Building Emotional Capacity Before Processing Past Traumas

About this episode

Justin Sunseri discusses the importance of building emotional capacity before addressing past traumas.

Stop forcing yourself to relive the most painful moments of your life before your body is ready to handle them. Traditional therapy often skips the most critical step — building the physiological capacity to actually process what comes up. Justin Sunseri breaks down why flooding your system with past trauma makes things worse, and what to do instead. 🤩 Ready to go deeper? Explore resources at every price point—from free content to 1-on-1 coaching. Whether you're just beginning or ready for transformation, there's something designed for where you are right now. 👉 Visit https://www.stucknotbroken.com/how-i-can-help-you 😬 Need to catch up? Listen to the Polyvagal 101 audio series - https://player.captivate.fm/collection/cce134e7-1550-4d33-8e56-738d344c63b0 ✅ Crisis resources: National Suicide Prevention Hotline - 1 (800) 273-8255 National Domestic Violence Hotline -1 (800) 799-7233 LGBT Trevor Project Lifeline - 1 (866) 488-7386 National Sexual Assault Hotline - 1 (800) 656-4673 Crisis Text Line - Text “HOME” to 741741 Call 911 for emergency This and other content produced by Justin Sunseri (“JustinLMFT”) (i.e; podcast, YouTube, Instagram, etc.) is not therapy, not intended to be…

People in this episode

Host: Justin Sunseri

Topics covered

• emotional capacity
• trauma processing
• mental health
• therapy
• self improvement

Keywords

• emotional capacity
• trauma
• mental health
• therapy
• self improvement
• physiological capacity
• Crisis resources

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: National Suicide Prevention Hotline, National Domestic Violence Hotline, LGBT Trevor Project Lifeline, National Sexual Assault Hotline, Crisis Text Line

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