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.
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.