<![CDATA[Unapologetic AF: Thrive beyond people pleasing and perfectionism]]>0867b754-8238-51c7-9bc2-178381db8392Wed, 04 Mar 2026 06:01:08 +0000Captivate.fmRakhi Sachdevhttps://artwork.captivate.fm/34670275-3ad7-4bee-9fba-254923f14143/AHRYlrFz7aFUvGfnnvS4-is0.pngUnapologetic AF: Thrive beyond people pleasing and perfectionismRakhi SachdevRakhi SachdevAre you a highly ambitious and creative woman of colour, who feels disconnected from herself and struggles with people pleasing and perfectionism? I’m your host Rakhi Sachdev, Empowerment and Embodiment coach for WOC. I’ve been in your shoes and understand how tough it can feel to take up space. You don’t want to disappoint anyone, and you’re worried that you might not be good enough to own your voice, make bold choices and show up in life unapologetically. Well I’m here to tell you that you’re absolutely Enough and we are no longer wasting time thinking otherwise. You don’t need to play small anymore! Welcome to the Unapologetic AF podcast, your permission slip to release the behaviours and stories that aren’t serving you, so you can become your most audacious self, dial down the noise, get intimate with you and your body, and everything that makes you the incredible human being that you are. In this podcast, you can expect unfiltered, no BS advice on how to feel empowered to walk your own path with conviction and confidence. We will touch on topics such as transforming and deepening your relationship with your mind and body, people pleasing and perfectionism, and making room for who you’re becoming as you evolve. Follow Rakhi on IG @rakhisachdev_ and subscribe to the show wherever you listen to podcasts. https://unapologetic-af.captivate.fmtrueepisodicnopodcastWhere I've been: Setbacks and reflections on what it is to be an artist [Ep 3]Where I've been: Setbacks and reflections on what it is to be an artist [Ep 3]In this episode I speak about where the hell I’ve been for 6 months!! I speak on how 2025 felt like one big setback, from not receiving desired outcomes to being challenged about my work in conversations and how that felt so hard but on hindsight, supported me to go into deeper enquiry about my medicine.

Key takeaways from this episode:

  1. Can we stand in firm and in devotion to our medicine even when we are challenged and the people in our lives don’t agree with what we’re doing?
  2. God/the Universe will send signs of what you’re meant to be doing and your purpose (hence, I’m back baby!)
  3. It’s okay to feel like there have been setbacks, it’s okay to move through the real human experience of that and take your time. It’s part of the process.

I mention wonderful Mitali Dargani, founder of Brown Game Strong, a platform dedicated to South Asian stories and creativity

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]]>In this episode I speak about where the hell I’ve been for 6 months!! I speak on how 2025 felt like one big setback, from not receiving desired outcomes to being challenged about my work in conversations and how that felt so hard but on hindsight, supported me to go into deeper enquiry about my medicine.

Key takeaways from this episode:

  1. Can we stand in firm and in devotion to our medicine even when we are challenged and the people in our lives don’t agree with what we’re doing?
  2. God/the Universe will send signs of what you’re meant to be doing and your purpose (hence, I’m back baby!)
  3. It’s okay to feel like there have been setbacks, it’s okay to move through the real human experience of that and take your time. It’s part of the process.

I mention wonderful Mitali Dargani, founder of Brown Game Strong, a platform dedicated to South Asian stories and creativity

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]]>ba1c9864-d686-48ff-b7bd-5297e3c24e68Wed, 04 Mar 2026 06:00:00 +000027:09truefull2332My summer of 'failed' launches: Redefining success as a WOC creative visionaryMy summer of 'failed' launches: Redefining success as a WOC creative visionaryIn this episode we delve deep into the idea of what it means to expand on the idea of and redefine success as WOC creative visionaries and artists who are on an entrepreneurial path. I reflect on my summer of ‘failed’ launches and how actually they could never be failures.

Key takeaways from this episode:

  • Success also gets to be about how much you’ve expanded as a human being when you push the boundaries with your creative expression
  • How do we redefine success so that it keeps us anchored to the creative path even amidst the challenges?
  • Can we rethink what it means to fail?

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]]>In this episode we delve deep into the idea of what it means to expand on the idea of and redefine success as WOC creative visionaries and artists who are on an entrepreneurial path. I reflect on my summer of ‘failed’ launches and how actually they could never be failures.

Key takeaways from this episode:

  • Success also gets to be about how much you’ve expanded as a human being when you push the boundaries with your creative expression
  • How do we redefine success so that it keeps us anchored to the creative path even amidst the challenges?
  • Can we rethink what it means to fail?

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]]>fc3a397f-d18a-47ac-a3d0-ba90ff91a2dbWed, 10 Sep 2025 06:00:00 +000024:38truefull2222Unveiling Season 2: Supporting WOC creative visionaries & artists [Ep 1]Unveiling Season 2: Supporting WOC creative visionaries & artists [Ep 1]We are BACK for a new season!!! I’m so excited for all the juice we’re about to get into over Season 2. This is for you if you’re a WOC creative visionary and artist on this beautiful, unconventional creative path. We will be exploring so many various topics from people pleasing and perfectionism to so much more! I’m so happy to be here with you again my loves!

Key takeaways from this episode:

  • Talking all things creative transitions , creative evolution and why this podcast is now for WOC creative visionaries and artists.
  • We delve into the importance of reweaving stories of safety in the body, the power of creative expression, and the what it is to be on an unconventional path.
  • Introducing our upcoming three-day erotic dance workshop series, 'Untamed,' aimed at supporting you to unleash, unravel and access your bold and raw voice and spirit.

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]]>We are BACK for a new season!!! I’m so excited for all the juice we’re about to get into over Season 2. This is for you if you’re a WOC creative visionary and artist on this beautiful, unconventional creative path. We will be exploring so many various topics from people pleasing and perfectionism to so much more! I’m so happy to be here with you again my loves!

Key takeaways from this episode:

  • Talking all things creative transitions , creative evolution and why this podcast is now for WOC creative visionaries and artists.
  • We delve into the importance of reweaving stories of safety in the body, the power of creative expression, and the what it is to be on an unconventional path.
  • Introducing our upcoming three-day erotic dance workshop series, 'Untamed,' aimed at supporting you to unleash, unravel and access your bold and raw voice and spirit.

Join us in UNTAMED - 3 part online erotic dance workshop

Book your space

Pay in full (£55)

2 month payment plan (£27.50 x 2)

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]]>53f19746-fb6b-40fe-b71d-b3fc60fa62d8Wed, 13 Aug 2025 06:00:00 +000026:53truefull2112Devoting to your authentic expression and generational healing [EP 22]Devoting to your authentic expression and generational healing [EP 22]Today’s episode is a deep affirmation to you my fellow incredible cycle - breaking WOC. Your growth journey may not be easy and may come with shifts in relationships and heartbreak, but what I need you to know is that your commitment to you and your truth is one of the most beautiful and powerful things you could ever do. 

