Stuck Not Broken
Hosted by Justin Sunseri · Justin Sunseri
4.7from 381 ratings
- 388
- Episodes
- 79
- Transcribed
- 381
- Ratings
- Daily
- Cadence
- 2019
- First episode
- 675K
- YouTube views
About Stuck Not Broken
Stuck Not Broken is the first podcast built on clearly teaching the Polyvagal Theory and applying it to your trauma recovery process. Justin Sunseri is a Licensed Marriage & Family Therapist that makes the science of connection easily understood and accessible to anyone. He created the Polyvagal Trauma Relief System and is the author of Trauma & The Polyvagal Paradigm. (Justin Sunseri, LMFT99147)
- Publisher
- Justin Sunseri
- Category
- education · health & fitness · science
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 9 Feb 2019
- Latest episode
- 9 Oct 2026
Latest episodes
79 of 388 episodes have a transcript.
9 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
Stuck Not Broken: What It Means & Why it's Good to be Stuck
29 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT
Why You Stay Stuck in Trauma, Part 2: Cognitive Adaptations
22 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT
Why You Stay Stuck in Trauma, Part 1: Behavioral Adaptations
Inside a recent episode
Stuck Not Broken: What It Means & Why it's Good to be Stuck
Published 9 Oct 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] Stuck, not broken. If we take all this information so far and boil it down to its bare bones, this is what we're left with. Stuck, not broken. Your trauma is is an issue of being stuck in an autonomic state of defense. It's an issue of having less access to and development of safety pathways to allow and release the stuck defensive activation. It's an issue of neurocepting danger and not safety. It's an issue of stories in our thoughts that aren't helpful and behaviors that keep us in defensive feedback loops rather than self-regulating. Your frustrations with yourself are not an issue of being broken or being wrong or being defective. […]
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- YouTube views
- 674,951
- Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025
- Apple Podcasts (US)
- 4.7 / 5
- 303 ratings
- Spotify
- 4.8 / 5
- 78 ratings
Podcast Authority Score: 86 / 100
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- Quality
- 97
- Social presence
- 0
- YouTube
- 93
- Engagement
- 97
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