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

In today’s Mindset Bootcamp finale, Brad and the team break down the beliefs that quietly steer every thought, action, and result in PTSD recovery. You’ll learn how a single interpretation of an experience can create a self-fulfilling loop—and how to interrupt it.

We introduce the Belief Cycle (experience → thoughts → beliefs → actions → experiences) and show exactly where you have leverage: reframing thoughts about past and present events. Real stories—from the “cancer drug” placebo to Roger Bannister’s 4-minute mile—illustrate how shifting certainty changes outcomes.

You’ll also hear practical examples around common trauma beliefs (“I’m broken,” “I’m weak,” “food is love”) and how to challenge them without slipping into unhelpful binaries. The goal isn’t “toxic positivity,” it’s precision: choose interpretations that are true and supportive of your recovery hero.

Finally, Brad offers simple steps to begin today: spot repeating thoughts, question their truth, reinterpret key experiences, and practice small belief-aligned actions that generate new evidence. Start tipping the scale in your favor.

💡 What You’ll Learn

How the Belief Cycle drives your PTSD recovery outcomes

Where to intervene: reframing thoughts about past and present experiences

Why beliefs can be powerful yet inaccurate—and how to test them

A practical method to “tip the scale” from negative to supportive beliefs

How to avoid binary thinking and choose helpful, truthful interpretations

Ways to translate new beliefs into small daily actions that build momentum

How to decouple “food is love” and other trauma-driven habits

A simple approach to process grief safely while staying engaged in recovery

Daily micro-practices (gratitude alarms, awareness checks) to cement change

🧠 Key Takeaway

Change the meaning, change the momentum: reinterpret your experiences, and your beliefs—and life—will follow.

🔗 Next Steps

Subscribe for new weekday episodes from the Recovery Secrets Daily Coaching archive.

To go deeper or work with Brad directly, visit https://overcomingptsd.com/consultation.

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Topics Covered:

PTSD recovery • trauma healing • belief cycle • cognitive reframing • positive vs negative thinking • nervous system regulation • trauma coping tools • habit loop • self-worth after trauma • emotional regulation • placebo effect and beliefs • overcoming “broken brain” myths • grief processing tools • butterfly hug technique • mindset bootcamp • recovery hero identity • trauma-informed self-talk • building supportive routines • reinterpreting past experiences

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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

Subscribe for new weekday episodes from the Recovery Secrets Daily Coaching archive.

To go deeper or work with Brad directly, visit https://overcomingptsd.com/consultation.

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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

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

In today’s Mindset Bootcamp Session 3, Brad and Kayleen teach one of the most overlooked yet foundational pillars of PTSD recovery — awareness. Without awareness, change is impossible. With it, every transformation becomes achievable.

You’ll learn how to separate yourself from your thoughts, emotions, and actions — to become the observer rather than the one consumed by them. Through this lens, awareness becomes power: power to understand, to influence, and to change.

They’ll walk you through the four areas of awareness — mind, body, actions, and triggers — showing you how to identify unconscious patterns and reactions that keep trauma survivors stuck. By the end, you’ll know how to recognize what’s controlling you and reclaim that control through simple, daily mindfulness practices.

Whether you’re new to trauma work or rebuilding deeper layers of self-understanding, this session gives you tools to become conscious, calm, and in charge of your healing.

💡 What You’ll Learn

Understand why awareness is the foundation of PTSD recovery

Learn to separate yourself from your thoughts, emotions, and actions

Identify the four key areas of awareness: mind, body, actions, and triggers

Use mindfulness to observe and calm your nervous system

Discover how physical tension mirrors mental and emotional stress

Recognize unconscious behaviors and build self-control

Map your internal and external triggers — and create a plan for them

Replace automatic reactions with intentional responses

Build awareness routines that strengthen your self-regulation daily

🧠 Key Takeaway

You can’t change what you’re not aware of — awareness is the moment you take back control.

🔗 Next Steps

Subscribe for new weekday episodes from the Recovery Secrets Daily Coaching archive.

To go deeper or work with Brad directly, visit https://overcomingptsd.com/consultation.

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00:00 Welcome and Mindset Bootcamp Day 3

Topics Covered:

PTSD recovery • trauma healing • awareness training • mindfulness for PTSD • trauma coping tools • emotional regulation • nervous system regulation • trauma triggers • conscious living • behavioral awareness • self-observation • body awareness • mind-body connection • recovery mindset • overcoming trauma responses • self-regulation skills • trauma-informed self-growth

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

In today’s Mindset Bootcamp session, Brad and Kayleen tackle the misunderstood but essential foundation of recovery: self-love and self-worth. If the phrase “self-love” makes you cringe, you’ll get a practical, no-fluff framework that reframes it as self-respect, responsibility, and becoming your own best friend.

You’ll learn the “Hurt Me vs True Me” perspective that stops spiral-thinking and explains why trauma-driven reactions had a positive intent to protect you—even when they caused damage. That clarity opens the door to compassion without letting you off the hook for repair and growth.