Key takeaways from this episode:

  • It takes much resilience to walk the conscious path of breaking cycles. We must practice surrendering and softening too.
  • Relational ruptures as a result of you changing, shifting and expanding doesn’t make your own path ‘wrong.’ 
  • You really do get to be held and witnessed as you walk upon your path. You don’t have to do this alone.

Join us at the I Belong: a space to soften for cycle - breaking WOC workshop in London!

Workshop time: 4.45 - 7.30pm 

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Location: Self- Retreat Studio in Camden, London

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]]>Today’s episode is a deep affirmation to you my fellow incredible cycle - breaking WOC. Your growth journey may not be easy and may come with shifts in relationships and heartbreak, but what I need you to know is that your commitment to you and your truth is one of the most beautiful and powerful things you could ever do. 

Key takeaways from this episode:

  • It takes much resilience to walk the conscious path of breaking cycles. We must practice surrendering and softening too.
  • Relational ruptures as a result of you changing, shifting and expanding doesn’t make your own path ‘wrong.’ 
  • You really do get to be held and witnessed as you walk upon your path. You don’t have to do this alone.

Join us at the I Belong: a space to soften for cycle - breaking WOC workshop in London!

Workshop time: 4.45 - 7.30pm 

BOOK YOUR TICKET (7 spaces left!)

Location: Self- Retreat Studio in Camden, London

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]]>3000edb7-fa36-4e03-b06c-9748df4f7187Wed, 04 Dec 2024 06:00:00 +000023:25truefull2222I Belong: a space to soften for cycle-breaking WOC [Ep 21]I Belong: a space to soften for cycle-breaking WOC [Ep 21]Announcing my IN PERSON event, ‘I Belong: a space to soften for cycle - breaking WOC.’!! I am so excited to be holding an in-person workshop in London, UK on the 19th January!

Key takeaways from this episode:

  • This idea of belonging and how much we crave to belong in spaces and places
  • We know how to be strong but do we know how to soften?
  • Revealing all the juicy need to know details about the event!

Workshop time: 4.45 - 7.30pm 

BOOK YOUR EARLYBIRD TICKET (8 spaces left!)

Location: Self- Retreat Studio in Camden, London

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]]>Announcing my IN PERSON event, ‘I Belong: a space to soften for cycle - breaking WOC.’!! I am so excited to be holding an in-person workshop in London, UK on the 19th January!

Key takeaways from this episode:

  • This idea of belonging and how much we crave to belong in spaces and places
  • We know how to be strong but do we know how to soften?
  • Revealing all the juicy need to know details about the event!

Workshop time: 4.45 - 7.30pm 

BOOK YOUR EARLYBIRD TICKET (8 spaces left!)

Location: Self- Retreat Studio in Camden, London

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]]>cb8fbba3-6fa6-4cc7-bf16-9a1f020c88c5Wed, 27 Nov 2024 06:00:00 +000013:44truefull2121From self-sacrifice to healthy compromise in relationships [Ep 20]From self-sacrifice to healthy compromise in relationships [Ep 20]We are back baby! After a month away, I was itching to get back to the mic and to you lovely lot! In this episode I explore this idea of healthy relational compromise for WOC, especially for those of us who’ve witnessed ‘compromise’ as actually being self-sacrifice and self-abandonment for the women in our lineages. 

Key takeaways from this episode:

  • On my solo holiday I realised I actually don’t want to compromise all the time, and need time and space to just make decisions for myself and do what I want to do.
  • As WOC we need to cultivate intentional time to intrinsically get to know ourselves, our preferences, wants, needs and desires. 
  • Understanding who we are at every stage of our own evolution, can only benefit the relationships we have and attract into our lives in terms of alignment and compatibility. 

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]]>We are back baby! After a month away, I was itching to get back to the mic and to you lovely lot! In this episode I explore this idea of healthy relational compromise for WOC, especially for those of us who’ve witnessed ‘compromise’ as actually being self-sacrifice and self-abandonment for the women in our lineages. 

Key takeaways from this episode:

  • On my solo holiday I realised I actually don’t want to compromise all the time, and need time and space to just make decisions for myself and do what I want to do.
  • As WOC we need to cultivate intentional time to intrinsically get to know ourselves, our preferences, wants, needs and desires. 
  • Understanding who we are at every stage of our own evolution, can only benefit the relationships we have and attract into our lives in terms of alignment and compatibility. 

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Ep 12: Getting naked in relationships

]]>8a746872-23a4-4b1a-889a-492061ba0cddWed, 06 Nov 2024 06:00:00 +000025:49truefull2020Unveiling authentic expression: Dancing with grief [Ep 19]Unveiling authentic expression: Dancing with grief [Ep 19]In this episode I speak on the grief that emerges as your mask melts, you soften inside of you body, and cultivate the safety to be in your authentic expression. This has been feeling very alive for lately, and is definitely quite a vulnerable share!

Key takeaways from this episode:

  • It’s instrumental to create space in the body for grief as you navigate your journey of unfolding into your emotional and spiritual nakedness.
  • The landscape, language and flavour of grief is love.
  • Grief isn’t a sign something is going terribly ‘wrong.’ It’s a beautiful sign that parts of you are falling away, paving the way for authentic you to emerge.

Doors to NAKED are OPEN, and I currently have availability for 2 beautiful cycle-breaking WOC to work with me for the remainder of 2024. 

Book an Exploration Call with me to speak about what the NAKED, 3 month journey could offer you and all of its beautiful possibilities for your life and relationships.

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Ep 13: Unveiling NAKED: a journey for cycle-breaking WOC

Ep 14: The potency of somatic therapy: a tender revolution for WOC

Ep 15: You’re a cycle-breaking WOC but is NAKED for you?

Ep 18: Tending to the little girl within: Navigating shame


]]>In this episode I speak on the grief that emerges as your mask melts, you soften inside of you body, and cultivate the safety to be in your authentic expression. This has been feeling very alive for lately, and is definitely quite a vulnerable share!

Key takeaways from this episode:

  • It’s instrumental to create space in the body for grief as you navigate your journey of unfolding into your emotional and spiritual nakedness.
  • The landscape, language and flavour of grief is love.
  • Grief isn’t a sign something is going terribly ‘wrong.’ It’s a beautiful sign that parts of you are falling away, paving the way for authentic you to emerge.

Doors to NAKED are OPEN, and I currently have availability for 2 beautiful cycle-breaking WOC to work with me for the remainder of 2024. 

Book an Exploration Call with me to speak about what the NAKED, 3 month journey could offer you and all of its beautiful possibilities for your life and relationships.

Connect with Rakhi:

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Connect with me on IG, I’d love to get to know you: @rakhisachdev_ 

Email me: hello@rakhisachdev.com 

Related episodes

Ep 13: Unveiling NAKED: a journey for cycle-breaking WOC

Ep 14: The potency of somatic therapy: a tender revolution for WOC

Ep 15: You’re a cycle-breaking WOC but is NAKED for you?

