Challenging Your Paradigm: The Shift in Thinking Before the Science

Challenging Your Paradigm: The Shift in Thinking Before the Science

From Stuck Not Broken by Justin Sunseri

June 8, 2026 · 23 min · Season 2 · Episode 2

About this episode

In this episode, Justin Sunseri discusses the importance of challenging one's paradigm before understanding scientific concepts like Polyvagal Theory.

"That's bulls***." That was my honest first reaction, back in 2018, to the work I now build my entire career around. In this episode of the Stuck Not Broken audiobook, I invite you to challenge your paradigm: How I came to Polyvagal Theory, and nearly dismissed it What a paradigm is, and why you need a new one before the science can land The urge most of us feel to skip ahead to the fix, and why there isn't one to skip to 👉 New here? Find your stuck state, and your starting place: https://www.stucknotbroken.com/stuck Or go straight to what's best for you: 👉 Start free in the community: https://www.stucknotbroken.com/start 📘 Prefer to read, or want to support the show?: https://www.stucknotbroken.com/books 🎧 Practice on your own with the Self-Regulation Coach app: https://studio.com/justin/self-regulation-coach 👥 Prefer company? Move through it alongside others in the Unstucking Academy: https://www.stucknotbroken.com/unstuckingacademy This and other content produced by Justin Sunseri (“JustinLMFT”) (i.e; podcast, YouTube, Instagram, etc.) is not therapy, not intended to be therapy or be a replacement for therapy.  Nothing in this creates or indicates a therapeutic…

People in this episode

Host: Justin Sunseri

Topics covered

  • paradigm shift
  • Polyvagal Theory
  • mental health
  • self-improvement
  • science and psychology

Keywords

  • paradigm
  • Polyvagal Theory
  • mental health
  • self-regulation
  • self-improvement

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Polyvagal Theory

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