Personal Development Unplugged

Celebrating 21 Years and encouragement to new Hypnotherapists I can't believe it's just over 21 years ago I stepped into my first Hypnosis training, I can still remember my anxiety I felt with my first paying client and that magical feeling of being part of making the wonderful changes my clients have made. I've learned so much over that time and I continue to enjoy still learning AND in breaking down the complicated I just felt it would be nice to share 3-4 of the most powerful and simple things I have learned that will make any aspiring (Hypno)Therapist's work, results, and confidence - awesome! They have nothing to do with the 'magical' processes available and have everything to do with you and how you think and act and trust. Yes, this is deliberately (I wish it could be artfully but Hey Ho!) vague and to get it, whatever it is, you will have to come with me. It won't take long but the effects last forever. If you're interested press play and when you've listened please share this episode: https://person

Negative BiAS Buzzword or BS Before you, well someone might, shout out that Negative bias is a real thing - I know but don't you think there's way too many using this as an excuse or a thing we have to put right because it makes them So So right and it's the popular 'Click Bait' thing to call out. And no I'm not going to talk about that part of the BS I'm going to explore what it really is and what it really does for us, yes the positive in a negative! And then........ With that understanding look to see and hear here what to do when that positive negative is a negative negative. Doesn't that sentence make you just want to dance with joy - Or maybe it's just me and t my unplugged mind  :O) Go on come with me and find out the 'HOW' we can change this negative bias when it gets in our way ad is totally inappropriate. That's the bit everyone fails to tell you because when that happens they would have nothing to say and I'll always have something or some 'HOW' to share. Because that's what we do hear/here. Breaki

Old Advice or Good Advice It seems to me that some people will only take new advice, maybe only when scientifically offered as confirming what we already know because the other advice is out of date. Well, take the teachings of the Stoics, Lao Tzu, Marcus Aurelius, Huna and so much more just going to prove there is very little new new. The real skill is how to use and adapt those teachings in this time, in your life, and in your style. Take it and develop it. And then make sure you share it. Because when you do you will probably learn it even more profoundly and secondly, with selfless service, you will be adding to the health of little ole' planet Earth and those you know in it - That's got to be a great thing to do AND it feels good too!  :O) As always please share this episode and the podcast as your way of paying it forward: https://personaldevelopmentunplugged.com/fmq-327-old-advice-or-good-advice/ ‎ Please email me your thoughts and feedback at feedback@personaldevelopmentunplugged.com Shine brightly Pa

Introducing Jean Walters The Journey from Anxiety to Peace As you know the PDU podcast is a solo-cast but every now and then someone comes along and this time it is Jean Walters (http://www.spiritualtransformation.com) to share her thoughts of moving from anxiety to peace. I love it when someone has a great message and wants to share it with us here at the Personal Development Unplugged podcast. We, Jean and I, come from different backgrounds but I hope you get to hear our intentions are the same, and sometimes it’s just terminology that differs. I really hope you enjoy and get something from this little departure from the norm.  It can be an amazing Ah-Ha moment hearing things from different backgrounds yet with the same aim in mind - to help people and share what has been learned. Please share this episode:  https://personaldevelopmentunplugged.com/jean_walters_anxiety_to-_peace/ and what you learned here Jean has a book out now: The Journey from Anxiety to Peace: Practical Steps to Handle Fear, Embrace St

Reaching Out Asking For A Friend Let me share a recent experience that not only made my day but daze. Connecting with people, reaching out is something I've been doing but something made me do it in a different way and way, way better than I could ever imagine. In this 5 Minute Quickie podcast, I'll share it all with you, and if it inspires you to do the same you will not regret it - No Way! Have a listen and make a decision to enjoy time in this MaD WoRlD to make a difference to your world and the world of others. Heaven forbid you carry it on forever making such a positive difference   :O) I know this is so simple and so easy and quick to do please take the time to get this and share it by taking action and by sharing this episode: https://personaldevelopmentunplugged.com/fmq-326-reaching-out-asking-for-a-friend 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

When is It Not Good To Forget and remember in the right way We all have things/events in our past we would live to forget as if they never happened. As we think of them, remember them we still feel that negative emotion, in other words- still feel bad. Now as a hypnotist I could make them disappear. I could but I wouldn't. Now you might be fooled into thinking well if you can make these memories disappear that would be a good thing but there are good reasons why they are still affecting you and there's a very real positive intent behind them. We'll go through all this and learn when we learn from these events they will lose their negative charge and be 'It was not good BACK THEN but it doesn't affect me anymore' And hey, we break this down into simple ways to do this and as you know it's a doing thing not just a listening thing so, please listen then practice what you hear - it won't be perfect but it can be permanent so practice well my friend and you could get wonderful results with little effort, you only

