Personal Development Unplugged

I Am A Loser Let me teach you how you can become one too Just a little while ago I had the inspiration to create a fantastic podcast. I created a wonderful mindmap of notes and stories and when I went to record .......... It's disappeared. and serendipity hit me just before because I heard great advice for when you lose something. The advice: If you lose something and go searching for it, when you find it put it in the first place you looked, and you'll always find it the next time you lose it - Credit goes to Kevin Kelly Please share: https://personaldevelopmentunplugged.com/fmq-401-i-am-a-loser/ Shine brightly Paul Please remember you can leave a comment or email me with questions, requests and feedback. If you have enjoyed this or any other episode please share and subscribe. Just email me feedback@personaldevelopmentunplugged.com If you want to subscribe to the podcast (I know you do) click here to learn more Or simply click here to go straight to Apple Music / iTunes to subscribe OR leave a review Reme

Values - Are They Important? Is what's important to you of value? Values, core values, and those pesky identity beliefs run our world and guess what they are all stored in your unconscious mind. But what happens when your values in one context clash with those of a different context? Let me share a couple of stories of how I used values to decide my career and More importantly how you can elicit, discover, your own values and know how important that is and will be in the future. Now you're probably thinking if this is all unconscious mind 'STUFF; it will be really difficult and complicated and you would be WRONG!!!!!!!! I'll share with you a simple and effective way to find these values and which ones are the most important to you. I'll share with you and in turn, you might want to share this episode with others: https://personaldevelopmentunplugged.com/345-values-are-they-important/ Shine brightly Paul Please remember you can leave a comment or email me with questions, requests and feedback. If you have enj

Forget Mind Reading It Doesn't Work What are they thinking about me? Are they talking about me? And there's a lot more where those came from, don't you agree? and......... I know you have those conversations with yourself, I know I do So let's take five or so minutes to muse how ridiculous this form of mind reading is and how it has only one conclusion - more negativity So please press play >>>>>>> and then if you're kind please share: https://personaldevelopmentunplugged.com/fmq-400-forget-mind-reading-it-doesnt-work Shine brightly Paul Please remember you can leave a comment or email me with questions, requests and feedback. If you have enjoyed this or any other episode please share and subscribe. Just email me feedback@personaldevelopmentunplugged.com If you want to subscribe to the podcast (I know you do) click here to learn more Or simply click here to go straight to Apple Music / iTunes to subscribe OR leave a review Remember for my specially designed programs for developing Supreme Inner Confidence,

Reflections And The Art Of Waiting Looking into that metaphorical mirror Do you like who you see? It's often asked, "When you look in the mirror do you see the person you are meant to be?" And that can be a really silly question or a most profound one. Because in one way you should never see that reflection as there is always a bit more to achieve and experience, to make things even better. And the thing I ask is "Do you like what you see? " In this episode, we go deeper into this and also experience a visualization process to make the changes you want to have happen. You could repeat this as many times as you like as we're always changing and evolving, in fact as we grow and learn something new every day you will always be a slightly different and better version of yourself every day. The visualization is not really hypnosis but is better done with eyes closed so please take care to find a place where you will be undisturbed for about 10 minutes and maybe if you ask I could make this into a deeper process wi

Something Happened To Me This Morning From being triggered into being angry and saying things that I didn't like saying and then Breathe Stopping and Pausing I got to see things differently and the things I saw looked different and it made me think what we learn here works All vague I know but it's only a five-minute quickie so please listen, consider, act upon it if it resonates, and share https://personaldevelopmentunplugged.com/fmq-399-something-happened-to-me-this-morning Shine brightly Paul Please remember you can leave a comment or email me with questions, requests and feedback. If you have enjoyed this or any other episode please share and subscribe. Just email me feedback@personaldevelopmentunplugged.com If you want to subscribe to the podcast (I know you do) click here to learn more Or simply click here to go straight to Apple Music / iTunes to subscribe OR leave a review Remember for my specially designed programs for developing Supreme Inner Confidence, Free Your Life of Anxiety and specialize Hy