Finally, you’ll get simple exercises to identify innate, untouchable reasons you’re worthy, upgrade your self-talk, and set healthy boundaries. Expect grounded tools, not platitudes, so you can feel better about yourself and actually act differently.

💡 What You’ll Learn

See the difference between your Hurt Self and your True Self

Identify intrinsic qualities that prove your worth cannot be taken away

Balance “not my fault” with “my responsibility” to repair and grow

Use compassionate self-talk that reduces shame and calms triggers

Practice a quick perspective shift to stop self-attack in the moment

Define self-care as what serves you long term, not short-term numbing

Set boundaries around projection while checking your side of the street

Create daily micro-wins that build self-respect and momentum

Start a simple list-and-feel exercise to emotionally anchor self-worth

🧠 Key Takeaway

You didn’t choose the pain, but you can choose the perspective—compassion for the hurt parts, responsibility for the change, and friendship with your True Self.

🔗 Next Steps

Subscribe for new weekday episodes from the Recovery Secrets Daily Coaching archive.

To go deeper or work with Brad directly, visit https://overcomingptsd.com/consultation.

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00:00 Welcome and Mindset Bootcamp Day 2

Topics Covered:

PTSD recovery • trauma healing • self-love • self-worth • emotional regulation • nervous system regulation • trauma coping tools • mindset bootcamp • self-talk • cognitive restructuring • boundaries and projection • responsibility vs fault • repairing relationships after triggers • trauma-informed self-care • intrinsic self-worth • EMDR-style bilateral processing • daily routines for PTSD • overcoming shame • becoming your own best friend

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

In today’s Mindset Bootcamp kickoff, Brad and Kayleen dive deep into the first and most important pillar of PTSD recovery—commitment. This isn’t about half-hearted effort or “trying” to heal; it’s about deciding that you’ll do whatever it takes, for as long as it takes, until full recovery is your reality.

You’ll learn how to build the foundation of a recovery mindset that doesn’t rely on motivation or perfect conditions. Through the concepts of pain and pleasure, you’ll uncover why you may not have fully committed in the past—and how to rewire your brain to make healing both emotionally compelling and non-negotiable.

By the end, you’ll have a concrete action step: writing and signing your own Commitment Contract—a personal declaration that holds you accountable to your recovery, your growth, and your future self.

💡 What You’ll Learn

Why commitment is the foundation of PTSD recovery

How to define commitment as action, not just intention

The “pain and pleasure” model that drives (or blocks) healing

How to find your true why for recovery that keeps you going

The difference between saying you’ll heal and actually doing it

How to stay accountable when no one else is watching

Why you must commit to yourself—not anyone else

A simple structure to write your own commitment contract

How to love “the lag” between your effort and results

🧠 Key Takeaway

🔗 Next Steps

Subscribe for new weekday episodes from the Recovery Secrets Daily Coaching archive.

To go deeper or work with Brad directly, visit https://overcomingptsd.com/consultation.

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00:00 Welcome and Mindset Bootcamp Week Kickoff

Topics Covered:

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Overview:

You’ll learn how to use the Butterfly Hug to stimulate both hemispheres of your brain, balance your emotions in real time, and quickly lower anxiety or panic. Then, Brad and Kayleen explain how the Bogart Visualization — inspired by the Harry Potter series — helps you turn frightening memories or recurring visual flashbacks into something laughable and powerless. These two tools form the foundation of trauma relief: they help you stay grounded, process emotions safely, and regain control when triggers strike.

What You’ll Learn:

These techniques work together to help your brain reprocess emotional memories safely, build confidence under stress, and restore a sense of calm control.

Key Takeaway:

Next Steps:

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00:00 Introduction to Recovery Secrets Daily Coaching

Topics Covered:

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#12 Relationship Damage Control: How to Stop PTSD Fights Before They Start | Recovery Secrets Series

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

In this episode, Brad and Kayleen dive deep into one of the most important (and overlooked) parts of trauma recovery — how to stop relationship damage before it happens.

If you’ve ever found yourself stuck in repeated fights, emotional spirals, or painful disconnection in your relationship… this episode will change how you see conflict forever.

Brad and Kayleen share their personal story of transforming a reactive, trauma-driven relationship into one built on calm, communication, and emotional awareness — including the “lettuce in the sink” moment that revealed how triggers from the past hijack the present.

You’ll learn the three steps to stop fights before they start, how to handle triggers (yours and theirs), and why true healing in relationships begins with taking responsibility for your own emotions.

💡 What You’ll Learn

🧠 Key Takeaway

🔗 Next Steps

Subscribe for new weekday episodes from the Recovery Secrets Daily Coaching archive.

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00:00 Introduction to Recovery Secrets Daily Coaching

Topics Covered

PTSD relationships • trauma recovery • emotional triggers • conflict resolution • emotional regulation • trauma communication skills • self-awareness in relationships • relationship damage control • stopping fights before they start • nervous system regulation • healing as a couple • trauma and codependency • setting healthy boundaries • emotional intelligence • relationship healing after trauma • Overcoming PTSD • Brad Schipke • Recovery Secrets Daily Coaching • trauma-informed relationships • emotional safety and calm communication

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#11 Releasing Inner Emotion: How to Let Go Safely and Regain Control | Recovery Secrets Series

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

In this episode, Brad and Kayleen reveal one of the most foundational skills for trauma recovery — learning how to safely release the emotional pressure that’s been trapped inside for years.

