Overcoming PTSD with Brad Schipke

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Relationship Boundaries for PTSD Recovery: How to Say No Without Guilt

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

In this Boundary Bootcamp session, Brad and Kayleen dive into one of the most misunderstood skills in trauma recovery: relationship boundaries. Instead of seeing boundaries as walls or punishment, they reframe them as the structure that lets you live a healthy, sustainable life while healing PTSD or trauma.

You’ll hear real stories from their own relationship—times when there were no boundaries, when yelling and chaos ruled, and when things finally changed because one of them said, “This is no longer okay.” They walk through how painful it can feel in the moment, and how powerful it becomes in the long term for both people.

Brad and Kayleen also break down the difference between emotional reactions and solid, non-emotional boundaries—how to decide what your limit is, how to express it calmly, and how to enforce it even when someone pushes back, gets upset, or tries to pull you back into old patterns.

By the end of this episode, you’ll understand how to identify where you need boundaries, how to communicate them clearly, and how to hold your ground without screaming, collapsing, or people-pleasing—so you can protect your healing, your energy, and your future.

💡 What You’ll Learn

How to recognize when a relationship or situation needs a boundary because you leave feeling worse about yourself

The essential difference between emotional outbursts and calm, factual boundary setting

A step-by-step process for defining, communicating, and enforcing relationship boundaries

How unhealed trauma and low self-worth lead to people-pleasing and boundary-less relationships

Ways to set boundaries around yelling, abusive language, and hurtful texting while healing PTSD

How to protect your bedtime, energy, and goals without feeling selfish or guilty

Why enforcing a boundary matters more than getting someone to agree with or “like” it

How holding firm on boundaries can actually improve relationships and inspire others to grow

Practical examples of what to say when you need space, time alone, or a break from emotional overload

🧠 Key Takeaway

Boundaries are not emotional explosions—they’re calm, clear decisions about what you will and will not allow so you can respect yourself and protect your healing.

🔗 Next Steps

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CHAPTERS:

00:00 – Welcome to Recovery Secrets Daily Coaching & Boundary Bootcamp

Topics Covered:

PTSD recovery • trauma healing • relationship boundaries • emotional boundaries • internal boundaries • external boundaries • people-pleasing after trauma • PTSD and relationships • trauma coping tools • emotional regulation • nervous system regulation • yelling and conflict in relationships • communication skills for trauma survivors • self-worth and boundaries • enforcing boundaries calmly • stopping abusive patterns • trauma-informed relationship tools • healing after toxic relationships • Overcoming PTSD Podcast • Recovery Secrets Daily Coaching

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Self Boundaries That Transform PTSD Recovery

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

In this Boundary Bootcamp session, Brad and Kayleen dive into the most overlooked part of healing after trauma: self boundaries. Before you can set limits with the people around you, you have to learn how to stop abandoning yourself in daily decisions, habits, and coping patterns. This episode shows you how to start doing exactly that in a grounded, practical way.

You’ll learn why self-love and self-worth are the real foundation of every boundary—and what to do if you don’t believe you deserve good things yet. Kayleen walks through how she went from feeling worthless and stuck in destructive habits to building simple, “binary” boundaries that shifted her confidence, energy, and relationships.

Brad and Kayleen break down how to spot areas in your life that quietly make your PTSD or trauma symptoms worse—like media, food, substances, social media, or people-pleasing—and how to pick one boundary that will create the biggest positive ripple effect. You’ll also hear how to use visualization, self-talk, and introspection to stay on track when you’re tempted to break your own rules.

By the end of this episode, you’ll have a clear first step: choose one self boundary, make it black-and-white, plan what you’ll do instead, and start proving to yourself—day by day—that you are worth protecting, respecting, and caring for.

