Anxiety to Confidence - The Personal Development Unplugged Podcast

Paul Clough
Anxiety to Confidence - The Personal Development Unplugged Podcast

A podcast for those wanting personal development but want it made simple and easy to understand and more importantly use, take action and make a difference to your life and the world you live in. If you want to change the way you feel and the way you act and react. If you have negative emotions, behaviours, that you want to lose forever and create something special in your life then I think you will like what you hear. This genre of self-improvement, self-development and mastery of your mind has, I believe, been made over complicated and secretive and here I am de-constructing the processes into their simple forms that we can all understand and easily use. There’s no interviews just little ol’ me ;0) Who am I and what do I do?………Paul Clough. I now love helping making changes in people and guiding them to create the life they really want. A personal look at me: The above sentence was not always the case and being the best in the financial realms of the building industry was my aim and getting there by any means. I now know this is, and was, the worst way ~ even if I did make director of one of the largest building companies in Cambridge by the age of 30. One of the major realisations came on my first ever training in hypnosis. I found that it’s not a win lose world and that a win win is only a low basis to live. Being true to your beliefs and coming from a place of integrity where service is paramount. This understanding together with lots of NLP skills helped create my last partnership in the building industry grow from a turnover of £800k to £16m in less than twelve years and that can only be done with giving more than expected. Another shaping of me came from two traumatic events in my life that happened within six months of each other which created a number of major changes in me and by beliefs in what is possible. I have written about my experience and how I dealt with it but more importantly it really showed me my love for my three boys and theirs for me and resulted in the step up to become a trainer of NLP (which I never intended) and my close and exciting work with two of my sons. In supporting Joseph and help create change in people in our training’s and his wonderful life changing ‘Be your potential weekend’ and with Luke the continuing development of Cambridge Hypnotherapy and Hypnosis processes. My relationship with my third son Daniel just keeps getting better and better too. Not knowing how good I had become in change work in the beginning I generally studied, practiced and saw clients then things started to happen when I started to work following just my instincts. Two clients come to mind both in effect dying from the effects of what was happening to them and the way they felt and within one and two sessions respectively not only won the will to live they changed virtually in front of my eyes and being apart of that process was and is the best feeling alive. The above are just three of many brilliant learnings I have had in my life. The more formal bit Paul Clough I am a Trainer and Master Practitioner of NLP and Hypnosis and am passionate in assisting those who want to reach their full potential and his special skills form a unique foundation for success. I constantly seek and develop new skills and learning’s – through advanced levels of Neuro Linguistic Programming (NLP), Time Line Therapy ™, Hypnosis and to improve everyone I work with. I have an understanding of the mind/body connection which enables me to create in my clients the difference that makes the difference ~ from excellence to outstanding. For those that want qualifications: Certified Trainer and Consultant of Neuro-Linguistic Programming Certified Master Practitioner of NLP & Time Line Therapy Certified Master Hypnotist and Hypnotherapist

  1. #431 Taming The Mind -From Anxiety and Worry.

    2 DAYS AGO

    #431 Taming The Mind -From Anxiety and Worry.

