SOMETIMES WE NEED TO SIT IN A CAVE (JAMIE PART 1)

IS THAT LIKE A THING

On this episode of Is That Like a Thing podcast, we are focused in on mental health, and specifically areas many of us struggle with: Anxiety and depression. We asked for help talking through this topic with one of Becky’s friends that also happens to be a mental health professional! Jamie Jaubert is a Licensed Professional Counselor-Supervisor in the state of Texas. She earned a Bachelor of Science in Interdisciplinary Studies from Texas State University and a Master of Arts in Professional Counseling from Texas State University. She is a founder/owner and provider at Mindful Journey Counseling & Wellness, PLLC.
Jamie specializes in individual counseling with adolescents and adults and has notable experience in couples and family counseling. She has extensive training in various modalities of treatment, including Dialectical Behavior Therapy, Cognitive Behavior Therapy, Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy, Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction and the Gottman method. Jamie is a certified Wellness & Nutrition Consultant and believes in the importance of the mind-body connection. Jamie is highly skilled in treating mood and anxiety disorders including depression and bipolar disorders, Generalized Anxiety Disorder, Panic Disorder, Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD), Post traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and Social Anxiety Disorder. She is also experienced in treating stress and other symptoms caused by adjustments to major life changes such as job loss or change, marriage, birth of children, divorce, retirement, launching children and grief.
You can find Jamie and her wellness center at: https://mindfuljourneycounselingandwellness.com/
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NOTES FROM JAMIE:
The most basic job of anxiety goes back to the fight or flight we needed physically for survival.
In caveman days after those fight or flight moments, you go back to the cave and have several hours to calm down, to allow our bodies to normalize and process our thoughts, feelings and emotions.
We often live in fight or flight (even if it’s prolonged stress) and we get used to feeling those heightened emotions without ever restabilizing.
Sometimes we need to be able to “Go back to the cave” and take time to process the things that are happening in our lives.
Negative thoughts actually create grooves in our brain that become like ruts where our thoughts naturally go without even trying to think that way.
We can change these physical ruts by inputting new language and practicing it like a spelling test. We can intentionally think new thoughts over and over and over again to create new pathways of thought.
FAVORITE QUOTES:
“When we relate it back to our faith, we were given anxiety for a reason. We were given feelings of depression for a reason.” - Jamie
“When you have negative thought patterns, you create a groove in your brain for those negative thought patterns to travel. The way that negative thoughts work is that of course, it’s like a record player. The needle is going to go to the biggest groove and that’s the past of least resistance. So if you have constant negative thoughts, that’s where the needle’s gonna go.” - Jamie
“Where is your mission field? It’s not appropriate to have 15 mission fields.” - Jamie
“When we shame with insight, that’s counterproductive.” - Jamie