💡 What You’ll Learn

Why self boundaries must come before setting boundaries with other people in PTSD or trauma recovery

How low self-worth and old trauma beliefs quietly sabotage your attempts to set and keep boundaries

A simple “binary” way to set boundaries so they’re clear, doable, and easy to notice when you’re crossing them

How to identify the one habit, behavior, or coping pattern that makes you feel worst about yourself and start there

How to replace destructive habits with life-enhancing options instead of leaving empty space that pulls you back into old patterns

How to use self-talk to talk yourself into healthy actions and out of self-abuse and self-sabotage

How to pause, introspect, and uncover the deeper belief or wound underneath every urge to break your boundary

How consistent self boundaries naturally increase confidence and change how others treat and respect you

Why small daily decisions around media, food, substances, or people-pleasing matter so much in long-term PTSD recovery

🧠 Key Takeaway

Every time you keep a self boundary, you’re proving to your brain that you are worth protecting—and that’s the foundation of real PTSD and trauma recovery.

🔗 Next Steps

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

CHAPTERS:

Topics Covered:

PTSD recovery • trauma healing • self boundaries • personal boundaries for trauma survivors • self-love and self-worth after trauma • PTSD coping tools • stopping self-sabotage • overcoming addictions after trauma • emotional regulation • nervous system regulation • people-pleasing and PTSD • setting healthy limits • Recovery Secrets Daily Coaching • boundaries in PTSD recovery • how to build self-respect after trauma

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Boundaries Bootcamp: How Healthy Boundaries Accelerate PTSD Recovery

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

In this Boundaries Bootcamp kickoff, Brad and Kaylene break down what healthy boundaries really are—and what they’re not—for trauma survivors and those healing from PTSD. Instead of “fortress walls” that shut everyone out, they explore boundaries as fences with doors and gates you control, so you decide who gets access, when, and how.

You’ll hear practical, real-life examples of boundaries around sobriety, family conflict, and emotional safety, and why highly emotional, all-or-nothing “I’m done, I’m out” rules usually backfire. Brad and Kaylene show how to pause, think long-term, and place your “fence” in the right spot instead of building it in the middle of your life during a meltdown.

This episode also digs into the less-talked-about side of boundaries: self-boundaries. You’ll learn why keeping promises to yourself around food, sobriety, rest, and emotional reactions is the foundation for confidently setting boundaries with others. As your self-respect and self-worth grow, your boundaries become calmer, clearer, and easier to enforce.

Finally, Brad and Kaylene touch on navigating boundaries in close relationships—especially family and parent-child dynamics—where it can feel like your hands are tied. You’ll walk away with a grounded, compassionate framework for respecting your own needs while allowing others to have their boundaries too, without getting lost in guilt, shame, or people-pleasing.

💡 What You’ll Learn

What healthy boundaries are—and what they are not

How to spot “fortress” walls versus flexible, loving boundaries

Why self-boundaries are the foundation for every other boundary in PTSD and trauma recovery

How to ask “What’s best for me long term?” in any triggering situation

How fear-based decisions shrink your life and keep trauma patterns in place

Practical boundary examples around addiction, sobriety, and shared living spaces

Why you do not have to justify or defend your boundaries to anyone

How respecting other people’s boundaries actually supports your own healing

Simple ways to notice where you leave situations feeling worse—and where a boundary is needed

🧠 Key Takeaway

Healthy boundaries aren’t walls to keep people out; they’re doors you control so your healing, safety, and self-respect come first.

🔗 Next Steps

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

CHAPTERS:

Topics Covered:

PTSD recovery • trauma healing • healthy boundaries • self boundaries • relationship boundaries • emotional boundaries • mental boundaries • nervous system regulation • people-pleasing and PTSD • sobriety and boundaries • family conflict after trauma • parent-child boundaries • communication skills in trauma recovery • self-respect and self-worth • emotional regulation tools • trauma coping tools • Recovery Secrets Daily Coaching • Overcoming PTSD Podcast

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How to Explain PTSD Recovery to Loved Ones (Without Overexplaining Your Trauma)

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

In this episode, Brad breaks down a question most trauma survivors eventually face: How do I explain my recovery to the people I love so they don’t hold me back — and maybe even support me? Instead of centering the conversation on symptoms and past pain, Brad shows you how to talk about your recovery journey and future goals.

