Have you ever wanted a map to healing? Like one of those old-fashioned pieces of paper that showed you how to get from point "A" to point "B"? If so, you're in luck... Because in today's episode of The Overcoming PTSD podcast, that's exactly what I give you. I cover the 3 most important things to be able to fully recover: The foundation to your entire recovery journey Setting your journey in motion for success Getting to the root of the pain and eliminating it for good There is a path to full re...
Nov 08, 2021•37 min•Ep 107•Transcript available on Metacast Have you ever wondered why no matter how hard you seem to work, or how many years you go to therapy, you still feel stuck? I used to think about this all the time. Because in theory... if you keep going to therapy and doing the work you should be making progress right? If you're like many people you've been in therapy for months, years, or even decades with little or no results. As someone that cares about you, I feel obligated to tell you: this is not okay. Here's the jarring truth: If you're n...
Nov 01, 2021•1 hr•Ep 106•Transcript available on Metacast Have you ever wondered what life without PTSD would be like? How things would be different for you if you could sleep through the night? The love you and your partner would share without the lash outs and screaming matches? When I still had PTSD I would think about things like this a lot... and I would always curse my PTSD for now allowing me to have the things I wanted... All I wanted was a chance at the life I watched so many other "normal people" live... have you ever wanted that? If you've e...
Oct 25, 2021•41 min•Ep 105•Transcript available on Metacast If you're struggling with PTSD and need help, check out our free and helpful recovery training here: Overcomingptsd.info/go 👇 SUBSCRIBE TO OUR YOUTUBE CHANNEL TODAY 👇 https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCy2q5rFVqkyZAzCGiTvZNig If you've ever hated yourself you're not alone. In this video, I show you practical mental models and tools to help you break out of the cycle of self-hatred for good. Here's what we're covering in this video: 1. Why the problem isn't that other people treat you poorly 2. S...
Jul 20, 2021•29 min•Ep 104•Transcript available on Metacast If you're struggling with PTSD and need help, check out our free and helpful recovery training here: https://bit.ly/PTSD-training 👇 SUBSCRIBE TO OUR YOUTUBE CHANNEL TODAY 👇 https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCy2q5rFVqkyZAzCGiTvZNig Do you have lingering trauma, emotions, or symptoms and can't seem to get in touch with them? If so, I'm going to show you what NOT to do. In this video I walk you through: 1 - Why repressing emotions prevents most people from healing 2 - How our brain is wired to rep...
Jul 13, 2021•17 min•Ep 103•Transcript available on Metacast If you're struggling with PTSD and need help, check out our free and helpful recovery training here: https://bit.ly/PTSD-training 👇 SUBSCRIBE TO OUR YOUTUBE CHANNEL TODAY 👇 https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCy2q... Are you having trouble taking the action you need to take on your PTSD recovery journey? If so, there's nothing wrong with you... you jut need to develop a powerful "why" and reason for recovery. Without the proper "why" you'll never fully commit and do what's needed to fully recover...
Jan 05, 2021•14 min•Ep 102•Transcript available on Metacast If you're struggling with PTSD and need help, check out our free and helpful recovery training here: https://bit.ly/PTSD-training Are you having trouble taking the action you need to take on your recovery journey? If so, there's nothing wrong with you... you jut need to develop a powerful "why" and reason for recovery. Without the proper "why" you'll never fully commit and do what's needed to fully recover and heal. In this video I walk you through 4 things: 1 - How to use your past to motivate ...
Nov 12, 2020•26 min•Ep 101•Transcript available on Metacast If you're struggling with PTSD and need help, check out our free and helpful recovery training here: https://bit.ly/PTSD-training Today I got this question: "I always give and give until there's nothing left for me. I feel selfish for taking care of myself, how do I change my thinking about this?" Do you ever feel selfish for taking care of yourself? I used to, the reality is that you're the first link in the chain of your life. If YOU are not good, then nothing in your life will be good. It's n...
Nov 10, 2020•11 min•Ep 100•Transcript available on Metacast If you're struggling with PTSD and need help, check out our free and helpful recovery training here: https://www.overcomingptsd.info/go 👇 SUBSCRIBE TO OUR YOUTUBE CHANNEL TODAY 👇 https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCy2q5rFVqkyZAzCGiTvZNig?sub_confirmation=1 Our environment has a MASSIVE effect on how we feel and behave, and it's one of the biggest and easiest leverage points to change how you feel. My goal for you in the video is to teach you a simple way to optimize your environment so it helps ...
Oct 27, 2020•15 min•Ep 99•Transcript available on Metacast If you're struggling with PTSD and need help, check out our free and helpful recovery training here: https://bit.ly/PTSD-training My goal for you in the video is to maximize the positivity in your mind, minimize negative, and help you create an Automatic Positive Brain. It's important to know that negative self talk creates more negative talk. Positive self talk creates more positive self talk. Make sure to take the long term view, make this a lifestyle. All of the following tips are ongoing pro...
