Personal Development Unplugged

I'm Confused and That's Great! Now that's confusing!!!!!!! It's not the longest episode and all will become clear as you listen - It always does because that's what happens when you learn something new. Confusion becomes clarity. I'm sharing with you examples of my experiences and explaining why, the how, and those times when we just give up. If only we had waited just a short while. SO now you can look forward to being confused knowing you're on the right path and ready to springboard to the next level - now that's got to be exciting.    :O) Please share and subscribe: https://personaldevelopmentunplugged.com/382-im-confused-and-thats-great/ 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 Musi

How Fast is Too Fast? Everything is happening so fast, the quick fix, mind hack and is wanted right now - is that a good thing? Now I know emotional change-work works really well when we work fast, why would you draw out better ways to be? Personal development, yours and mine is a lifelong adventure, not a journey unless you call it a hero's journey. It should be a thing of beauty and each moment one to savor. We call it enjoy the process and again I ask why wouldn't you want to enjoy the process and those steps of creating the best version of yourself. My intention in this episode is to encourage you to muse over this concept of finding joy over the rush. Please share and enjoy https://personaldevelopmentunplugged.com/fmq-435-how-fast-is-too-fast/ 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 subscrib

Fanning The Flames and Nipping The Bud Wouldn't it be great to have a metaphor and use it for two things not just one? We all have issues (don't we? or is it just me?) that if we dealt with them early would never become an issue and Don't we all get those intuitive idea moments when we look back and say if only I had acted on them - Or is that just me again?   :O) In this episode, I think I have found a way to do both, deal with issues quickly and act upon those moments of inspiration. I'll also mix up my metaphors which I think will really get into both your conscious and unconscious minds and you will begin to act and make so many positive changes in your life. The best thing is you will be taking responsibility for both nipping your negative issues before they start to take hold and fanning the motivation to create success. Please share this episode to help others and hit that subscribe/follow button: https://personaldevelopmentunplugged.com/381-fanning-the-flames-and-nipping-the-bud Shine brightly Paul P

The Only Mind Hack That Works The internet is full of quick fixes, one-step, get-it-quick BS and in my mind preying on the lazy. And I know we all get caught and end up disappointed. With that in mind, I do have the only fix (notice not necessarily quick), it's easy and it's hard, and over the next 5 minutes or so in this 5-minute quickie podcast, I will explain all. You will be amazed by the results and how consistent they are. The fact is it is so simple so press play and I'll begin. Please share: https://personaldevelopmentunplugged.com/fmq434-the-only-mind-hack-that-works 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 d

Modeling Role Models Can we learn from role models? Maybe if we have a BS monitor  :O) What do I mean by that? Well, some people have acquired and learned skills that we can learn from by modeling them, what they do, and how they do their stuff. Others pretend, with their shiny showreels on social media and even believe their own hype and we need to be careful whose skills we choose to emulate. Notice I said skills and not the person, we can never be another person, and nor should we, being the unique person you are. So let's take away the term role models and replace it with skills we would like to learn from people who have these skills already. It becomes the quickest way to learn as you don't have to learn from their mistakes. The easiest way is to pick one skill at a time, more than that it becomes overwhelming - you'd be surprised how much detail is in each. KISS Now this is a podcast so no more writing it's time to dive in to find the how-to's and press play Then, being kind, please share, here's a lin

Performing At Your Best Have you ever performed at your best? And have you ever not? A 5-minute muse on the need to be perfect and never really feel like you are or have performed at your best. And then there's the thing that we can always do better but did you do your best right then? I don't think we look at our performance in this way and if we did how can we keep getting better? I'll also share a way to feel stupidly GOOD and so much more!   :O) And all in around five minutes. Please share: https://personaldevelopmentunplugged.com/fmq-433-performing-at-your-best/ And the YouTube video of this episode: https://youtu.be/YHCwJHEdaBI 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 / iTune

Karen Newell Sacred Acoustics To Reduce Anxiety So pleased to have another sharer willing to walk the walk - Karen is an author and specialist in personal development with a diverse body of work that rests upon the foundation of spiritually transformative experiences. As an innovator in the emerging field of brainwave entrainment audio meditation, Karen empowers others in their journeys of self-discovery. Using Sacred Acoustics recordings and other techniques, she teaches how to engage with your inner world to connect to guidance, achieve inspiration, improve wellness, and develop intuition. In this recording, Karen shares tools to help reduce anxiety and explains how binaural beats can assist in quieting the mind Please share this episode so others can also get the benefit: https://personaldevelopmentunplugged.com/379-karen-newell-sacred-acoustics-to-reduce-anxiety Please visit Karens website and find all her contact details - Plus you can download a free recording of Karen's at www.sacredacoustics.com or e