    Taming the Mind: Tools to Stop Worrying Hey there, friend! Do you ever feel like your mind is constantly racing with worries you can’t quiet? Well, in this episode of the Personal Development Unplugged Podcast, we’re going to take on that noisy “monkey mind” and discover how to transform those endless worries into clarity and peace. I’m going to walk you through what’s really going on when that chatter takes over. We’ll dig into why worry shows up in the first place and how you can acknowledge it without letting it control you. By the end of this episode, you’ll have some super practical tools to break free from overthinking and start creating a mindset that’s both calmer and more confident. Picture this: waking up tomorrow with a peaceful mind, ready to take on the day with ease. Sound good? Together, we’ll explore how to make that a reality. I’ll share simple but powerful techniques like practising gratitude and writing down your worries to help you regain control and move past the cycle of anxious thinking. Anxiety doesn’t have to run the show. It's time to shift your perspective, break old patterns, and start finding healthier ways to navigate those swirling thoughts. This episode is packed with helpful insights and exercises to help you reconnect with your best self and truly enjoy the journey ahead. Ready to tame your mind? Let’s dive in! I’d love to hear your thoughts—share what you learn and this episode with others https://personaldevelopmentunplugged.com/431-taming-the-mind-from-anxiety-and-worry Shine Brightly 🌟 Paul Hey there! I’d love to hear from you—questions, feedback, requests—all welcome. Drop me a line or leave a comment. If you've enjoyed this episode or any other, please share and subscribe! You can reach me at feedback@personaldevelopmentunplugged.com. Subscribe to the Podcast Ready to subscribe? Click here to explore your options. Or, if you're on Apple Music or iTunes, you can go straight to subscribe or leave a review here. Special Programs for You For tools on developing Supreme Inner Confidence, finding Freedom from Anxiety, or specialized Hypnosis Tracks, visit PaulCloughOnline.com. Free Hypnosis Tracks Want access to my FREE hypnosis tracks? Head over to paulcloughonline.com/podcast. Connect with Me Follow me on Twitter: @pcloughie Remember: I'm a therapist, but I'm not your therapist. This podcast and any of my online resources are for educational purposes only. Never use the hypnosis tracks or exercises if you're operating machinery, driving, or if you have epilepsy or psychiatric conditions. Always consult a healthcare provider if you're unsure. Find Us on Other Platforms Catch the podcast on Spotify, Castbox, iHeart Radio, YouTube, or on our Libsyn page. Stay tuned, and keep shining brightly. ✨ Music Credits Music by Wataboi, DreamHeaven, ccjmusic, and others from Pixabay. Shine Brightly 🌟 Paul Hey there! I’d love to hear from you—questions, feedback, requests—all welcome. Drop me a line or leave a comment. If you've enjoyed this episode or any other, please share and subscribe! You can reach me at feedback@personaldevelopmentunplugged.com. Subscribe to the Podcast Ready to subscribe? Click here to explore your options. Or, if you're on Apple Music or iTunes, you can go straight to subscribe or leave a review here. Special Programs for You For tools on developing Supreme Inner Confidence, finding Freedom from Anxiety, or specialized Hypnosis Tracks, visit PaulCloughOnline.com. Free Hypnosis Tracks Want access to my FREE hypnosis tracks? Head over to paulcloughonline.com/podcast. Connect with Me Follow me on Twitter: @pcloughie Remember: I'm a therapist, but I'm not your therapist. This podcast and any of my online resources are for educational purposes only. Never use the hypnosis tracks or exercises if you're operating machinery, driving, or if you have epilepsy or psychiatric conditions. Always consult a healthcare provider if you're unsure. Find Us on Other Platforms Catch the podcast on Spotify, Castbox, iHeart Radio, YouTube, or on our Libsyn page. Stay tuned, and keep shining brightly. ✨ Music Credits Music by Wataboi, DreamHeaven, ccjmusic, and others from Pixabay.   And the transcript WARNING if you're a lover of the written word this may make you frustrated, or angry - you have been warned - is it an 'ism Hey, my friend, how you doing? How you doing? Hopefully you're really, really well. Really well. It's pull from, as you know, it's the personal development unplugged. Trying to break down some complicated stuff, making it into simple changes, simple steps, things that we can achieve without overwhelm. Because so many people make this genre so difficult or they don't tell you the how. They tell you the what and, not the how. And here I'm going to tell you the how, the what and everything in between. And hopefully make it so simple. Because Paul here, Cloughie. I can't do complicated. Complicated just does my brain in.   In simplicity there is genius.   In simplicity there is genius.     Taming the Mind is an easy way to stop worrying   Anyway, what we're going to talk about today. What are we talking about today? Taming the Mind. tools to stop worrying. Big title, Taming the Mind. You know, think about it now. Have you ever experienced, I think, what people call the monkey mind chattering away? It's there all the time. If you're worrying about something, you're either talking to yourself and you don't realize you're talking to yourself about how bad things could be, what's gonna happen, and imagining the worst, or you're just imagining the worst, and seeing it. And it's like a loop, isn't it? It's just a loop that keeps going round, round, round and around and round. And it doesn't get smaller, it gets bigger. It starts to affect everything else because instead of this one little issue that you had, it's now spiraled out of control. That's when it gets really big. And obviously, if things are getting that big, really, really, really, really big, I do suggest go and get one to one therapy. Suggest it every time. And I think, you know, get a really great hypnotist, an NLP practitioner, somebody does timeline therapy, they'll smash it for you that quickly. But we're talking about just getting that, that monkey mind, that chattering mind, that continual thing of what we always. But we all seem together. It's a big generalization, Cloughie. But that's what we get, you know, when worry becomes. Or seems to be endless, doesn't it, sometimes? And it's so hard. I know I'm gonna tell you this and you're gonna think, yeah, of course it is cluy. But it is trying to do you some bloody good. Worry has a positive intention. But when you can't seem to think straight and you can't think of anything else and you get that bloody overwhelm. And it can lead to little panic attacks, can't it? It does lead to a loss of performance in other areas of our life. It does affect our, communication with people, our connection with people, our relationships. You know, we get short with people, we get angry sometimes we just flip and we know it's wrong, you know it's not the right thing to do. But somehow it just triggers that all for this wonderful positive intention. I'm trying to keep you safe, which is really weird. and we'll go through that weirdness of that. So that's where we're going. We're going to dive deeply in a nice easy way to how to stop this overthinking. And m. We're not gonna do any usual way. I m want to say the usual way. We're going toa do it in my way. Bits of, maybe not quite hypnosis, but sort of a little bit of visualization, a little bit of deeper thinking. And may we're just seeing things from a different perspective because when you look at things differently, the things you look at become different. And that's what this is all about. And also understanding this positive intention. Because when you get that, and when you get the positive intention and you also get your unconscious mind to understand, there's a conflict for what it's trying to do for you and what it's actually producing. That's when the big changes work, the big changes come into it and we can access those changes. So that's where we're going.     Imagine waking up tomorrow with a clear mind and feeling confident and competent   So first, first imagine. Imagine this. This is a real great thing to do. Imagine this if you were, to wake up one morning, maybe tomorrow morning. Maybe tomorrow morning. If you were to wake up tomorrow morning and you open your eyes and it didn't matter what the weather was doing. It could be pissing down, it could be sunshine, it could be anything. But you wake up and you've got a lovely clear mind and you just feel comfortable. You feel like you can do what you need to do. You feel. Call it in control. You've got a lovely clear mind. And you just know the day is going toa be okay. And things will happen, but you'll deal with them. I mean, how would that be? How would that be? Imagine it now, waking up with that clear mind. What would you see? What would you see as you opened your eyes? How would you see the world? Would it be a little bit Brighter? Would it be as it is now, the real world? What would your internal pictures in your mind look like for the day ahead? What would you hear? Maybe you'd start to hear the real world outside or the real world inside. Wherever you're waking up just there, the noise, the noise of being alive. And when you're seeing the day and the days ahead, they're going to be okay, and you're hearing the noise in a nice way, how would that make you feel? Not only, I guess, not only comfortable, but it probably be a little bit more confident, competent, maybe you're a little bit curious, maybe a little bit more grateful. I don't know, what would you be doing? What would you start doing? And I think for me, when I think about

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  2. FMQ 482 10 Minutes To Freedom

