by Jazmine Russell
DEPTH Work is a podcast for those who love to dive into transformative healing practices. We talk about mental health, madness, trauma, mind-body practices, energy work, ancestry, spirituality, societal change, somatics, and more. As a complex trauma survivor, holistic counselor, and co-founder of a transformative mental health training institute (IDHA-NYC.org), I believe that our deepest pain is guiding us towards our greatest transformation. Let's dive in! Become a Subscriber: https://anchor.fm/jazmine-russell/subscribe
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April 18, 2025
<p>“Your questioning and critiquing is everything that is needed for 2025 and beyond. And if or when it is construed [by the system] as as a deficiency, unprofessionalism, or ineptitude, I hope that by priming people to keep their eyes open for those responses, it can be more of a collective yawn.” - Rupi Legha</p><p>In this episode I’m joined by Rupi Legha, psychiatrist, educator, and scholar-activist—whose work radically interrogates the role of psychiatry in upholding racial injustice. Together, we explore what it means to be an anti-racist clinician in a field that silences dissent, punishes disclosure, and pathologizes defiance—especially in Black, Brown, and Indigenous folks. We talk about the emotional and ethical toll of navigating psychiatric training while attempting to stay true to liberatory values. We talk about forced restraint, overmedication, and the ways psychiatry can reinforce white supremacist ideology in both overt and covert ways. And we ask the hard questions: What is worth saving in psychiatry? What should be dismantled? What might take its place?</p><p>Also in this episode:</p><ul><li>deciding how much to disclose about your own lived experiences with mental health as a clinician</li><li>what psychiatric residency training is actually like</li><li>experiencing moral injury</li><li>the racist and coercive practices deeply rooted in the history of psychiatry</li><li>advice for younger clinicians</li><li>navigating family dynamics in child crisis care</li><li>the future of psychiatry as a profession</li><li>anti-racist training for clinicians</li></ul><p><strong>Bio</strong></p><p>Dr. Rupinder K. Legha is a double board-certified child, adolescent, and adult psychiatrist, educator, and independent scholar-activist. She is the founder of the Antiracism in Mental Health Fellowship and a nationally recognized leader working at the intersection of structural trauma, racial justice, and youth mental health. Dr. Legha’s clinical and scholarly work challenges how psychiatric systems interpret defiance and distress—especially in Black, Brown, and Indigenous youth—and seeks to transform the profession through person-centered, antiracist, and liberatory care.</p><p><strong>Links: </strong></p><ul><li>Rupi’s Website: <a href="https://rupileghamd.com/">https://rupileghamd.com/</a></li><li>Shield Act: <a href="https://rupileghamd.com/shieldact">https://rupileghamd.com/shieldact</a></li><li>Anti-Racist Fellowship: <a href="https://edu.rupileghamd.com/fellowship-sales-page">https://edu.rupileghamd.com/fellowship-sales-page</a></li><li>History of ODD Diagnosis video : <a href="https://rupileghamd.com/speaking/v/odd">https://rupileghamd.com/speaking/v/odd</a></li></ul><p><br></p><p><strong>Resources</strong>:</p><ul><li><p>Get the book: <a href="https://www.routledge.com/Mad-Studies-Reader-Interdisciplinary-Innovations-in-Mental-Health/Lewis-Ali-Russell/p/book/9780367709082" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">Mad Studies Reader: Interdisciplinary Innovations in Mental Health</a></p></li><li><p>Become a member: <a href="http://www.idha-nyc.org" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">The Institute for the Development of Human Arts</a></p></li><li><p>Train with us: <a href="http://www.idha-nyc.org/core-curriculum" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">Transformative Mental Health Core Curriculum</a></p></li></ul><p>Sessions & Information about the host: <a href="notion://www.notion.so/www.JazmineRussell.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">JazmineRussell.com</a></p><p>Disclaimer: The DEPTH Work Podcast is for educational and entertainment purposes only. Any information on this podcast in no way to be construed or substituted as psychological counseling, psychotherapy, mental health counseling, or any other type of therapy or medical advice.</p><p><br></p>
March 14, 2025
