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by Rachel Elimelech
Qualified Solicitor | Higher Court Advocate | Story Listener | Emotional Mentor Rachel Elimelech is the warm, courageous voice behind Unspoken Emotions - a podcast that gives voice to the feelings we so often keep buried. A qualified Solicitor and Higher Court Advocate, Rachel combines professional insight with deeply personal lived experience - from surviving sexual abuse, loss, and single parenthood to rebuilding her life with quiet strength and unwavering resilience. Her journey from teenage single mum to respected legal professional has shaped her gift for deep connection. With empathy and authenticity, Rachel creates a safe, judgment-free space where guests are invited to speak the unspoken - grief, guilt, shame, anger, fear - and begin to let go of what no longer serves them. Through honest, unfiltered conversations, Unspoken Emotions explores how real people have turned pain into purpose and silence into healing. Rachel believes that healing begins the moment we speak the truth of our experiences - and that none of us should carry our emotions alone.
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- 4 days ago55 min
Cancer Cured Her. Here's What She Means By That | Alexandra Simms on People Pleasing, Childhood Abandonment and Healing the Body From the Inside Out
Alexandra Simms was 46 when a nurse called her back for a mammogram she had nearly skipped. She had a clash in the diary, a son to pick up from sport, no symptoms whatsoever, and zero reason to think cancer had ever been anywhere near her family. She almost did not go. The mammogram found cancer buried so deep that Alex's surgeon told her later: if you had waited until 50 for your routine screening, you would either have been riddled with it or you would have been dead. That's the diagnosis. What came after it is the episode. Alex calls herself a recovered people pleaser, a word she means precisely. She spent her life being the good girl, the thoughtful one, the woman everyone described as so lovely and so kind, while privately running on a belief she had formed at three years old when her father left. A belief that said: if I make everyone else happy and never cause trouble, they will not leave me. She did not know she believed that. It was completely subconscious. It showed up as glandular fever at 16 that left her debilitated through her GCSEs. As a binge eating disorder she only named a few years ago. As burning in her chest every time there was conflict she could not avoid. As feeling genuinely guilty that her cancer was not serious enough to deserve the meals friends were bringing round. The cancer gave her the only excuse she had ever had to stop doing things for other people and start doing things for herself. She used it. Eight years cancer-free, she is now a lymphatic drainage and reiki practitioner, the founder of Balanced Body and Retreats, and the host of the podcast Cancer Cured Me. Rachel and Alex cover all of it in this conversation: the postcode lottery moment, the diagnosis on her husband's birthday, the childhood abandonment wound behind the people pleasing, the body keeping score, the healing modalities that actually shifted things, and what Alex would say to that little girl sitting at the bottom of the stairs asking when her dad was coming home. What this episode covers: How a routine mammogram opt-in saved Alex's life four years ahead of schedule Why she says cancer cured her, and what she means by that The link between childhood abandonment, people pleasing and chronic illness How unprocessed emotions show up physically in the body The healing tools that actually worked: reflexology, reiki, breathwork, EFT, lymphatic drainage What binge eating disorder looks like when you have never had a name for it How to start healing when you do not know where to begin To connect with your guest Alexandra Sims https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/cancer-cured-me-wellness-wisdom-and-wonder/id1793127251?i=1000710192019 Web: www.balancedbodyandretreats.comEmail: Alex@balancedbodyandretreats.com To connect with your host follow Me HERE: Insta: https://www.instagram.com/rachel_unspokenemotions/ TikTok: www.tiktok.com/@rachel.unspoken.em Email: rachel@unspokenemotions.co.uk Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/rachel.elimelech To Buy Rachel a Coffee: https://buymeacoffee.com/unspokenemotions LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rachel-elimelech-a07a1a46/ To join the waitlist for Rachel’s Unspoken to Unstoppable Breakthrough Programme - email rachel@unspokenemotions.co.uk quoting reference “Breakthrough" HOST BIO Qualified Solicitor | Higher Court Advocate | Story Listener | Emotional Mentor Rachel Elimelech is the warm, courageous voice behind Unspoken Emotions - a podcast that gives voice to the feelings we so often keep buried. A qualified Solicitor and Higher Court Advocate, Rachel combines professional insight with deeply personal lived experience - from surviving sexual abuse, loss, and single parenthood to rebuilding her life with quiet strength and unwavering resilience. Her journey from teenage single mum to respected legal professional has shaped her gift for deep connection. With empathy and authenticity, Rachel creates a safe, judgment-free space where guests are invited to speak the unspoken - grief, guilt, shame, anger, fear - and begin to let go of what no longer serves them. Through honest, unfiltered conversations, Unspoken Emotions explores how real people have turned pain into purpose and silence into healing. Rachel believes that healing begins the moment we speak the truth of our experiences - and that none of us should carry our emotions alone.