You’ll learn why support from others is powerful “icing on the cake” — but why you can’t build a healing plan that depends on anyone else’s approval, belief, or emotional stability. Brad walks through the idea of your own “bubble” of responsibility and how to protect it, even when family or partners don’t fully understand PTSD or think full recovery is possible.

Brad and Kalene also share practical examples, from asking loved ones for a simple “lack of interference” to structuring your life so you have time and energy to heal. You’ll hear real stories from their community about taking a step back to focus on recovery, building self-support through positive self-talk, and then having loved ones later say, “We see the difference in you.”

If you’ve ever felt guilty for needing time, space, or boundaries to heal from trauma, this conversation will help you reframe that as an act of love — for you and for

everyone in your life who benefits from you becoming whole.

💡 What You’ll Learn

How to explain PTSD recovery as a future-focused journey instead of a past-focused trauma story

🧠 Key Takeaway

The strongest support you will ever have in PTSD recovery is the support you learn to give yourself — everything else is powerful icing on the cake.

🔗 Next Steps

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CHAPTERS:

Topics Covered:

PTSD recovery • trauma healing • explaining PTSD to family • PTSD and relationships • how to support someone with trauma • self-support in PTSD recovery • trauma recovery boundaries • nervous system regulation • emotional regulation • trauma coping tools • self-talk for PTSD • complex PTSD healing • recovery mindset • healing from childhood trauma • trauma-informed communication • partners of people with PTSD • family support and trauma • Overcoming PTSD Podcast • Recovery Secrets Daily Coaching

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Keeping an Open Heart With PTSD: How Releasing Pain Sets You Free

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

In this episode, Brad shares the simple but life-changing concept that helped him stop building his entire life around pain and fear. Instead of avoiding emotions at all costs, he explains how learning to keep an open heart allowed him to finally release the backlog of trauma energy that had controlled everything from his relationships to whether he could even step outside his front door.

You’ll hear how pain piles up over years when it’s never fully felt or released, and why that creates a life that keeps getting smaller and more restricted. Brad walks through the idea of pain as “just energy” that can move out of your body when you learn to relax, soften your heart, and allow emotions to flow instead of stuffing them down and closing off.

Brad and Kayleen also explore how this open-heart practice transforms relationships, authenticity, and everyday choices. They talk about vulnerability without losing boundaries, how to notice whether your heart is open or closed in the moment, and what it practically looks like to use triggers as opportunities to heal instead of proof that you’re broken.

By the end of this episode, you’ll have a new way to understand your triggers, your pain, and your patterns of avoidance—and a simple inner compass: “Is my heart open or closed right now?” This one shift can change the way you move through PTSD recovery, your relationships, and your future.

💡 What You’ll Learn

Why trauma pain piles up over time when you avoid feeling it

How to tell if your heart is open or closed in everyday situations

A simple way to step back into your observer or “true self” instead of being consumed by pain

How to use PTSD triggers as opportunities to release old stored emotion

Practical ways to start opening your heart in relationships without losing your boundaries

How vulnerability can make you stronger instead of more fragile after trauma

Why building your life around avoiding pain keeps you stuck and afraid

How to gently practice emotional release so it feels safe and manageable

The long-term vision of living from love and authenticity instead of fear and trauma patterns

🧠 Key Takeaway

Healing from PTSD becomes possible when you stop running from pain, open your heart, and allow stored emotions to move through you instead of building your entire life around avoiding them.

