You don’t have to Eliminate Stress to Find Peace.
Most of us believe we need to eliminate stress before we can feel calm. But what if peace isn't about perfect conditions—it's about practice?
In this episode, Dr. Raquel teaches you how to find calm WITH stress present, not despite it. You'll learn the science behind your stress response, why your nervous system can't tell the difference between real and perceived threats, and how reframing your beliefs changes your biology.
Includes a powerful client story and a guided Calm Exhale breathwork practice to activate your body's natural relaxation response.
Say YES to peace—even in the chaos.
Fight, Flight, or Freeze—Which One Are You Living In?
Fight, Flight, or Freeze—Which One Are You Living In?
When stress hits, what do you do? Do you push harder and try to control everything (fight)? Do you stay busy and avoid your feelings (flight)? Or do you shut down and feel paralyzed (freeze)?
In this powerful episode, Dr. Raquel breaks down the three stress responses hardwired into your nervous system—and explains what happens in your body when you get stuck in any of these patterns long-term.
You'll learn:
How your sympathetic and parasympathetic nervous systems work (in simple terms!)
What the fight response looks like in modern life—irritability, perfectionism, pushing through fatigue
Why the flight response keeps you anxiously busy but running on empty
How freeze shows up as brain fog, numbness, people-pleasing, and feeling stuck
A moving client story about healing from years of freeze mode
Why all three responses come from the same root: your nervous system doesn't feel safe
Plus, Dr. Raquel guides you through a grounding breathwork practice to help your nervous system remember what safety feels like.
If you've been wondering why you react the way you do under stress, this episode will give you answers—and tools to shift your patterns.
Reset Your Nervous System - Guided Breathwork
Sunday Breathwork: Reset Your Nervous System
It's Sunday—the perfect time to reset your nervous system for the week ahead. This special episode is different from the rest: instead of teaching, Dr. Raquel guides you through an immersive 20-minute nervous system reset practice using breath.
Think of your nervous system like a bank account. Every stress, worry, and sleepless night is a withdrawal. Every moment of rest, every deep breath, every present moment is a deposit. Most of us are running a deficit—and this practice is like making a large deposit.
In this guided experience, you'll:
Learn why nervous system resets are essential for healing and preventing burnout
Experience arrival and grounding breathwork to connect you to the earth's energy
Release tension held in your jaw, shoulders, chest, belly, and throughout your entire body
Practice coherence breathing to create harmony between your heart, brain, and nervous system
Set a powerful intention for how you want to feel and show up in the week ahead
Discover how to use this practice as a weekly Sunday ritual
This episode is designed to be experienced with eyes closed in a comfortable position. Give yourself the gift of these 20 minutes—your nervous system will thank you.
If you're feeling depleted, overwhelmed, or just need to reset before the week begins, this is the episode for you.
Come as you are. Leave feeling grounded, calm, and ready for whatever comes next.
Episode 1: Your Stress isn’t the Enemy it’s a Message
What if everything you've been told about stress is wrong?
In this episode of Your Empowered Self, Dr. Raquel Yarroch reveals why stress isn't your enemy—it's your body's built-in messenger system trying to protect you. Most women spend years fighting their stress, only to end up more exhausted, inflamed, and burnt out. But what if the solution isn't eliminating stress... but learning to listen to it?
Dr. Raquel breaks down the science of the HPA axis (hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis) and explains exactly what happens in your body when chronic stress takes over. You'll discover why stress causes weight gain around your middle, shuts down your digestion, suppresses your immune system, and disrupts your hormones—and more importantly, what to do about it.
In this episode, you'll learn:
Why your body can't tell the difference between a real threat and a perceived one
The 5 ways chronic stress damages your thyroid, gut, adrenals, and hormones
How to decode what your body is actually trying to tell you through stress signals
Where you hold stress in your body and what that reveals about your life
A simple 3-question framework to shift from stress reactivity to stress awareness
Box Breathing technique to signal safety to your nervous system in under 2 minutes
Dr. Raquel shares a powerful client story about a woman whose chronic gut issues were actually her body's way of communicating unprocessed stress—and how listening to that message changed everything.
Whether you're dealing with fatigue, brain fog, digestive issues, hormone chaos, or autoimmune symptoms, this episode will help you understand that your body isn't broken—it's brilliant. And it's been trying to tell you something all along.
RESOURCES MENTIONED:
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Remember: You are powerful. You are worthy. Your body was designed to heal.
Keep saying YES to your empowered self.
Disclaimer: This podcast is for educational and informational purposes only and is not a substitute for medical advice. Always consult with your healthcare provider before making any changes to your health protocol.
The Rockyn YES Podcast
Welcome to Rockyn YES (Your Empowered Self), the podcast for women ready to rise, reclaim their health, and become the most vibrant version of themselves.
Hosted by Dr. Raquel Yarroch, Functional Medicine Practitioner, Chiropractor, and NLP Coach, this show blends the science of root-cause healing with the power of emotional release and subconscious reprogramming.
Each week, you’ll discover how to heal from autoimmune symptoms, fatigue, brain fog, hormonal chaos, and gut issues — by addressing the real reasons your body is out of balance. We explore functional lab testing, detox, nervous system regulation, mindset shifts, and identity work to help you fully embody the woman you’re meant to be.
Because true healing isn’t just about protocols — it’s about who you become when you say YES to your empowered self.
💫 Start your healing journey today — from within.