- 1 weeks ago1h 4m
How Leaving Saved Her Life: One Woman's Story of Identity Erosion and Self-Reclamation | Claire Adamou
Claire Adamou had everything going for her. A career she had worked hard to build, a great group of friends, a life she genuinely loved. Then she got married, had two children in quick succession, and began the slow, quiet process of losing herself. It did not happen all at once. It happened the way most erosion happens, gradually, almost invisibly. The criticism of how she did the laundry. The comment about the work email that was "cringe." The dinner parties where he critiqued her cooking in front of everyone. Year by year, Claire's confidence, her ambition, her trust in her own instincts quietly dismantled until she was, as she describes it, just watching herself go through the motions. The moment she realised it was over was not dramatic. It came after a work conference. She did not want to go home. That was the line. What followed was two years of legal battles, financial control, a court order restricting communication to email only, and a period where Claire and her children were living in her sister's garage. She had no access to the business bank account that held all of her money. She had no baby photos, no lock of hair, no first shoes. He kept all of it. And yet. Claire is not bitter. And this conversation is about why. Rachel and Claire talk about the real cost of staying silent, the moment Claire finally recognised the relationship as coercive control, how she rebuilt trust in her own judgment, the anchor analogy she uses for letting go of resentment, and what she would say to any woman sitting at that line right now who is too scared to cross it. What this episode covers: How identity erosion in a controlling relationship happens slowly and invisibly The difference between a difficult marriage and coercive control Why women from families where divorce is taboo carry an extra layer of shame The moment Claire knew it was abuse, watching him try to tell their children how to feel How to cut the anchor without excusing what happened What to do with your friendships and family relationships when you leave The one question every woman thinking about leaving needs to ask herself Follow Claire Website - https://claireadamou.com/ Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/claireadamou/ National Domestic Abuse Helpline (UK): 0808 2000 247 (free, 24/7) | nationaldahelpline.org.uk Refuge: refuge.org.uk Women's Aid: womensaid.org.uk Samaritans: 116 123 (free, 24/7) | samaritans.org Citizens Advice (financial/legal support): citizensadvice.org.uk To connect with your host, follow Me HERE: Insta: https://www.instagram.com/rachel_unspokenemotions/ TikTok: www.tiktok.com/@rachel.unspoken.em Email: rachel@unspokenemotions.co.uk Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/rachel.elimelech To Buy Rachel a Coffee: https://buymeacoffee.com/unspokenemotions LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rachel-elimelech-a07a1a46/ HOST BIO Rachel Elimelech is the warm, courageous voice behind Unspoken Emotions - a podcast that gives voice to the feelings we so often keep buried. A qualified Solicitor and Higher Court Advocate, Rachel combines professional insight with deeply personal lived experience - from surviving sexual abuse, loss, and single parenthood to rebuilding her life with quiet strength and unwavering resilience. Her journey from teenage single mum to respected legal professional has shaped her gift for deep connection. With empathy and authenticity, Rachel creates a safe, judgment-free space where guests are invited to speak the unspoken - grief, guilt, shame, anger, fear - and begin to let go of what no longer serves them. Through honest, unfiltered conversations, Unspoken Emotions explores how real people have turned pain into purpose and silence into healing. Rachel believes that healing begins the moment we speak the truth of our experiences - and that none of us should carry our emotions alone.