<p>20% of the population is on the hypermobile spectrum and can struggle with chronic pain because of it. At the more extreme end of the spectrum is Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome (EDS), a genetic disorder that affects not not muscles and joints but the whole body in ongoing feedback loops. Perhaps most significantly, 80% of people with EDS have generalized anxiety. Most doctors or practitioners seeing people with vague symptoms from chronic pain, allergies, SIBO, IBS, brain fog, POTS, autoimmunity, anxiety, and more are often unaware that EDS can be the cause. Even less know about holistic ways to intervene in the cycle of dysregulation. So I spoke with a specialist in EDS, Dr. Derik Andersen to get some answers.</p><p>In this episode we discuss:</p><ul><li>what is Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome?</li><li>the mast cell activation and EDS cycle</li><li>what are the symptoms and how can someone test themselves?</li><li>why are anxiety and nervous system issues associated with it?</li><li>research on the Autonomic Nervous System and HRV</li><li>neurodivergence and EDS</li><li>holistic treatment approaches</li><li>focused shockwave therapy</li><li>nutritional interventions</li><li>breathwork for the nervous sustem</li><li>what practitioners should know</li></ul><p><strong>Bio</strong></p><p>Derik S. Anderson, DC, CPT, CSN is the Clinic Director of the Muscle and Joint Clinic in Northern California. He helps his patients be healthier by utilizing his education and personal and professional backgrounds. Dr. Anderson grew up wanting to help people and initially planned to go to business school to work in energy conservation. But, after a good friend’s life was positively changed by chiropractic care, he had a change of heart. His friend spent two years with horrific intestinal problems and saw over a dozen providers, but no one could help her – until she saw a chiropractor. The chiropractor knew that the vertebra and muscles around them affected the nerves that controlled the intestines. After treatment, she was no longer bed-ridden and went back to teaching, traveling and leading an active life. Dr. Anderson realized that health care was his calling and his passion for helping people was channeled into chiropractic.</p><p>Education:</p><ul><li>Life Chiropractic College West, Doctor of Chiropractic</li><li>University of California, Santa Barbara, Bachelor of Arts, Economics</li><li>Completed more than 1,000 hours of post-doctoral education</li><li>Sports Nutritionist, Certified</li><li>Personal Fitness Trainer, Certified</li><li><a href="https://musclejointclinic.com/therapies/active-release-technique-art/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer"><strong>Active Release Technique</strong></a>, Certified 2011</li><li><a href="https://faktr-store.com/pages/about-us" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer"><strong>FAKTR</strong></a>, Certified</li><li><a href="https://www.cuptherapy.com/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer"><strong>Myofascial Decompression</strong></a>, Certified</li><li>Ironman® Healthcare Provider</li></ul><p>The Clinic: <a href="https://musclejointclinic.com/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">https://musclejointclinic.com/</a></p><p><strong>Resources</strong>:</p><ul><li>Dr. Jessica Eccles <a href="https://www.bsms.ac.uk/about/contact-us/staff/dr-jessica-eccles.aspx" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">https://www.bsms.ac.uk/about/contact-us/staff/dr-jessica-eccles.aspx</a></li></ul><ul><li><a href="https://tmsforacure.org/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">https://tmsforacure.org/</a></li></ul><p> <strong>Links</strong>: </p><ul><li>Find videos and bonus episodes: <a href="https://depthwork.substack.com/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">DEPTHWORK.SUBSTACK.COM</a></li><li>Get the book: <a href="https://www.routledge.com/Mad-Studies-Reader-Interdisciplinary-Innovations-in-Mental-Health/Lewis-Ali-Russell/p/book/9780367709082%E2%81%A0" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">Mad Studies Reader: Interdisciplinary Innovations in Mental Health</a></li><li>Become a member: <a href="www.idha-nyc.org" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">The Institute for the Development of Human Arts</a></li><li>Train with us: <a href="www.idha-nyc.org/core-curriculum" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">Transformative Mental Health Core Curriculum</a></li></ul><p>Sessions & Information about the host: <a href="www.JazmineRussell.com" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">JazmineRussell.com</a></p><p>Disclaimer: The DEPTH Work Podcast is for educational and entertainment purposes only. Any information on this podcast in no way to be construed or substituted as psychological counseling, psychotherapy, mental health counseling, or any other type of therapy or medical advice.</p><p><br /></p>
