The Illicit Feminine

Elizabeth Marth

You’ve been taught to silence your soul.It’s time to reclaim it.Welcome to The Illicit Feminine - the podcast that unapologetically disrupts everything you were told to suppress.Your sensuality.Your rage.Your truth.Your sacred feminine power.This isn’t self-help.This is a soul-level uprising.I’m Elizabeth Marth a transformational coach, shadow worker, and guide for women ready to stop hiding and start rising. Every week, I’ll take you deep: into real talk, raw stories, and radical truths most people are afraid to say out loud.If you’ve ever been told you’re too much, too sensitive, too emotional... GOOD.That means you’re exactly where you need to be.Here, nothing sacred is silenced.We don’t tone it down.We turn it ALL the way up.Get ready for unfiltered solo episodes, fierce interviews with women who’ve broken free, and shadow work that sets your soul on fire. This is where the forgotten parts of you come back online. This is where you come home to your full power.No more good-girl masks.No more waiting for permission.Share this with every woman who needs to remember who she really is.This is The Illicit Feminine.Raw. Wild. Holy.Are you ready to rise?

  1. 3D AGO

    Reclaiming the Body, Sensuality, and Freedom Through Nature with Photographer Wren Morrow

    In this captivating episode of The Illicit Feminine, Elizabeth Marth sits down with outdoor boudoir and erotic adventure photographer Wren Morrow for a deeply intimate conversation about embodiment, sensuality, healing, and the power of reconnecting with the body through nature. Wren shares her powerful personal journey, from growing up in a conservative religious environment shaped by modesty and body shame, to reclaiming her identity through photography, creativity, and living in wild landscapes. Her work now centers on guiding women and couples into deeply embodied experiences in nature, capturing images that act as portals back to feelings of freedom, confidence, and belonging. Together, Elizabeth and Wren explore what it means to feel safe in your body, how trauma can disconnect us from our sensuality, and why returning to nature can be a profound pathway back to self-trust and liberation. This episode is a moving exploration of the feminine journey, self-expression, and the courage to be seen fully, without armor. Through storytelling, vulnerability, and philosophical reflection, this conversation invites listeners to remember that the body is not something to hide, fix, or control, but a living interface for pleasure, presence, healing, and truth. Highlights: Wren’s transformation from religious conditioning and body shame to embodied freedomHow photography became a tool for healing, expression, and feminine empowermentWhy trauma often disconnects us from our bodies and sensualityRelearning how to feel safe, present, and alive inside the bodyThe role of nature in healing, grounding, and restoring feminine energyHow images can act as emotional “portals” back to empowerment and self-trustReclaiming nakedness as natural, sacred, and liberating rather than shamefulTune in to hear how the body holds stories of resilience, not flaws and sensuality is not something to perform, it’s something to experience. About Wren: Wren Morrow is an outdoor boudoir and erotic adventure photographer based in the Pacific Northwest. She guides women and couples through deeply embodied experiences in wild places, creating images that capture sensuality, freedom, and personal transformation. Her work blends nature, storytelling, and emotional presence to help clients reconnect with their bodies and sense of belonging. Website: https://www.wrenmorrow.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/_wrenmorrow/ Connect with Eiizabeth: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sacredfreedomforher Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/sacredfreedomforher Email: elizabeth@sacredfreedom.life Thank you so much for listening, and remember come as you are in your light, in your shadow, in your illicit feminine. Please subscribe to my podcast and leave a five-star review. Elizabeth