    5 DAYS AGO

    FMQ 482 10 Minutes To Freedom

    10 Minutes To Freedom From????? This is 5 minutes to ask you a question I know the answer to. The thing is, you know the answer and don't realise how important it is to do it, as it will change what you achieve every day. "BIG call Cloughie" Yup! Come with me for 5 minutes and begin to shine Then take 30 seconds to share: https://personaldevelopmentunplugged.com/fmq-482-10-minutes-to-freedom/ Shine Brightly 🌟 Paul Hey there! I’d love to hear from you—questions, feedback, requests—all welcome. Drop me a line or leave a comment. If you've enjoyed this episode or any other, please share and subscribe! You can reach me at feedback@personaldevelopmentunplugged.com. Subscribe to the Podcast Ready to subscribe? Click here to explore your options. Or, if you're on Apple Music or iTunes, you can go straight to subscribe or leave a review here. Special Programs for You For tools on developing Supreme Inner Confidence, finding Freedom from Anxiety, or specialized Hypnosis Tracks, visit PaulCloughOnline.com. Free Hypnosis Tracks Want access to my FREE hypnosis tracks? Head over to paulcloughonline.com/podcast. Connect with Me Follow me on Twitter: @pcloughie Remember: I'm a therapist, but I'm not your therapist. This podcast and any of my online resources are for educational purposes only. Never use the hypnosis tracks or exercises if you're operating machinery, driving, or if you have epilepsy or psychiatric conditions. Always consult a healthcare provider if you're unsure. Find Us on Other Platforms Catch the podcast on Spotify, Castbox, iHeart Radio, YouTube, or on our Libsyn page. Stay tuned, and keep shining brightly. ✨ Music Credits Music by Wataboi, DreamHeaven, ccjmusic, and others from Pixabay.     Personal development [self improvement] [self development] [NLP] [Hypnosis]

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  3. #430.1 Hypnosis the 3 Foundations Of Self Development

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    #430.1 Hypnosis the 3 Foundations Of Self Development

    Hypnosis The 3 Foundations Of Self-Development Following on from the longer episode of the same name I decided to create a deep hypnosis track to assist in the commitment to creating the best version of you, building on these 3 foundations. PLEASE REMEMBER this is hypnosis so have nothing that needs your attention for the next 20 minutes or so. This is your time to devote solely to you. This will also be put on the dedicated hypnosis and process page of my website - paulcloughonline.com/podcast where you find some 70 tracks of hypnosis and NLP processes all with my compliments. I'd go into more detail but it does what it says on the can  :O) Please enjoy and share Shine Brightly 🌟 Paul Hey there! I’d love to hear from you—questions, feedback, requests—all welcome. Drop me a line or leave a comment. If you've enjoyed this episode or any other, please share and subscribe! You can reach me at feedback@personaldevelopmentunplugged.com. Subscribe to the Podcast Ready to subscribe? Click here to explore your options. Or, if you're on Apple Music or iTunes, you can go straight to subscribe or leave a review here. Special Programs for You For tools on developing Supreme Inner Confidence, finding Freedom from Anxiety, or specialized Hypnosis Tracks, visit PaulCloughOnline.com. Free Hypnosis Tracks Want access to my FREE hypnosis tracks? Head over to paulcloughonline.com/podcast. Connect with Me Follow me on Twitter: @pcloughie Remember: I'm a therapist, but I'm not your therapist. This podcast and any of my online resources are for educational purposes only. Never use the hypnosis tracks or exercises if you're operating machinery, driving, or if you have epilepsy or psychiatric conditions. Always consult a healthcare provider if you're unsure. Find Us on Other Platforms Catch the podcast on Spotify, Castbox, iHeart Radio, YouTube, or on our Libsyn page. Stay tuned, and keep shining brightly. ✨ Music Credits Music by Wataboi, DreamHeaven, ccjmusic, and others from Pixabay.   Personal development [self improvement] [self development] [NLP] [Hypnosis]

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  4. #430 The 3 Foundations of Self Development

