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Host: Brad Schipke • Overcoming PTSD Podcast • Recovery Secrets Daily Coaching

In today’s Mindset Bootcamp session, Brad and Kayleen break down “positive vs negative inputs” and how shifting perspective changes your lived experience with PTSD. You’ll learn why our brains default to negativity, how to retrain that bias, and how to build an “automatic positive mind” without ignoring real pain.

They share practical stories—from running in the rain like a Rocky montage to turning a heated argument into a breakthrough using The Power of Positive Thinking. You’ll see how awareness plus tiny daily shifts compound into neuroplastic change within weeks.

This is not toxic positivity. It’s truthful optimism: acknowledging hard realities while deliberately choosing a helpful angle that fuels action, healing, and connection. By the end, you’ll have simple tools to catch negative self-talk, counterweight it with positives, and curate inputs that support recovery.

💡 What You’ll Learn

Identify and interrupt automatic negative thoughts in the moment

🧠 Key Takeaway

You don’t ignore the pain—you choose the perspective that helps you heal.

🔗 Next Steps

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Topics Covered:

PTSD recovery • trauma healing • positive thinking for PTSD • cognitive reframing • self-talk habits • emotional regulation • nervous system regulation • neuroplasticity • truthful optimism vs toxic positivity • mindset bootcamp • recovery routines • gratitude practice • thought awareness • external inputs audit • relaxed action • overcoming perfectionism • coping with nightmares • trauma coping tools • resilience building • sobriety support in recovery