    44 min
  2. FEB 11

    Gate Six of the Sovereign Descent: Reclaiming Erotic Authority and Desire

    In Gate Six of the Sovereign Descent, Elizabeth Marth guides listeners into one of the most powerful and misunderstood aspects of feminine awakening: the reclamation of erotic authority. This episode explores erotic energy not as performance, seduction, or sexuality for validation—but as life force, creativity, desire, pleasure, and embodied truth. Elizabeth reframes the “illicit feminine” as the part of a woman that was never immoral—but unauthorized. The part that feels deeply, wants boldly, and moves without needing consensus. Building on Gate Five’s work of reclaiming the inner masculine as safety and containment, Gate Six invites the feminine to rise—not in rebellion or chaos—but in grounded sovereignty. When safety is internalized, desire can become guidance rather than threat. Drawing from trauma psychology, attachment dynamics, somatic awareness, and sacred feminine energetics, this episode examines how many women were conditioned to distrust desire, suppress pleasure, or use erotic energy strategically for attachment, validation, or survival. Gate Six names the cost of disconnection from erotic life force—and the transformation that becomes possible when it is reclaimed. Elizabeth explores: What “erotic energy” truly is (and what it is not)Why desire has been labeled sinful, dangerous, or destabilizingThe difference between grounded desire and wounded compulsionHow erotic energy becomes performative in relationshipsWhy many women disconnect from their bodies—and how to returnThe impact of suppressing desire on vitality, creativity, and emotional alivenessHow pleasure functions as grounding rather than indulgenceWhy a woman without desire becomes disconnected from her inner compassThe role of the illicit feminine in reclaiming sovereigntyHow reclaiming erotic authority reorganizes relationships around truthThe connection between creativity, sensuality, and sexual energyWhy your body is a source of knowing—not something to overrideThe difference between momentary gratification and soul-aligned desireHow suppressed erotic energy leads to numbness, flat relationships, and blocked creativityWhy your “yes” and “no” must become sacred againHow to discern fear from truth when following desireThe episode also addresses the subtle ways erotic energy can be unconsciously used for safety, attachment, approval, or power and why reclaiming it as embodied truth rather than manipulation is essential for sovereign womanhood. Elizabeth closes with a somatic embodiment practice inviting listeners to reconnect with their pelvic center, their womb space, and their body’s intuitive knowing. Through breath and sensation, women are guided to ask: What do I want? not from the mind, but from the body. Gate Six marks the moment where women stop apologizing for wanting, stop outsourcing permission, and begin trusting their erotic life force as sacred guidance. Connect with Eiizabeth: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sacredfreedomforher Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/sacredfreedomforher Email: elizabeth@sacredfreedom.life Thank you so much for listening, and remember come as you are in your light, in your shadow, in your illicit feminine. Please subscribe to my podcast and leave a five-star review. Elizabeth

    34 min
  3. FEB 4

    Gate Five of the Sovereign Descent: Reclaiming the Inner Masculine, Safety, and Emotional Containment

    In Gate Five of the Sovereign Descent, Elizabeth Marth guides listeners into one of the most misunderstood and underdeveloped aspects of feminine healing: the inner masculine. This gate explores masculine energy not as dominance, productivity, or hustle, but as safety, containment, structure, and protection. Elizabeth reframes the inner masculine as the internal force that allows the feminine to soften, desire, rest, and tell the truth without collapse. Drawing from trauma psychology, attachment theory, somatic awareness, and sacred feminine–masculine energetics, this episode names a core wound many women carry: the absence of internal safety. When the inner masculine is underdeveloped or outsourced to external authority figures, partners, systems, or approval, the feminine becomes overwhelmed, impulsive, fearful of desire, or disconnected from truth. Gate Five reveals why reclaiming desire, pleasure, and authenticity is not sustainable without an internal structure capable of holding it. Elizabeth explores: What the inner masculine truly is and what it is notWhy safety is a prerequisite for desire, truth-telling, and embodimentHow women are conditioned to outsource protection, authority, and containmentThe difference between productive action and embodied masculine presenceSigns your inner masculine may be wounded or offline, including indecision, emotional flooding, paralysis, fear of consequences, and avoidanceHow lack of internal safety leads to over-emotionality, burnout, and self-abandonmentWhy boundaries are first internal—not performative or confrontationalThe role of the inner masculine in emotional containment, discernment, follow-through, and nervous system regulationHow reclaiming the inner masculine allows the feminine to rise without chaosWhy manifestation, erotic awakening, and desire cannot be sustained without internal structureThe episode also addresses how imbalance between feminine and masculine energies can lead to confusion between divine desire and ego-driven impulse, and why many women feel destabilized when attempting to reclaim pleasure without first feeling safe inside themselves. Elizabeth closes with a grounding somatic embodiment practice designed to help listeners connect with their inner masculine as a steady, protective, and clarifying presence inviting the body into a felt sense of safety, containment, and self-trust. Gate Five marks the moment where women stop outsourcing their authority and begin holding themselves emotionally, energetically, and spiritually—from the inside out. Connect with Eiizabeth: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sacredfreedomforher Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/sacredfreedomforher Email: elizabeth@sacredfreedom.life Thank you so much for listening, and remember come as you are in your light, in your shadow, in your illicit feminine. Please subscribe to my podcast and leave a five-star review. Elizabeth

    32 min
  4. JAN 3

    The Disavowed Woman Reclaiming the Parts You Exiled to Survive - Gate 4 of The Sovereign Descent

