Jrocktherapy Podcast: The Jrock Report

Junice speaks on KUT Austin: "The problem becomes when we have overly packed ourselves for an extended period of time.... We've overridden that internal GPS that we all have and overridden those boundaries that perhaps we have or don't have."

A conversation with JRock and Anna Westbrook of Isabel and the Runaway Train

Junice Rockman defines toxic positivity as as overgeneralizing a happy outlook in a way that causes "denial, minimization and invalidation of authentic human experiences."

Recent events have laid bare that trauma and racism, though the systems that helped create and sustain them have been in place for centuries. Rockman says confronting and dismantling racism starts with understanding that the system has impacted everyone in different ways.

Did you know that stress, tension and even trauma can become trapped in your body, in the central nervous system and at a cellular level? Even for experiences and stressors that you don't have words for, THE BODY KEEPS THE SCORE, as author @thebodykeepsthescore Bessel Vanderkolk writes about. In fact, OUR BODIES CAN EVEN TAKE ON THE SHAPE OF OUR BELIEFS as @geneenroth says. Create a peaceful and productive day today. 💛 Best, JRock

Deep breathing immediately relaxes the body because it stimulates the vagus nerve, which runs from the neck to the abdomen and turns off the ‘fight or flight’ reflex.  Also, stimulating the vagus nerve activates your relaxation response, reducing your heart rate and blood pressure. Deep breathing activates the vagus nerve enough that it acts as a "brake" on the stress response.  Take a moment, breath with me. This is something you can use throughout the day or at the end of your day to clear debris or stress that has  accumulated.

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Trauma, The Brain, The Body & PTSD. Mental Health Monday with Jrocktherapy. Learn the symptoms of post traumatic stress response and disorder. Differentiate between individual, collective and vicarious trauma. Understand what happens to the brain, the body and why we can be easily triggered after experiencing or witnessing a traumatic. Subscribe to @Jrocktherapy podcast, YouTube and Instagram for more on mental health and wellness.

Mental Health & Wellness Monday with Jrocktherapy. Subscribe to @Jrocktherapy podcast, Youtube, and Instagram

"Pain Is Inevitable, Suffering Is Optional" learn more with Neuropsychotherapist, Junice Rockman or subscribe to the JRocktherapy Podcast, Instagram or You Tube Page for more therapeutic resources, conversations and insights.

Mindfulness, Meditation and Living in the Moment. Hear from Neuropsychotherapist, Junice Rockman as she explores the practice of mindful living, what it is, is not and how we can each lean in to make mindfulness a way of daily living in real time practice. For more on JRock, subscribe here or to her podcast or Instagram page, @Jrocktherapy.

Our suffering often stems from being so far in our future or too often looking backward into our past, that we cannot be present in the moment.

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Can you take 1 day to release the need to judge anyone or anything around you... including yourself??? 

We live in a world that is filled with criticism, condemnation, and judgment. From politics, to religion and social ideals we seem to be living in a “war of the words”.

If we get triggered, defensive and angry at people for not living the way that we want them to (or if we lash out at people for judging us) are we not becoming just like them? Brene Brown has often said that empathy is the cure for shame. I truly believe what the world needs now more than ever is compassion, self-compassion and empathy.   Listen & SUBSCRIBE to @jrocktherapy on anchor.fm & YouTube 🎧 ❤️❤️

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In this episode, we discuss the COVID-19 global pandemic from a mental Health & wellness perspective. We’ll examine possible ways in which we are coping that seem helpful to our collective mental health and ways that we are not. For more, listen to NPR radio, Austin’s own KUT.org live Monday morning between 7 - 9 a.m. cst; or SUBSCRIBE to @JRocktherapy YouTube, Podcast and Instagram.

What do you do when conflicting ideologies, values, beliefs and experiences converge creating a space of conflict? In a time of social unrest, protest and pandemic, it can be easy to internalize these conflicts. Learn how to take your personal power back and SUBSCRIBE to Jrocktherapy podcast, YouTube, and Instagram.

How do we weather uncertainty while upholding responsibility during the pandemic? Listen and SUBSCRIBE to @jrocktherapy podcast, YouTube and Instagram for more info on Mental Health & Wellness.