Relentlessly Authentic

Rachael Roykovich & Gabriela Verduzco
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Are you ready to unf*ck your life and become the woman you know you’re meant to be? This is Relentlessly Authentic - a personal growth podcast for women ready to heal anxiety, burnout, and self-doubt, build self-trust, and step into their most authentic, audacious selves. Raw, unfiltered conversations on healing, identity shifts, nervous system regulation, and the messy middles that crack you open and change everything. It’s not about fixing yourself—it’s about unlearning who you had to be, so you can finally come home to who you actually are. Giddy up babe, it’s time to up level your life ! Grab your crown, your chaos, and let’s rewrite your story one messy chapter at a time.

  1. 1d ago

    I Thought I Healed This ... So Why Does It Still Hurt ?

    What happens when you’ve done the healing work… and you still find yourself hurting? You’ve gone to therapy. You’ve journaled. You’ve done the breathwork, the coaching, the ceremonies, the retreats. You’ve learned how to regulate your nervous system and become more self-aware. And then life happens. An old wound gets touched. Grief resurfaces. Your nervous system feels dysregulated. You’re exhausted, emotional, overwhelmed, and suddenly wondering: Wait… I thought I healed this? In this deeply vulnerable episode of Relentlessly Authentic, Rachael and Gabs are having a very real check-in from the messy middle. After an eclipse, a retreat, a move, and a season of massive change, life hasn’t exactly felt polished—and instead of waiting until everything makes sense to talk about it, we’re talking about it from inside of it. Because healing isn’t linear. And having a hard season doesn’t mean you’re going backwards. Sometimes growth means meeting an old part of yourself from a completely different version of you. We talk about shadow work, grief, nervous system dysregulation, burnout, surrender, seasonal shifts, and the uncomfortable emotions we’re so quick to label as “negative.” And we explore a deceptively simple shift: Instead of immediately asking “Why is this happening to me?” What if you asked: “What am I feeling right now?” No fixing it. No spiritually bypassing it. No trying to turn your pain into a lesson before you’ve even let yourself feel it. Just… I get to meet myself here. We also get real about the pressure to look healed, professional, successful, and put together—especially when your work involves helping other people. Because no retreat, morning routine, meditation, breathwork practice, or amount of personal development makes you permanently immune to being human. Maybe that’s not the goal. Maybe the goal is building enough self-trust to know that when another hard season comes, you won’t abandon yourself inside of it. If you’re grieving, burnt out, dysregulated, navigating a transition, or wondering why something you thought you’d healed is suddenly hurting again, this conversation is for you. Stay until the end for a grounding breathwork practice centered around acceptance, safety, and coming home to yourself. You’re not going backwards. You’re meeting yourself here. And this too shall pass.  Find Rachael on Instagram @highvibeyogii Find Gaby on Instagram @rising.monarca and @gabrielafverdusco on Tik Tok

  2. Sep 16

    Your New Life Will Cost You Your Old One: The Neuroscience of Belief, Manifestation & Becoming

    What if the biggest thing standing between you and your next chapter isn’t your circumstances… but the story you keep telling yourself about what’s possible? In this episode of Relentlessly Authentic, Rachael and Gaby dive into the energy of eclipse season and the feeling that life is asking us to shed, shift, and become. But this conversation goes far beyond astrology. We explore what happens when spirituality meets psychology: vision boards and action, manifestation and nervous system regulation, intention setting and the beliefs quietly shaping the way you experience your life. Because creating a new reality isn’t just about thinking positively. It’s about noticing the thoughts you repeat. The promises you make—and keep—to yourself. The environments you surround yourself with. The beliefs you’ve mistaken for facts. And the identity you’re reinforcing every single day. We unpack the neuroscience behind intention and self-perception, why your brain pays attention to what you’ve taught it to prioritize, and how small, consistent actions can begin reinforcing a different story about who you are and what’s possible for you. We also get into the difference between caring and worrying—and why endlessly rehearsing everything that could go wrong doesn’t protect you from the future. It can keep you mentally living inside a future you don’t even want. And yes, we talk about mental health too: why positive thinking isn’t a replacement for appropriate treatment, and why medication, therapy, nervous system tools, lifestyle practices, and self-awareness don’t have to exist in opposition to one another. This episode is about holding both: Trust and action. Gratitude and desire. Science and spirituality. Acceptance of where you are and the audacity to believe you can become more. Because a vision board can’t live your life for you. An affirmation can’t make every difficult emotion disappear. And manifestation isn’t permission to bypass reality. At some point, you have to meet your vision with action. You have to become someone who keeps promises to herself, challenges the beliefs keeping her small, creates an environment that supports where she’s going, and trusts herself enough to keep moving before she has proof. If you’re standing at the edge of a new chapter, questioning what’s next, or feeling the pull toward a bigger version of your life, press play. Your new life may cost you your old one. Old beliefs. Old patterns. Old definitions of success. Maybe even an old version of you. But what if that’s not something to fear? What if that’s exactly what becoming looks like? Find Rachael on Instagram @highvibeyogii Find Gaby on Instagram @rising.monarca and @gabrielafverdusco on Tik Tok