Loneliness part 1 My first foray into thinking about loneliness and I have approached it from both a therapeutic way and a personal experience. So bear with me as I really haven't experienced loneliness to a major degree. Therapeutically in my eyes, loneliness is simply a behavior but one with some pretty negative emotions and effects and we explore them in this episode. I have also added a process within this episode that I think will help anyone suffering from loneliness so remember no driving from minute 18. I would really love your feedback as to my thoughts and to hear of your experiences so we can dive even deeper and find ways to let this silent virus go and I know we can if we work together- email me Please also share this episode because you never know who is suffering https://personaldevelopmentunplugged.com/343-loneliness-part-1/ Shine brightly Paul Please remember you can leave a comment or email me with questions, requests and feedback. If you have enjoyed this or any other episode please share

Give Me A Break and give yourself a break too Not a pleasant day in the journal as I decided to tear myself off a strip, I really wasn't happy with myself and I thought I would share this with you, my friend. It was  all about not doing the 'stuff' I have learned and wondered what was all this self-improvement, self-development, and stretching to being a better me. And what did I learn from this rant, well that's what I want to share and hope you get what I got and to encourage you through down times, you know those times when we plateau. We are in this together and there is no getting off this adventure knowing that there are sometimes when we struggle and it's ok to give yourself a break, to take a breath, and then renew our walk on the path that's been prepared for us but we just didn't realize it So don't be so hard on yourself that you give up on achieving your dreams and goals - you will regret it if you do and I won't let that happen if I can help it, help you. I'm here for you Please share https://pe

The Anxiety Of Being Perfect because you will never achieve it and it'll drive you nuts Nothing can be perfect because we can always go just a little bit better and if you're a perfectionist that's a bit of a bummer and goes hand in hand with these: I'm not good enough I'm not worthy They'll find me out If this resonates with you then you're in the right place because I have an answer and understand why these go together so well. It's all about the positive intention of your unconscious mind trying to do something to protect from that terrible fear and anxiety of failure -(trust me I'm a therapist 9just nt your therapist) and the direct conflict it now causes in your life. I'll explain all about that in the podcast and I'll show you how you can change and get your unconscious mind to keep the intention of protecting you but this time in better ways that you both enjoy. simples Even if this doesn't truly resonate with you you will notice the principle of the process and the effects and after listening you may

Here's Your New Free Hypnosis Track From a question from a listener to episode #338 I Always Think The Worst and It's Bring Me Down, to this - a hypnosis track for unconscious learning. How cool is that? Obviously, I would advise that you listen to the episode but for those of you who like to dive in I'll tell you a bit more. I believe that most if not all issues, negative emotions, and their linked behaviors have a root cause and are still here because we haven't learned from that event so continue with the issue. There's a bit more involved but it's the main part of letting the issue go. The place to learn is at the unconscious level hence a little bit of hypnosis. https://personaldevelopmentunplugged.com/heres-your-new-free-hypnosis-track/ If you haven't already signed up for the free hypnosis and NLP processes then get yourself over to https://paulcloughonline.com/podcast Shine brightly Paul I’m a therapist but not your therapist The information with this website or online work, techniques and exercises

Making Affirmations Work When Affirmations Clearly Don't Work Or Do They? Many think affirmations are those we say such as "I am happy, I am happy, I am happy" over and over and over again. Especially at times when we are not. Nada! it doesn't work and usually makes you feel worse. Why? because it's creating a conflict. I'll explain in the podcast. But affirmations, despite what I said in the title do work. They work all the time when you believe a thing to be true and guess what you do that all the time. Recognize any of these 'Affirmations'? "If bad things are going to happen they'll happen to me" "I don't belong here" "They'll find me out" "This will never work and I'll feel like a failure and not good enough" And there are plenty more where they came from, plus we're bombarded with other people's stuff we can take on too, plus all the negative stuff in the news. It's a minefield of sh*t! So can we change that, and make affirmations work in our favor? Of course and to find out HOW you simply have to listen