    FEB 7

    #430 The 3 Foundations of Self Development

    The 3 Foundations of Self-Development and Change Three Pillars for Good Mental Health Or you could say Building the Best Version of You   Hey, my unplugged friends! Welcome back to another episode of the Personal Development Unplugged Podcast. Today, we're diving into the core of personal change work—the foundation that supports all your efforts to become the best version of yourself. Forget the complicated stuff; we're keeping it simple with three essential elements: sleep, food, and movement. These are the pillars that hold up your mental health and overall well-being. Whether you're dealing with anxiety, depression, or just looking to improve your life, getting these basics right is crucial. They're interconnected, and you can't focus on one without considering the others. What We’ll Cover Here's what we'll explore in this episode: Sleep: Discover why a consistent sleep routine is vital and how small changes can make a big difference. Food: Learn how to fuel your body with the right nutrients and why hydration is key. Movement: Understand the importance of regular exercise and how it benefits your mind and body. These aren't just tips; they're actionable steps you can take today. No more excuses about time, energy, or resources. It's all about making small, sustainable changes that add up over time. Remember, I'm not a doctor or a nutritionist—just someone who's passionate about personal development and knows what works. So, let's get started on building a strong foundation for your mental health and personal growth. If you find this episode helpful, please share it with someone who might benefit. And don't forget to subscribe for more insights and practical advice. https://personaldevelopmentunplugged.com/430-the-3-foundations-of-self-development Take care, shine brightly, and I'll see you on the other side. Shine Brightly 🌟 Paul Hey there! I’d love to hear from you—questions, feedback, requests—all welcome. Drop me a line or leave a comment. If you've enjoyed this episode or any other, please share and subscribe! You can reach me at feedback@personaldevelopmentunplugged.com. Subscribe to the Podcast Ready to subscribe? Click here to explore your options. Or, if you're on Apple Music or iTunes, you can go straight to subscribe or leave a review here. Special Programs for You For tools on developing Supreme Inner Confidence, finding Freedom from Anxiety, or specialized Hypnosis Tracks, visit PaulCloughOnline.com. Free Hypnosis Tracks Want access to my FREE hypnosis tracks? Head over to paulcloughonline.com/podcast. Connect with Me Follow me on Twitter: @pcloughie Remember: I'm a therapist, but I'm not your therapist. This podcast and any of my online resources are for educational purposes only. Never use the hypnosis tracks or exercises if you're operating machinery, driving, or if you have epilepsy or psychiatric conditions. Always consult a healthcare provider if you're unsure. Find Us on Other Platforms Catch the podcast on Spotify, Castbox, iHeart Radio, YouTube, or on our Libsyn page. Stay tuned, and keep shining brightly. ✨ Music Credits Music by Wataboi, DreamHeaven, ccjmusic, and others from Pixabay.     And the transcript WARNING if you're a lover of the written word this may make you frustrated, or angry - you have been warned - is it an 'ism And this is where we're going to dive into all sorts of blooming stuff to make personal development simple, easy to follow. Was it deconstruct? I think. I think the term is deconstruct the complicate to make things easy for ourselves. Because I can't do complicated, I really can't. So what are we going toa talk about? Well, it's. Call it the foundation of change work because I often get questions like this in all either from clients or different forums and Q&As. And the question is, what's the best hypnosis track for? And you fill in the blank or what's the best process I can use for fill in the blank? And that even comes from therapists as well, which is quite weird. They should know about cause and effect, deal with the cause and then you'll find the process. Or you even get. People would say, I'm struggling with my mental health. What the bloody hell is, Mental health's so vague, isn't it? So bloody vague. I'm struggling with my mental health now. I sympathize, I really do. I want to be compassionate, I am compassionate about it, so I want to help you. That's why I do this, this podcast. But struggling with your menal health is vague. And for each one of those things you need to get more specific in the type of help that you want, the type of things that you're. You're having issues with. And there's a place for all of that in personal development. And here I hope to provide you the best things that I can offer you to find the best solutions to mental health processes, hypnosis tracks, but real fundamentals of personal change work so you can be the best version of yourself. Letting go of things like ocd, depression, anxiety, fear, all that type of. Well, they're just behaviours, by the way. They're just behaviours and that's why we can change behavioior and we just find the cause. Here's the thing. Let's look at what you can do right now for your mental health without a hypnosis track, without a process, without anything other than. I think some people call them pillars, some people call them legs of a blooming table. I just think they're the found. It's a foundation, foundation. And it comes in three. Three things, they're joined together. You can't have one without the other. Really. Not if you really want to make the best, version of yourself and be the best version and enjoy the best version of yourself. And that's not all about having mentalal health issues. You can be absolutely superbly fining yourself, but you wanna make a better version of yourself because we can.     Sleep, food and movement are all good for your mental health   So I wanna talk about today in this episode. I wanna dive into the three things that, are really good for your mental health. For things such as anxiety, you know, unconfidence. And the three things of this are these rather. Sleep, food and movement. What? That's nothing to do with hypnosis and processes and nlp. I know, but if you aren't getting the right amount of sleep and if you're not eating a reasonable diet, I'm not talking about super healthy, but a reasonable diet and you're not moving, then you, you gotta get that right. That's a foundation. Because if you might be eating right, you might be moving. But if you're not sleeping right, then obviously your movement's gonna suffer. And when you move, it suffers and you get sluggish and you think, oh, soddry, I'll just eat a little bit more of that comfort food. But here's the thing. I'm not a bloody sleep doctor, I'm not a nutritionalist, and I'm certainly not a apt personal trainer. So I'm gonna talk to you about sleep, food and movement, because that's what I want to tell you. Ca. Because they just work. And you see, as I said, they're all joined. So you have to, Each one will affect the other. And therefore we really have to look at all three together. Because you just work on one, the other two will fail or the other two will flounder a little bit. So we need to keep topping them up and noticing the areas of. Where we really need to look at things. You know, if you're always tired, I'm, like, I've been there, felt so tired today. O. I've been to the gym. Didn't really do much though. I just, I let myself off, didn't do an awful lot. And do you know what? I came back and had a cake with my coffee and I've just done, nothing. And you see, you can see each one of those will affect the other. And they're so. I think they're pretty simple to get right or not necessarily perfect because nothing is perfect. But you can work on each. And as you're working on each of those three to get a better, balance. Then if there is anything that you're suffering from and call it a mental health issue, such as anxiety, fear, unconfidence, ocd, you name it, imposter syndrome, all that stuff, then you're in a better place to be able to work in and on that stuff. And that's when things like the hypnosis tracks and the processes just works so much better. So let's have a look. Sleep. I told you I'm not sleep doctor. Because there's loads of bloody podcasts out there on sleep, and interviewing sleep doctors. And what happens to your sleep when you're suffering from anxiety or, well, you name anything else like that. Well, your sleep suffers and you have to do something about it. So you need, basically you can listen to all the podcasts. Yeah, but what does it come down to? Getting a regime and no excuse. All of these are no excuses, by the way. You know, you can't give an excuse. Well, I can't do it because, you know, o there's. Now you need that solid regime just to get back on track. Once you get back on track, you'll create a lovely routine for yourself that works for you. So no excuses. So things like coffee before you go to bed. O, no, you're going to get the people who go, oh, it doesn't affect me. Don't care whether it doesn't affect you. Just cut it out. Do the best you can for yourself. Turn the lights down a little bit before you go to bed. Just slowly start to bring things down. And yeah, occasionally you're gonna have late nights, but look to hit that bedtime at the right time. Oh, and you're gonna go, oh, Paul, this is a bit boring now. No, it's only boring because you're gonna end up being boring if you don't do these type of things because, say, you're gonna suffer with those anxiety, the fears, they're got toa come and get you. Now, if you've got your health, as in sleeping health, you're gonna be more equipped for the day and, the waking day. And imagine when you sleep, that's when you recharge, when your unconscious mind tries to sort things out for you. So give it the best opportunity you can by goi

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  5. FMQ 481 Acting As If - Is Weird