- 2 weeks ago20 min
Why High-Functioning Women Are the Last to Notice Their Bodies Are Screaming
Rachel Elimelech gets honest about what months of relentless pace actually did to her, and what happened when she finally stopped. From mood shifts and broken sleep to brain fog and physical symptoms she could not name, this solo episode walks through the real warning signs of nervous system overload and, crucially, what slowing down actually unlocked in her thinking and her business. With five practical takeaways you can use today, this is the episode for every high-functioning woman who knows something is off but cannot justify stopping. In this solo episode, Rachel shares what has been happening in her world over the past few months: the relentless pace of her son Louis's racing schedule, the pressure of managing a career, a podcast, and a life that does not pause, and what happened when her body finally stopped cooperating. This is not a burnout episode. It is about something more specific: what chronic overload does to a high-functioning woman's thinking, and what came back when she gave herself permission to rest. What Rachel covers in this episode: The real warning signs of nervous system overload, and why high-functioning women are usually the last to recognise them Why procrastination in an otherwise driven person is not laziness, it is depletion The biology behind decision fatigue and why your brain cannot think straight under chronic stress What happened to Rachel's business clarity the week she slowed down Five practical takeaways on rest, recovery and getting back into flow To connect with your host, follow Me HERE: Insta: https://www.instagram.com/rachel_unspokenemotions/ TikTok: www.tiktok.com/@rachel.unspoken.em Email: rachel@unspokenemotions.co.uk Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/rachel.elimelech To Buy Rachel a Coffee: https://buymeacoffee.com/unspokenemotions LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/rachel-elimelech-unspoken-emotions HOST BIO Rachel Elimelech is the warm, courageous voice behind Unspoken Emotions - a podcast that gives voice to the feelings we so often keep buried. A qualified Solicitor and Higher Court Advocate, Rachel combines professional insight with deeply personal lived experience - from surviving sexual abuse, loss, and single parenthood to rebuilding her life with quiet strength and unwavering resilience. Her journey from teenage single mum to respected legal professional has shaped her gift for deep connection. With empathy and authenticity, Rachel creates a safe, judgment-free space where guests are invited to speak the unspoken - grief, guilt, shame, anger, fear - and begin to let go of what no longer serves them. Through honest, unfiltered conversations, Unspoken Emotions explores how real people have turned pain into purpose and silence into healing. Rachel believes that healing begins the moment we speak the truth of our experiences - and that none of us should carry our emotions alone.
- 3 weeks ago1h 23m
When Loving Your Child Isn't Enough to Keep Them Home: Life With Severe Autism
This episode contains discussion of severe autism and challenging behaviour, physical injuries sustained by a parent, a parent's fleeting thoughts about not wanting to be here, and the emotional reality of residential care. Listener support resources are below. Rachel Rose spent 20 years fighting for her son Dylan - autism, residential care, impossible choices. The guilt no one tells you about. What happens when you've fought every system, exhausted every option, flown to another continent for help — and still the decision is taken out of your hands? In this episode, I sit down with my best friend of 34 years, Rachel Rose: qualified midwife, mother of four, and one of the most fiercely loving and quietly devastated people I know. Rachel's son Dylan was diagnosed with severe autism at just two years old. What followed was two decades of relentless advocacy - home ABA programmes, transatlantic treatment in Texas, battles with social services, education authorities, and a system that consistently made the hardest situations harder. She did all of it while working full-time as a probation officer, raising two children and quietly absorbing injuries that she could never bring herself to attribute to her child. When Dylan was placed into full-time residential care in 2020 - following a public incident on New Year's Day - Rachel experienced a grief that most people couldn't understand. He was alive. He was loved. He was safe. And she felt like she was failing him every single day. In this honest, raw and deeply moving conversation, Rachel talks about the emotions she never named, the years she spent pretending everything was fine, and why she believes the guilt of a child being in residential care is almost as crippling as the day-to-day of caring for them at home. IN THIS EPISODE • The first signs Rachel noticed that something wasn't right - and being dismissed as an anxious