An Ah-Ha That We All Have But Seem To Ignore - Don't Sharing someone's ah-ha moment that I think we could call consider and what can I do today to make today special? instead of "What a good idea, I'll do that tomorrow" Thanks for the reminder, I hope you are reminded too. Please share: https://personaldevelopmentunplugged.com/fmq-398-an-ah-ha-that-we-all-have-but-seem-to-ignore-dont Shine brightly Paul Please remember you can leave a comment or email me with questions, requests and feedback. If you have enjoyed this or any other episode please share and subscribe. Just email me feedback@personaldevelopmentunplugged.com If you want to subscribe to the podcast (I know you do) click here to learn more Or simply click here to go straight to Apple Music / iTunes to subscribe OR leave a review Remember for my specially designed programs for developing Supreme Inner Confidence, Free Your Life of Anxiety and specialize Hypnosis tracks go to PaulCloughOnline.com If you want to access my FREE HYPNOSIS tracks go to p

I Always Think The Worst and It's Brings Me Down We've all been there at some time in our lives; for some, it can be their world. Everything we experience seems to be so negative along with our thoughts and feelings. This all takes a lot of energy to maintain and is, I believe, your unconscious mind with the best and most positive intention trying to keep you safe from something. The thing is there are better and more appropriate ways and we need to get our unconscious mind to learn. learn from the past and learn for the future. This episode is inspired by a listener's emailed question and I will probably have more answers in future episodes. In this episode, I'll dive deeper into the unconscious conflict of effect and intention, learning from the cause as opposed to dealing with those effects and asking the right questions together with knowing and feeling what you want. I have even promised a hypnosis track to assist with that unconscious learnings-WHEW! Remember this is not just a knowing or listening expe

Stepping Stone to Success Without overwhelm Have you ever wanted something so much, it's such a great idea you leap at it, lock stock and barrel, and it begins to overwhelm you. It's as if it all becomes too much and what seems such a great thing flounders, or more to the point we do? I know I have. I also know how not to get overwhelmed, or confused and find the right path, the right stepping stones to tread. Would that be of interest and all in around 5 or so minutes? Yes? then press play >>>>> and hopefully what I share will make sense and when it does please share this too, so others can gain the success they are due. Here's a link if they haven't got a podcast app: https://personaldevelopmentunplugged.com/fmq-397-stepping-stone-to-success Shine brightly Paul Please remember you can leave a comment or email me with questions, requests and feedback. If you have enjoyed this or any other episode please share and subscribe. Just email me feedback@personaldevelopmentunplugged.com If you want to subscribe to t

Dreaming - A Waste Of Time Or Is It? Inspiration to Ideas to Wishes to Dreams to REALITY Right from the get-go - this is NOT a goal-setting workshop episode, if you want that go to #259 Oh No! Another bloody goal-setting workshop - NOT. So what is it? Well, it's my thoughts on how we get our inspiration and ideas and get them to be real and not just float away and disappear into the ether. We all get them, some don't stick yet others begin to get us thinking and we get that feeling Oooooo! and we begin to create that dream, and even then they can evaporate and when we look back we say to ourselves "If Only", "I wish I'd", or "I could of but I didn't" - What a lost opportunity. So in this episode, we dive into HOW we take those wishes, those dreams, and make them actualize, become real, and create our reality, the reality we want for ourselves. Is it important to you to be able to do this? And reap the benefits of creating a wonderfully rich life (it may be the only one you have)? If it is please press play >>

Anxiety From A Different Perspective Or Letting go of Anxiety by getting out of Anxiety The title seems quite obvious yet we very seldom do it. It's so very difficult to find the answer when you're neck-deep in the problem. And simply interrupting the pattern of your anxiety just doesn't do it by itself, you have to do more than that. And to help us slip into finding the way, well one way, I call upon three quotations that shine a light on why we need to look at our issue (this applies to all negative emotions such as anger, sadness, grief, jealousy, you fill in the blank). to get distance and see things differently which makes us feel differently. I really love the simplicity of what I share with you in this episode and I give you the whole process here, right here in the episode - clickbait begone     ' O) So come with me in this delightful rabbit hole of changing the way we feel for the better and then make it a habit. You can even make it a habit t share this episode and the podcast as a whole https://pe