Ep 18: Tending to the little girl within: Navigating shame


]]>68b0f005-b194-4b3e-9ab0-0aa6dce7956fWed, 18 Sep 2024 06:00:00 +000027:17truefull1919Tending to the little girl within: Navigating shame [Ep 18]Tending to the little girl within: Navigating shame [Ep 18]In this episode I speak on the potency of tending to and holding space for the little girl within you, as you journey towards showing up in your life and relationships, anchored to your authentic expression and emotional nakedness.

Key takeaways from this episode:

  • When shame arises in your body, the little girl within needs to know she’s never been ‘wrong.’
  • Feeling safe to use your voice can be cultivated by practising using it in spaces and relationships that invoke a feeling of safety already.
  • The little girl within gets to be protected by adult you, as you tend gently to the spaces within that activates younger you, and the pain of past trauma.

Doors to NAKED are OPEN, and I currently have availability for 2 beautiful cycle-breaking WOC to work with me for the remainder of 2024. 

Book an Exploration Call with me to speak about what the NAKED, 3 month journey could offer you and all of its beautiful possibilities for your life and relationships.

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Email me: hello@rakhisachdev.com 

Related episodes

Ep 13: Unveiling NAKED: a journey for cycle-breaking WOC

Ep 14: The potency of somatic therapy: a tender revolution for WOC

Ep 15: You’re a cycle-breaking WOC but is NAKED for you?

Ep 17: From strength to softness: Tending to the ancestral stories within your body

]]>In this episode I speak on the potency of tending to and holding space for the little girl within you, as you journey towards showing up in your life and relationships, anchored to your authentic expression and emotional nakedness.

Key takeaways from this episode:

  • When shame arises in your body, the little girl within needs to know she’s never been ‘wrong.’
  • Feeling safe to use your voice can be cultivated by practising using it in spaces and relationships that invoke a feeling of safety already.
  • The little girl within gets to be protected by adult you, as you tend gently to the spaces within that activates younger you, and the pain of past trauma.

Doors to NAKED are OPEN, and I currently have availability for 2 beautiful cycle-breaking WOC to work with me for the remainder of 2024. 

Book an Exploration Call with me to speak about what the NAKED, 3 month journey could offer you and all of its beautiful possibilities for your life and relationships.

Connect with Rakhi:

Join the email community and receive your weekly love letter

Connect with me on IG, I’d love to get to know you: @rakhisachdev_ 

Email me: hello@rakhisachdev.com 

Related episodes

Ep 13: Unveiling NAKED: a journey for cycle-breaking WOC

Ep 14: The potency of somatic therapy: a tender revolution for WOC

Ep 15: You’re a cycle-breaking WOC but is NAKED for you?

Ep 17: From strength to softness: Tending to the ancestral stories within your body

]]>1e86cf34-d8cf-42ea-bce5-25a40a5172bbWed, 04 Sep 2024 06:00:00 +000027:29truefull1818From strength to softness: Tending to the ancestral stories within your body [Ep 17]From strength to softness: Tending to the ancestral stories within your body [Ep 17]This episode really speaks to the sadness and grief I’ve been moving through as I witness a dear woman in my lineage, my Dadi (paternal grandmother) move through illness, and how her living a life of invisibility is really coming to light. I speak of the importance for us as WOC descendants to learn to be in our softness, and create space from within to hold our emotions and feelings, as a way to honour our own lives but also our ancestors.

Key takeaways from this episode:

  • We’ve learnt to exhibit strength as WOC, but do we truly know what it means to be soft, without protective armour and to melt the masks we’ve had no choice but to wear?
  • We wear and carry ancestral stories inside of us and they can seep into our relationships.
  • NAKED is your invitation to cultivate reverent relationship with your body, and emotional landscape. To tend to the spaces within where ancestral stories of pain reside and to powerfully process them, so we can create space to live open heartedly and to be witnessed and held in our relationships.

Doors to NAKED are officially OPEN, and I currently have availability for 2 beautiful WOC to work with me for the remainder of 2024. 

Book an Exploration Call with me to speak about what the NAKED, 3 month journey could offer you and all of its beautiful possibilities for your life.

Connect with Rakhi:

Join the email community and receive your weekly love letter

Connect with me on IG, I’d love to get to know you: @rakhisachdev_ 

Email me: hello@rakhisachdev.com 

Related episodes

Ep 13: Unveiling NAKED: a journey for cycle-breaking WOC

Ep 14: The potency of somatic therapy: a tender revolution for WOC

Ep 15: You’re a cycle-breaking WOC but is NAKED for you?

Ep 16: Unweaving shame: The sacred journey to body reverence

]]>This episode really speaks to the sadness and grief I’ve been moving through as I witness a dear woman in my lineage, my Dadi (paternal grandmother) move through illness, and how her living a life of invisibility is really coming to light. I speak of the importance for us as WOC descendants to learn to be in our softness, and create space from within to hold our emotions and feelings, as a way to honour our own lives but also our ancestors.

Key takeaways from this episode:

  • We’ve learnt to exhibit strength as WOC, but do we truly know what it means to be soft, without protective armour and to melt the masks we’ve had no choice but to wear?
  • We wear and carry ancestral stories inside of us and they can seep into our relationships.
  • NAKED is your invitation to cultivate reverent relationship with your body, and emotional landscape. To tend to the spaces within where ancestral stories of pain reside and to powerfully process them, so we can create space to live open heartedly and to be witnessed and held in our relationships.

Doors to NAKED are officially OPEN, and I currently have availability for 2 beautiful WOC to work with me for the remainder of 2024. 

Book an Exploration Call with me to speak about what the NAKED, 3 month journey could offer you and all of its beautiful possibilities for your life.

Connect with Rakhi:

Join the email community and receive your weekly love letter

Connect with me on IG, I’d love to get to know you: @rakhisachdev_ 

Email me: hello@rakhisachdev.com 

Related episodes

Ep 13: Unveiling NAKED: a journey for cycle-breaking WOC

Ep 14: The potency of somatic therapy: a tender revolution for WOC

Ep 15: You’re a cycle-breaking WOC but is NAKED for you?

Ep 16: Unweaving shame: The sacred journey to body reverence

]]>47191f9e-37c5-405c-9fe2-15c210aee67aWed, 21 Aug 2024 06:00:00 +000018:07truefull1717Unweaving shame: The sacred journey to body reverence [Ep 16]Unweaving shame: The sacred journey to body reverence [Ep 16]In this powerful episode, I speak about a core thread within the NAKED 3 month journey, Body Reverence. I reflect on some of the pieces I believe are important to cultivating a reverent relationship with the body, and how that can help deepen your current relationships, and support you in attracting relationships that feel like home.

Key takeaways from this episode:

  • Body Reverence does not begin in the mirror. It begins by unweaving the shame that resides within your body, and tending to the pain that sits inside of your relationship with it.
  • The beautiful shifts within this sacred relationship occur in the micro, intimate moments you have with your body.
  • Where there is felt experience of joy and pleasure within your body is where greater capacity for reverence.

Doors to NAKED are officially OPEN, and I currently have availability for 2 beautiful WOC.

