Overcoming PTSD with Brad Schipke
Real relief from trauma symptoms - starting today, not someday.
I’m Brad Schipke, and I’ve spent 8 years helping over 2,000 people take control of their healing journey. I teach the same self-directed recovery methods that freed me from PTSD and transformed my life.
If you’re exhausted from sleepless nights, constant anxiety, and feeling triggered by everything - or if you’re stuck in cycles of numbing out and hating yourself - this podcast is for you. Each episode gives you practical, neuroplasticity-based techniques that actually work, so you can start feeling like yourself again.
Here’s what’s possible for you: Break free from nightmares, panic, and waking up in dread. Stop walking on eggshells and feeling ashamed of your triggers. Escape the cycles of addiction, binging, and numbing out. Build genuine confidence and fall in love with who you are. Feel safe and calm in your relationships. Go after your dreams without fear holding you back. Experience real peace, joy, and laughter again.
Even if therapy hasn’t worked, even if you feel broken and hopeless right now - you can heal. You just need the right tools and a proven path forward.
New episodes weekly. Your breakthrough starts now.
Join the Broken to Unbreakable community for free training, proven frameworks, and support from people who get it at https://www.skool.com/brokentounbreakable
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Overcoming PTSD with Brad Schipke
Real relief from trauma symptoms - starting today, not someday.
I’m Brad Schipke, and I’ve spent 8 years helping over 2,000 people take control of their healing journey. I teach the same self-directed recovery methods that freed me from PTSD and transformed my life.
If you’re exhausted from sleepless nights, constant anxiety, and feeling triggered by everything - or if you’re stuck in cycles of numbing out and hating yourself - this podcast is for you. Each episode gives you practical, neuroplasticity-based techniques that actually work, so you can start feeling like yourself again.
Here’s what’s possible for you: Break free from nightmares, panic, and waking up in dread. Stop walking on eggshells and feeling ashamed of your triggers. Escape the cycles of addiction, binging, and numbing out. Build genuine confidence and fall in love with who you are. Feel safe and calm in your relationships. Go after your dreams without fear holding you back. Experience real peace, joy, and laughter again.
Even if therapy hasn’t worked, even if you feel broken and hopeless right now - you can heal. You just need the right tools and a proven path forward.
New episodes weekly. Your breakthrough starts now.
Join the Broken to Unbreakable community for free training, proven frameworks, and support from people who get it at https://www.skool.com/brokentounbreakable
#11 Recovery Hero Pt. 2: Write Your Story & Start Living It | Recovery Secrets Series
Overcoming PTSD with Brad Schipke
55 minutes
3 weeks ago
#11 Recovery Hero Pt. 2: Write Your Story & Start Living It | 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 seriesRecovery Secrets Daily Coaching was originally a private, paid coaching program. For the first time, 100+ sessions are being released free for podcast listeners. New episodes drop every weekday until the archive is complete—subscribe so you don’t miss one.
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CHAPTERS:
00:00 Introduction to Recovery Secrets Daily Coaching00:43 Defining Your Recovery Hero04:30 The Importance of Setting High Goals15:44 Visualizing Your Future Self21:20 Action Steps for Crafting Your Recovery Hero Story27:22 Q&A and Community Insights29:54 Visualizing Your Future Self30:26 Building the Next Version of Yourself31:49 The Power of Self-Reliance33:31 Setting and Achieving Short-Term Goals35:11 Understanding External Validation40:23 Discovering Your Core Self45:26 Processing Emotions and Releasing Attachments53:43 Upcoming Sessions and Final Thoughts
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Topics Covered
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
Overcoming PTSD with Brad Schipke
Overcoming PTSD with Brad Schipke
Real relief from trauma symptoms - starting today, not someday.
I’m Brad Schipke, and I’ve spent 8 years helping over 2,000 people take control of their healing journey. I teach the same self-directed recovery methods that freed me from PTSD and transformed my life.
If you’re exhausted from sleepless nights, constant anxiety, and feeling triggered by everything - or if you’re stuck in cycles of numbing out and hating yourself - this podcast is for you. Each episode gives you practical, neuroplasticity-based techniques that actually work, so you can start feeling like yourself again.
Here’s what’s possible for you: Break free from nightmares, panic, and waking up in dread. Stop walking on eggshells and feeling ashamed of your triggers. Escape the cycles of addiction, binging, and numbing out. Build genuine confidence and fall in love with who you are. Feel safe and calm in your relationships. Go after your dreams without fear holding you back. Experience real peace, joy, and laughter again.
Even if therapy hasn’t worked, even if you feel broken and hopeless right now - you can heal. You just need the right tools and a proven path forward.
New episodes weekly. Your breakthrough starts now.
Join the Broken to Unbreakable community for free training, proven frameworks, and support from people who get it at https://www.skool.com/brokentounbreakable