Getting our feet wet and expecting something different From a recent experience of a client worrying that they didn't feel the same as the last session - why was that? That made me think, why would anything we feel be exactly the same as before and let our expectations guide our judgments? Have you had something similar? Let's muse for 5 minutes and see what we can learn forthe future and come and get your feet wet again. You will have to press play if you want to know what I'm talking about - It's a podcast remember? Please share https://personaldevelopmentunplugged.com/fmq-432-getting-our-feet-wet-and-expecting-something-different And remember you can also watch this on video: https://youtu.be/xh23HhyYrns   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 h

A Slap In The Face A metaphorical one in the kisser! Now this episode is personal and a little embarrassing being not what you know but doing what you know or not doing. It will make sense   :O) We all know the saying "First things first" don't we? Again we are getting into that realm of knowing and doing or in this case ........... As you know, if you're a regular listener, I have talked in the past about wheels and spokes, buckets, and all things about what our lives and personal development are made up of. Well I was getting more frustrated and demotivated the more I looked at my 'stuff' and then it came The Slap! The one in the kisser! And now I understand and am on my way again. Want to know more? You will have to press play - IT'S A PODCAST!!!!!! When you do please share this with a few deserving people https://personaldevelopmentunplugged.com/378-a-slap-in-the-face/ Shine brightly Paul Please remember you can leave a comment or email me with questions, requests and feedback. If you have enjoyed this o

Showing up - More often Because sometimes we don't In this wonderful world of personal development, we are constantly told to show up, be our best self, and be vulnerable by singing from our voice and it's a good thing to do and in this episode, I'm here to give you permission not to - WHAT! It's okay to strive to show up and sometimes forget because that's life and if we can aim to be consistent in learning from those times. Then we will show up more often. We don't learn from getting down on ourselves but we will if we're kind to ourselves (and others) When we do we get to show up more often - well that's the basis of this 5 minute muse please share the episode https://personaldevelopmentunplugged.com/fmq-431-showing-up-more-often and have a quick look at the video https://youtu.be/DY-_-tGqZz0 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@personal

Dealing With The Past - Simply Let's take 5 minutes or so to think about memories, those ones from the past - do they really exist, does the past really exist, and if so where? And I know we have been here before, in the past, and that no longer exists - does it And if it doesn't exist why does it feel so real and affect me so much? Exactly - that's where we going in the next few minutes if you wish to press play. But I have a question for you to ask your unconscious mind of those annoying looping memories and then they tend to just disappear back into the past where they belong. There's probably another longer episode to come from this Oooooo! I'll send you an email and tell you what I think of Paul I hear you think  'O) Here's a link to share too https://personaldevelopmentunplugged.com/fmq-430-dealing-with-the-past-simply and of course the video link on YouTube  https://youtu.be/uS24CZK7028 Shine brightly Paul Please remember you can leave a comment or email me with questions, requests and feedback. If yo

Dealing With Anger PART 2 Diving into the 'How To' So now we get to learn more about the intention of anger and how it really is an inappropriate emotion. We can see examples where others have used it to propel their lives, using the energy contained in the emotion and that's ok, I guess, if you don't hold onto it. Can you think of better emotions to use? I can and I'm also guessing if you were to remember times you achieved a goal and enjoyed the process anger was at the back of the queue  :O) If you haven't listened to part 1 it would help you get the best out of this part 2 and guide you to make changes - Anger doesn't only affect those with it but all those close to them and so will letting go of anger. Do it for yourself and others to get the benefit. win-win-win-win So come dive in with me and find ways to release anger and the end of those stories Please share this episode, it will make a difference https://personaldevelopmentunplugged.com/377-dealing-with-anger-part-2/ and I would love your feedback

Dealing With Anger PART 1 Another episode based on a listener's email telling of their battle with anger and how the effects were ruining every part of their life. And I know this is not an isolated issue having worked with clients with debilitating anger. It affects most of us to some degree or other and it is not, I beleive, acceptable in any way and yes I too have and do work on this. I have split this between two episodes, so they are just the right size to get it and the work on it. Even if you say to yourself Well I'm not an angry person - you don't have to be angry all the time to work on it - deal with the snowball before it grows bigger as it slowly rolls down the hill - nip it in the bud. The stories I share are of real people and how quickly they were able to let go of their anger and the effects when they did. And you won't have to wait long for the second episode as I've swapped it with the next FMQ. It's so important to learn about the negative emotions in our lives and how we can deal with them