Book an Exploration Call with me to speak about what the NAKED, 3 month journey could offer you and all of its beautiful possibilities for your life.

Connect with Rakhi:

Join the email community and receive your weekly love letter

Connect with me on IG, I’d love to get to know you: @rakhisachdev_ 

Email me: hello@rakhisachdev.com 

Related episodes

Ep 13: Unveiling NAKED: a journey for cycle-breaking WOC

Ep 14: The potency of somatic therapy: a tender revolution for WOC

Ep 15: You’re a cycle-breaking WOC but is NAKED for you?

]]>In this powerful episode, I speak about a core thread within the NAKED 3 month journey, Body Reverence. I reflect on some of the pieces I believe are important to cultivating a reverent relationship with the body, and how that can help deepen your current relationships, and support you in attracting relationships that feel like home.

Key takeaways from this episode:

  • Body Reverence does not begin in the mirror. It begins by unweaving the shame that resides within your body, and tending to the pain that sits inside of your relationship with it.
  • The beautiful shifts within this sacred relationship occur in the micro, intimate moments you have with your body.
  • Where there is felt experience of joy and pleasure within your body is where greater capacity for reverence.

Doors to NAKED are officially OPEN, and I currently have availability for 2 beautiful WOC.

Book an Exploration Call with me to speak about what the NAKED, 3 month journey could offer you and all of its beautiful possibilities for your life.

Connect with Rakhi:

Join the email community and receive your weekly love letter

Connect with me on IG, I’d love to get to know you: @rakhisachdev_ 

Email me: hello@rakhisachdev.com 

Related episodes

Ep 13: Unveiling NAKED: a journey for cycle-breaking WOC

Ep 14: The potency of somatic therapy: a tender revolution for WOC

Ep 15: You’re a cycle-breaking WOC but is NAKED for you?

]]>f65ed2f2-f365-441b-b0ed-c34e6ea96b11Wed, 14 Aug 2024 06:00:00 +000031:26truefull1616You're a cycle-breaking WOC but is NAKED for you? [Ep 15]You're a cycle-breaking WOC but is NAKED for you? [Ep 15]In this short but sweet episode, we get into the SPECIFICS of who NAKED is for. The challenges you’ve faced, the lived experiences you’ve had that truly speak to what we can journey with and through in our potent 3 months together.

Key takeaways from this episode:

  • NAKED is for you if you resonate with ANY/ONE of the challenges/experiences. You don’t have to have experienced ALL of them. 

Doors to NAKED are officially OPEN, and I have availability for 2 beautiful WOC.

Book an Exploration Call with me to speak about what the NAKED, 3 month journey could offer you and all of its beautiful possibilities for your life.

Connect with Rakhi:

Join the email community and receive your weekly love letter

Connect with me on IG, I’d love to get to know you: @rakhisachdev_ 

Email me: hello@rakhisachdev.com 

Related episodes

Ep 13: Unveiling NAKED: a journey for cycle-breaking WOC

Ep 14: The potency of somatic therapy: a tender revolution for WOC

]]>In this short but sweet episode, we get into the SPECIFICS of who NAKED is for. The challenges you’ve faced, the lived experiences you’ve had that truly speak to what we can journey with and through in our potent 3 months together.

Key takeaways from this episode:

  • NAKED is for you if you resonate with ANY/ONE of the challenges/experiences. You don’t have to have experienced ALL of them. 

Doors to NAKED are officially OPEN, and I have availability for 2 beautiful WOC.

Book an Exploration Call with me to speak about what the NAKED, 3 month journey could offer you and all of its beautiful possibilities for your life.

Connect with Rakhi:

Join the email community and receive your weekly love letter

Connect with me on IG, I’d love to get to know you: @rakhisachdev_ 

Email me: hello@rakhisachdev.com 

Related episodes

Ep 13: Unveiling NAKED: a journey for cycle-breaking WOC

Ep 14: The potency of somatic therapy: a tender revolution for WOC

]]>f5ca05f9-bdbd-49bf-8939-2c876c092b09Wed, 31 Jul 2024 06:00:00 +000018:04truefull1515The potency of Somatic Therapy: a tender revolution for WOC [Ep 14]The potency of Somatic Therapy: a tender revolution for WOC [Ep 14]Ah, I am so excited to share this episode with you my love. We delve into the world of Somatic Therapy, its potency, how it differs from talking therapy and why I truly believe this form of therapy is SO REVOLUTIONARY for WOC. This might be one of my fave episodes so far!! Enjoy it my love, and as always don’t hesitate to let me know your thoughts, reflections, and sparks of curiosity and intrigue!

Key takeaways from this episode:

  • Somatic Therapy is a tender, soft and gentle journey into your body, meeting the places within you where trauma resides, in the form of sensation, images, memories and just being with it, without making sense of it.
  • It is SO incredibly revolutionary for WOC because from the moment we’re born we are invited into a relationship of DIS-connection with our bodies and its wisdom. This journey of reclamation is a quiet rebellion. 
  • You get to be so tender with yourself, as a powerful way to begin to feel so safe in your emotional nakedness.

Doors to NAKED are officially OPEN baby!

Book an Exploration Call with me to speak about what the NAKED, 3 month journey could offer you and all of its beautiful possibilities for your life.

Connect with Rakhi:

Connect with me on IG, I’d love to get to know you: @rakhisachdev_ 

Email me: hello@rakhisachdev.com 

Related episodes

Ep 3: 3 reasons why I use sensual movement to coach you 

Ep 11 : Guided Mirror Work: seeing the truth of who you are (Embodiment practice)

Ep 13: Unveiling NAKED: a journey for cycle-breaking WOC

]]>Ah, I am so excited to share this episode with you my love. We delve into the world of Somatic Therapy, its potency, how it differs from talking therapy and why I truly believe this form of therapy is SO REVOLUTIONARY for WOC. This might be one of my fave episodes so far!! Enjoy it my love, and as always don’t hesitate to let me know your thoughts, reflections, and sparks of curiosity and intrigue!

Key takeaways from this episode:

  • Somatic Therapy is a tender, soft and gentle journey into your body, meeting the places within you where trauma resides, in the form of sensation, images, memories and just being with it, without making sense of it.
  • It is SO incredibly revolutionary for WOC because from the moment we’re born we are invited into a relationship of DIS-connection with our bodies and its wisdom. This journey of reclamation is a quiet rebellion. 
  • You get to be so tender with yourself, as a powerful way to begin to feel so safe in your emotional nakedness.

Doors to NAKED are officially OPEN baby!

Book an Exploration Call with me to speak about what the NAKED, 3 month journey could offer you and all of its beautiful possibilities for your life.

