A therapy alternative that helps you return to true secure attachment in your relationships, from the inside out.

OUR MISSION

At Guide to Be, our mission is to offer a radically human path to healing — where individuals and couples move from survival patterns into securely attached and embodied connection. This is a therapy alternative rooted in truth, presence, and co-creation. Rachel holds a pure space that is rooted in intention to guide you back to yourself and each other. This is a space where perfectionism quiets, authenticity leads, and love finally feels safe in your body. This is a space where you are invited to free yourself from the labels — where you don’t have to prove yourself and you are invited to sigh in relief and just be. Here, we begin to re-know ourselves so we can reconnect with the deep essence of both inner and relational connection we all deserve.

ABOUT

“Because healing was never meant to be so hard.”

-RACHEL JACKSON, FOUNDER, MA MFT

Work With Me

Together, we bridge the space between the mind, body, and spirit. Guide To Be offers somatic and relational healing support for individuals who feel stuck in patterns like people-pleasing, emotional shutdown, relationship anxiety, or fear of being a burden.

This work integrates attachment theory, nervous system regulation, and inner child healing to help clients feel safer in themselves and with others. Many clients are thoughtful and self-aware but still experience:

difficulty setting boundaries
anxiety after emotional conversations
feeling disconnected from their body
repeating relationship patterns
struggling to express needs

A NO BS APPROACH TO RELATIONSHIP COACHING
A custom-roadmap program for couples to get direct advice on their core patterns and exactly how to transform them. Saving you time and money, this is your answer to efficient results and amplified love. Let’s bring your relationship clarity.
FREE 30 MINUTE SESSION
Work with Rachel as your guide for a non-traditional approach to healing that is direct, holistic and human. The Guide to Be Membership redefines the path to healing your inner child. For those healing from perfectionism and high expectations to find more inner security and peace.
WOMEN’S SOMATIC HEALING GROUP
A women’s space devoted to expanding nervous system capacity so she can feel, express, and embody the full range of her emotions and desires. Together, we gently reconnect with the parts of self that were once abandoned for safety, love, or belonging. This is an invitation to come home to your body, your truth, and the wholeness that’s always been there.
CO-ED ATTACHMENT HEALING GROUP
A relational practice space for men and women to learn the skills of healthy, conscious connection. Through the lens of attachment wounds and feminine and masculine patterning, we practice how to truly be with another—without fixing, projecting, blaming, or judging. This community is for those who want to build safe, authentic relationships where presence, respect, and emotional responsibility are lived, not just talked about.
The Secure Effect is a free subscription on Substack for weekly and monthly relationship tips, tools, meditations, and downloadable resources for secure attachment from the inside, out.

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I know we heal together.

Guide to Be is embarking on a new path — bringing healing from isolation into community. Rooted in secure attachment work, attending to the inner child, and expanding one’s nervous system capacity, these intimate, small group containers are here to take you to the next level of your embodiment.

BE WITHIN: WOMEN

BE WITH: CO-ED

Meet Rachel

Over Rachel’s time as a traditional therapist, she recognized her passion to fill the gaps. With her Master’s degree in Marriage and Family Therapy, over 8 years of fitness coaching & yoga instructing, her sound healing certification & more - Rachel is a holistic healer and coach who is here to dive into the depths of your transformation with you. She will waste no time telling you the attachment patterns blocking your relationship fulfillment. She will hold space for you to move from high-expectation fatigue to true internal security. All people can guarantee to feel held here – just as they are. I am you and you are me. “We are all just walking each other home.” –Ram Dass

ABOUT

Getting to the root, so we can rise.

Many emotional struggles are not mindset problems. They are learned safety responses from earlier relational experiences. The nervous system adapts to maintain connection, even if it means suppressing needs, emotions, or authenticity. As adults, these protective patterns can appear as people-pleasing, fear of conflict, emotional withdrawal, or anxiety in relationships.
Somatic and relational healing focuses on creating new experiences of safety so the body no longer needs those protective reactions.
We are in a societal epidemic of isolation and loneliness. Many people feel incredibly burdensome going to those they love for support. However, as a “therapist,” I only perpetuated a pattern of disconnection. Pay a professional. Know nothing about them. Yet, trust them to tell them everything.
I believe at our core, relationships require trust and reciprocity. Therefore, it is foundational that each person in the relationship shows up fully — fully human. That is my focus at Guide to Be. We heal in relationship. Our nervous systems can only rewire and re-pattern when we are in situations that bring up the core fears. I vow to be a safe place for you to rewire your relationship with yourself, your partner, and your peers.
“The Body Keeps The Score,” they say. Therefore, the body stores the fears and patterning of past relational experiences. From the time you were born, you began to learn how to receive love, belonging, safety, and security, or the lack of it. Your nervous system, then, begins to shape around coping mechanism that are created in order to get the maximum amount of core needs met (even when done through unique behaviors). By getting into the body (the somatics), we open space for the body to release past energy, emotions, and programming that is outdated without having to intellectualize it, which further can ingrain the trauma or patterning. Here, we don’t need to “figure it out,” we just get to “let it out.”