🔗 Next Steps

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CHAPTERS:

Topics Covered:

PTSD recovery • trauma healing • keeping an open heart • releasing stored trauma • emotional release for PTSD • emotional regulation • nervous system regulation • triggers as opportunities to heal • vulnerability and boundaries after trauma • trauma and relationships • C-PTSD coping skills • processing trauma emotions • avoiding emotional numbness • letting go of lifelong pain • mindfulness for PTSD • living authentically after trauma • inner child and past pain • trauma coping tools • Brad Schipke • Recovery Secrets Daily Coaching

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Why You Can’t Skimp on Routines in PTSD Recovery

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

In this workshop-style episode from the Recovery Secrets Daily Coaching series, Brad and Kayleen break down why routines are absolutely non-negotiable if you want to fully recover from PTSD or trauma. They explain how your brain is already creating routines—often without your permission—and why the real question isn’t if you have routines, but whether those routines are helping you heal or keeping you stuck.

You’ll learn how seemingly small patterns, like what you reach for when you’re stressed or how you end your day, quietly wire your brain over time. Brad and Kayleen share real-life examples—from pizza and addictions to bedtime and morning routines—to show how quickly the brain learns, changes, and locks in new habits through repetition and neuroplasticity.

They also dive into the emotional side: resistance, guilt, people-pleasing, and the belief that you’re “broken” or can’t change. You’ll hear powerful mindset shifts around self-talk, boundaries, and why prioritizing your mental health isn’t selfish—it’s the only way to truly show up for the people you love.

By the end of the episode, you’ll see that building unbreakable routines doesn’t require perfection or massive willpower. It’s about small, intentional shifts, one decision at a time, so your automatic habits finally start working for your PTSD recovery instead of against it.

💡 What You’ll Learn

Why your brain is always building routines whether you choose them or not

How to tell if your current routines are serving your PTSD recovery or sabotaging it

How to break overwhelming tasks into tiny steps to cut through resistance

Why self-talk is a “hidden routine” and how to rewire it to support healing

How the learning model of addiction and neuroplasticity apply to trauma recovery

How to build flexible routines that still work when life changes or gets chaotic

Why boundaries are essential for maintaining healing routines with family and friends

How to drop perfectionism and still make powerful progress in trauma recovery

How one “domino habit” like bedtime can positively shift your entire day and nervous system

🧠 Key Takeaway

You already have routines—healing begins when you consciously choose and protect the ones that support your recovery instead of letting trauma and autopilot choose for you.

🔗 Next Steps

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CHAPTERS:

Topics Covered:

PTSD recovery routines • trauma healing habits • building unbreakable routines • nervous system regulation • consistency in PTSD recovery • breaking trauma coping patterns • evening and morning routines for trauma • emotional regulation tools • neuroplasticity and PTSD • addiction learning model and trauma • overcoming resistance in recovery • boundaries and people pleasing after trauma • PTSD mindset shifts • self-talk and trauma recovery • Recovery Secrets Daily Coaching • Overcoming PTSD Podcast

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How to Be Social With PTSD Without Burning Out

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

In this Recovery Secrets Daily Coaching session, Brad and Kayleen break down how to be social when you absolutely do not feel like being social—especially around holidays, family gatherings, and big events. If PTSD or trauma has turned barbecues, birthdays, and weddings into situations you dread, this episode shows you why that happens and what to do about it.

Brad shares openly about the years he spent isolating, hiding in his room during family holidays, and avoiding people he loved because of shame and the fear of being “found out.” You’ll hear how he began to own his pain, release pressure to be perfect, and re-enter social situations with a calmer mind and a practical plan.

Together, Brad and Kayleen walk you through mindset shifts that dissolve a lot of the internal pressure—like realizing most people are thinking about themselves, not judging you, and that hurting doesn’t make you broken or bad. They also show you how to pair that mindset with simple tools and an exit plan so you feel safer going into any gathering.

By the end, you’ll have a clearer picture of how to stop letting PTSD dictate your social life, how to handle triggers in the moment, and how to slowly rebuild relationships you may have pulled away from during the hardest seasons of your trauma journey.