Connect with Rakhi:

Connect with me on IG, I’d love to get to know you: @rakhisachdev_ 

Email me: hello@rakhisachdev.com 

Related episodes

Ep 3: 3 reasons why I use sensual movement to coach you 

Ep 11 : Guided Mirror Work: seeing the truth of who you are (Embodiment practice)

Ep 13: Unveiling NAKED: a journey for cycle-breaking WOC

]]>dc279d79-dd53-4bea-9092-e8893a53d67cWed, 24 Jul 2024 06:00:00 +000024:45truefull1414Unveiling NAKED: a journey for cycle-breaking WOC [Ep 13]Unveiling NAKED: a journey for cycle-breaking WOC [Ep 13]WE ARE BACK BABY! IT honestly felt so good to juice up my throat chakra and let her do her thing! And today’s a VERY exciting episode as doors to my 1:1 offering, NAKED are now open and that’s exactly what we talk about in this episode! What is it, why it exists and what threads make up its parts! Eeee so excited for you to listen to this one.

Key takeaways from this episode:

  • As a cycle-breaking woman of colour, you are so beautifully bold and resilient, but you also get to be soft, vulnerable and naked with your emotions, feelings, sensitivity.
  • Explore the 4 threads with me: Body Reverence, Sensuality, Disarmouring inside Relationships and Dismantling Colonialism
  • At the crux, NAKED is about your heart being so open and being and feeling so safe in your nakedness. 

DOORS are officially OPEN baby!

Book an Exploration Call with me to get for us to get to know one another, and to see what NAKED could offer you and your gorgeous life!

Connect with Rakhi:

Connect with me on IG, I’d love to get to know you: @rakhisachdev_ 

Email me: hello@rakhisachdev.com

]]>WE ARE BACK BABY! IT honestly felt so good to juice up my throat chakra and let her do her thing! And today’s a VERY exciting episode as doors to my 1:1 offering, NAKED are now open and that’s exactly what we talk about in this episode! What is it, why it exists and what threads make up its parts! Eeee so excited for you to listen to this one.

Key takeaways from this episode:

  • As a cycle-breaking woman of colour, you are so beautifully bold and resilient, but you also get to be soft, vulnerable and naked with your emotions, feelings, sensitivity.
  • Explore the 4 threads with me: Body Reverence, Sensuality, Disarmouring inside Relationships and Dismantling Colonialism
  • At the crux, NAKED is about your heart being so open and being and feeling so safe in your nakedness. 

DOORS are officially OPEN baby!

Book an Exploration Call with me to get for us to get to know one another, and to see what NAKED could offer you and your gorgeous life!

Connect with Rakhi:

Connect with me on IG, I’d love to get to know you: @rakhisachdev_ 

Email me: hello@rakhisachdev.com

]]>4cc012fa-b6ba-498a-b233-9920eb67a308Wed, 17 Jul 2024 06:00:00 +000024:38truefull1313Getting naked in relationships [Ep 12]Getting naked in relationships [Ep 12]In this episode, I share a thread of lived experience relating to not needing to know exactly how to navigate relationships, but rather giving yourself permission to be human, learning as you go, and actually how important this is for deepening connection with the people in your life, whether new or existing.

Key takeaways from this episode:

  • All parts of you deserve to be shared in relationships, especially the parts you feel fearful to share. There is so much beauty in deshaming these parts of you and letting them be healed within relationships.
  • When you cultivate inner safety to be naked in relationships, you also foster deeper connection with yourself, as well as others.
  • Which parts of you do you truly desire to show in your relationships, and what would that look like but also, what would it  mean for you if you did?

Connect with Rakhi:

Connect with me on IG, I’d love to get to know you: @rakhisachdev_ 

Email me: hello@rakhisachdev.com 

Related episodes

Ep 1: A journey of a thousand miles: My people pleasing and perfectionist story

Ep 5: Is external validation the main ingredient or the cherry ontop of the cake?


]]>In this episode, I share a thread of lived experience relating to not needing to know exactly how to navigate relationships, but rather giving yourself permission to be human, learning as you go, and actually how important this is for deepening connection with the people in your life, whether new or existing.

Key takeaways from this episode:

  • All parts of you deserve to be shared in relationships, especially the parts you feel fearful to share. There is so much beauty in deshaming these parts of you and letting them be healed within relationships.
  • When you cultivate inner safety to be naked in relationships, you also foster deeper connection with yourself, as well as others.
  • Which parts of you do you truly desire to show in your relationships, and what would that look like but also, what would it  mean for you if you did?

Connect with Rakhi:

Connect with me on IG, I’d love to get to know you: @rakhisachdev_ 

Email me: hello@rakhisachdev.com 

Related episodes

Ep 1: A journey of a thousand miles: My people pleasing and perfectionist story

Ep 5: Is external validation the main ingredient or the cherry ontop of the cake?


]]>b6ee1992-d95b-4753-84c4-d2b5e22cabfdWed, 19 Jun 2024 06:00:00 +000016:08truefull1212Guided Mirror Work: seeing the truth of who you are (Embodiment practice) [Ep 11]Guided Mirror Work: seeing the truth of who you are (Embodiment practice) [Ep 11]We’re doing something a little different in this episode. I am guiding you through some mirror work, a very potent practice I do with 1:1 clients and in workshops. This practice is so helpful in stripping back the societal noise so that you can start to see who you are away from all you've been told about you. It's a beautiful practice to connect to the little girl within and remind yourself of the journey you've been on. In this taster, you’ll be invited to form an intention to help you move through the practice, and then we will get into it.

DISCLAIMER: If you can’t get to the end of this practice, that’s completely okay. Please offer yourself grace and compassion, it can be challenging if you’ve never done it before, and I would much rather you finish it early then force yourself to finish it. 

You will need a mirror for this, whether that’s full length or just your face.

I can’t wait to hear about your experience of this practice my love!

Connect with Rakhi:

Connect with me on IG, I’d love to get to know you: @rakhisachdev_ 

Email me: hello@rakhisachdev.com

]]>We’re doing something a little different in this episode. I am guiding you through some mirror work, a very potent practice I do with 1:1 clients and in workshops. This practice is so helpful in stripping back the societal noise so that you can start to see who you are away from all you've been told about you. It's a beautiful practice to connect to the little girl within and remind yourself of the journey you've been on. In this taster, you’ll be invited to form an intention to help you move through the practice, and then we will get into it.

DISCLAIMER: If you can’t get to the end of this practice, that’s completely okay. Please offer yourself grace and compassion, it can be challenging if you’ve never done it before, and I would much rather you finish it early then force yourself to finish it. 

You will need a mirror for this, whether that’s full length or just your face.

I can’t wait to hear about your experience of this practice my love!

Connect with Rakhi:

Connect with me on IG, I’d love to get to know you: @rakhisachdev_ 

Email me: hello@rakhisachdev.com

]]>f37e84e5-61bb-4e4a-b94b-355d7f863ffbWed, 29 May 2024 06:00:00 +000019:57truefull1111What I've learnt since challenging my inner people pleaser and perfectionist [Ep 10]What I've learnt since challenging my inner people pleaser and perfectionist [Ep 10]In this episode, I open up about what’s changed for me & what I’ve learnt since connecting to and getting more honest about my wants, needs, capacity, and making choices that feel true to me. Challenging parts of me that wants to people please and be ‘perfect’ for the people around me. It’s honest, vulnerable and from the heart. 

