Rachel Leviss vows to not date for a year so she can ‘focus’ on herself… after she was caught romancing pal Ariana Madix’s boyfriend Tom Sandoval

Rachel Leviss has vowed not to date for a year.

This comes after she was busted for romancing Tom Sandoval, the boyfriend of her good friend Ariana Madix.

The Vanderump Rules scandal was so big that it got its own name: Scandoval.

The drama came to light almost a year ago.

‘I haven’t been dating for a year, and by doing that I’m only focusing on myself and after this conversation I’m focusing on my emotions that are coming up in me like what are my own needs that I need to meet, and not a adding another person to the equation,” she said during the latest episode of her iHeart Radio podcast, Rachel goes Rouge.

She continued, “So that it’s just focused on me and other people, but also my friends and family and the people in my inner circle who are safe friends.”

This comes after she was busted for romancing Tom Sandoval, the boyfriend of her good friend Ariana Madix. The Vanderump Rules scandal was so big that it got its own name: Scandoval. The drama came to light almost a year ago

She also talked about her bizarre habit of smiling or laughing when faced with difficult things.

Fans of Vanderpump Rules will remember how strangely she reacted to the allegations against her and how she ended the relationship between Sandoval, 40 – who said he fought hard for her – and Ariana Madix, 38,’s nine-year relationship.

She admitted that she discovered she had put up a “wall of pleasure” when faced with confrontation.

Rachel, 29, invited psychologist Dr. Hillary Goldsher takes to her podcast to help her understand why she laughed during the most painful experiences of her life.

And she promised not to date for a year after the things she heard from Dr. Goldsher had learned.

Rachel left a trail of destruction during her days with Lisa Vanderpump, 63.

In addition to Madix and Sandovol, she was also briefly engaged to DJ James Kennedy, 31, and they adopted a dog together they named Graham.

“Listening back, I hear myself laughing at the Graham situation in particular to me, like that’s not funny, and I want to know why,” she explained, referring to how she held the dog during their divorce and then brought him to her dumped parents. survey.

“Like what is this thing that my body is doing without me knowing?” she asked.

‘I haven’t been dating for a year, and by doing that I’m only focusing on myself and after this conversation I’m focusing on my emotions that are coming up in me like what are my own needs that I need to meet, and not a adding another person to the equation,” she said during the latest episode of her iHeart Radio podcast, Rachel Goes Rouge

Sandoval, Madix and Leviss at the Los Angeles Mission will host the annual Thanksgiving dinner in 2022

Sandoval and Madix arrive at the Los Angeles premiere of Jurassic World Dominion in 2022

“Honestly, I’m glad a professional is telling me why this is happening because yes, it’s not normal,” she added. “The average person doesn’t laugh through the most painful traumatic memories.”

Rachel also addressed claims that she didn’t take the fallout from her affair seriously.

“As I describe these things and tell these memories, I don’t find it funny or enjoy it, and so I feel like maybe the message is getting lost a little bit,” she added.

“But when I talk to my family and my close friends, I have a more serious attitude and I don’t smile through it.”

She also opened up about the 90 days she spent in a treatment center for her mental health and trauma, explaining that she learned that she put up something called a “pleasure wall” when she faced adversity.

Rachel left a trail of destruction during her days with Lisa Vanderpump, 63

“It’s a wall you’ve put up that keeps you from being intimate with other people, and that’s why you’re not as relational and people can’t connect with you on a deeper level,” she explained.

“And so I recognize that I have a ‘wall of pleasure’ that I can’t help but come up,” she added.

But from now on, things will be different.

“It doesn’t work for me anymore,” she said. ‘I actually see it as a protection for myself.’