💡 What You’ll Learn

Why PTSD and trauma make social events and holidays feel overwhelming

How shame, fear of judgment, and “being found out” secretly fuel isolation

A mindset shift that lets you show up without pretending everything is perfect

How to create a calm social plan including triggers, tools, and a safe exit option

Practical grounding tools like the Butterfly Hug you can use discreetly in public

How to use self-talk to decide when to stay, when to step out, and how to come back

Ways to rebuild strained relationships after years of trauma-driven withdrawal

How consistency, healing routines, and processing work reduce social anxiety over time

Why discomfort is part of growth—and how to tell the difference between pain and healthy stretching

🧠 Key Takeaway

You don’t have to be perfect or pain-free to be social—you just need an honest mindset, a few simple tools, and a plan that reminds you you’re safe, worthy, and allowed to be human.

🔗 Next Steps

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CHAPTERS:

00:00 Welcome & 4th of July check-in

Topics Covered:

PTSD social anxiety • PTSD recovery • trauma healing • overcoming isolation after trauma • holidays with PTSD • social anxiety coping tools • nervous system regulation • grounding techniques for PTSD • Butterfly Hug technique • managing triggers in public • trauma and shame • rebuilding relationships after trauma • healing routines for PTSD • emotional regulation skills • mindset shifts for PTSD • coping with family gatherings • Recovery Secrets Daily Coaching • Overcoming PTSD Podcast

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The Recovery Process Is a Self Discovery Journey With PTSD

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

In this coaching session, Brad and Kayleen dive into one of the most important but often overlooked parts of healing: self discovery. When you’re in deep pain, it’s easy to believe you are the anger, the withdrawals, the shutdowns, and the symptoms. In this episode, Brad explains why you are not your PTSD, your addictions, or your anxiety—and how recovery is really about uncovering the real you underneath all that pain.

Using powerful visuals and everyday metaphors, they show how trauma layers over your true self like heavy circles covering a stick figure or murky water hiding what’s beneath the surface. As you heal each “layer” through processing and tools, more of the real you comes into view—your humor, your values, your capacity for connection, your goodness.

You’ll also hear how to navigate the confusing “in-between” phase of recovery, where some days you see your best self and other days the old patterns roar back. Instead of seeing that as proof you’re broken, Brad reframes it as key data pointing to the next layer that’s ready to heal.

This episode is both grounding and encouraging, giving you a practical way to separate who you are from what you’ve been through—and to use every trigger, bad day, and setback as a guidepost toward deeper healing and self discovery.

💡 What You’ll Learn

🧠 Key Takeaway

You are not your PTSD, your symptoms, or your worst moments—you are the person underneath the pain, and every layer you heal reveals more of who you truly are.

🔗 Next Steps

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CHAPTERS:

Topics Covered:

PTSD recovery • trauma healing • self discovery after trauma • PTSD identity and self worth • emotional regulation tools for PTSD • nervous system regulation • trauma coping tools • panic attacks and anxiety relief • survival mode and hypervigilance • processing tools for PTSD • protector parts work • beliefs and mindset in trauma recovery • overcoming shame after trauma • building healthy routines for healing • Recovery Secrets Daily Coaching • Overcoming PTSD Podcast

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

In this Recovery Secrets Daily Coaching session, Brad and Kayleen walk you through a full, in-depth processing tool called “Challenging Beliefs.” Instead of starting with heavy emotions, this tool begins from a logical place so you can gently examine the beliefs that trauma created about yourself, your healing, and the world around you.

You’ll learn the “belief cycle” and how it silently runs your life: beliefs drive actions, actions create experiences, experiences shape your thoughts, and those thoughts reinforce your beliefs. Brad and Kayleen show how this loop can either keep PTSD symptoms stuck in place or become the engine that moves you toward full recovery.