Key takeaways from this episode:

  • Your people pleasing and perfectionist behaviours aren’t ‘bad’ or ‘wrong’, they serve a beautiful need and exist for a reason. You get to hold space for these parts of you with compassion.
  • This journey is really about seeing and validating yourself and the little girl within
  • Embarking upon this path will allow you to cultivate self-trust, self-recognition and understanding you on a deeper level

Connect with Rakhi:

Connect with me on IG, I’d love to get to know you: @rakhisachdev_ 

Email me: hello@rakhisachdev.com 

Related episodes

Ep 5: Is external validation the main ingredient or the cherry ontop of the cake?

Ep 6: Dare to disappoint: Making choices that feel true to you

]]>In this episode, I open up about what’s changed for me & what I’ve learnt since connecting to and getting more honest about my wants, needs, capacity, and making choices that feel true to me. Challenging parts of me that wants to people please and be ‘perfect’ for the people around me. It’s honest, vulnerable and from the heart. 

Key takeaways from this episode:

  • Your people pleasing and perfectionist behaviours aren’t ‘bad’ or ‘wrong’, they serve a beautiful need and exist for a reason. You get to hold space for these parts of you with compassion.
  • This journey is really about seeing and validating yourself and the little girl within
  • Embarking upon this path will allow you to cultivate self-trust, self-recognition and understanding you on a deeper level

Connect with Rakhi:

Connect with me on IG, I’d love to get to know you: @rakhisachdev_ 

Email me: hello@rakhisachdev.com 

Related episodes

Ep 5: Is external validation the main ingredient or the cherry ontop of the cake?

Ep 6: Dare to disappoint: Making choices that feel true to you

]]>131752b4-3c5b-466a-8188-025bdb90a44fWed, 22 May 2024 06:00:00 +000016:24truefull1010Good girl 'syndrome': Perfect bodies, sex & pleasure and using your voice [Ep 9]Good girl 'syndrome': Perfect bodies, sex & pleasure and using your voice [Ep 9]Is the inner good girl within you leading the way? In this episode, we look at what being a ‘good girl’ is and whether she’s running the show in 3 keys areas; in relation to your body, sex and pleasure and in using your voice. It’s a spicy one!

Key takeaways from this episode:

  • Being unhappy and exhausted on this journey of needing the ‘ideal, perfect body’ highlights that its to fulfil societal/cultural expectations, but have you considered what you and your body actually wants or needs?
  • Pleasure isn’t just sexual, and there’s nothing to be ashamed of, for wanting to experience a deep sense pleasure and to have sexual desires
  • Your voice is so important as are your needs and feelings. What fears come up when you consider using your voice to share how you’re feeling in relationships?

Connect with Rakhi:

Connect with me on IG, I’d love to get to know you: @rakhisachdev_ 

Email me: hello@rakhisachdev.com 

Related episodes

Ep 4: Is the ‘perfect body’ about pleasing others?

Ep 8: Set some boundaries (And nope, this isn’t your ‘selfish era’ babe)

]]>Is the inner good girl within you leading the way? In this episode, we look at what being a ‘good girl’ is and whether she’s running the show in 3 keys areas; in relation to your body, sex and pleasure and in using your voice. It’s a spicy one!

Key takeaways from this episode:

  • Being unhappy and exhausted on this journey of needing the ‘ideal, perfect body’ highlights that its to fulfil societal/cultural expectations, but have you considered what you and your body actually wants or needs?
  • Pleasure isn’t just sexual, and there’s nothing to be ashamed of, for wanting to experience a deep sense pleasure and to have sexual desires
  • Your voice is so important as are your needs and feelings. What fears come up when you consider using your voice to share how you’re feeling in relationships?

Connect with Rakhi:

Connect with me on IG, I’d love to get to know you: @rakhisachdev_ 

Email me: hello@rakhisachdev.com 

Related episodes

Ep 4: Is the ‘perfect body’ about pleasing others?

Ep 8: Set some boundaries (And nope, this isn’t your ‘selfish era’ babe)

]]>e0359bc2-af92-4948-9dce-26372aec5cedWed, 15 May 2024 06:00:00 +000016:38truefull99Set some boundaries? (And nope this isn't your 'selfish era' babe) [Ep 8]Set some boundaries? (And nope this isn't your 'selfish era' babe) [Ep 8]Setting and communicating boundaries aren’t selfish. This isn’t your ‘selfish era.’ This is you recognising that your wants, needs, energy levels and capacity matters just as much as anyone else’s. This episode explores boundaries and why they’re so important on your journey of thriving beyond people pleasing.

Key takeaways from this episode:

  • Boundaries don’t have to be this binary ‘Yes’ or ‘No’ response. You can give a more rounded and full explanation 
  • Boundaries can be so positive in helping people understand who you are in this moment, where you’re at and giving them an opportunity to meet you there 
  • Setting boundaries really helps you start to see yourself 

Connect with Rakhi:

Connect with me on IG, I’d love to get to know you: @rakhisachdev_ 

Email me: hello@rakhisachdev.com

]]>Setting and communicating boundaries aren’t selfish. This isn’t your ‘selfish era.’ This is you recognising that your wants, needs, energy levels and capacity matters just as much as anyone else’s. This episode explores boundaries and why they’re so important on your journey of thriving beyond people pleasing.

Key takeaways from this episode:

  • Boundaries don’t have to be this binary ‘Yes’ or ‘No’ response. You can give a more rounded and full explanation 
  • Boundaries can be so positive in helping people understand who you are in this moment, where you’re at and giving them an opportunity to meet you there 
  • Setting boundaries really helps you start to see yourself 

Connect with Rakhi:

Connect with me on IG, I’d love to get to know you: @rakhisachdev_ 

Email me: hello@rakhisachdev.com

]]>db2af989-06a6-4159-8904-9dbb2455e31eWed, 08 May 2024 06:00:00 +000012:25truefull88Do you really need to prove yourself, again? [Ep 7]Do you really need to prove yourself, again? [Ep 7]Through no fault of your own, you may just be on a hamster wheel of constantly needing to prove yourself. This episode explores how it’s become second nature to be in this state of proving and how doing this makes self & body acceptance challenging to really experience. 

Key takeaways from this episode:

  • The need to constantly prove yourself keeps you on a hamster wheel of exhaustion and fear 
  • Self and body acceptance will be realised when you let go of the need to prove yourself
  • You’re valuable, worthy, capable and good enough already my love

Connect with Rakhi:

Connect with me on IG, I’d love to get to know you: @rakhisachdev_ 

Email me: hello@rakhisachdev.com 

Related episodes

Ep 5: Is external validation the main ingredient or the cherry ontop of the cake?

]]>Through no fault of your own, you may just be on a hamster wheel of constantly needing to prove yourself. This episode explores how it’s become second nature to be in this state of proving and how doing this makes self & body acceptance challenging to really experience. 