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“She has been such an incredible asset to us during a pivotal time in our relationship. We could not be more impressed by her compassion, integrity, professionalism, & uncanny ability to reflect back just what we need to hear. She checks in, she recalls prior discussions & always starts where we left off, while meeting us in the present moment. She has us both feeling seen, heard, & understood. Rachel’s intuition & expertise feel unmatched. If you’re looking for intuitive wisdom, unconventional modalities, & all around exceptional relational work in any capacity, look no further!”

— E & D: Couple
“Rachel helped us build the confidence, communication, & trust we needed to get things back on track. The conversations she pushed us to have during our sessions left us with better knowledge of one another & plenty to discuss & work on between appointments. She made us feel immediately comfortable, & we appreciated that she helped us celebrate the strengths in our relationship while still focusing on areas where we could improve. By the end of working with her, we felt optimistic moving forward and would recommend her to anyone looking to deepen their connection and heal or reinforce their relationship!”

— J & C: Couple
“Working with Rachel, was the single-most, hands-down best thing we have ever done for our relationship. She was calm, patient, understanding, and extremely well-equipped to handle our specific situation, our specific conflicts, and most importantly, our specific path forward to a happier, healthier relationship. If you're on the fence about moving forward with couples counseling, run, don't walk, to a session with Rachel. You only risk a stronger, happier, healthier relationship.”

— A & C: Couple
“She was able to swiftly open up the conversation, navigate our different communication styles with ease, and hold space for each of our experiences. Rachel quickly noted areas of opportunity, presented a plan to get us on track, and provided support along the way. She always brings a mix of empathy, tact, and objectiveness that helped us get out of our rut, and initiate lasting change in our relationship dynamics. I would recommend a consultation with Rachel 10 out of 10 times if you find yourself in a relationship that could use some fine tuning.”

— T & A: Couple
“I also really enjoyed the open communication. The fact that she uses Slack and other messaging systems makes it really easy for me to capture my thoughts on a daily or a weekly basis. If something is bothering me that day, I can just note it down and I know that she’ll get back to me when she can. When you have therapy sessions that are sometimes weeks apart it’s difficult to capture how you were feeling on those individual days. She’s very open and no topics are out of bounds in this type of interaction. It feels like I’m more so talking with a human or a friend rather than a led professional, and that made the sessions flow a bit more naturally for me. I also enjoyed that her practices are spiritual. It challenges the way I’ve been thinking about things by coming from a perspective I wasn’t considering.”

— D: Individual
“I started working with Rachel after experiencing frustrations in my dating life. Rachel is a very good listener and can condense 15 minutes worth of meandering thoughts and emotions into a coherent statement and then provide specific, actionable advice to help me move forward. Beyond the hourlong sessions with her, she makes herself available through Slack for on demand advice and feedback to help me cope with any anxiety I might be experiencing. Working with Rachel has made me feel much more present in my dating interactions, and I feel like I know myself much better and am better prepared for any challenges that might come up. I am excited to continue working with Rachel.”

— W: Individual
“I felt she'd be a good fit to help me "level up" and identify habits that were no longer serving me. She's been all that and more! She is kind, an active listener, and, above all, empathetic. I am so grateful to have found her and am looking forward to the work I will do with her in the future.”

— E: Individual
“I’ve been meeting with Rachel for some time now. From a very low point early on to much more stable, we’ve worked on recalibrating my relationships and thinking. She’s perceptive, and safe. Supportive, and able to challenge when needed. If you get the chance, it would be worth your time to speak with her.”

— J: Individual
“I have nothing but positive things to say about my experience with Rachel. In putting me first and pursuing different courses of action to figure out what helped me most, I was able to learn many beneficial things from our time together. Not only did she help me in the primary ways I needed, but she made me feel okay about getting help, and become comfortable in seeking it. I am very grateful for my time with her and have gained a lot from it.”

— E: Individual