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    FMQ 481 Acting As If - Is Weird

    Acting As If - Is Weird Some think Acting as If is like faking it until you make it and that's so far from the truth. Acting as if is part of modelling other people's skills and is also the 5th Key of the 5 keys to success. Remembering that any changes in your physiology create changes in your emotions and the pictures in your mind that create your behaviours. It's a 5-minute quickie so buckle up and be ready to muse. Please share this episode and what you have learned https://personaldevelopmentunplugged.com/fmq-481-acting-as-if-is-weird/ and the video is here https://youtu.be/iSr3N-apSDw Shine Brightly 🌟 Paul Hey there! I’d love to hear from you—questions, feedback, requests—all welcome. Drop me a line or leave a comment. If you've enjoyed this episode or any other, please share and subscribe! You can reach me at feedback@personaldevelopmentunplugged.com. Subscribe to the Podcast Ready to subscribe? Click here to explore your options. Or, if you're on Apple Music or iTunes, you can go straight to subscribe or leave a review here. Special Programs for You For tools on developing Supreme Inner Confidence, finding Freedom from Anxiety, or specialized Hypnosis Tracks, visit PaulCloughOnline.com. Free Hypnosis Tracks Want access to my FREE hypnosis tracks? Head over to paulcloughonline.com/podcast. Connect with Me Follow me on Twitter: @pcloughie Remember: I'm a therapist, but I'm not your therapist. This podcast and any of my online resources are for educational purposes only. Never use the hypnosis tracks or exercises if you're operating machinery, driving, or if you have epilepsy or psychiatric conditions. Always consult a healthcare provider if you're unsure. Find Us on Other Platforms Catch the podcast on Spotify, Castbox, iHeart Radio, YouTube, or on our Libsyn page. Stay tuned, and keep shining brightly. ✨ Music Credits Music by Wataboi, DreamHeaven, ccjmusic, and others from Pixabay. Personal development [self improvement] [self development] [NLP] [Hypnosis]

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  6. #429 When Anxiety Whispers