How Do You KNow And when you do ....... The world is full of generalizations (Just like that one!) and we do it all the time on ourselves (Oh! There's another one) and I think, well I know if you want to change something or change something in you we need to go beneath these generalizations. In NLP there's a pattern called the Meta Program all good therapists use it even if they don't know they are doing it. It takes you below the generalization, the distortions and deletions we use in our vocabulary about ourselves. When you do this you begin to reveal important things and especially when dealing with issues we can head towards the root cause, limiting beliefs. Now I know you're probably thinking but I'm not a therapist and I don't want to learn a pattern - It's too hard! :O( Yes well, you're wrong about it being hard and as usual, I'll break this down into something simple, in fact, 4 words. What are those 4 words? Come with me and find out in the 5-minute quickie podcast episode. Don't be put off by how ea

I'm Struggling Are You? It happens to us all, at some time in our lives and that is to struggle with starting, doing, or finishing those things we want to start, do or finish. I'm currently struggling with doing the things I want to be doing but something seemed to be hampering me and it just feels Ugh! I wanted to share my personal struggle and the thoughts and actions I had and took. It just might resonate with you, encourage you and share some tools and thoughts. In fact, I've come up with 5 ways, 5 options that sprung to mind. I know there are many more and we'll probably talk about them later. If you have some ways that get you over your personal struggles do let me know. You know the email So what are those 5 ways Cloughie? Well before you start to work on this the classic STOP and Pause so we can reset our state and intention. WE all know we cannot solve a problem insie the problem - you can't read the label from inside the jar. Then what? Well now you have to come with me to explore these and understa

I'm Not Ready - I'm Got Good Enough but you are really It's time to do your stuff and show what you've got It's natural to doubt your ability and the thing is you can, because no one can do what you do the way you do it. Knowing you will never know enough - ever. Then it's time to practice what you know and the only way is out in the open. Follow the advice of the likes of  Steven Pressfield, Seth Godin, or Austin Kleon and show your work by showing yourself. We all want to see you and hear you. When you do you will go from strength to strength, success to more success and it will feel great. You only need to trust in you - I do! So go get that motivation rolling, get the momentum moving and go do your stuff. Come with me in this short but deep dive that might just light your fire. and then encourage others by sharing this episode: https://personaldevelopmentunplugged.com/fmq-324-im-not-ready-im-got-good-enough Shine brightly Paul Please remember you can leave a comment or email me with questions, requests

Don't Put This Off You owe it to yourself As human beings, we have this habit of not sharing when we need help and asking for help. We put a brave face on and all the inside we feel frightened, scared, lonely, anxious, an imposter, low self-esteem, etc. you can really put any negative emotion and its associated limiting belief. In this longer podcast episode, I want to show you options and why the best option is the best. You see it's good to talk, that's been a current strapline in the media. And it is and it isn't. It depends - on how and with who you talk to and as I said we'll explore the options and decide together because that's what we do in this Unplugged Personal Development community. I'm here to tell you that YOU only need one thing to ensure you get your results, let go of those or that issue, quickly and comfortably and that's this: THE WILL TO DO WHATEVER IT TAKES If you follow my advice and use that will not only will you find success and happier life so will everybody around you too. This has

That'll do Won't it? We've all said it, I know I have a few too many times, Oh That'll do - Knowing we've undersold, under-delivered, and in truth let ourselves down. If you heard those words from a surgeon, an airplane mechanic even a chef or, well you fill in the blank because virtually any profession will fit you would not be happy. So why is it acceptable for me or you to have such a low standard? There's only one answer to that, isn't there? Let's a quick 5-minute quickie and see what we can do to set the bar higher and notice that a small difference in our mindset makes a massive difference to the result. Please pay this forward by sharing: https://personaldevelopmentunplugged.com/fmq-323-thatll-do/ 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 Go to paulclough.co.uk/subscribe to learn more Or simply click he

Making The Right Decisions No More Excuses This is a must not a maybe and when you make it a must you will make things happen for you and in your way and you get to profoundly enjoy the results. He Who Waits................. tumble weed rolls by Waits and waits and waits and let others decide your fate and results. When this happens you are on the effect side of life and to try to soften the results we, yep both of us, give 'valid' reasons which when you break them down are just feeble excuses. It's harsh but true my friend and that is not what I want for you. That's why getting this is a must. It's simple and you will have to do the work but man the results are unbelievable, especially to those who are still giving excuses why they couldn't. As the start of this, we'll start with painful truths and get the learnings we need to find that ultimate pleasure of success and knowing we made it - no one else! So come down this rabbit hole to discover what you need and even experience a process to make it easier t

 I'm Alone and It Hurts Pt 2 It's time to change that now Now, in this second part, we dive even deeper into true loneliness. Looking to ways we can make changes in how we feel and what we do to break this feeling and behavior of loneliness - It's ultimately your choice, no one can do it for you. Having said no one can do it for you it doesn't mean there's no one to help - starting right here with me - The Ultimate Confidence Booster :O) I'll show you some ways to help you make the right choice and a process to boot so you have been warned, no driving or anything that needs your attention when you come to that part. If you haven't listened to part 1 and just want to dive into the process you'll be missing the setup, the prime, so be patient a go back and listen - It will pay off and it's only another 40 minutes of your time before you get to this. Now I know not every episode hit the mark for everyone and in this subject, I know there are other effects, so please let me know what I've missed - teach me so I c