Who Creates Your Reality It's lovely to think you create your reality. It's said with abandon in self-development circles but is it really true? And if you don't who does? And can you - really? Well ............................ Let's take 5 minutes or so to muse on this and understand how your reality is created and by whom. Come on, sit down for a SPELL and press play and I'll begin. Here's a link you can use to share too: https://personaldevelopmentunplugged.com/fmq-429-who-creates-your-reality/ And here's a link to the video of this FMQ  https://youtu.be/fdvRnbCV2MY 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 designe

Back To The Obvious That should be that isn't So many make, or try to make things complicated and hard to follow and I guess in their eyes it makes them look good. Oh! And this is not a rant on this topic, this time it's just an observation. This topic, Back to the obvious is about the thing we forget and is hiding in plain sight. I have seen it many times and one example of being brave was when my son, Joseph, went to an NLP seminar to see one of the originators of NLP, and what happened was   ........ You know the thing it's a podcast and you will have to press play and listen. But it made a lasting impression on me. Similarly, when I have had my doubts serendipity has stepped in on a similar vain - Yes Again, You know the thing it's a podcast and you will have to press play and listen. I guess you're getting the picture, loud and clear After you have listened and enjoyed the sharing please feel free to pay it forward and share to 3 more https://personaldevelopmentunplugged.com/375-back-to-the-obvious/ Shi

Turning Pain Into Pleasure Some human beings find it today acceptable to inflict pain to others for gain and we're the only species that does that. And my musing in this episode is how can we reverse that in our little world? Instead of pain how can we inflict pleasure, happiness, and good STUFF on the people we meet, our friends and family? It's a short but sweet episode simply to get those cogs whirring and hopefully action. If you enjoy this episode feel free to share with one AND ALL https://personaldevelopmentunplugged.com/fmq-428-turning-pain-into-pleasure/ And the YouTube link:  https://youtu.be/6snGfgxyzZM 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 le

Making Space and not just the one outside Some of us believe our environment is the last thing to concern ourselves with. If you believe in your skills and know you can do them then you know you can do them anywhere. That means no excuses. But what about our internal environment? Our state of mind or emotion to get peak performance has a crucial part to play, I'd probably say the most crucial. I'll explain that more clearly in this episode, promise. So whether it's being able to work with your goals and dreams, problems, decisions, self-work, or anything you want to do well I think this is the dogs' b's.      :O) And we'll go deep into the things you can do to put yourself into the right state, emotion, in any environment so you can excel anywhere. That means no excuses. It's really simple and fun and works like a dream. So dive in and press play, it is a podcast after all Oh! sharing is good too https://personaldevelopmentunplugged.com/374-making-space/ Shine brightly Paul Please remember you can leave a co

FMQ 427 Review Not Resoluting or should it resolution? If you have listened to this podcast for a while you will know I am not a big fan of New Year's Resolutions, in fact not a fan at all. Why? Because to try to make changes by tradition on one day of the year which are almost doomed to fail seems like a waste. Especially when we have 365 days in most years to create positive changes in our lives and can do it every one of those 365 (that's forgetting leap years). So in this 5-Minute Quickie, I give you something to muse (and do) that I think beats NYR's hands down. Come with me and let's muse and notice the difference that I suggest could make in your personal development, which is why you're here I guess. Oh! And as usual please share: https://personaldevelopmentunplugged.com/fmq-427-review-not-resoluting/ And the YouTube link to see the lovely me https://youtu.be/DjgSc3lRh2w Shine brightly Paul Please remember you can leave a comment or email me with questions, requests and feedback. If you have enjoyed

Months of Therapy - Really?? I believe therapy should be quick, easy, and comfortable and I have witnessed so many times I think I'm right. Even if I wasn't, and I am, it's the best belief a therapist can have along with 'my client can do this!' So what follows is a little Cloughie rant and then suggestions on how therapy can be quick, easy, and comfortable. I guess this rant happens once or twice a year when I hear people, some may call influencers and aren't we all, say things that don't help anyone suffering and in need of help. Let me know your thoughts and please share and guide others who need help https://personaldevelopmentunplugged.com/373-months-of-therapy-really/ ‎ 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

Feeling Grateful But Differently I don't know if you're like me, I believe in the feeling of gratitude and how it connects to your unconscious mind the feelings of what makes your life rich. Maybe, like me, you get stale in writing out 'The Act of Gratitude' in your journal. To me, it can feel repetitive and rote. So in this 5-minute Quickie, I muse on how can I still notice the things I'm grateful for in a different way and I think you may enjoy and do it too. Please share https://personaldevelopmentunplugged.com/fmq-426-feeling-grateful-but-differently And the all important YouTube link: https://youtu.be/DmURKPqvMSQ 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 O