    JAN 31

    #429 When Anxiety Whispers

    When Anxiety Whispers Or Listening to the Whisper of Anxiety Transform Fear into Insight Hey, my unplugged friends! Have you ever felt anxiety creeping in, like a whisper that grows louder until it’s hard to ignore? If you’ve been there (and let’s be honest, who hasn’t?), this episode is for you. Today, we’re turning the tables on anxiety, exploring how those whispers might actually be signals for change. What if anxiety isn’t just random? What if it’s your unconscious mind’s way of keeping you safe and nudging you toward growth? Together, we’re going to discover how to really listen to those whispers without letting them take over. Here’s What You’ll Learn Today: The Hidden Message of Anxiety Anxiety isn’t just noise—it’s your unconscious mind trying to send you a message. Let’s uncover the positive intentions behind it. Breaking the Cycle Stop running from anxiety. With simple techniques like pausing, breathing, and acknowledging it, we’ll learn how to face it head-on. Curiosity as a Superpower By staying curious, we can decode what our anxiety is trying to tell us, turning fear into actionable insights. Empowerment Through Awareness When we listen to these whispers, we can learn from past experiences, break unhelpful patterns, and align with what truly matters. This episode is all about shifting your perspective. Instead of dreading anxiety, let’s celebrate it as a sign that you’re ready to grow and learn. Yes, it might feel uncomfortable, but those whispers? They’re here to guide you. Ready to transform anxiety into insight? Let’s dive in together. Tune in, and if this episode resonates with you, please share it with someone who might need a little encouragement today. Let’s spread the word and help more people on their journey of personal development! Listen now: When Anxiety Whispers Until next time—stay curious and shine brightly, Paul Shine Brightly 🌟 Paul Hey there! I’d love to hear from you—questions, feedback, requests—all welcome. Drop me a line or leave a comment. If you've enjoyed this episode or any other, please share and subscribe! You can reach me at feedback@personaldevelopmentunplugged.com. Subscribe to the Podcast Ready to subscribe? Click here to explore your options. Or, if you're on Apple Music or iTunes, you can go straight to subscribe or leave a review here. Special Programs for You For tools on developing Supreme Inner Confidence, finding Freedom from Anxiety, or specialized Hypnosis Tracks, visit PaulCloughOnline.com. Free Hypnosis Tracks Want access to my FREE hypnosis tracks? Head over to paulcloughonline.com/podcast. Connect with Me Follow me on Twitter: @pcloughie Remember: I'm a therapist, but I'm not your therapist. This podcast and any of my online resources are for educational purposes only. Never use the hypnosis tracks or exercises if you're operating machinery, driving, or if you have epilepsy or psychiatric conditions. Always consult a healthcare provider if you're unsure. Find Us on Other Platforms Catch the podcast on Spotify, Castbox, iHeart Radio, YouTube, or on our Libsyn page. Stay tuned, and keep shining brightly. ✨ Music Credits Music by Wataboi, DreamHeaven, ccjmusic, and others from Pixabay.     And the transcript WARNING if you're a lover of the written word this may make you frustrated, or angry - you have been warned - is it an 'ism Some time ago, I got really anxious, and it was all to do with. I got, like, a text that was sort of threatening, wasn't a nice one. And I started to make pictures in my mind, having conversations with myself. And the pictures got worse, bigger. The words never stopped. And I kept looping from one to the other how bad this situation could be. And at the time, I've talked about this before, but at the time, I was away out of the country, so whatever happened, there was no way that I was going to meet this person who was sending this threatening text. But I still got anxious. It still affected me. Isn't that weird? Or the other w of this can happen is we just get a feeling, a feeling of fear, maybe, and we suddenly bef frightened about something. Not quite sure what, though. Or you just get that anxious feeling in your tummy, but it's not very specific, is it? It's just there. We're not quite sure what it is. We might do, we might know little about it, but not that sure, but it's just there.     This episode is called When Anxiety whispers. Does that resonate with you   Hey, welcome to the personal development Unplug podcast. You, you with the old earbuds in ge. Does that resonate with you? Because, you know, we're calling this, episode when Anxiety whispers. Now, neither of those is really a whisper. Was it, you know, the feeling, of fear? Anxiety doesn't feel like a whisper, but it is. And I tell you for why. Shortly you'll get it for why, where the whisper comes from. But the thing is, what I want to go through in this episode is what the whisper is trying to do for you. So what's the purpose? The purpose of having these feelings, these anxious feelings, and what it is, it's not random, is it? Or is it? We tend to think they're random. Why am I feeling this way? And I don't even know what it is that's random, but it isn't. It's your best friend, your unconscious mind, responding to something. It wants you to be safe, it wants to protect you. And so it's got a wonderful positive intention, but it doesn't feel good. But that's the whisper. Sometimes it's like letting you know, telling you that you're out of alignment. What does that mean? It's like. Well, it just doesn't. Something doesn't feel right in a relationship. We've all had those feelings, haven't we? Or is it just me. When something isn't quite right, can't put your finger on it, but you get a feeling. Every time you think about particular thing, you get a feeling, or maybe it's in your career, your job, the thing you do most days, you have this feeling that something isn't quite right. I've had that, quite a few times, and it's always proved to be right when I listen to it. Maybe it's a behavior or a habit that you've got that you know you're doing it and then you get that feeling and it's just showing you this behavior, this habit, isn't in alignment with who you really are. It's not right. It's not right for you. Might even be something like an unresolved emotion that's bubbling up to the surface now. You know, maybe just anxiety, but you're. A little bit anxiety. It feels maybe a little bit of grief or a bit of sadness or whatever. You fill in the blank. But it's like an unresolved emotion that's coming to the surface. And what this means is that you're ready, you're ready to learn. You're in the right place. So it's time to celebrate. Even though it doesn't feel that good, it's time to celebrate. Celebrate this icky feeling. Weird, cluy. I know, but come with me with this. Come with me with this. You see, the only reason it feels weird is because it tends to be a direct conflict. Your unconscious mind is trying to protect you, try to keep you safe, but they actually, you don't feel protected. and you don't feel safe. It's trying to let you learn from something, to keep you safer in the future. But at the moment, this feeling, this sadness, this grief or whatever doesn't feel good. And, so what do we do? What do we normally do? Well, we try to suppress it, don't we? We try to push it down, push it away. Try this with somebody. It's a weird thing to do. I do it with my clients. I just say, just hold your hand out, put your arm up and hold your hand out. And then I'll put my hand on their hand and I'll start to push it, push it back. I guarantee you 199.99% they'll push back. Because when you push something away, it always comes back stronger. And all this is, is a whisper, pay attention. And, when we push it away, we're notnna listen, we're notnna hear. And your unconscious mind is going to say, well you will listen to me. So I'm going to shout louder and the shouting louder is to make those feelings more intense, those negative feelings, those negative emotions more intense. Even though the positive intention is to make you feel better, it's going toa make you feel worse until you listen. So how do we listen? How do we listen to the whisper? We'll call it a whisper because a whispers. You know, some people say it's rude to whisper, but it's your unconscious mind whispering in a certain way just for you, just to you. And if you notice it doesn't stop, it will always keep whispering, trying to give you that information. So how can we listen? How can we listen to that whisper? Stopping, pausing and breathing, literally breaking the pattern. It's called a pattern interrupted nlp breaking the pattern of those thoughts and things and go woo. Just one moment, the stop and the pause and the breathing is now no longer pushing away. You're not accepting it by the way, but you're acknowledging it. I just say, well, thank you for this shitty feeling. Made myself laugh again. Thank you for trying to protect me. Thank you for whispering, thank you for getting me to pay attention.     Get curious about your unconscious mind and ask what it wants you to know   And once you've acknowledged it in this quiet time, and this quiet time doesn't have to be hours and hours, it could just be a couple of minutes. Just for the moment, just get curious. We can all get curious. Just think of a time when you've been curious. Could have been anything. Oh, I think I need to know something. That's curiosity. Get that feeling of curiosity and ask with your internal voice what I am afraid of. What do I need to address? What do I need to change? What is this feeling trying to tell me? and actually be more personal, I think. What are you trying to tell me? You my unconscious mind. What do I need to listen to? Give me a clue. And if you just listen with all your senses, which means not just

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  7. FMQ 480 The Antidote To Negative Comments

    JAN 28

    FMQ 480 The Antidote To Negative Comments

    The Antidote To Negative Comments Yo My Friend! Nit Pickers! Nothing is right for them and they bring you down. This works for our biggest critic - US - YOU!!!!!!! But do you have to be brought down - absolutely not! Come with me for 5 minutes and we'll muse on ways to see the world differently when you take control.   Please share  https://personaldevelopmentunplugged.com/fmq-480-the-antidote-to-negative-comments And the video of this recording is here: https://youtu.be/0zKd9CdSTTA   Shine Brightly 🌟 Paul Hey there! I’d love to hear from you—questions, feedback, requests—all welcome. Drop me a line or leave a comment. If you've enjoyed this episode or any other, please share and subscribe! You can reach me at feedback@personaldevelopmentunplugged.com. Subscribe to the Podcast Ready to subscribe? Click here to explore your options. Or, if you're on Apple Music or iTunes, you can go straight to subscribe or leave a review here. Special Programs for You For tools on developing Supreme Inner Confidence, finding Freedom from Anxiety, or specialized Hypnosis Tracks, visit PaulCloughOnline.com. Free Hypnosis Tracks Want access to my FREE hypnosis tracks? Head over to paulcloughonline.com/podcast. Connect with Me Follow me on Twitter: @pcloughie Remember: I'm a therapist, but I'm not your therapist. This podcast and any of my online resources are for educational purposes only. Never use the hypnosis tracks or exercises if you're operating machinery, driving, or if you have epilepsy or psychiatric conditions. Always consult a healthcare provider if you're unsure. Find Us on Other Platforms Catch the podcast on Spotify, Castbox, iHeart Radio, YouTube, or on our Libsyn page. Stay tuned, and keep shining brightly. ✨ Music Credits Music by Wataboi, DreamHeaven, ccjmusic, and others from Pixabay. Personal development [self improvement] [self development] [NLP] [Hypnosis]

