The UnBroken Podcast

Show Notes: Naming Pain Rightly — A Sanctuary for the Misread

Episode Overview

In this episode, Dr. Rachel shares her sanctuary-grade approach to emotional stewardship, pain literacy, and symbolic restoration.

She offers a radical alternative to the cultural impulse to pathologise pain—inviting listeners into a field where grief becomes structure, and ache becomes testimony.

Rachel sits with people in their pain—not to fix, rush, or ...

Social media is not neutral.
It is a nervous system disruptor—engineered to fragment attention, distort identity, and commodify connection. This episode threads a ritual reckoning through the architecture of harm, naming the ache and advocating for fascia-safe digital sanctuaries.

• 📍 Social media as engineered ache
  Algorithms serve engagement—not coherence.
  Engagement, in this context, means addiction.

• 📍 The cost of cur...

The Theatre of Collapse

A glyph of refusal, a reclamation of rhythm, a remembering of coherence.

In this transmission, I name the architecture behind our collective disorientation. This is not conspiracy—it is choreography. A theatre of distraction where urgency is manufactured, coherence denied, and ache commodified.

I speak to the ritualised gaslighting of the sovereign, the pathologising of the saturated, and the silencing of the r...

In this transmission, Dr Rachel Taylor exposes the harm beneath the widespread prescription of neurological pharmaceuticals. She names the systemic failure to hold emotional ache, the commodification of sensitivity, and the silencing of soul through chemical intervention.

This is not a rejection of all medication—it is a refusal to collapse restoration into prescription. Dr. Rachel calls for sanctuary-grade care, mythic witnessi...

September arrives not with urgency, but with invitation.

It is a threshold month—a soft descent from summer’s outward bloom into autumn’s inward rhythm.

The field quiets. The light tilts.

And the nervous system, saturated by months of performance and expansion, begins to ache for coherence.

This is a good time to start listening—not just to the world, but to the body’s whisper, the relational field’s pulse, and the stories beneath th...

The Nervous System Is Not a Machine—It is a Mythic Weaver

In this episode, Dr Rachel Taylor—sanctuary architect, relational cartographer, and neurosorcerer—invites us into a fascia-safe reframe of the nervous system. Far beyond biology, the nervous system is a sacred web of light and listening. It is the body’s mythic whisperer, attuning to breath, rupture, and relational rhythm.

Rachel explores how neuroscience and somatic therapy c...

Welcome to the grand finale of Season 3 on The Unbroken Podcast! Throughout this season, we've delved deep into the realm of character virtues and strengths, exploring the stories of inspiring individuals who embody these qualities. Today, we wrap it all up by introducing the concept of "magnificence." Magnificence, derived from the Latin "magnum facere," meaning "to do something great," is our beacon. It represents the pursuit of...

In this episode of The Unbroken Podcast, we embark on a journey of self-discovery and healing with a very special guest, Sophia. As a play therapist and founder of Clear Sky Children's Charity, Sophia has dedicated her life to helping others, especially children, navigate the complexities of trauma. However, she soon realises that her own narrative, shaped by the loss of her mother at a young age, needs a profound transformation. ...

Get ready for an out-of-this-world journey in this episode of "The Unbroken Podcast"! We're diving deep into the cosmos and the concept of transcendence. What's transcendence, you ask? It's all about finding beauty, feeling awe, being grateful, staying optimistic, and yes, even finding humour in life's curveballs. It's about realising our special spot in the grand cosmic picture.

Our cosmic guide for this episode is n...

In this thought-provoking episode of the Unbroken podcast, join host Rachel as she engages in a candid conversation with Dr. Jennifer Smith, a seasoned microbiologist and epidemiologist. Together, they explore the multifaceted concept of wisdom, touching on creativity, curiosity, judgement, love of learning, and considering various perspectives. Dr. Smith's expertise in viruses and public health offers unique insights...

Tired of all the fear and division in today's world? Charles, Dr Rachel’s awesome guest for this episode of The Unbroken Podcast, shares his journey of breaking free from the media's fear-mongering and how it changed his life.

In this chat, they get into the nitty-gritty of forgiveness and empathy. Charles urges us to drop those grudges, ditch the need to force our opinions on others, and find common ground. It's time to heal thos...

Welcome to another authentic and unfiltered episode of The Unbroken Podcast, where real conversations happen without scripts or edits. In episode five of season three, we're diving deep into the exciting world of discovering your strengths!

We get it, folks. Life can sometimes feel like a barrage of negativity. Illness, pandemics, you name it. But in this episode, Dr Rachel is shifting the focus to something brighter—our strengths...

Dive into an eye-opening podcast episode where Dr. Rachel and her guest, Sephira, get real about leadership, justice, and fairness. This isn't your typical talk—it's a passionate exploration of what it truly means to be a leader committed to making the world a fairer place, even when the odds seem stacked against you.

Sephira, on a mission to create positive change, spills the beans on the highs and lows of leadership...

Get ready for an enlightening and heartfelt episode of the Unbroken Podcast! We're diving deep into the world of childbirth, empathy, and the power of love. Dr. Rachel Taylor chats candidly with Ninette, a devoted midwife, about nurturing mothers during childbirth.

You'll discover the significance of nurturing environments and why trust and empathy are the secret ingredients to a positive birthing experience. We'll al...

Get ready to soar through the skies in our latest podcast episode, "Courage in the Skies: The Life of a Pilot," hosted by the amazing Dr. Rachel Taylor on the Unbroken Podcast. We're taking you on a thrilling journey into the world of aviation, and trust us, you won't want to miss this! Ever dreamt of becoming a pilot and experiencing the thrill of flying? Well, you're not alone! Many of us have been captivated by the idea of taki...

In the first episode of Season Three of the "Unbroken Podcast," Dr Rachel embarks on a quest to explore the positive aspects of humanity in a world often overshadowed by negativity. This season promises to celebrate the goodness and greatness within us all. Dr Rachel draws inspiration from the field of positive psychology and emphasises the importance of appreciating oneself as a foundation for gratitude and self-improvement. The ...

Welcome to The Unbroken Podcast Season 3! We're back with more authentic, one-take conversations between Dr Rachel Taylor and her guests for the season. In this season, we're diving deep into the bright side of humanity. Amidst all the doom and gloom in the world, we're here to showcase the best of us. The focus? Positivity, pure and simple. We're bringing you incredible interviews and insights from people who do extraordinary th...

The UnBroken Podcast is a call to action to create a different direction, dialogue, and narrative for your life. In this episode, Dr Rachel Taylor discusses how we can control greed in our society and combat the cost of living crisis, sponsored by A Podcast Company.

Greed in itself is not just a negative behaviour, it is something that has developed from a time when resources that we needed to survive were scarce. This episode lo...

The UnBroken Podcast is a call to action to create a different direction, dialogue, and narrative for your life. Dr Rachel Taylor discusses what our children need in order to thrive and how to combat the mental health pandemic in children in this episode, sponsored by A Podcast Company.

It’s not difficult to give children what they need, as long as the adults who care for the children have the capacity to meet these needs in the r...