Vida The Podcast

Send us Fan Mail This is a fun one because it's about one of our favorite topics...dating! Rebecca and Shay are both in different phases of dating and relationships. The wild wild world of dating can take you on a such a ride so we're sharing some perspectives (from personal experiences and from some of our girlfriends) on some red flags/green flags to be on the lookout to make your dati...

Send us Fan Mail The journey of pregnancy and birth is no small feat. Women and mothers are truly powerhouses. However, how common is it for women to truly feel supported and resourced throughout this transformative and life-changing experience? Even more so, BIPOC women have less resources and guidance available to them. On today's episode, we have Gaby Gonzalez, a pregnancy/birth/postpartum...

Send us Fan Mail Rebecca & Shay haven't had a casual catch-up in a while and this is a little window into their multidimensional friendship! They talk about their biggest lessons of 2024 already, their seriously silly reviews on their favorite shows and books, and their go-to mantras. They love to work and go deep, but they're also all about play and levity. They sprinkle wisdom and...

Send us Fan Mail Being a parentified child is a lot more common than people realize, especially if you come from immigrant lineages. In this solo episode, Rebecca shares her journey with being a parentified child when she was younger and today as an adult. There are some roles that children naturally step into within the family unit when they become adults, but sometimes those roles can create mor...

Send us Fan Mail WOMEN! We're calling out the all too well-known statement, "My period is inconvenient." It doesn't have to be. Let's be real, modern-day society was created by men for men and women had to adjust. Women are equal to men, but we're certainly different and that's not a bad thing. We have a powerful process unique to only us that is called the menst...

Send us Fan Mail We won't ignore the obvious--women (and the world) have suffered at the hands of men. Or has it truly been the patriarchy? Here at Vida, we love men. Rebecca and Shay get into yet another potentially controversial conversation. It doesn't serve women or society anymore to man-hate. The more we bring men down, the more of a disservice we do to the evolution of humanity an...

Send us Fan Mail Escapism is a prevalent practice in our modern-day world. What are we running from and how do we stop? If we desire a more fulfilling life experience and thriving intimate relationships, we have to stop running and start looking in the mirror. Most of us don't know how to do that, but luckily, Tomas shares guidance on how to stop running and start being (all of you) with the...

Send us Fan Mail Entrepreneurship is not for the faint of heart. You're without a doubt going to fall (multiple times), but you have to know how to get back up and do it all over again. Rebecca & Shay have been on the entrepreneurship journey in their individual businesses and together within Vida; they share their insights and "need-to-knows" with you. So many more people now w...

Send us Fan Mail Anger is a natural part of being human and yet, so many of us repress this emotional state. Why is that? In this solo episode, Rebecca gets into the understanding of anger from a physiological perspective and shares her journey with overcoming her fear and avoidance of anger due to her programming of being a people-please. She shares a healthy and cathartic practice called a rage...

Send us Fan Mail Are healthy and fulfilling romantic relationships really that hard to come by nowadays? In a world where we feel like we have endless “options”, it’s easy to not commit and just go to the next person, but what does this way of dating actually do to intimacy?  In this episode, we have Nick & Karenna, an inspiring duo who are doing the work for themselves and for their relations...

Send us Fan Mail The concept of intuition has become known in the mainstream spiritual communities as something very "woo-woo". However, there's a science to this mysterious human phenomenon. Rebecca & Shay speak on the concept of intuition from a more tangible perspective so anyone can start tapping into, listening to, and working with their intuition in their daily lives for t...

Send us Fan Mail Shay is thriving in her single girl season and she has some fire wisdom drops to share in this episode about embodying your singlehood in a way that best serves you in the present moment and will support you entirely in your future relationship. This episode explores: -The season of radical freedom when you're single. -The lack of clarity on what a romantic partnership is wit...