30 Seconds To Change Your Life And this is not click-bait, pinky promise I have shared in the past the mindful practice of stopping and pausing, at least it's a mindful practice to me, and the benefits of interrupting your present state and coming back to the moment. And now I have added one more 30-second step that done a few times a day will bring so much benefit to your emotional state and will infect and affect the way you literally see life. What is this magical step? Oh my friend this is an audio podcast which means you have to press play and listen to learn - And all in 5 or so minutes - what a bargain!!!!!!    :O) Please share: https://personaldevelopmentunplugged.com/fmq-396-30-seconds-to-change-your-life Shine brightly Paul Please remember you can leave a comment or email me with questions, requests and feedback. If you have enjoyed this or any other episode please share and subscribe. Just email me feedback@personaldevelopmentunplugged.com If you want to subscribe to the podcast (I know you do) cl

The World Is My Mirror - Oh No! Do you like what you see or .........? Are there things or people in your world that make you angry? Maybe resentful? Maybe .... well you fill in the blank. Do you find you get distracted in your thoughts by these things and the way they make you behave in ways you are not happy with? So what are they here to teach you about yourself? WHAT!? They're not me ...... are they? Perception is projection and what you perceive you just may be projecting - that's hard to take but I believe is more true than false. Teachers come in many guises or disguises. This is a hard-to-take deep dive into learning what we, or should I say me, and find the what and how-to on things that are difficult to take on. I'll take you through my experience and with my puzzle book how I began to take responsibility for my thoughts and behaviors and begin to make seriously good changes in myself. I share this personal issue and hope it helps you too. And as usual, the answers or the way I found to deal with th

You're Not Capable Of Knowing What You Want And it's just not you I have this theory that no one is intelligent or wise enough to really know what they want And That's why our goals, dreams, and wishes fall short of what we could and can achieve. Yet There is a way to get our goals, dreams, and wishes to be better than we can ever imagine. And all this in a mere 5-minute Quickie podcast episode to boot!!!! Press play my friend and realize how easy and simple the process is then share it https://personaldevelopmentunplugged.com/fmq-395-youre-not-capable-of-knowing-what-you-want Shine brightly Paul Please remember you can leave a comment or email me with questions, requests and feedback. If you have enjoyed this or any other episode please share and subscribe. Just email me feedback@personaldevelopmentunplugged.com If you want to subscribe to the podcast (I know you do) click here to learn more Or simply click here to go straight to Apple Music / iTunes to subscribe OR leave a review Remember for my specially

Don't Be A Talker Knowing is not doing From a stoic quotation to a memory to a story, a story of one of the most anxious times in my life. We've all had scary times and this was one of mine. So what's the connection and what did I learn? From Ryan Holiday (credit given where it's due) Epictetus "Capability (skill) is confirmed and grows in its corresponding actions, walking by walking and running by running" and I inadvertently had to do this without knowing. I'll explain all the how-to's so you can do to - Your walking by walking, your running by running and just knowing this and being able to talk about it just doesn't cut it. So if you want to let go of your anxiety and move into confidence here is a way that works. To learn and more importantly Do! Take those corresponding actions simply press play and come with me. If you a notebook even better. Then...... Please share what you have learned and share this podcast: https://personaldevelopmentunplugged.com/335-dont-be-a-talker/   Shine brightly Paul Pleas

Life Is A Bottle Of Fizz Don't bottle things up From a delightful visual metaphor by the wonderful Joy Frink on FaceBook, I just had to share as best I can here in the 5-Minute Quickie podcast. Please enjoy, and let the learnings slip in. Please share: https://personaldevelopmentunplugged.com/fmq-394-life-is-a-bottle-of-fizz/ Shine brightly Paul Please remember you can leave a comment or email me with questions, requests and feedback. If you have enjoyed this or any other episode please share and subscribe. Just email me feedback@personaldevelopmentunplugged.com If you want to subscribe to the podcast (I know you do) click here to learn more Or simply click here to go straight to Apple Music / iTunes to subscribe OR leave a review Remember for my specially designed programs for developing Supreme Inner Confidence, Free Your Life of Anxiety and specialize Hypnosis tracks go to PaulCloughOnline.com If you want to access my FREE HYPNOSIS tracks go to paulcloughonline.com/podcast Follow and inter-react on twitt