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  8. #428  New Year Resolution- What A Dick I Was

    JAN 24

    #428 New Year Resolution- What A Dick I Was

    New Year Resolution What A Dick I Was I'm Rethinking Resolutions – From Dickishness to Empowerment Hey, welcome back to the Personal Development Unplugged Podcast – your space to dive into the real stuff that makes life better. In today’s episode, we’re shaking things up and rethinking New Year’s resolutions. Ever feel like you’re being a total “dick” for ranting against the whole New Year’s resolution thing? I know I have, and guess what – I’m here to apologize for it. I’ve always felt resolutions should be something we set any day of the year, not just on New Year’s Eve. But hey, who am I to decide? For many, that quiet time between Christmas and New Year is the perfect chance to reflect and set goals. So let’s embrace it! Now, here’s the deal: Instead of falling into the trap of vague and painful resolutions (you know, stuff like “lose weight” or “quit bad habits”), how about we focus on the joy of change? Let’s turn those “shoulds” into “wows” and set resolutions that excite us. How? By making them personal – focusing on what truly matters to you, not what everyone else thinks. Here’s a quick exercise: Grab a notebook and jot down three things you’d like to change about yourself – physically, emotionally, or behaviorally. Now, take about ten minutes and brainstorm anything else you’d like to change or improve. Let your imagination run wild! When you’re done, see if any of these new ideas replace the initial three you wrote down. Next, pick the one change that would make the biggest difference in your life. Ask yourself: What would this change allow me to do? How would it transform my life? What beliefs would support this change? Write those down and let yourself feel the excitement! Now comes the best part: What’s the smallest step you can take toward this change? And, most importantly, schedule it. Small, consistent steps are what lead to the big transformations. Please share what you learn: https://personaldevelopmentunplugged.com/428-new-year-resolution-what-a-dick-i-was And don’t worry – I’m here to help. If you need any support or have questions, reach out to me anytime at feedback@personaldevelopmentunplugged.com. Let’s make these resolutions stick – and let’s make changes that really matter. Together, we can make the world a brighter place, one small step at a time. Subscribe, share, and keep growing. Shine Brightly 🌟 Paul Hey there! I’d love to hear from you—questions, feedback, requests—all welcome. Drop me a line or leave a comment. If you've enjoyed this episode or any other, please share and subscribe! You can reach me at feedback@personaldevelopmentunplugged.com. Subscribe to the Podcast Ready to subscribe? Click here to explore your options. Or, if you're on Apple Music or iTunes, you can go straight to subscribe or leave a review here. Special Programs for You For tools on developing Supreme Inner Confidence, finding Freedom from Anxiety, or specialized Hypnosis Tracks, visit PaulCloughOnline.com. Free Hypnosis Tracks Want access to my FREE hypnosis tracks? Head over to paulcloughonline.com/podcast. Connect with Me Follow me on Twitter: @pcloughie Remember: I'm a therapist, but I'm not your therapist. This podcast and any of my online resources are for educational purposes only. Never use the hypnosis tracks or exercises if you're operating machinery, driving, or if you have epilepsy or psychiatric conditions. Always consult a healthcare provider if you're unsure. Find Us on Other Platforms Catch the podcast on Spotify, Castbox, iHeart Radio, YouTube, or on our Libsyn page. Stay tuned, and keep shining brightly. ✨ Music Credits Music by Wataboi, DreamHeaven, ccjmusic, and others from Pixabay.         And the transcript WARNING if you're a lover of the written word this may make you frustrated, or angry - you have been warned - is it an 'ism Have you ever thought what I thought? And that thought was like the title, what a dick. And that's me I'm talking about, by the way. What a dick am I. What a dick was I. And I had that thought just a little while ago. Why? Why, you ask? Because you're not. You're not a dick, Cloughie. I know you're saying that, really, I wish you well. It'd be nice if you did think that. But, hey, this is where I'm coming from. This is what I was thinking about. every year, every blooming year, I have a rant. I have a rant about New Year's resolutions. And it's about the time, it's about that time. And I was going to do that. I was going to do another rent. You see, most people, and this is what I do, I do it after most people's New Year's resolutions have disappeared. They started them with the best of intentions. Ish. And, they disappear. And I go on this rant saying how crazy it is to do New Year s resolutions in the New Year. Well, wait, I don't know what other time you do New Year s resolution. But, hey, you see, my thought was, why, only at, New year, we've got 365 days plus one on a leap year to make resolutions. And, I thought that was a brilliant thing to say. What a dick. What a bloody dick. Who am I to say what's right or wrong? And, I apologize. I truly, truly, truly apologize for being an absolute dickhead. And that's what I'm doing. I'm apologizing. So why am I doing this podcast now, then? Well, I still believe. I still believe there's 365 days in a year, plus a leap year day and all that stuff. And any day is good for a resolution. But the thing is, as I say, who am I? You see, if for some people, and, I'm one of them sometimes, well, I did it the other day. My son did it the other day. You see, for some people, this period after Christmas, before the New Year, is the only time that there seems to be time present. There seems to be spare time. It's a time of the year where we forget what day it is. You know, is it a Monday? Is it Tuesday, whatever. But there seems to be more time present. And I think sometimes the masses, the noise turns to New Year's resolutions. You know, we're pushed, I think, into New Year's resolutions. I heard the other day on the radio these people telling how good New Year's resolutions were. And I did buy it. I did buy it. I was going to do my little rant and again, what a dick. And then, then a bloody thought about it. Hooray. I thought to myself, don't be such a dick if that's what people do, if this is what we do. Because you did it yourself, Cluer. You sat down last night actually, and started to think about what you really want. It is a time to help people with that process, to help people with the process of resolutions. You use resolutions to make them successful. And the thing is, what I thought to myself was, if I can give that a little bit of help, share a couple of ways that would make that process successful. So New Year's resolution actually doesn't just bloody disappear, doesn't fade away. Then, maybe we'll start to think about that other 364 or five days that at any time when, when we do some change work, we just decide to do it. Because that day, that time will be right. So let's just have a little look or.     New Year's resolutions tend to be pretty general, don't they   Well, I had a little look. What, are New Year's resolutions? Yeah, I know that it's something we want to do, but just think about for a moment. I did. They tend to be pretty general, don't they? And I think they tend to be peer pressure, media pressure, you know, all that noise pressure. Lose weight. I'm gonna lose weight this year. I'm, gonna stop drinking this year. I'm gonna cut down my alcohol. I'm gonna run miles and miles and miles and miles and miles a day. And I'm going to start stop doing stuff. I'm, going to stop doing the stuff that I've been doing. I want to start doing other stuff. But when we look at each one of those, losing weight, stop drinking, running miles, stop doing the stuff that we've been doing for a long time, start doing stuff that we haven't done for a long time. I think the initial thought is, that's bloody painful. It doesn't enthused, does it? it doesn't jump out and go, yeah, yippee, I'm gonna lose weight. That's going toa be easy. O I'm just going toa stop drinking because I like drinking. I want toa run miles a day. Yeah. And all that stuff. So why wouldn't they bloody fel there we all hate pain, don't we? We all love some pleasure, don't we? I love pleasure. Pleasure is a nice thing. Wallowing. Pleasure is one of the little things I love to say. You know, there's something that gives you pleasure, wallow in it. Because it's a nice thing. And you're generally pretty safe when you do that in the world, or pretty safe in the world when you do that. It's like carrot and stick. Do you like being whoop round the head with a stick or do you be like. Or do you like being given a treat? I know that if you give someone a compliment compliment on something that they generally genuinely not generally genuinely have done a pretty good job, they will do it even better. And the stuff that they don't do quite so good, that comes up as well. Yet if you just criticize with that stick, they just retreat into a shell, and nothing gets better. so how can I help change that? That's what I thought. How can I help? Well, I look back and I use Cast Box a lot. That's a lovely little app for listening to podcasts. And, I've subscribed to my own podcast, the Personal Development unplugged podcast, just like you have. You have, you did, didn't you? If you haven't do it now. Do it right now. Just subscribe. You'll get the podcast Wednesdays and a Saturday. And you see, I look back through podcasts because you can search. And I just put the search term, goal in and there's at least 15 episodes comes up in that search just for the term gold. So I've done loads of episodes. Two very specific ones I did around about. It was in February. So it's like this thing after my rant, I then wanted to do something po

