversation Elizabeth traces the arc from a childhood of walking on eggshells, throu...

Hannah Dalby was a professional Muay Thai fighter. She got sober. She built a business. From the outside that all looked impressive.   But that's not the story.   The real story is that she spent fifteen years being brilliant at everything she tried. Fighting. Training. Achieving. Building. Getting sober. And not once in any of it did she stop long enough to find out who she actually was underneat...

Tina Yarger was 18 years old when she lost her father. Before that grief had anywhere to settle, she lost a childhood friend. And then she lost her mother too. She was the oldest. Everyone needed her to be okay. So she held it together, functioned, achieved, built a life. And for ten years, the grief went underground and stayed there. It didn't surface in a therapy room or a quiet moment of reflec...

Kate King grew up hearing stories about her estranged uncle. Stories are told only one way. That never quite felt like the whole truth. Years later, she realised she had become him. The same pattern. The same distortions. The same impossible position in the family system. The second generation. In this conversation, Kate traces the full arc of a three-decade journey through a toxic family system....

FREE GIVEAWAY Free guide - 3 Steps to Releasing What’s Holding You Back  ⁠https://unspokenemotions.co.uk/free-guide⁠ Find The Newsletter Below: ⁠https://unspokenemotions.co.uk/newsletter Jacie Targett grew up in a body that was already carrying what her mind was not yet ready to know. Autoimmune symptoms from the age of eighteen months. A childhood spent wearing a mask of confidence, intelligence...

FREE GIVEAWAY Free guide - 3 Steps to Releasing What’s Holding You Back  https://unspokenemotions.co.uk/free-guide Find The Newsletter Below: https://unspokenemotions.co.uk/newsletter One year ago today, Rachel pressed publish on the first episode of Unspoken Emotions. In this solo anniversary episode, she shares for the first time the real story of why she built this podcast, what happened the ni...

In this emotionally charged episode, Rachel sits down with Jon Bui to explore the profound and enduring costs of rebuilding a life after a criminal conviction. Jon candidly shares his journey from an unmotivated teenager battling ego and insecurity to a convicted felon after a reckless shoplifting attempt went disastrously wrong. Jon discusses the crushing reality of losing his time and the trust...

In this powerful episode. Rachel sits down with Annie Emprima, a US Army veteran, PTSD survivor, and author of Trauma Whispers Before It Roars. Annie shares her profound journey from adopting a rescuer persona in her childhood to facing immense toxicity and betrayal during her military deployment in Iraq. Candidly unpacking the terrifying reality of being shot at while aboard a C-130 cargo plane,...

Is there a face behind what you are building? Not a goal. Not a vision. A face. Someone from your past who said something. Who decided something about you. Who wrote you off or doubted you or made you feel like you had something to prove. And you have been quietly, relentlessly - proving them wrong ever since.  In this solo episode Rachel shares something she has never spoken about on this podcast...

In this deeply moving episode, Rachel sits down with Christine a Fortune 500 director, single mother, and author of the memoir The Truth She Showed Me. Christine bravely unpacks her 17-year marriage, a relationship defined not by physical violence, but by the insidious, invisible wounds of coercive control. KEY TAKEAWAYS  Abuse Isn't Always Physical: Coercive control operates through the slow, sub...

We have been told a story about forgiveness. That is the only path to healing. That until you forgive, you are stuck. Holding on to the hurt is only hurting you. The most powerful thing you can do is let it go. But what if that story isn't true for every wound? What if, for some hurts caused by some people, repeated over the years, never acknowledged, forgiveness is not what is needed? What if the...

At 26, Natasha Costales was leading an English department, inspiring students, and building a career that looked, from the outside, like everything she had ever wanted. Behind it, she was working 12 to 13-hour days, barely sleeping, experiencing panic attacks so severe that colleagues had to physically remove her from her car. She was binge eating to cope, battling sleep paralysis, and in the dept...

Recently, I had a completely unexpected encounter. I was meeting someone for work — an ordinary, professional conversation. And then, completely out of nowhere, it turned out he knew my story. Not just knew of me - knew the details. Because he had been connected to the man who abused my son. And in that moment, something happened that I genuinely did not expect. The feelings came back. The anger....

