Overcoming PTSD with Brad Schipke
Overcoming PTSD with Brad Schipke
Overcoming PTSD
#105 Why You Keep Falling Off Your Healing Routine (And How to Fix It)
55 minutes Posted Feb 20, 2026 at 12:30 pm.
Introduction to Recovery Secrets Daily Coaching
Starting the Live Session
Weekly Themes and Recap
Balancing Goals and Processes
Implementing Daily Routines
Setting and Celebrating Goals
The Belief Cycle Explained
Practical Tips for Daily Success
Using the Unbreakable Planner
Small Wins and Moving the Ball Forward
End of Day Review: Celebrating Wins
Using the Unbreakable Planner
Setting Micro Goals for Tomorrow
The Power of Affirmations and Goals
Building a Positive Evening and Morning Routine
Consistency and Flexibility in Routines
Reflecting and Adjusting for Growth
Celebrating Yourself and Setting Boundaries
Q&A and Community Interaction
Final Thoughts and Encouragement
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Host: Brad Schipke • Overcoming PTSD Podcast • Recovery Secrets Daily Coaching
This session builds directly on the previous day's conversation about balancing goals with daily processes. Brad and Kayleen take the theory and show you exactly how to implement it into your daily life using practical tools like the Unbreakable Planner, affirmations, and intentional self-talk.
At the core of this episode is the belief cycle — the feedback loop between your experiences, thoughts, beliefs, and actions. If you believe you're a failure for not reaching your goal yet, you'll take fewer actions, have worse experiences, and reinforce that negative belief. But the beautiful truth is that you have control over this cycle through your thoughts. Same experience, different interpretation, completely different outcome.
Brad and Kayleen walk you through how to set micro goals you'll actually accomplish, how to celebrate yourself no matter what, and how to use evening and morning routines to bookend your day with the beliefs you want to build. This isn't about being perfect — it's about moving the ball forward, even if just by half a percent.
💡 What You'll Learn
How the belief cycle works and where you have control over it
Why setting goals too big sets you up for failure
How to use the Unbreakable Planner to track wins and build momentum
The difference between measuring success by the goal vs. measuring success by the process
How to reframe missed days as opportunities for course correction instead of proof of failure
Why comparing yourself week-to-week is more helpful than day-to-day
How to celebrate yourself even when progress feels small
Why your self-talk after the session ends is the most important part
🧠 Key Takeaway
You are a success if you do the daily process, not if you achieve the goal. Change the equation in your mind, and everything else follows.
🔗 Next Steps
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Topics Covered: PTSD recovery • trauma healing • belief cycle • daily routines • micro goals • Unbreakable Planner • progress not perfection • self-talk • affirmations • celebrating small wins • morning routine • evening routine • mindset for healing • self-encouragement • building momentum • trauma survivor tools • mental health habits • consistency in recovery