Aug 12, 2020•58 min•Ep 98•Transcript available on Metacast If you're struggling with PTSD and need help, check out our free and helpful recovery training here: https://bit.ly/PTSD-training Wondering if you have PTSD? Get instant results by taking our free quiz here: https://bit.ly/PTSDQuiz VIDEO NOTES: There are internal and external triggers. Internal are inside your mind like thoughts, emotions, and beliefs. External are people, places, sounds, sights, smells, times of year, etc. Steps to managing your triggers... 1. Reclaim your mind a. Accept that y...
Aug 11, 2020•20 min•Ep 96•Transcript available on Metacast If you're struggling with PTSD and need help, check out our free and helpful recovery training here: https://bit.ly/PTSD-training 👇 SUBSCRIBE TO OUR YOUTUBE CHANNEL TODAY 👇 https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCy2q... Most people with PTSD think they are worthless, unlovable, and just terrible human beings. When this happens it causes us to not take care of ourselves, and when we don't take care of ourselves our life degrades until there's nothing left. In this video I give you tips on self care, ...
Aug 07, 2020•16 min•Ep 97•Transcript available on Metacast If you're struggling with PTSD and need help, check out our free and helpful recovery training here: https://bit.ly/PTSD-training 👇 SUBSCRIBE TO OUR YOUTUBE CHANNEL TODAY 👇 https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCy2q5rFVqkyZAzCGiTvZNig?sub_confirmation=1 Wondering if you have PTSD? Get instant results by taking our free quiz here: https://bit.ly/PTSDQuiz Here are 5 (plus 2 bonus) tools to put into your recovery toolbox! Knowing how to manage your anxiety and PTSD symptoms is essential for recovery b...
Jul 17, 2020•1 hr 5 min•Ep 95•Transcript available on Metacast If you're struggling with PTSD and need help, check out our free and helpful recovery training here: https://bit.ly/PTSD-training 👇 SUBSCRIBE TO OUR YOUTUBE CHANNEL TODAY 👇 https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCy2q... The biggest problem about PTSD is that most people who have don't know that they have it! 23.6 million people in the United States alone have PTSD, and the vast majority don't know that they do. My goal for this podcast is to help you diagnose the different symptoms of PTSD for yours...
Jul 15, 2020•16 min•Ep 94•Transcript available on Metacast Wondering if you have PTSD? Get instant results by taking our free quiz here: https://www.overcomingptsd.info/ptsd-quiz If you're struggling with PTSD and need help, check out our free and helpful recovery training here: https://www.overcomingptsd.info/go Trauma can always be identified within the body, both Kayleen and Brad suffered from PTSD and CPTSD. I hope that this video helps bring awareness to the body and behavioral problems that stem from past trauma and cause PTSD. If after watching t...
Jul 08, 2020•15 min•Ep 93•Transcript available on Metacast If you're struggling with PTSD and need help, check out our free and helpful recovery training here: https://bit.ly/PTSD-training The myth that PTSD and trauma changes your brain forever just isn't true... at least not 100% true. The goal of this video is to show you what actually happens in your brain and, more importantly, what you can do about it. If you think your past traumas have doomed you to a damaged brain forever, you need to watch this video to the very end. If after watching this vid...
Jul 07, 2020•12 min•Ep 92•Transcript available on Metacast This episode is called “The Only 3 Things That Matter”. When it comes to PTSD recovery people LOVE to confuse and complicate things… You don’t need 1,000 types of therapy, a dozen doctor appointments, or more complexity... There are only 3 things you need to focus on in order to fully recover… This episode is one you definitely don’t want to miss! Here is a link to learn even more about the pillars of recovery: https://www.overcomingptsd.info/go Enjoy the show! Kayleen...
Jul 06, 2020•44 min•Ep 91•Transcript available on Metacast Register for our FREE PTSD recovery training here: https://www.overcomingptsd.info/go Here are 4 real-life practical tools to help you get immediate relief so you can calm your heart, erase anger, and even hold a job… Yes... I’ve had clients who used these tools to gain control enough to hold a job. At the end of the episode I "hand out" an in-depth PDF guide on these 4 tools so you can apply them to your life today :) Here is the link to download it: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1rcOy... In ...
Jul 05, 2020•56 min•Ep 91•Transcript available on Metacast Register for our FREE PTSD recovery training here: https://www.overcomingptsd.info/go This is the first episode of my brand new PTSD mini-series, "How To Heal PTSD From Home" :) Here’s what we cover in episode 1: 1. Why it’s possible for you to heal regardless of what you’ve been through 2. Why some people never recover and how to avoid it 3. 3 Myths that would cause even the most qualified trauma therapist to suffer forever Hope you enjoy :) Kayleen PS Register for our FREE PTSD recovery traini...