young mum • Flying to Texas for specialised ABA treatment when the UK system couldn't provide what Dylan needed • Running a fully funded home education programme throughout Dylan's primary years • The "hell in a cell" nights - sleep deprivation, hyper-vigilance, and what it does to a family • The moment on New Year's Day 2020 that changed everything • Why she could never have made the decision to place Dylan in residential care herself • The guilt of loving Dylan whilst also being physically hurt by him - and never blaming him • Going back to university to train as a midwife as an act of survival • What she says to parents on Autism Awareness Day - and why she feels a responsibility to tell the truth • The one thing she wishes someone had told her when she was at her lowest HELPLINES • Samaritans: 116 123 (free, 24/7) | jo@samaritans.org • Carers UK Helpline: 0808 808 7777 | www.carersuk.org • National Autistic Society: 0808 800 4104 | www.autism.org.uk • Mind: 0300 123 3393 | www.mind.org.uk
- Oct 6, 202658 min
Grief vs Depression — How to Know the Difference and Why It Matters | Danielle Corrie
her mum to motor neuron disease and her beloved dog Tita in the same year. About grief that comes not from death but from any kind of loss, a relationship, a job, a friendship, a version of your life that did not happen the way you planned. About what it means to be loving someone through their final chapter right now. And about the eight years it took to write a book from a dog's perspective because sometimes the only way to get close enough to the truth is to tell it from a different angle. She also says something that I have not been able to stop thinking about. Grief is not something you get over. You might get through it. But you never get over it. Because the opposite of love is grief. And love does not have a finish line. If you have ever been handed the wrong word for what you were feeling, this episode is for you. GUEST LINKS Danielle's book Tita's Story is available now. All details in the show notes. Content note: this episode contains discussion of grief, loss, suicide bereavement and anticipatory grief for a living parent. Helplines: Cruse Bereavement 0808 808 1677 | Samaritans 116 123 | AUS Griefline 1300 845 745 | US 988 Lifeline Connect with Guest: http://daniellecorrie.com.au/ linktr.ee/daniellecorrie To connect with your host, follow Me HERE: Insta: https://www.instagram.com/rachel_unspokenemotions/ TikTok: www.tiktok.com/@rachel.unspoken.em Email: rachel@unspokenemotions.co.uk Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/rachel.elimelech To Buy Rachel a Coffee: https://buymeacoffee.com/unspokenemotions LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/rachel-elimelech-unspoken-emotions HOST BIO Rachel Elimelech is the warm, courageous voice behind Unspoken Emotions - a podcast that gives voice to the feelings we so often keep buried. A qualified Solicitor and Higher Court Advocate, Rachel combines professional insight with deeply personal lived experience - from surviving sexual abuse, loss, and single parenthood to rebuilding her life with quiet strength and unwavering resilience. Her journey from teenage single mum to respected legal professional has shaped her gift for deep connection. With empathy and authenticity, Rachel creates a safe, judgment-free space where guests are invited to speak the unspoken - grief, guilt, shame, anger, fear - and begin to let go of what no longer serves them. Through honest, unfiltered conversations, Unspoken Emotions explores how real people have turned pain into purpose and silence into healing. Rachel believes that healing begins the moment we speak the truth of our experiences - and that none of us should carry our emotions alone.
- Sep 28, 202615 min
What Have We Done to Our Children? | And What We Can Still Do About It
Something has shifted in the generation we raised. And most of us know it, even if we have not quite said it out loud. The teenagers and young adults around us are struggling. Not because their lives are terrible. Not because anything objectively catastrophic is happening. But because so many of them simply do not know how to cope. How to sit with disappointment. How to navigate conflict. How to get through something hard without it feeling like the end of the world. In this solo episode Rachel asks the uncomfortable question. Did we do this? With honesty, warmth and a healthy dose of recognising herself in all of it, Rachel talks about the world we built for our children. What we gave them and what we accidentally withheld. The friendship drama that sends girls into a three-day spiral and the moment she realised that being a safe place for her own child was only half of what they needed. And the four things parents can do right now that will make a real difference. This one is for every parent who loves their child deeply and is quietly wondering whether the way they showed that love might have made things harder for them in ways they never intended.