I'm Alone and it hurts Part 1 The first (of probably many) deep dives into Loneliness For some reason, that I begin to share here, I have shied away from this hugely important subject of Loneliness. I have given myself reasons why I shouldn't go here and yet I really know they are just excuses. I wonder if you have done the same? So as we're wondering let's wander in search of answers together although you will have to do your work as I do mine - it is what it is. But this time I hope to bring to the table understanding and processes that will really help us -You and I. Loneliness is not new, it may be becoming more prevalent and the negative effects highlighted by the pandemic but it's not new and it's just as painful. Having said that loneliness is not an illness and can be changed as quickly as you use the will to do whatever it takes working with, not against, your unconscious mind. Having, as I say,  shied away from this subject now as I got deeper into my dive I found I had to split this episode into tw

Take 2 - When I Don't Need To Know The Why A weird experience Have you ever had the experience of reading or watching something that you had forgotten reading or watching before and it was completely different than you remember? It's like there was 'stuff' hiding in plain sight that you just didn't see. Well, this happened to me recording this 5-minute quickie podcast and I found what I think are even more golden nuggets. See if you can spot them too. It's not the WHY it's all about the HOW and making that simple. Tha's all I'm saying here so you will just have to press play to get it When you do please share: https://personaldevelopmentunplugged.com/fmq-322-take-2-when-i-dont-need-to-know-the-why 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 Go to paulclough.co.uk/subscribe to learn more Or simply click here to g

I Need Help I guess we can all say "I need Help" but we often don't - Do we? And because some of us keep the 'stuff' that we experience hidden, pushed down, and say "No I'm ok -  really" when we're not. I need your help to address this. It's only a short listen and it is important so if you can spare the time it just might make the difference that makes the difference to someone. Thank you Shine and be well Paul https://personaldevelopmentunplugged.com/i-need-help/  

Tims' Metaphor This literally is a deep dive This is the second in my current episodes of bringing you a metaphor that affected both me and my son Joseph. I'll share with you it's conception, how it traveled with us both, and now to you. I hope you get what you need from it. It is simple and we like simple here and there's very little else I can tell you hear being a podcast with a difference you just have to come with me and get wet   :) And when you have please share this with anyone and everyone https://personaldevelopmentunplugged.com/216-tims-metaphor/ 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 Go to paulclough.co.uk/subscribe to learn more Or simply click here to go straight to Apple Music / iTunes to subscribe OR leave a review If you want to access my FREE HYPNOSIS tracks go to paulcloughonline.com/podca

Having your cake and eating it An Analogy to Muse Over 10 minutes of conversation comparing your goals, dreams, projects, in fact, anything your planning on doing or creating to a pie or a cake. This started off as a silly thought in my head but the more I thought about it, mused, and began to record the 5-minute episode it became true to me and how I have attempted to live my life and I think you will resonate with it too. I'll say no more other than I think you'll find it worth the investment of 5 (well nearer 10) minutes of your valuable time to create more the success you deserve. When you have please share, here's the link: https://personaldevelopmentunplugged.com/fmq-321-having-your-cake-and-eating-it/ 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 Go to paulclough.co.uk/subscribe to learn more Or simply clic

No Regrets Striving for a life with No Regret I heard someone say "We rarely regret doing something or something you have done" Which I sort of agree with but don't. I do believe we should learn from those times we still regret doing or not and in doing so commit to using those learnings and in that way we need no longer need to hold onto that negative emotion of regret. If we have regret, it simply means we haven't learned from that event in our past, and if not that negative feeling tends to grow, like a snowball rolling down a slope, getting bigger and gaining momentum. So in this podcast episode come with me to learn how we can learn and actually create a life without regret. I'll take you through some processes, so be warned if you're coming with me you will need to have nothing that needs your attention and if you really want to make this change a notebook and something to write with. Don't worry it's fun, uses simplicity (remember in simplicity there is genius) and if you're prepared to do whatever it

A 3-minute (email) challenge to find out about you Keeping in line with the last full episode #214 Pain Then Pleasure (You did listen didn't you?) this really is a 'three-minute' exercise that will give you a great feeling, motivation and just maybe direct you to your calling. "Really Cloughie?" Yup, I hear you. But if you are brave enough to accept this challenge the benefits are as big as I say. So what are you waiting for?? -  PRESS PLAY >> Do the exercise and then share this to everyone else you know so get to get the benefits too https://personaldevelopmentunplugged.com/fmq-320-a-3-minute-challenge/ and I want to hear about the results and what you did with them - email me feedback@personaldevelopmentunplugged.com that's it my friend 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 Go to paulclough.co.uk/subscrib