Jul 04, 2020•49 min•Ep 91•Transcript available on Metacast Struggling with PTSD? Check out my 100% free and helpful training here: https://www.overcomingptsd.info/go About a year ago I teamed up with The Mighty to put together a PTSD Depression Masterclass. The Masterclass went so well, I actually still use the exact training to show my clients how to beat PTSD Depression. The reason I'm writing this is because since Covid-19 started, I've had a lot of people reach out for resources on depression. People saying things like... "I feel more hopeless than ...
Jul 01, 2020•1 hr 24 min•Ep 90•Transcript available on Metacast Struggling with PTSD? Check out my 100% free and helpful training here: https://www.overcomingptsd.info/go Have you ever wondered why you go on social media to find help for your PTSD but always leave feeling worse off? I put together this video training to answer that question exactly. It's all about how to avoid making PTSD worse on social media, specifically when it comes to the "PTSD Community". Here's what I cover in the training: - 3 delusions of sufferers everywhere - Why these can cost y...
Jun 24, 2020•41 min•Ep 90•Transcript available on Metacast Struggling with PTSD? Check out my 100% free and helpful training here: https://www.overcomingptsd.info/go Have you ever wondered if you're actually making progress on your recovery journey? I know recovery can be a "one day at a time" process sometimes, but it's important to look up sometimes to see how far you've come and if you're even on the right track. Today I put together a training encouraging you to do that and showing you what to look for... Here's what I cover in the training: - The d...
Jun 20, 2020•31 min•Ep 90•Transcript available on Metacast Struggling with PTSD? Check out my 100% free and helpful training here: https://www.overcomingptsd.info/go Have you ever felt like I did on my recovery? For me, recovery felt like I was working really hard to heal and get better but no matter how hard I tried I always ended up getting hurt or self sabotaging in the end. I couldn't figure out why I kept ending up back in the same spot day after day and year after year. I felt trapped. If you've felt this way too, you're not alone. Years ago I fou...
Jun 15, 2020•1 hr 1 min•Ep 89•Transcript available on Metacast Struggling with PTSD? Check out my 100% free and helpful training here: https://www.overcomingptsd.info/go What to tell your partner if you have PTSD? Today Brad and I talk about what the first and most important thing, and it's all about building the belief that full recovery is possible. Hope you enjoy the show! Kayleen...
May 22, 2020•20 min•Ep 88•Transcript available on Metacast Register for our FREE PTSD recovery training here: https://www.overcomingptsd.info/go Many people feel like they have pressure to be strong because they're moms, dr.'s, military, men, or from certain cultures.... But what does "strong" really mean? Does it mean you can't heal? Or that you can't express emotion? If you feel like healing has to be different for you because of your profession, status, gender, race or anything else, join Brad and I as we explore where this myth comes from and what t...
May 19, 2020•30 min•Ep 87•Transcript available on Metacast Get a FREE 14-day trial of Broken To Unbreakable Here: https://www.brokentounbreakable.com/trial My goal is to give you everything you need to make a full recovery so I become obsolete in your life. Overcoming PTSD is an internal game, and it's not something you want to put into someone else's hands. Most 'experts' out there give you a fish and feed you for a day... We teach you how to fish and feed you for a lifetime. If you enjoyed this episode make sure to sign up and get a FREE 14-day trial ...
May 13, 2020•36 min•Ep 86•Transcript available on Metacast Register for our FREE PTSD recovery training here: https://www.overcomingptsd.info/go Here's an interview we did for a potential NY Times article about PTSD the end of last year. We talked about our history with PTSD, our family upbringing, our favorite books, and what we think needs to be done with the mental health industry as a whole. Pretty interesting stuff! Here's what we were asked: 1. Can you please tell me a little more about yourselves and how you came into each other’s lives? What are...
Apr 29, 2020•57 min•Ep 85•Transcript available on Metacast Register for our FREE PTSD recovery training here: https://www.overcomingptsd.info/go Does PTSD ever heal, or does it go into remission just to come out later in life? The answer is clear, but for many it's not. Register for our FREE PTSD recovery training here: https://www.overcomingptsd.info/go
Apr 27, 2020•37 min•Ep 84•Transcript available on Metacast Book a FREE PTSD recovery consultation with our team here: https://www.overcomingptsd.info/call "If it is possible to heal PTSD, it's going to take me years if not decades" I hear this way too often and on this episode of PTSD TV Brad and I debunk the harmful myth that healing PTSD takes a lot of time and show you why people believe this to be true In this episode Brad and I debunk this harmful myth so you can move forward with your recovery even if right now you think it will take you decades o...
Apr 21, 2020•23 min•Ep 83•Transcript available on Metacast Book a FREE PTSD recovery consultation with our team here: https://www.overcomingptsd.info/call "My Dr./Therapist/Psychologist/Psychiatrist told me MY PTSD is impossible to heal and I'll have to live like this forever" I hear this way too often and on this episode of PTSD TV Brad and I debunk this harmful myth and show you that no matter what you've been told before, it IS possible to heal PTSD. Being told it's impossible for you to heal is one of the most dangerous things to be told about recov...
Apr 15, 2020•29 min•Ep 82•Transcript available on Metacast