  3. Aug 14

    You Don't Manifest What You Want - You Manifest What You're a Match For : Lions Gate & Abundance

    What if manifestation isn’t about asking the universe for more… but becoming the version of you who can actually receive it? In this episode of Relentlessly Authentic, Gaby & Rachael dive into the energy and symbolism of the Lion’s Gate Portal—and use it as a doorway into a much bigger conversation about manifestation, abundance, limiting beliefs, emotional healing, and becoming an energetic match for the life you desire. Because you can write the affirmation. Make the vision board. Set the intention. Do every ritual. But if underneath it all you’re still operating from fear, scarcity, old beliefs, or an identity that doesn’t believe it’s safe or possible to have what you want… positive thinking alone won’t change that. Rachael explores the spiritual traditions surrounding Lion’s Gate, the symbolism of this season as a time for intention and transformation, and why manifestation requires more than simply trying to “stay high vibe.” We talk about: • manifestation, energy, and becoming available for what you desire • identifying the limiting beliefs underneath your goals • why clarity matters when setting intentions • abundance, receiving, and expanding your capacity for more • trusting the timing of your life when nothing seems to be happening • allowing yourself to feel difficult emotions without getting trapped inside them • the difference between emotional processing and spiritual bypassing • using rituals, breathwork, visualization, and intentional practices to reconnect with yourself • embracing change when the life you asked for starts requiring a different version of you Because spirituality isn’t pretending everything is love and light. Sometimes expansion looks like excitement and synchronicity. And sometimes it looks like grief, uncertainty, letting go, and finally facing the parts of yourself you’ve been avoiding. You’re allowed to feel deeply and believe something beautiful is unfolding. You’re allowed to want more and appreciate what you already have. You’re allowed to trust the universe and do the inner work required to meet the life you’ve been asking for. If you’ve been manifesting something that hasn’t arrived yet, navigating a major identity shift, or feeling like life is asking you to surrender control and trust what’s next—press play. Maybe the question isn’t: “Why isn’t it here yet?” Maybe it’s: “Who am I becoming while I wait?” Because sometimes the manifestation isn’t only what arrives. It’s who you become on the way there. Find Rachael on Instagram @highvibeyogii Find Gaby on Instagram @rising.monarca and @gabrielafverdusco on Tik Tok

  4. Aug 6

    Your Body Isn't the Problem : Trauma, Weight Loss, & the Subconscious Mind

    What if you don’t have a motivation problem? What if the part of you that keeps procrastinating, self-sabotaging, overeating, shutting down, or choosing what’s comfortable is actually trying to keep you safe? In this raw episode of Relentlessly Authentic, Rachael, Gaby, and Frank unpack what happens when willpower isn’t enough—and why lasting transformation often begins beneath the behavior. Gaby vulnerably shares her experience surviving cancer, confronting painful experiences from childhood, and beginning to understand her relationship with weight through a completely different lens: protection, safety, self-worth, and the beliefs she had carried for years. Because sometimes the body is only telling the story the mind learned long ago. Frank brings the tough love, challenging the excuses, language, and patterns that can keep us comfortable while convincing us we’re trying to change. Rachael connects the conversation back to nervous system regulation, subconscious beliefs, identity, and why changing your life requires more than changing your habits. Together, we explore: • why self-sabotage can be rooted in subconscious beliefs and protective patterns • the relationship between chronic stress, emotional regulation, body image, and weight • why comfort and happiness aren’t always the same thing • how the language you use reinforces the identity you believe you are • EFT tapping, breathwork, hypnosis, and subconscious reprogramming • why accountability matters—but shame rarely creates lasting transformation • building an emotional regulation toolbox instead of depending on one coping mechanism • what happens when you stop waiting to feel motivated and start becoming someone different This isn’t another conversation telling you to try harder. It’s an invitation to understand why a part of you keeps resisting the very change you say you want. Because you can have the meal plan. The workout. The vision board. The goals. But if underneath all of it you still believe you aren’t safe, capable, worthy, or allowed to become someone different, you’ll keep finding your way back to what’s familiar. If you’ve ever thought, “I know what I need to do… so why can’t I just do it?”—press play. Maybe you don’t need more discipline. Maybe it’s time to meet the version of you that’s been running the show. Because the version of you who learned how to survive doesn’t have to be the version of you who leads the rest of your life. Find Rachael on Instagram @highvibeyogii Find Gaby on Instagram @rising.monarca and @gabrielafverdusco on Tik Tok