    In Gate Four of the Sovereign Descent, Elizabeth Marth guides listeners into one of the most psychologically and spiritually confronting stages of the Inanna journey: the disavowed woman. This gate explores the parts of ourselves we did not merely repress but consciously or unconsciously deemed unacceptable in order to survive. Unlike repression, disavowal is a knowing exile. It is the moment the psyche decides that certain truths, needs, desires, emotions, or instincts are too dangerous to keep visible. Through the lens of trauma, attachment, shadow work, and sacred feminine psychology, Elizabeth unpacks how women learn early in life to abandon parts of themselves in exchange for safety, approval, and connection. Anger, erotic desire, ambition, intuition, emotional intensity, truth-telling, and need itself are often among the first to be sent underground. This episode reframes these adaptations not as pathology, but as brilliant survival strategies while also naming the profound cost of living disconnected from one’s life force. Elizabeth explores: What disavowal is and how it differs from repressionHow conditional love teaches women to exile their truthThe link between disavowed parts and shame, self-sabotage, addiction, numbing, and low-grade anxiety or depressionWhy shadow work is not about acting out, but about relationship and integrationHow judgment keeps parts of us exiled, and curiosity restores contactWhy the woman you are becoming cannot be built on the continued abandonment of your truthThe episode closes with a gentle somatic embodiment practice, inviting listeners to reconnect with the parts of themselves that were hidden in order to survive and to begin the shift from exile to integration. Gate Four marks the moment where we stop fighting our shadow and begin listening to it. Subscribe to the podcast, as next week, the descent continues with Gate Five: Connecting with the Inner Masculine a vital and often misunderstood stage of feminine healing. Connect with Eiizabeth: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sacredfreedomforher Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/sacredfreedomforher Email: elizabeth@sacredfreedom.life Thank you so much for listening, and remember come as you are in your light, in your shadow, in your illicit feminine. Please subscribe to my podcast and leave a five-star review. Elizabeth

    32 min
  5. 12/19/2025

    The Split Self: Why You Feel Torn Inside and How to Begin Integrating Your Sovereign Truth - Gate 3 of The Sovereign Descent

    Have you ever felt pulled in two directions unable to make a decision, looping in confusion, or feeling like two different versions of yourself are at war inside? In this powerful episode of The Illicit Feminine, Elizabeth continues the Sovereign Descent series by guiding listeners through Gate Three: The Split Self - the internal divide between who you became to survive and who you were born to be. Drawing from the ancient Sumerian myth of Inanna and deeply embodied feminine psychology, this episode explores why the split self is not a flaw, pathology, or personal failure but an intelligent survival strategy shaped by early conditioning, emotional wounds, and the need for safety and belonging. Elizabeth breaks down the two core identities at play: • The compliant self, shaped by survival, approval, and conditioning • The sovereign self, rooted in truth, desire, inner authority, and embodied power Between these two selves lies an internal battlefield that shows up as exhaustion, indecision, anxiety, self-betrayal, overthinking, and a persistent feeling of being stuck. This episode names what so many women feel but cannot articulate and offers a path forward that does not involve forcing clarity or “just making a decision.” You’ll learn why: Confusion is not the problem, but a symptom of unresolved survival patternsDemanding certainty too soon keeps you trapped in the splitIntegration - not elimination - is the true path to wholenessThe nervous system must feel safe before truth can riseCoherence in the body precedes clarity in the mindElizabeth also shares a gentle somatic integration practice to help you begin holding both selves with compassion, allowing the internal war to soften and your center to return. This episode is an invitation to stop abandoning yourself, to stop disappearing parts of who you are, and to begin the sacred work of integration where survival and sovereignty no longer compete, but coexist. You are not split because you are weak. You are split because you survived. Next week, the Sovereign Descent continues with Gate Four: The Disavowed Woman, where shadow, exile, and reclamation take center stage. Connect with Eiizabeth: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sacredfreedomforher Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/sacredfreedomforher Email: elizabeth@sacredfreedom.life Thank you so much for listening, and remember come as you are in your light, in your shadow, in your illicit feminine. Please subscribe to my podcast and leave a five-star review. Elizabeth

    33 min
  6. 12/10/2025

    Reclaiming Your Inner Authority in The Sovereign Descent - Gate 2 of The Sovereign Descent

    In this powerful episode of The Illicit Feminine Podcast, host Elizabeth Marth continues to open the first gate of the Sovereign Descent - the Authority Wound - where women learn to reclaim the throne of their own lives. Inspired by Inanna’s descent into the underworld, Elizabeth reveals how this ancient myth mirrors the modern woman’s journey through loss, identity collapse, and rebirth into soul-led sovereignty.  From childhood conditioning to emotional enmeshment and survival-based self-abandonment, the authority wound teaches women to prioritize approval over intuition, to stay small, safe, and pleasing. Elizabeth breaks down how this wound forms, how it shapes adult relationships, and how it keeps feminine power suppressed beneath fear. Through truth-telling, reclamation, and deep nervous system healing, this episode invites listeners to return their power inward - back to the heart, the womb, and the soul’s own knowing. This is where sovereignty is restored. This is where feminine leadership rises.  In this episode, you’ll discover: • What the Authority Wound is and how it is formed  • How women are conditioned to hand their power over to others • Why people-pleasing is a survival strategy - not a personality trait • How emotional attunement becomes over-responsibility • What individuation looks like for the feminine psyche • The first step in reclaiming your feminine sovereignty • A guided practice for returning your throne to your own body If you’ve ever feared disappointing others, felt trapped in roles that aren’t truly yours, or struggled to trust your own inner voice this episode will feel like coming home. Accompanying Free Meditation and Guide: https://sacredfreedom.life/the-first-gate If you’re just joining us, we invite you to begin with the previous two episodes, because this descent unfolds layer by layer - each one revealing what the next is ready to hold. Connect with Eiizabeth: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sacredfreedomforher Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/sacredfreedomforher Email: elizabeth@sacredfreedom.life Thank you so much for listening, and remember come as you are in your light, in your shadow, in your illicit feminine. Please subscribe to my podcast and leave a five-star review. Elizabeth

