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Healing Your Inner Protectors: A Gentle PTSD Recovery Process

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

In this episode, Brad walks you through a simple, non-invasive way to start healing your “protectors” — those parts of you that jump in to prevent more pain but often create chaos, anxiety, or shame. Building on the earlier theory of protectors, he and Kaylene turn it into a clear, step-by-step process you can actually use on your own.

You’ll learn how protectors form after trauma, why they get “activated” during triggers, and how to see them not as enemies but as well-intentioned parts that have been trying to keep you safe. Instead of being taken over by extreme reactions, you’ll discover how to gently separate from these parts, talk with them, and understand what they need.

Brad also shares how to use a simple four-question script to have real conversations with your protectors, reach emotional resolution, and close each session with safety and love. By repeating this process, you can reduce chronic tension, calm triggers, and move closer to living as your true self — peaceful, present, and in control.

This is a highly practical episode designed to help you start doing your own “therapy sessions” at home. With patience, self-love, and honesty, you’ll see that healing doesn’t have to be perfect or overwhelming — it just has to be consistent.

💡 What You’ll Learn

How trauma protectors are formed and why they “take the wheel” during PTSD triggers

A four-step process to safely connect with, separate from, and talk to your protectors

How to use body scans and tension as a guide to identify active protectors

The exact four questions to ask your protectors to understand and heal them

How to close a protector session so parts feel seen, loved, and safe to rest

Why patience, self-love, and honesty are the foundations of this trauma tool

How to tell the difference between your true self and an activated protector

Ways to turn painful triggers into opportunities for deep trauma healing

How daily protector sessions can complement or even outperform weekly therapy alone

🧠 Key Takeaway

Every protector, no matter how painful its impact, is trying to help you — when you meet it with love, patience, and honesty, it can finally relax and let your true self lead.

🔗 Next Steps

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CHAPTERS:

00:00 Introduction to Recovery Secrets Daily Coaching

Topics Covered:

PTSD recovery • trauma healing • protector parts work • internal family systems style tools • emotional regulation • nervous system regulation • PTSD triggers • trauma coping tools • inner child healing • self-love and compassion after trauma • processing emotions safely • overcoming anxiety and hypervigilance • DIY trauma processing • non-invasive trauma healing tools