March 7, 2025
<p>Our brains are one of the most adaptable and dynamic parts of the body. Brain injuries, however, can disrupt all facets of our lives from personality to relationships to how we move through the world. Even a minor concussion can have lingering effects to mood and executive functioning and attention that can slip under the radar. On this episode, I’m joined by a lived experiencer of traumatic brain injuries, Kayleigh Stack. She shares her story, not sparing any of the ups and downs and talks about managing pain and easing the nervous system.</p><p>In this episode we discuss:</p><ul><li>the lesser known impacts of traumatic brain injuries</li><li>the importance of nervous system regulation</li><li>types of treatments for TBI</li><li>hyperbaric oxygen treatment</li><li>dealing with chronic pain</li><li>the power of story and resisting reductionist narratives</li></ul><p><strong>Bio</strong></p><p>Kayleigh is an activist, artist, community steward, and medicine woman. Over the past ten years, she has orchestrated spaces for people to share recorded audios of poignant histories and stories oriented around critical social and political narratives to be presented in an Oral History Performance Initiative: The Community Storytelling Composition Project. Above all else, she believes that sharing personal stories has the power to restore humanity and resuscitate life back into one another when in need. Because “if we don’t share your stories, Who will?” (Mia Mingus 2018)</p><p>Most of her work focuses on socio-political discourse, drawing upon performance as a subversive tool to generate conversation around a particular poignant or charged subject. Her educational background spans degrees in Sociology from Hunter College, NY, Anthropology from SUNY New Paltz, NY, a Masters in Traditional Chinese Medicine at Pacific College of Oriental Medicine where she became a Licensed Acupuncturist, and Masters of Oral History at Columbia University. Professional accomplishments include getting onto the Cirque du Soleil roster of Circus artists in 2014, Dance Oral Historian Assistant in New York Public Library’s Library of Performing arts, Production Stage Manager with Roll the Bones Theatre at Dead Letter No. 9, Network Director of Zen Peacemakers International, and administration for a variety of reputable arts nonprofits. Currently she is Creative Learning Manager for the international civic production company, Forklift Danceworks. Outside of work, Kayleigh is often escaping into other worlds through reading, writing, or walking quietly in nature. Nowadays, mostly the latter.</p><p><strong>Links</strong></p><ul><li>Kayleigh’s <a href="https://linktr.ee/kayleighstack">Linktree</a></li><li>hyperbaric oxygen meta-analysis for tbi <a href="https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10072-015-2460-2">https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10072-015-2460-2</a> & <a href="https://www.liebertpub.com/doi/abs/10.1089/neu.2017.5225">https://www.liebertpub.com/doi/abs/10.1089/neu.2017.5225</a></li><li><br></li></ul><p><strong>Resources</strong>:</p><ul><li>Find videos and bonus episodes: <a href="https://depthwork.substack.com/">DEPTHWORK.SUBSTACK.COM</a></li><li>Get the book: <a href="https://www.routledge.com/Mad-Studies-Reader-Interdisciplinary-Innovations-in-Mental-Health/Lewis-Ali-Russell/p/book/9780367709082%E2%81%A0">Mad Studies Reader: Interdisciplinary Innovations in Mental Health</a></li><li>Become a member: <a href="www.idha-nyc.org" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">The Institute for the Development of Human Arts</a></li><li>Train with us: <a href="www.idha-nyc.org/core-curriculum" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">Transformative Mental Health Core Curriculum</a></li><li><br></li></ul><p>Sessions & Information about the host: <a href="notion://www.notion.so/www.JazmineRussell.com">JazmineRussell.com</a></p><p>Disclaimer: The DEPTH Work Podcast is for educational and entertainment purposes only. Any information on this podcast in no way to be construed or substituted as psychological counseling, psychotherapy, mental health counseling, or any other type of therapy or medical advice.</p>
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