Send us Fan Mail Psychedelic mushrooms have the ability to change your life. But you don’t have to go on a big “trip” for the medicine of mushrooms to positively impact your emotional, mental, and spiritual well-being. Intentionally microdosing psilocybin has become a known avenue for mental health support and personal development healing experiences. But what does it mean to intentionally microdo...

Send us Fan Mail Bestie breakups are a lot more common than people actually talk about. A best friend relationship is very similar to a romantic partnership. Sometimes you grow apart or your values change in friendships. How do you rebuild or mend a friendship that feels distant and how do you navigate a bestie break-up without starting drama in the mutual friend group? These are questions that Re...

Send us Fan Mail In this solo episode, Rebecca explores the big topics of death, love, and God. She shares a comforting but potentially confronting perspective on how all these 3 are connected and how they also inspire us to live more authentically to who we are meant to be as souls having a human experience (and this experience is unique to all of us!). If you’ve been having an existential season...

Send us Fan Mail I think it’s safe to say that most people have a love- hate relationship with their twenties. Oh the golden decade! But is it really? What were we sold about our twenties that turned out to be a huge and humbling reality check? Or what decisions did we make that actually changed the trajectory of our entire lives during that decade? In this episode we have 2 of our best friends, E...

Send us Fan Mail Everyone talks about healing the mother & father wounds as part of personal development, but what about the impact that our sibling dynamics played in our attachment styles and our core wounds? And how do you actually become friends with your siblings when you’ve grown apart from them? Rebecca & Shay share their own personal journeys with their sibling relationships–the up...

Send us Fan Mail Just because friends follow you on your social media, doesn’t mean they’re actually your friend. In this age of social media, we can easily make ourselves believe that we know the real truth of what’s going on in people’s lives, but the reality of that is that we’re only catching a highlight reel. What does this illusion do to friendships? Does it make people try less to have offl...

Send us Fan Mail Rebecca & Shay hand over the mic to the men. They gathered questions from women who wished they understood what goes through a man's mind when it comes to dating, intimacy, and relationships. Kris & Josh are 2 men who are childhood best friends and have gone through so many different seasons of life together. They're men who are doing the "inner work" i...

Send us Fan Mail Communication truly is an art and most of us haven’t mastered it. And will we ever? The moment you choose to walk the path of inner healing, communication will undoubtedly be a focal point. When you begin to evolve your communication through personal development & self-awareness, you will also deepen the intimacy and health of your relationships. But HOW do we begin to navigat...

Send us Fan Mail Astrology is one of the most mainstream spiritual "woo-woo" resources out there now. However, it's still deeply misunderstood. It's a lot more complex than what people take the time to understand. The ancients initially believed astrology to be a science as it correlates with the patterns of the sky and how these patterns influence human beings. As above, so be...

Send us Fan Mail Being attached is a part of the human experience. You came into this world already attached and the environment you grew up in influenced the way you attach to people as an adult. Are you living with a secure or insecure attachment style? If you default to an insecure attachment style, there is space and opportunity for you to become secure and deepen the quality of relationships...

Send us Fan Mail Solo episode with Rebecca! Ancient cultures such as India, Egypt, and China have philosophies that regard eros/sexual energy as a precious and divine source of creative power. They knew the magnitude of our sexual magnificence. However, what happens when this energy becomes leaky and is lost in the modern-day hookup culture? When this energy becomes depleted and is easily given aw...

Send us Fan Mail Three best friends just spilling the tea about love, life, and friendships. Rebecca & Shay have one of their closest friends, Erika, who they both met through an online women’s community (the same one where Rebecca & Shay met!) to have a ‘real talk’ moment. Erika has been on a personal development journey of finding herself and accepting all parts of herself through the po...

Send us Fan Mail So many of us WANT to make permanent and impactful change in our lives, but most of us don’t know how to. It seems as if we use everything in our will to transform, but we still revert back to old patterns after a few months and continue to live in ways that are unfilling. Why is that? Most of the time, we’re trying to make change through our conscious mind. This conscious will is...