Unspoken Emotions

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.

Publisher

Rachel Elimelech

Category

education · health & fitness

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

13 May 2025

Latest episode

20 Oct 2026

Latest episodes

80 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   20 Oct 2026

   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.

2. 

   12 Oct 2026

   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

3. 

   6 Oct 2026

   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.

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• CJ Jensen
• Sarah Makinde
• Marjory Qwen
• Ashleigh Rogers
• Caroline Heath

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Apple Podcasts (US)

5.0 / 5

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Spotify

5.0 / 5

97 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 40 / 100

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Engagement

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