Key takeaways from this episode:

  • The need to constantly prove yourself keeps you on a hamster wheel of exhaustion and fear 
  • Self and body acceptance will be realised when you let go of the need to prove yourself
  • You’re valuable, worthy, capable and good enough already my love

Connect with Rakhi:

Connect with me on IG, I’d love to get to know you: @rakhisachdev_ 

Email me: hello@rakhisachdev.com 

Related episodes

Ep 5: Is external validation the main ingredient or the cherry ontop of the cake?

]]>1cb026b5-57b5-4e27-8559-1145b8bdcc74Wed, 01 May 2024 06:00:00 +000014:35truefull77Dare to disappoint: Making choices that feel true to you [Ep 6]Dare to disappoint: Making choices that feel true to you [Ep 6]Does the fear of disappointing others keep you attached to people pleasing and perfectionism tendencies? This episode explores why disappointing people is key, if you want to make choices that feel true to you, as opposed to ones that just fulfil everyone else’s expectations.

Key takeaways from this episode:

  • You’re not doing anything wrong when you disappoint people in your life and their reaction isn’t a sign you need to go against yourself.
  • Moving away from people pleasing and perfectionism will require disappointing people - as icky and conflicting as it will feel initially, your mind and body will eventually come into harmony the more you practice making choices that come from within.
  • The more willing you are to connect to you, your body, wants, needs and desires. the more likely disappointing others will happen. Anchoring into your intentions and why is key, especially when faced with their reactions.

Connect with Rakhi:

Connect with me on IG, I’d love to get to know you: @rakhisachdev_ 

Email me: hello@rakhisachdev.com 

Related episodes:

Ep 5: Is external validation the main ingredient or the cherry ontop of the cake? 

Connect with Tamu Thomas:

Instagram - tamu.thomas

Book - Women Who Work Too Much

Substack post - The Courage to Disappoint

]]>Does the fear of disappointing others keep you attached to people pleasing and perfectionism tendencies? This episode explores why disappointing people is key, if you want to make choices that feel true to you, as opposed to ones that just fulfil everyone else’s expectations.

Key takeaways from this episode:

  • You’re not doing anything wrong when you disappoint people in your life and their reaction isn’t a sign you need to go against yourself.
  • Moving away from people pleasing and perfectionism will require disappointing people - as icky and conflicting as it will feel initially, your mind and body will eventually come into harmony the more you practice making choices that come from within.
  • The more willing you are to connect to you, your body, wants, needs and desires. the more likely disappointing others will happen. Anchoring into your intentions and why is key, especially when faced with their reactions.

Connect with Rakhi:

Connect with me on IG, I’d love to get to know you: @rakhisachdev_ 

Email me: hello@rakhisachdev.com 

Related episodes:

Ep 5: Is external validation the main ingredient or the cherry ontop of the cake? 

Connect with Tamu Thomas:

Instagram - tamu.thomas

Book - Women Who Work Too Much

Substack post - The Courage to Disappoint

]]>bfc75e23-7ed8-4d6e-aca9-729cfd62655fWed, 24 Apr 2024 06:00:00 +000016:54truefull66Is external validation the main ingredient or the cherry ontop of the cake? [EP 5]Is external validation the main ingredient or the cherry ontop of the cake? [EP 5]External validation isn’t a ‘bad’ thing, but is it keeping you attached to people pleasing behaviours? In this episode, I speak on the power of external validation and being affirmed by those around you, but also how being attached to people’s validations can be unhelpful, if you’re clinging onto what they say before understanding what you think and believe about something. 

Key takeaways from this episode:

  • External validation will always be based on someone else’s beliefs, views of the world and what they value. 
  • Being attached to people’s validation may hinder you from evolving your opinions, ideas and creative practice
  • External validation gets to be cherry on top of the cake as opposed to a key part of the main ingredients. 
  • Asking yourself what you value, think and believe about something before is an effective practice to detach from external validation

Connect with Rakhi:

Connect with me on IG, I’d love to get to know you: @rakhisachdev_ 

Email me: hello@rakhisachdev.com 

Related episodes

Ep 3: Is the ‘perfect body’ actually about pleasing others?

]]>External validation isn’t a ‘bad’ thing, but is it keeping you attached to people pleasing behaviours? In this episode, I speak on the power of external validation and being affirmed by those around you, but also how being attached to people’s validations can be unhelpful, if you’re clinging onto what they say before understanding what you think and believe about something. 

Key takeaways from this episode:

  • External validation will always be based on someone else’s beliefs, views of the world and what they value. 
  • Being attached to people’s validation may hinder you from evolving your opinions, ideas and creative practice
  • External validation gets to be cherry on top of the cake as opposed to a key part of the main ingredients. 
  • Asking yourself what you value, think and believe about something before is an effective practice to detach from external validation

Connect with Rakhi:

Connect with me on IG, I’d love to get to know you: @rakhisachdev_ 

Email me: hello@rakhisachdev.com 

Related episodes

Ep 3: Is the ‘perfect body’ actually about pleasing others?

]]>99950a22-f58c-4216-b606-e101feccafddWed, 17 Apr 2024 06:00:00 +000015:19truefull55Is the 'perfect body' about pleasing others? [Ep 4]Is the 'perfect body' about pleasing others? [Ep 4]If I said that your perfectionist and people pleasing tendencies have links to your relationship with your body, how does that land? In this episode I talk about the connection between these tendencies, how you’ve learnt to relate to your body and the notion of the ‘perfect body.’

Key takeaways from this episode:

  • What you’ve learnt about what your body should like, doesn’t just come from the messages you’ve received, but also what you’ve observed with the close women in your life
  • The very human want and need to feel like you’re accepted, loved and like you belong manifests in needing this ‘perfect body’
  • Perfectionism and people pleasing are very closely linked -the 'perfect body' can be about wanting to elicit a response from the people around you, to ‘please’ them. 
  • Taking time to connect with your body on a deeper level then how it looks will help you come off this exhausting hamster wheel of perfection and people pleasing. 

Connect with Rakhi:

Connect with me on IG, I’d love to get to know you: @rakhisachdev_ 

https://www.instagram.com/rakhisachdev_/

Email me: hello@rakhisachdev.com 

Related episodes

Ep 1: A journey of a thousand miles: my people pleasing and perfectionist story

]]>If I said that your perfectionist and people pleasing tendencies have links to your relationship with your body, how does that land? In this episode I talk about the connection between these tendencies, how you’ve learnt to relate to your body and the notion of the ‘perfect body.’

Key takeaways from this episode:

  • What you’ve learnt about what your body should like, doesn’t just come from the messages you’ve received, but also what you’ve observed with the close women in your life
  • The very human want and need to feel like you’re accepted, loved and like you belong manifests in needing this ‘perfect body’
  • Perfectionism and people pleasing are very closely linked -the 'perfect body' can be about wanting to elicit a response from the people around you, to ‘please’ them. 
  • Taking time to connect with your body on a deeper level then how it looks will help you come off this exhausting hamster wheel of perfection and people pleasing. 