Using simple metaphors like the “belief table,” they guide you step-by-step through breaking old trauma beliefs (like “healing isn’t possible” or “I’m broken”) and constructing new, empowering beliefs with strong “legs” underneath them. You’ll also get a practical worksheet so you can sit down, write it out, and actually rewire the way your brain interprets past experiences.

Throughout the episode, they emphasize that belief work is both logical and emotional. As you challenge old references, emotions may rise—and that’s not a problem, that’s progress. When you pair this belief tool with emotional release tools like the Butterfly Hug and consistent healing routines, you’re no longer just hoping healing is possible… you’re actively building the mindset that makes it inevitable.

💡 What You’ll Learn

How the belief cycle works and why your core trauma beliefs quietly control your daily actions

The “table and legs” metaphor for understanding how PTSD beliefs are built and maintained

How to identify negative trauma beliefs like “healing is impossible” or “I’m not good enough”

A structured process to put your old beliefs “on trial” and poke logical holes in them

How to transform a negative belief into a powerful new one using the Disconfirm & Swap method

How to build strong references (legs) that support your new belief that healing from PTSD is possible

How to use the belief worksheet and affirmations to reinforce new neural pathways in your brain

Why emotions can surface during belief work and how to safely process them with tools like the Butterfly Hug

How to weave this challenging-beliefs tool into a daily healing routine for long-term PTSD recovery

🧠 Key Takeaway

If you can change the way you interpret your past, you can change the beliefs that shape your future—and that’s how PTSD recovery becomes possible, step by step.

🔗 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.

CHAPTERS:

Topics Covered:

PTSD recovery • trauma healing • challenging beliefs • PTSD beliefs • limiting beliefs after trauma • belief cycle and PTSD • emotional regulation • nervous system regulation • trauma coping tools • cognitive restructuring for trauma • changing negative self-talk • “healing is impossible” belief • complex PTSD recovery • anxiety relief tools • Butterfly Hug technique • EMDR and CBT alternatives • trauma-informed coaching • recovery mindset • daily healing routine • affirmations for PTSD healing • overcoming hopelessness after trauma • reprogramming subconscious beliefs • self-worth after trauma • logical and emotional processing tools

Learn the proven system that’s helped 2,000+ trauma survivors reduce symptoms by 77.9% in just 4.5 months without therapy or medication 👉 https://overcomingptsd.com/

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

In this episode, Brad breaks down why most trauma survivors struggle to stick with routines, even when they’re highly motivated and “know what to do.” Instead of forcing massive life overhauls, he walks you through a calm, practical way to create habits that actually last in the middle of PTSD, stress, and real life.

You’ll learn how willpower really works, why it feels so limited during trauma recovery, and how to protect it from getting drained by stress, decisions, and unhealthy patterns. Brad explains the “habit equation” in simple terms so you can see exactly how negative patterns were formed in your brain—and how to begin rewiring them on purpose.

He also shares how to stack habits slowly and strategically, so you’re no longer trying to change everything at once and then crashing back into old behaviors. Along the way, Brad reframes triggers and “bad days” as powerful opportunities to heal deeper instead of evidence that you’re failing.

By the end, you’ll have a clear picture of how to design your environment, your decisions, and your routines so that your default habits start moving you toward peace, stability, and long-term PTSD recovery.

💡 What You’ll Learn

🧠 Key Takeaway

Lasting change in PTSD recovery doesn’t come from massive willpower bursts—it comes from small, focused habits that you repeat until they become automatic.

🔗 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.

CHAPTERS:

Topics Covered:

PTSD recovery habits • trauma healing routines • habit stacking for PTSD • nervous system regulation • trauma coping tools • willpower and PTSD • rewiring trauma patterns • emotional regulation skills • healing after childhood trauma • overcoming negative thought loops • PTSD morning routine • trauma recovery mindset • building sustainable healing habits • processing triggers and flashbacks • environment design for recovery • Overcoming PTSD Podcast • Recovery Secrets Daily Coaching