OUR MISSION
To approach relationship healing differently by softly removing societal conditioning and inviting you into a pathway of internal and relationship security.
WELCOME HOME
Many people who arrive at this work are reflective and self-aware, yet still feel caught in repeating emotional or relational patterns. Often the struggle isn’t a lack of understanding. It’s that your nervous system learned ways to stay safe in earlier experiences, and those responses still activate automatically today. My work exists to help those patterns shift gently and safely — not by forcing or fixing, but by helping your body learn that connection, expression, and being fully yourself in your authentic self-expression can actually be safe.
OUR PILLARS
Mind, Body, Spirit, Self-Expression, and Relationship
My Approach
My work is grounded in somatic and attachment-based healing. Instead of only talking about experiences intellectually, we pay attention to what is happening in real time — in emotions, body sensations, reactions, and relational responses. This allows patterns to shift at their source rather than only intellectually. It allow healing to drop from the head to the heart. It allows change to occur not only with yourself but with those you love.
We gently build capacity so emotions, both present and suppressed, can be felt without overwhelm, needs can be expressed without guilt, and connection can exist without losing yourself. Over time, people often notice they remain more present during conflict, trust themselves, and feel less pulled toward old patterns of shutting down, people-pleasing, or becoming anxious in relationships.
What Working Together Feels Like
People sometimes expect healing work to feel intense or confrontational. Instead, the work is co-created, collaborative and paced. You are never required to share more than you feel ready to share. The goal is not to analyze you or diagnose you, but to create an environment where your system can begin to relax enough to change from the inside out.
Many clients describe the process as learning how to stay with themselves and their partner — emotionally, physically, and relationally — in ways they were never taught. As safety increases, so does self-trust.
“The thing we tend to fear the most is ourselves.” It’s time we change that.
-RACHEL JACKSON, FOUNDER, MA MFT
Founded Upon: A Glimpse of Rachel’s Soul
Hi! Nice to meet you all. I’m Rachel Jackson and I would love to give you a very honest, authentic glimpse of my soul. I am of the belief that I cannot do this work in its most genuine or effective form if I hide behind the “labels” or don’t allow them to see my humanness. Guide to Be is here because i believe healing is meant to be human, not transactional. It is critical that I meet my clients eye-to-eye versus from a place of care not authority. My path into this work was personal long before it was professional. I spent years trying to think my way into change. I understood my patterns, yet they still lived in my body.
Through my own healing I began to understand that many of the responses we judge ourselves for — anxiety, avoidance, emotional overwhelm, hyper-independence, people-pleasing — are not flaws. They are protective mechanisms the nervous system developed to maintain connection and safety that we all innately need as humans.
This realization changed how I approached healing. I became less interested in fixing behaviors and more interested in helping people experience safety. When the nervous system feels safe, expression, boundaries, life force, connection, and emotional clarity begin to emerge naturally rather than through force. I was a “perfectionist,” a “child of divorce,” a girl who always felt misunderstood. Now, I am a women who is grounded in her gifts and calling myself home each day as I take ownership of my false conditioning and reclaim my truth. I will always be human beside you, normalizing this thing we call life.
Ways to Work With Rachel
The Relationship Audit + Couples Retreats
1:1 Guide to Be
Membership
Group Containers
The Secure Effect Free Membership
Realign Couples At Home Course
Sound Healing + Somatics Experiences
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WORK WITH ME
WORK WITH ME
Ready to take the next step toward change? If you want different results, you may feel called to take a different approach. I specialize in illuminating the gaps in your awareness to invite you into your greatest transformation.
You have autonomy here. Welcome to your therapy alternative.
Frequently Asked Questions
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Guide to Be that is based in the 3 A's: Awareness, Authenticity, & Action and is for people who are not looking for mental illness management. Rachel has her masters in Marriage and Family therapy but does not call herself a therapist. Thus, Guide to Be allows you benefits in a few main areas:
1. Location: You can be in any city, state, or country. In therapy, you have to be located in the state the therapist is licensed for each session and if you move, you will have to find a therapist in that state.
2. Reciprocal: The guide relationship is dynamic. You have permission to ask me anything & I will share aspects of myself with you because reciprocity is the foundation of a true, human relationship. This builds trust. In traditional therapy, you may not know anything about your therapist making it feel more transactional.
3. Action: While working with a guide you with receive both action & structure. In therapy, clinicians are trained to not give "advice." This can leave clients feeling unsure of what to do after a session of talking and exploration. I will always provide suggestions at the end of a session for what to do before we meet next.
This is not therapy. Therefore, for other questions regarding whether guidance or therapy is best for you, please schedule a call with me or email me!
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Specializations: Attachment Style Healing, Inner Child, Somatic Awareness, Relationship Balance & Equality, Sound Healing & Energetic Healing, Self-Compassion, Relationship Communication, Lack of Intimacy, Body Image, Feeling Stuck, Anxiety, Spirituality, Disconnection from Purpose, Dissociation from Body, Secure Dating Coaching, Nervous System Regulation, Healthcare Workers, Burnout & High Stress, Divorced Couples, Conscious Uncoupling, Finding Masculine & Feminine Energetic Balance
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There are 2 ways to engage in the Realign program:
1. An 18 week self guided experience with the ability to schedule sessions at Rachel’s typical session rates; or
2. A 6 week relationship audit process with Rachel as your guide which includes 2 individual intake sessions and 2 intensives as a couple that are 2.5 hours in length.
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No! The Innate community is free and has no requirements! Use it as much as you’d like for your own growth, learning and involvement. The forums will be there for you to interact, share your thoughts and get feedback from other like-minded people in the community!
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Absolutely! I take into consideration travel costs and group size for any private experiences. I do events for bridal parties, corporate events, couples date nights, and individual 1:1 experiences.