Connect with Rakhi:

Connect with me on IG, I’d love to get to know you: @rakhisachdev_ 

https://www.instagram.com/rakhisachdev_/

Email me: hello@rakhisachdev.com 

Related episodes

Ep 1: A journey of a thousand miles: my people pleasing and perfectionist story

]]>a8f4d0ac-8d24-4d2b-bb8a-69a7a2ea50a1Wed, 10 Apr 2024 06:00:00 +000011:51truefull443 reasons why I use sensual movement to coach you [Ep 3]3 reasons why I use sensual movement to coach you [Ep 3]Are you ready to give less fucks about people’s opinions and feel more connected to your body, your creativity and full expression? In this episode I reveal a VERY powerful practice I use in my coaching, to help you connect and develop a relationship with the version of you who has some goddamn AUDACITY, can really elicit the parts of you that want to take up space, and release the shame you’ve learnt to have about your body and who you are.

Key takeaways from this episode:

  • Sensual movement can release the shame associated with the word sensuality, your body, and who you are as a woman of colour
  • Dance gives you permission to express yourself as you wish, without looking outside of you for approval. It helps to develop an inner sense of approval and authority.
  • It helps you move through stuck emotions and stuckness, resulting in a clearer mind and clarity. 

Connect with Rakhi:

Connect with me on IG, I’d love to get to know you: @rakhisachdev_ 

Email me: hello@rakhisachdev.com

]]>Are you ready to give less fucks about people’s opinions and feel more connected to your body, your creativity and full expression? In this episode I reveal a VERY powerful practice I use in my coaching, to help you connect and develop a relationship with the version of you who has some goddamn AUDACITY, can really elicit the parts of you that want to take up space, and release the shame you’ve learnt to have about your body and who you are.

Key takeaways from this episode:

  • Sensual movement can release the shame associated with the word sensuality, your body, and who you are as a woman of colour
  • Dance gives you permission to express yourself as you wish, without looking outside of you for approval. It helps to develop an inner sense of approval and authority.
  • It helps you move through stuck emotions and stuckness, resulting in a clearer mind and clarity. 

Connect with Rakhi:

Connect with me on IG, I’d love to get to know you: @rakhisachdev_ 

Email me: hello@rakhisachdev.com

]]>59984662-5c04-4578-b136-67a3a0883ea0Wed, 03 Apr 2024 06:00:00 +000009:51truefull33Why I've RE-committed to centring my coaching for WOC [EP 2]Why I've RE-committed to centring my coaching for WOC [EP 2]Welcome back boo! In this episode, we are getting spicy. I’m talking about the reasoning behind making the RE-committed decision to work solely with WOC and why the importance of this decision outweighs the fears I’ve had to do this.

Key takeaways from this episode:

  • The coaching industry is white washed and much coaching practice takes place through an Eurocentric lens, with little to no nuance of the experiences of WOC.
  • There are systemic, generational and cultural reasons why people pleasing and perfectionist tendencies feel so 2nd nature to WOC and need to be addressed if you are to achieve radical self acceptance and develop confidence in who you are and the choices you make for your life. 
  • WOC deserve to have spaces where they feel fully seen in their experiences and are held with knowing and understanding

Connect with Rakhi:

Connect with me on IG, I’d love to get to know you: @rakhisachdev_ 

Email me: hello@rakhisachdev.com 

]]>Welcome back boo! In this episode, we are getting spicy. I’m talking about the reasoning behind making the RE-committed decision to work solely with WOC and why the importance of this decision outweighs the fears I’ve had to do this.

Key takeaways from this episode:

  • The coaching industry is white washed and much coaching practice takes place through an Eurocentric lens, with little to no nuance of the experiences of WOC.
  • There are systemic, generational and cultural reasons why people pleasing and perfectionist tendencies feel so 2nd nature to WOC and need to be addressed if you are to achieve radical self acceptance and develop confidence in who you are and the choices you make for your life. 
  • WOC deserve to have spaces where they feel fully seen in their experiences and are held with knowing and understanding

Connect with Rakhi:

Connect with me on IG, I’d love to get to know you: @rakhisachdev_ 

Email me: hello@rakhisachdev.com 

]]>2870155c-abda-4d8f-80b3-1589771fcb2aWed, 03 Apr 2024 06:00:00 +000009:28truefull22A journey of a thousand miles: My people pleasing and perfectionist story [EP 1]A journey of a thousand miles: My people pleasing and perfectionist story [EP 1]TW: I talk about Anorexia Nervosa and Binge Eating Disorder

Welcome to the very first episode of Unapologetic AF baby! I’m your host Rakhi Sachdev, and I am SO excited to bring this podcast fully alive!

In this episode, I get down, dirty and vulnerable into my story with 2 eating disorders, where I believe my people pleasing and perfectionist journey started, and how my life experiences have bought me to this place of being an Empowerment and Embodiment coach for women of colour. You’ll hear about how using food as a coping mechanism was actually a symptom of striving to be ‘the best’ for everyone around me and fulfil everyone’s expectations so that I could feel accepted and love.

It’s been quite the journey man, so many ups and downs, but life does exist on the other side of these behaviours, and I’m so excited to show you how.

Key takeaways from this episode:

  • Striving to be superhuman, fulfilling everyone’s expectations and not putting one foot wrong, not only exhausts you but strips you of who you are at your core - a human being who makes mistakes and is trying their best.
  • You do get to show that you have wants and needs and still be loved and accepted for that.
  • Connecting with the little girl inside you, getting comfortable in your skin and injecting more play and pleasure into your life, is key to thriving beyond people pleasing and perfectionism. 

Connect with Rakhi:

Connect with me on IG, I’d love to to get to know you: @rakhisachdev_ 

Email me: hello@rakhisachdev.com 

]]>TW: I talk about Anorexia Nervosa and Binge Eating Disorder

Welcome to the very first episode of Unapologetic AF baby! I’m your host Rakhi Sachdev, and I am SO excited to bring this podcast fully alive!

In this episode, I get down, dirty and vulnerable into my story with 2 eating disorders, where I believe my people pleasing and perfectionist journey started, and how my life experiences have bought me to this place of being an Empowerment and Embodiment coach for women of colour. You’ll hear about how using food as a coping mechanism was actually a symptom of striving to be ‘the best’ for everyone around me and fulfil everyone’s expectations so that I could feel accepted and love.

It’s been quite the journey man, so many ups and downs, but life does exist on the other side of these behaviours, and I’m so excited to show you how.

Key takeaways from this episode:

  • Striving to be superhuman, fulfilling everyone’s expectations and not putting one foot wrong, not only exhausts you but strips you of who you are at your core - a human being who makes mistakes and is trying their best.
  • You do get to show that you have wants and needs and still be loved and accepted for that.
  • Connecting with the little girl inside you, getting comfortable in your skin and injecting more play and pleasure into your life, is key to thriving beyond people pleasing and perfectionism. 

Connect with Rakhi:

Connect with me on IG, I’d love to to get to know you: @rakhisachdev_ 

Email me: hello@rakhisachdev.com 

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