The Rockyn YES Podcast - with Dr. Raquel Yarroch

If Valentine’s Day stirred emotions—disappointment, grief, pressure, comparison, or shame—this 10–12 minute Sunday breathwork reset is for you. Dr. Raquel Yarroch guides you through gentle nervous system regulation using physiological sighs, longer exhales, and a simple “Worthy Now” breath anchor to help you release what you’re carrying and return to safety inside yourself. This is your reminder:...

Valentine’s Day can bring up a lot—comparison, loneliness, pressure, grief, old stories, and the feeling of “why am I not chosen?” In this short bonus episode, Dr. Raquel Yarroch delivers a powerful worthiness reset to help you stop outsourcing your value and start choosing yourself—today. You’ll reconnect to the truth that you don’t have to perform for love, chase love, or shrink to keep connecti...

Love isn’t supposed to require you to abandon yourself. In this Valentine’s-season episode, Dr. Raquel Yarroch explores how self-worth shapes your relationships—romantic, family, friendships, and even work dynamics—and why so many high-achieving professionals end up over-giving, over-explaining, and over-functioning in the name of connection. You’ll learn 3 signs you may be outsourcing your worth...

If you’re a high-achieving professional who’s “nice,” responsible, and always showing up… but secretly exhausted or resentful, this episode is for you. In today’s conversation, Dr. Raquel Yarroch explains why boundaries aren’t selfish—they’re self-respect in action and one of the clearest forms of self-love. You’ll learn why resentment is often a sign a boundary is missing, the real reason boundar...

This short Sunday breathwork reset is designed to help you release the week , calm your nervous system, and come back to yourself before the week ahead. In just 10–12 minutes, Dr. Raquel guides you through gentle regulation breathwork (longer exhales), a body release, and simple worthiness-based affirmations to anchor peace, clarity, and self-leadership. If you’ve been pushing, overthinking, or ru...

Are you driven… but secretly exhausted? Do you hear the voice that says, “I should be doing more,” even when you’re already doing everything? In this episode, Dr. Raquel Yarroch breaks down the “should” trap—why it isn’t motivation, but a nervous system pressure state that steals your joy, clarity, and peace. You’ll learn the three hidden drivers behind “should” (fear of disappointing others, fall...

What if your self-worth isn’t something you “find” … but something your nervous system learned? In today’s episode, Dr. Raquel breaks down why high-achieving professionals can look confident on the outside—but still feel behind, tense, and stuck on the inside. You’ll learn the 3 most common self-worth patterns ( proving, perfection, and people-pleasing ), why your brain keeps repeating them, and a...

Episode 8: "Your Body Hears Every Thought" Your thoughts aren't just mental chatter—they're creating your biology in real time. In this episode, Dr. Raquel breaks down the science of the mind-body connection and reveals how the words you speak to yourself directly impact your cortisol levels, digestion, immune function, and energy. Learn how to shift from symptom-focused thinki...

Integration Day: Letting the Nervous System Catch Up In this grounding episode, Dr. Raquel guides you through the often-overlooked phase of transformation: integration. After release, movement, and intention-setting, your nervous system needs time to recalibrate. In this episode, you’ll learn why integration is essential for lasting change — physically, emotionally, and neurologically. In this epi...

Happy New Years!!! Resolutions often fail because they ignore the nervous system. In this New Year’s Day episode, Dr. Raquel explores deliberate intention — not as goal-setting, but as identity alignment. When intention is embodied, behavior follows naturally. This episode invites you to choose how you want to feel, respond, and live, rather than what you want to force. In this episode, you’ll lea...

Movement doesn’t always mean pushing harder. In this episode, Dr. Raquel explores Fire Horse energy — not as hustle, but as embodied courage. From a nervous system and NLP perspective, true movement happens when the body feels safe enough to expand. This episode helps you recognize the difference between conditioning and aligned courage, and how to move forward without burning out. In this episode...

As the year comes to a close, your body may already be letting go — emotionally, physically, and energetically. In this episode, Dr. Raquel explores the concept of shedding the old skin, just like nature does when growth requires release. From a functional medicine and nervous system perspective, this isn’t breakdown — it’s completion. You’ll be guided through reflection, awareness, and a gentle b...

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 withdrawa...

Weekend Reflection: How Do You Speak to Stress? It's the weekend—time for a powerful question: How do you talk to yourself about your stress? In this reflective episode, Dr. Raquel explores how the words you use with yourself are literally programming your nervous system and either supporting your healing or blocking it. You'll learn: Why language shapes reality : how your self-talk crea...

Let It Go: Learning to Trust Instead of Control In this deeply personal episode, Dr. Raquel gets vulnerable about a powerful lesson she's been learning—one that literally showed up in her body. As she prepares for umbilical hernia surgery, she shares the profound connection between the pressure we put on ourselves and the physical symptoms we create. You'll discover:   Why hernias (and m...

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...

From Chaos to Clarity: The Power of Awareness Ever feel like your mind is racing before your feet even hit the floor in the morning? You're not alone. In this episode, Dr. Raquel explores how awareness is the bridge between chaos and clarity—and why noticing without judging is one of your most powerful healing tools. You'll discover: Why "brain fog" is often your body's pr...

Pause Power: The Breath That Changes Everything What if the difference between reacting and responding was just three breaths? In this episode, Dr. Raquel reveals the transformative power of the pause—that space between stimulus and response where your true power lives. You'll discover: How most of us live on autopilot, reacting instantly to everything around us Why the pause shifts you from...

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...

Episode 1: Your Stress isn’t Your Enemy - It’s the 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...