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A podcast for those wanting personal development but want it made simple and easy to understand and more importantly use, take action and make a difference to your life and the world you live in. If you want to change the way you feel and the way you act and react. If you have negative emotions, behaviours, that you want to lose forever and create something special in your life then I think you will like what you hear. This genre of self-improvement, self-development and mastery of your mind has, I believe, been made over complicated and secretive and here I am de-constructing the processes into their simple forms that we can all understand and easily use. There’s no interviews just little ol’ me ;0) Who am I and what do I do?………Paul Clough. I now love helping making changes in people and guiding them to create the life they really want. A personal look at me: The above sentence was not always the case and being the best in the financial realms of the building industry was my aim and getting there by any means. I now know this is, and was, the worst way ~ even if I did make director of one of the largest building companies in Cambridge by the age of 30. One of the major realisations came on my first ever training in hypnosis. I found that it’s not a win lose world and that a win win is only a low basis to live. Being true to your beliefs and coming from a place of integrity where service is paramount. This understanding together with lots of NLP skills helped create my last partnership in the building industry grow from a turnover of £800k to £16m in less than twelve years and that can only be done with giving more than expected. Another shaping of me came from two traumatic events in my life that happened within six months of each other which created a number of major changes in me and by beliefs in what is possible. I have written about my experience and how I dealt with it but more importantly it really showed me my love for my three boys and theirs for me and resulted in the step up to become a trainer of NLP (which I never intended) and my close and exciting work with two of my sons. In supporting Joseph and help create change in people in our training’s and his wonderful life changing ‘Be your potential weekend’ and with Luke the continuing development of Cambridge Hypnotherapy and Hypnosis processes. My relationship with my third son Daniel just keeps getting better and better too. Not knowing how good I had become in change work in the beginning I generally studied, practiced and saw clients then things started to happen when I started to work following just my instincts. Two clients come to mind both in effect dying from the effects of what was happening to them and the way they felt and within one and two sessions respectively not only won the will to live they changed virtually in front of my eyes and being apart of that process was and is the best feeling alive. The above are just three of many brilliant learnings I have had in my life. The more formal bit Paul Clough I am a Trainer and Master Practitioner of NLP and Hypnosis and am passionate in assisting those who want to reach their full potential and his special skills form a unique foundation for success. I constantly seek and develop new skills and learning’s – through advanced levels of Neuro Linguistic Programming (NLP), Time Line Therapy ™, Hypnosis and to improve everyone I work with. I have an understanding of the mind/body connection which enables me to create in my clients the difference that makes the difference ~ from excellence to outstanding. For those that want qualifications: Certified Trainer and Consultant of Neuro-Linguistic Programming Certified Master Practitioner of NLP & Time Line Therapy Certified Master Hypnotist and Hypnotherapist

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