Should I Stay or Should I Go? How to Handle Judgment, Shame, and Outside Opinions

In this week’s episode of The Illicit Feminine, host Elizabeth Marth continues the powerful exploration of the question: Should I stay or should I go? This time, she shifts the focus to the external—family, friends, culture, and community—and how their opinions, judgments, and projections can weigh heavily when you’re navigating decisions about your relationship.Elizabeth unpacks how outside influences often mirror our own deepest fears and insecurities, and how setting boundaries, standing in your truth, and practicing self-love can help you hold steady when everything around you feels uncertain. She reminds listeners: this work is not about the choice to leave or stay—it’s about coming home to yourself.Episode Highlights: 01:53 Introduction: Why external influences matter in the stay-or-go journey 03:30 The role of family, friends, and community when a woman questions her relationship 05:40 How judgment, blame, and shame from others mirror old wounds of rejection and abandonment 07:290Why boundaries are for you—not for others—and how to hold them with integrity 10:03 The discomfort of growth: why standing in your truth feels shaky but necessary 12:57 How to respond when others’ fears, beliefs, or past experiences are projected onto you 14:39 Tools to support your younger self when old wounds of rejection resurface16:02 The deeper lesson: every challenge is a call to self-love and sovereignty17:56 Invitation to Elizabeth’s new six-month journey for women ready to release confusion and reclaim clarityIf you’re in the midst of questioning your relationship, know that you are not alone. Share this episode with someone who may need to hear it. Subscribe to The Illicit Feminine for more transformative conversations this month on love, relationships, and coming home to yourself.Connect with Eiizabeth:Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sacredfreedomforherFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/sacredfreedomforherEmail: [email protected] 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