In this deeply moving episode, Rachel sits down with Matthew Mizerek, an author, artist, and entrepreneur who survived two strokes at the age of just 33. Matthew opens up candidly about the profound emotional, physical, and psychological aftermath of facing mortality so early in life.  KEY TAKEAWAYS The Illusion of Societal Expectations: Near-death experiences often reveal that the pressures we fe...

In this episode, Rachel sits down with Jenny Briggs, whose daughter Sarah was diagnosed with a rare genetic anomaly and autism. Jenny opens up about the raw, unspoken reality of realizing your child's future will look vastly different from what you imagined. We discuss the heavy burden of parent guilt, the necessity of grieving the expected child, and the profound shift from trying to fix a child...

In this poignant episode, Rachel explores the deeply personal story of Lisa Alexander, whose father, a large-scale drug trafficker known as Whitey, disappeared for 30 years. Lisa grew up believing her father was dead, only to discover decades later that he was alive and had been living under an assumed identity.  KEY TAKEAWAYS The Impact of Ambiguous Loss: Growing up with a missing parent creates...

In this deeply emotional episode, Rachel sits down with Susan Bloom, a woman who spent over five years as the unwavering caregiver for her husband as he battled a rare autoimmune disease and subsequent blood cancer. Susan eventually found her path to healing and helping others through Equine Gestalt therapy. KEY TAKEAWAYS The invisible toll of caregiving is staggering: Over the course of her husba...

In this moving episode, Rachel speaks with Gareth Riddy, whose life has been a series of profound transformations. Gareth opens up about a childhood marked by illness and a deep-seated sense of powerlessness, which eventually led him down a path of addiction as a means of escape.  KEY TAKEAWAYS Childhood experiences shape our emotional landscape: Gareth’s early struggles with asthma and frequent h...

In this moving episode, Rachel sits down with Claire Adamou to discuss a form of grief that often goes unnoticed: identity erosion. Claire candidly shares her experience of losing herself within a high-control marriage where her confidence, ambition, and even her parenting were systematically critiqued. KEY TAKEAWAYS The "Functioning" Grief: Grief doesn't always look like crying; sometimes it look...

In this heartfelt episode, Rachel welcomes Sarah Co, who shares her deeply personal journey of grief following the loss of her daughter, Jasmine, shortly after birth. Sarah opens up about the complexities of navigating life after such a profound loss, discussing the challenges of balancing her grief with her responsibilities as a mother to her living son. Sarah reflects on the importance of commun...

In this episode, Rachel sits down with author and motivational speaker Craig Satkovsky to explore a life defined by radical survival and profound rebuilding. Craig opens up about the emotional battles often hidden beneath a person's visible strength, from surviving childhood molestation and teenage drug addiction to facing a series of life-threatening cancer diagnoses in his adult years. KEY TAKEA...

In this episode, Rachel delves into the complexities of silence and its impact on mental health, particularly in the context of Time to Talk Day. Rachel explores why many individuals resort to silence as a survival strategy, highlighting that it often stems from past experiences where speaking up felt dangerous or led to dismissal.  KEY TAKEAWAYS Silence as a Protection Mechanism: Silence is not a...

In this deeply moving episode, Rachel sits down with Jess Marie, host of the Unapologetically Overcoming podcast, to explore the complex and often disenfranchised journey of sibling loss. Following the sudden death of her younger sister, Hillary, Jess found her world and her identity completely reshaped. Jess shares the raw reality of moving from being the "positive advice-giver" to a person navig...

In this poignant episode, Rachel explores the heavy reality of Divorce Day in the UK, the first working day of January. While the date is often associated with legal filings, Rachel dives deeper into the emotional exhaustion and silent withdrawals that happen long before any paperwork is signed. Rachel discusses the unique pressure of the holiday season, the Christmas pretending that eventually gi...

In this illuminating episode, Rachel sits down with Charlotte Haggie, a resilience specialist for high-achieving working mothers. Charlotte shares her personal journey from a "frenetic" corporate life to a more grounded, authentic existence, illustrating that the "perform-to-belong" rules many high-achievers live by are not only exhausting but can be safely dismantled.  KEY TAKEAWAYS  The "Perform...