Overcoming PTSD with Brad Schipke
Welcome to Overcoming PTSD with Brad Schipke — the show that helps trauma survivors fully recover and rebuild their lives without therapy or medication. I’m Brad Schipke, a trauma recovery coach who’s personally healed PTSD, complex PTSD, and addiction. I know exactly how hopeless trauma can feel — and I also know the proven path forward. Each week, you’ll get powerful conversations, science-backed tools, and real-world strategies for healing trauma, calming your nervous system, and overcoming PTSD symptoms for good. We’ll explore how to: Process unhealed memories safely and effectively Regulate anxiety, panic, and emotional flashbacks Rebuild relationships and self-trust after trauma End cycles of depression, dissociation, and avoidance Create a life filled with peace, purpose, and joy Through in-depth interviews with survivors and experts, plus my own lessons from guiding thousands through recovery, you’ll discover what actually works — and what doesn’t — in the healing process. Whether you’re at the beginning of your journey or deep in recovery, you’ll find hope, validation, and clear next steps here. Because healing from PTSD and CPTSD isn’t a dream — it’s a repeatable, achievable reality. You can heal. You deserve to heal. And you don’t have to do it alone. Join me every week for new episodes, and start your transformation today at OvercomingPTSD.com
Episodes
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In today’s Recovery Secrets Daily Coaching session, Brad breaks down one of the most confusing PTSD symptoms: dissociation. Many trauma survivors feel like triggers come “out of nowhere” — they zone out, disconnect, or lose awareness before th...
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In this Recovery Secrets Daily Coaching session, Brad and Kayleen walk through a powerful 4-step framework for healing abandonment and betrayal — and explain why most people try to process pain too early and accidentally stay stuck.
They show how the mind natur...
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In today’s Recovery Secrets Daily Coaching session, Brad and Kayleen tackle one of the most requested topics from their audience: betrayal and abandonment trauma. They explore how these wounds don’t always look like obvious cheating or physical abandonmen...
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n this solo coaching session, Brad walks listeners through a practical, no-excuses framework for moving forward in trauma recovery. Instead of abstract motivation, he focuses on measurable accountability: identifying the single biggest trauma or belief to work on, an...
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In today’s session, Brad and Kayleen unpack anger through a trauma lens — not as a character flaw, but as a protective response sitting on top of deeper emotions like fear, hurt, and loss. Using real relationship examples and a vivid story about fear turn...
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In today’s workshop-style coaching session, Brad and Kayleen teach three foundational mental skills that directly shape trauma recovery: gratitude, self-talk, and affirmations — but with a twist. Instead of using these tools in a general way, they show ho...
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In today’s Recovery Secrets Daily Coaching session, Brad and Kayleen talk about comparison — and why it quietly destroys confidence, healing momentum, and self-worth in trauma recovery.
Most comparison is based on a snapshot. A sliver of someone else&rsqu...
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In this Recovery Secrets Daily Coaching session, Brad breaks down one of the most powerful and long-lasting skills from the trauma recovery journey: visualization. Unlike many tools that fade once healing is complete, visualization is a skill Brad still uses every da...
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In today’s Recovery Secrets Daily Coaching workshop, Brad and Kayleen break down one of the most overlooked foundations of PTSD and trauma recovery: building routines by focusing on just one thing at a time. Instead of overwhelming yourself with long habit list...
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In this Recovery Secrets Daily Coaching session, Brad and Kayleen explore patience as a foundational mindset skill in trauma and PTSD recovery. Using a simple real-life story about dog-sitting chaos, they show how healing changes your ability to respond calmly instea...
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In this Recovery Secrets Daily Coaching session, Brad and Kayleen dive deep into one of the most overlooked foundations of sobriety: true commitment. Not commitment as willpower or motivation—but commitment as a mindset that comes before action and carries you ...
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In this Recovery Secrets Daily Coaching session, Brad and Kayleen return after Inspiration Week and share a powerful perspective shift: trauma recovery isn’t the end of the journey—it’s the foundation for everything you want next. They recap what th...
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In today’s Recovery Secrets Daily Coaching session, Brad and Kayleen break down a simple but powerful strategy for accelerating PTSD and trauma recovery: the “healing vacation.” It’s exactly what it sounds like—a set period of time (from...
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In this episode, Brad and Kaylene break down one of the most misunderstood — and most powerful — trauma recovery skills: acceptance.
Acceptance isn’t giving up, approving of harm, or ignoring problems. It’s stopping the internal fight with real...
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This session focuses on a sneaky but powerful reason many people stay stuck in addiction or “sobriety rehearsal”: they don’t truly believe a life without the habit is possible — even if they want it.
Brad and Kaylene break down how beliefs actu...
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In this episode, Brad teaches a powerful mindset shift: PTSD triggers aren’t something to fear — they’re information. When you get triggered, your brain is essentially handing you the exact data you need to heal what’s still unprocessed.
You&r...
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This session builds on yesterday's four levels of behavior change by introducing one of the most powe...
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In this powerful mindset session, Brad and Kaylene introduce the Four Levels of Behavior Change — a ...
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This episode answers one of the most foundational questions in trauma recovery: How does PTSD actually ha...
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In this high-impact session, Brad and Kayleen break down the addiction cycle into four clear stages: trigg...
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