Marriage, Barriers, and Dismantling The Wall Around Your Heart

From the Heart with Rachel Brathen

Rachel Brathen

Society & Culture

4.7 • 4.9K Ratings

🗓️ 24 October 2025

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Summary

In today’s episode, Rachel opens up about a big, beautiful expansion happening in her marriage right now. For the first time in a long time, Rachel is able to lean more into her feminine side. Her husband has been taking the lead, and she has actually been able to accept letting go of control. How did these changes come about? It wasn’t from nagging or expecting someone else to become a new person - it was from recognizing barriers Rachel had put up over her own heart. Whenever we are struggling with something, we are quick to jump to external factors as the cause. But maybe we can’t rely on everyone else to change, and instead we have to recognize our own patterns in keeping people out. Tune in for a big episode of storytelling and finding change the only way it’s possible - through love. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	On today's episode of the podcast, I talk about a big, beautiful expansion that is happening
0:07.2	in my marriage right now and how for the first time in a very long time, I feel like I'm
0:12.7	able to lean more into my feminine and that I'm able to receive more. My husband is taking
0:19.8	the lead more. A lot of things are changing and
0:22.8	shifting, but they didn't come about from nagging or from asking him to change. But surprise,
0:30.1	surprise, I've realized that the barriers are all on my side. And so much of this is with me.
0:39.9	If I get my kid at a phone, I'll be able to keep in touch with them all the time.
0:43.0	They'll be on it all the time.
0:44.3	He could walk to school by himself.
0:45.9	She could see something she shouldn't.
0:47.3	He could chat with grandma.
0:48.5	Friends, trolls.
0:49.6	They can access anything on the internet.
0:51.3	They can access anything on the internet.
0:53.2	So should I give my kid a phone?
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1:11.9	episode, so let's dive right in. Hello, my darlings. Welcome back to From the Heart. We have a brand new
1:23.6	episode today. And I am feeling so snuggily and cozy talking to you right now. It is a pretty
1:33.6	dark fall day over here. We are getting to that point of late fall where leaves are definitely
1:40.5	starting to fall to the ground. We have those gorgeous yellows and oranges everywhere,
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