  5. Jul 29

    Why You Keep Repeating the Same Patterns | Shadow Work, Nervous System & Identity

    What if the biggest thing standing between you and the life you want… isn’t your circumstances, but the parts of yourself you’ve never learned to understand? In this episode of Relentlessly Authentic, Rachael Roykovich and Gab dive into one of the most transformative conversations you can have with yourself: meeting your shadow. Your shadow isn’t something to fear. It’s the younger, protective version of you that learned how to survive through people-pleasing, perfectionism, hyper-independence, overworking, or playing small. Those patterns may have kept you safe once—but they could also be the very things keeping you stuck today. Together, we explore what shadow work really is, why your triggers are invitations instead of inconveniences, and how your nervous system, beliefs, emotions, and identity shape the energy you bring into every area of your life. We also unpack what people often call your “frequency”—not as something mystical, but as the sum of your beliefs, emotional state, nervous system, thoughts, and self-concept. When you change your internal world, you naturally begin making different decisions, noticing different opportunities, and creating a different reality. If you’ve ever wondered why you keep attracting the same relationships, repeating the same patterns, or feeling like you’re doing all the “right” things but still not moving forward, this conversation is for you. Because healing isn’t about becoming someone new. It’s about remembering who you were before fear convinced you to hide. In this episode, we discuss: What the shadow self really is and how it developsWhy your triggers are powerful invitations for healingThe connection between your nervous system, identity, and emotional patternsWhy your past doesn’t have to become your futureHow beliefs shape your self-concept and influence your realityThe difference between surviving and truly thrivingWhy healing isn’t about fixing yourself—it’s about integrating every part of yourselfHow presence, mindfulness, and self-awareness create lasting transformationThe role of vulnerability, compassion, and safety in personal growthReflective questions to help you uncover the unconscious patterns running your lifeWhether you’re beginning your healing journey or have been doing the inner work for years, this episode will help you understand yourself with more compassion, create safety within your body, and reconnect with the most authentic version of who you are. Because the life you’re longing for doesn’t begin when everything around you changes. It begins the moment you stop abandoning yourself. Find Rachael on Instagram @highvibeyogii Find Gaby on Instagram @rising.monarca and @gabrielafverdusco on Tik Tok

  6. Jul 23

    The Life You Want Will Disappoint Some People

    What if the only thing standing between you and the life you truly want... is your fear of disappointing other people? In this deeply personal episode of Relentlessly Authentic, Rachael & Gaby open up about one of the hardest lessons of their own journey: learning that choosing yourself will sometimes mean disappointing the people who expected you to stay the same. Leaving behind familiar chaos isn't easy. Neither is walking away from expectations you've spent your whole life trying to meet. But sometimes the greatest act of self-love is having the courage to stop living a life that no longer belongs to you. In this episode, Rachael shares the raw, emotional reality of rebuilding your life from the inside out—and why grief, fear, and uncertainty are often signs that you're growing, not failing. Together, we'll explore: • why people-pleasing keeps you disconnected from your authentic self • how to stop carrying guilt for choosing your own happiness • navigating judgment without abandoning your truth • creating boundaries that protect your peace instead of your image • trusting your intuition when everyone has an opinion • why discomfort is often the doorway to your next chapter • transforming pain into purpose instead of letting it define you • finding freedom by releasing the stories that no longer fit This isn't a conversation about having all the answers. It's about finding the courage to stop asking everyone else for permission. Because the truth is... Not everyone will understand your healing. Not everyone will celebrate your growth. And not everyone is meant to come with you into your next chapter. But the woman waiting on the other side of that decision? She's worth every uncomfortable conversation. If you've been feeling stuck, torn between who you've always been and who you know you're becoming, let this episode be your reminder: You weren't born to spend your life making everyone else comfortable. You were born to become fully, unapologetically yourself. And that kind of freedom is always worth the risk. Find Rachael on Instagram @highvibeyogii Find Gaby on Instagram @rising.monarca and @gabrielafverdusco on Tik Tok