If you’ve ever felt like your emotions are bottled up, heavy, or “too much to handle,” this session will show you how to let them out safely, intentionally, and under control — not in chaos or reactivity.

Using the now-famous “shaken soda bottle” analogy, Brad and Kayleen explain how emotions build up pressure internally, why simply “venting” or “exploding” doesn’t help, and how to gradually release emotions without losing control.

This is one of the core tools that makes deeper trauma processing possible — and it’s the step most people miss when they get stuck.

💡 What You’ll Learn

🧠 Key Takeaway

🔗 Next Steps

Subscribe for new weekday episodes from the Recovery Secrets Daily Coaching archive.

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00:00 Introduction to Recovery Secrets Daily Coaching

Topics Covered:

PTSD recovery • trauma healing • releasing emotion safely • emotional regulation • trauma processing foundations • mind–body connection • body tension and emotion • emotional awareness • safe expression of feelings • self-talk for healing • recovery toolbox tools • nervous system regulation • emotional control and confidence • trauma release techniques • repressed emotion • PTSD triggers • trauma recovery skills • Brad Schipke coaching • Overcoming PTSD podcast • Recovery Secrets Series

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In this episode, Brad and Kayleen break down how to optimize your daily routines for recovery success. You’ll learn how to identify what’s working, what’s not, and how to make small, smart tweaks that help you reach your goals faster. Whether it’s your morning, evening, or healing routine, this session shows how to align your habits with your desired emotional state — calm, focused, and ready for life.

You’ll also discover the importance of defining your routine’s core goal, how to avoid “cowboy optimization” (changing too much too fast), and the mindset shifts that make optimization sustainable. Brad and Kayleen share real-life examples from their own routines, including how to remove resistance, manage internal dialogue, and design environments that make consistency easy.

The three questions that make routine optimization simple

How to define the goal of your routine so it’s measurable

“Cowboy Optimization”: when to change everything vs. one variable at a time

Internal vs. external variables — actions, environment, and mindset

How to optimize your routines for calm, energy, and sustainability

What to do when life changes (contingency routines)

The self-talk habits that support consistency and progress

Optimization isn’t about perfection — it’s about progress.

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00:00 Introduction to Recovery Secrets Daily Coaching

PTSD recovery • trauma healing • routine optimization • morning routines • evening routines • healing routines • sustainable habits • habit stacking • goal setting for recovery • environment design • emotional regulation • self-talk and mindset • cognitive restructuring • cowboy optimization • independent healing • calm and focus • nervous system regulation • trauma recovery tools • Brad Schipke coaching • Overcoming PTSD podcast • Recovery Secrets Series

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In this episode of the Overcoming PTSD Podcast, host Brad Schipke continues the Recovery Secrets Daily Coaching series with Part 2 of the Recovery Hero method: designing your future, healed self and bridging the gap from who you are now to who you become. You’ll learn how to define your Recovery Hero identity, write your Recovery Hero Story (as if it already happened), and use moment-to-moment visualization to make the same choices your future self would make.

Brad outlines the 8 milestones of full recovery—from control and calm to freedom and healthy relationships—then shows you how to translate those outcomes into beliefs, self-talk, habits, and daily decisions. You’ll also learn a simple “What would my Recovery Hero do?” prompt to use at decision points so your actions begin matching your identity—today.

What you’ll learn

How to define your Recovery Hero (future self) in practical terms: beliefs, self-talk, routines, boundaries, relationships.

The Recovery Hero Story technique: write it in the past tense (as if you already did it) to program your path.

The 8 markers of full recovery (control, energy, relationships, self-love, fully processed past, freedom, substance-freedom, calm) and how to aim your goals at them.

A moment-to-moment visualization cue (“What would my Recovery Hero do?”) to guide everyday choices.

Why small decisions compound into weeks, months, and a new identity.

Try this today

Write your Recovery Hero Story (past-tense, first-person). Describe how you handled hard moments, processed your past, and rebuilt habits.

Visualize Future-You for 3–5 minutes. Feel the self-talk, body posture, calm, and boundaries of your Recovery Hero.

At your next decision point, ask: “What would my Recovery Hero do?” Then do that—especially in small, ordinary moments.

About this series

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00:00 Introduction to Recovery Secrets Daily Coaching

PTSD recovery • trauma healing • recovery hero method • future self identity • identity-based change • writing your recovery story • self-talk and beliefs • habit design • visualization for healing • decision points • daily choices that compound • full recovery milestones • emotional regulation • boundaries and relationships • self-love and self-trust • freedom from substances • calm nervous system • Brad Schipke coaching • Overcoming PTSD podcast • Recovery Secrets Series