    21 min
  7. 12/03/2025

    The Seven Gates of Inanna: Reclaiming the Illicit Feminine & The Path to Sovereign Descent

    Welcome to the Illicit Feminine Podcast with Elizabeth Marth. In this transformative episode, Elizabeth explores the ancient Sumerian myth of Inanna’s Descent through the Seven Gates, a powerful metaphor for women’s journeys of self-discovery, shadow integration, and reclaiming authentic sovereignty. Episode Highlights: The story of Inanna, Queen of Heaven and Earth, and her courageous descent into the underworld.The symbolic meaning behind each of the Seven Gates and what women must surrender to access deeper truth and freedom.How the myth of Inanna mirrors the modern woman’s journey of letting go of societal roles, expectations, and performative identities.The connection between darkness, transformation, and the birth of new sovereignty.Why embracing the “Illicit Feminine” the hidden, shadowed, sensual, and instinctive parts of ourselves is essential for true empowerment.How the myth of Inanna forms the backbone of Elizabeth’s new body of work, “The Sovereign Descent.”If you are seeking spiritual growth, shadow work, feminine empowerment, and those ready to reclaim their truth and sovereignty this episode is for you. And share it with a friend, who needs to hear it as well. Join next week as Elizabeth dives deeper into Gate Two of Inanna’s Descent and how it relates to today's women’s journeys. Connect with Eiizabeth: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sacredfreedomforher Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/sacredfreedomforher Email: elizabeth@sacredfreedom.life Thank you so much for listening, and remember come as you are in your light, in your shadow, in your illicit feminine. Please subscribe to my podcast and leave a five-star review. Elizabeth

    18 min
  8. 11/26/2025

    Why Women Fear Being the Bad One - Gate 1 of The Sovereign Descent

    In this powerful episode, Elizabeth introduces her new work, "The Sovereign Descent," a 10-gate journey inspired by the ancient Sumerian myth of Inanna. She shares her personal transformation and the deep inner work that has shaped her over the past five years. This episode kicks off a series exploring each gate, beginning with the fear of being "the bad one" a threshold every woman must cross to reclaim her sovereignty. Key Topics: The concept of "The Sovereign Descent" and its mythic rootsWhy the fear of being the "bad one" is the first gate to sovereigntyHow childhood experiences and authority figures shape our self-perceptionThe "bad daughter" archetype and its impact on adult relationshipsThe importance of reclaiming authority and self-worth from external sourcesThe necessity of being willing to disappoint others in order to honor your truthIntegration practice for releasing the "bad one" illusionIntegration Practice: Elizabeth guides listeners through a grounding exercise to affirm "it is safe to be misunderstood..." Accompanying Free Meditation and Guide: https://sacredfreedom.life/the-first-gate Connect with Eiizabeth: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sacredfreedomforher Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/sacredfreedomforher Email: elizabeth@sacredfreedom.life Thank you so much for listening, and remember come as you are in your light, in your shadow, in your illicit feminine. Please subscribe to my podcast and leave a five-star review. Elizabeth

    32 min
5
out of 5
11 Ratings

About

You’ve been taught to silence your soul.It’s time to reclaim it.Welcome to The Illicit Feminine - the podcast that unapologetically disrupts everything you were told to suppress.Your sensuality.Your rage.Your truth.Your sacred feminine power.This isn’t self-help.This is a soul-level uprising.I’m Elizabeth Marth a transformational coach, shadow worker, and guide for women ready to stop hiding and start rising. Every week, I’ll take you deep: into real talk, raw stories, and radical truths most people are afraid to say out loud.If you’ve ever been told you’re too much, too sensitive, too emotional... GOOD.That means you’re exactly where you need to be.Here, nothing sacred is silenced.We don’t tone it down.We turn it ALL the way up.Get ready for unfiltered solo episodes, fierce interviews with women who’ve broken free, and shadow work that sets your soul on fire. This is where the forgotten parts of you come back online. This is where you come home to your full power.No more good-girl masks.No more waiting for permission.Share this with every woman who needs to remember who she really is.This is The Illicit Feminine.Raw. Wild. Holy.Are you ready to rise?