- Sep 21, 202622 min
Why You Feel Nothing | And What That Silence Inside You Is Actually Trying to Say
This week it is just Rachel. No guest. No story from someone else's life. Just an honest conversation about something a lot of women are carrying around right now and not telling anyone. Not I am sad. Not I am struggling. Just. Nothing. A kind of flatness that settles in so quietly and so gradually that by the time you notice it, you cannot remember when it started. In this episode, Rachel talks about what emotional numbness actually feels like from the inside. Why it happens, and why it tends to happen to the women who have been coping the hardest for the longest. And what to do when you realise you have been going through the motions of your own life without actually being in it. She also shares something personal from her own life. A moment in her late twenties when she had everything she had worked so hard for and still felt completely flat. And the unlikely conversation, in a McDonald's doorway at midnight, that made her finally admit it to herself. If you have been telling yourself you are fine when something inside you knows that fine is not quite right, this one is for you.
- Sep 14, 20261h 14m
He Was 13. He Wanted to Be a Neurosurgeon. | Lisa Hippsley on Losing Kaylan and the Fight for Justice
Content note: this episode contains discussion of the death of a child, road death, grief, PTSD and the criminal justice system. Kaylan Hippsley was thirteen years old. He wanted to be a neurosurgeon. He played rugby and football. His mum Lisa had just passed her driving test and he told her she could teach him to drive someday. In February 2024 Kaylan was walking home in Hirwaun in South Wales when a car driven by Harley Whiteman hit him. Whiteman was drunk and on cocaine. He fled the scene. He then returned and attempted to pull the student nurse who was trying to save Kaylan away from him. Kaylan never regained consciousness. He died in hospital three days later. His family fought all the way to the Royal Court of Justice in London. The sentence was increased to nine years with a minimum of six in a secure prison. They held that knowledge. They built what they could of a life around it. Then they received a phone call. Harley Whiteman is already in an open prison. He could be released as early as 2028. Just four years after killing Kaylan. Before Kaylan would even have turned twenty. In this conversation Lisa talks about who Kaylan was. About the last video she has of him coming down the stairs in flippers and a snorkel the night before he was killed. About the machines being switched off at the exact time Kaylan was born. About the guilt she carries. And about the fight she refuses to stop. Kaylan would have been sixteen next month. Sign the Justice for Kaylan petition: https://c.org/2zDfrxJMYm Content note: this episode contains discussion of the death of a child, road death, grief, PTSD and the criminal justice system. HELPLINES | Include in everything UK | Samaritans: 116 123 | Free 24 hours UK | Cruse Bereavement Support: 0808 808 1677 | cruse.org.uk UK | Road Peace: roadpeace.org | 020 7733 1603 UK | Compassionate Friends (bereaved parents): tcf.org.uk | 0345 123 2304 UK | Child Bereavement UK: childbereavementuk.org | 0800 02 888 40 US | 988 Lifeline: call or text 988
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About Unspoken Emotions
Qualified Solicitor | Higher Court Advocate | Story Listener | Emotional Mentor Rachel Elimelech is the warm, courageous voice behind Unspoken Emotions - a podcast that gives voice to the feelings we so often keep buried. A qualified Solicitor and Higher Court Advocate, Rachel combines professional insight with deeply personal lived experience - from surviving sexual abuse, loss, and single parenthood to rebuilding her life with quiet strength and unwavering resilience. Her journey from teenage single mum to respected legal professional has shaped her gift for deep connection. With empathy and authenticity, Rachel creates a safe, judgment-free space where guests are invited to speak the unspoken - grief, guilt, shame, anger, fear - and begin to let go of what no longer serves them. Through honest, unfiltered conversations, Unspoken Emotions explores how real people have turned pain into purpose and silence into healing. Rachel believes that healing begins the moment we speak the truth of our experiences - and that none of us should carry our emotions alone.
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