  7. Jul 16

    You Don’t Need More Certainty—You Need More Courage

    What if the life you’ve been dreaming about is waiting on the other side of one brave decision? In this deeply personal solo episode of Relentlessly Authentic, Gaby shares the story behind one of the biggest decisions of her life: leaving her hometown, following her intuition, and moving to San Diego—even when it didn’t make sense to everyone around her. Because sometimes your soul will ask you to leave behind what’s familiar long before it can show you what’s next. This conversation is for anyone standing at the edge of change. The woman who knows she’s meant for more. Who feels the pull toward something bigger. Who can’t stop thinking about the life that’s calling her… but is scared to trust herself enough to answer. Together, we explore: • what it means to trust your intuition when no one else understands your decision • why every new beginning asks you to let go of an old version of yourself • identity shifts and becoming the woman your future requires • navigating fear, judgment, and uncertainty • the abundance that becomes available when you stop playing small • self-care, self-trust, and leading by example • the evolution of love, relationships, and personal truth • spirituality, purpose, and following what’s on your heart Gaby and Rachael share the lessons they’re learning in real time—about courage, surrender, and trusting that the path unfolding before you is happening for you, not to you. Because the biggest risk isn’t changing your life. It’s staying somewhere your soul has already outgrown. If you’ve been waiting for a sign to trust yourself, take the leap, or finally choose the life that’s been quietly calling your name… This is it. The woman you’re becoming isn’t found by staying where you are. She’s discovered the moment you decide to trust yourself more than your fear. Find Rachael on Instagram @highvibeyogii Find Gaby on Instagram @rising.monarca and @gabrielafverdusco on Tik Tok

  8. Jul 9

    Is it Intuition... or Fear ?

    Have you ever wondered if that voice in your head is your intuition… or just fear trying to keep you safe? If you’ve ever felt stuck, second-guessed yourself, overthought a decision, or found yourself choosing comfort over the life your heart truly desires, this episode is for you. In today’s conversation, Rachael is exploring the fascinating intersection of neuroscience, trauma, spirituality, and nervous system healing to answer one powerful question: How do you know when it’s your intuition speaking… and when it’s your survival instincts taking over? You’ll learn why your brain is wired to prioritize safety over happiness, how childhood experiences and trauma shape the decisions you make as an adult, why your ego isn’t the enemy, and how chronic stress can make it difficult to hear your inner wisdom. We’ll also explore how manifestation is about more than positive thinking—it’s about creating enough safety within your body to receive the life you’ve been dreaming of. Together we’ll weave science with soul, exploring intuition, the nervous system, astrology, feminine energy, ceremony, and what it truly means to choose love over fear. In this episode, you’ll learn: • Why your brain is designed for survival—not fulfillment • The neuroscience behind fear, trauma, and self-sabotage • The difference between intuition, anxiety, and the ego • How trauma impacts your body, energy, and decision-making • Why nervous system regulation changes what feels possible • The role of manifestation, faith, and self-trust in creating your dream life • Why women heal so powerfully in community and ceremony • Practical journal prompts to help you start choosing love over fear If you’ve been waiting until you feel confident enough, healed enough, or “ready” enough to pursue your dreams, this episode is your reminder that healing isn’t about eliminating fear. It’s about teaching your nervous system that it’s finally safe to become the woman you were always meant to be. Because trauma teaches your nervous system to survive. But intuition teaches your soul what it means to truly live. Find Rachael on Instagram @highvibeyogii Find Gaby on Instagram @rising.monarca and @gabrielafverdusco on Tik Tok

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Are you ready to unf*ck your life and become the woman you know you’re meant to be? This is Relentlessly Authentic - a personal growth podcast for women ready to heal anxiety, burnout, and self-doubt, build self-trust, and step into their most authentic, audacious selves. Raw, unfiltered conversations on healing, identity shifts, nervous system regulation, and the messy middles that crack you open and change everything. It’s not about fixing yourself—it’s about unlearning who you had to be, so you can finally come home to who you actually are. Giddy up babe, it’s time to up level your life ! Grab your crown, your chaos, and let’s rewrite your story one messy chapter at a time.

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  • Creator
    Rachael Roykovich & Gabriela Verduzco
  • Years Active
    2026
  • Episodes
    24
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Copyright
    © 2026 Relentlessly Authentic
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