Personal Development Unplugged

sharing a secret - a 5 minute podcast Did you know there was or is a global day of kindness. No neither did I. This got me remembering and thinking firstly how silly and then how brilliant. The silly thing is why be kind or show kindness on one day. Yes it may consolidate that energy but everyone needs to know about it. Then the brilliant bit got me - let's have a secret day - every day! Yay!!!!!! Stay with me for 5 minutes and have a listen because I think I actually for once make a little bit of sense :0) If you do we could start making those ripples of change that go so far and wide. Let's start together and let me know your thoughts and your experiences - the effect on others and yourself. Please share to all your friends and those who aren't and see how the generative field of learning really 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 click on the iTu

It's waiting for you - a podcast Everything you want to know is either out there or in there (in you). It took a book I bought way back in 1992 which I recently picked up to let me know I had information inside me I didn't know. Yet I guess every time I heard about that information since then it seemed to make sense with out knowing why. Maybe I wasn't in the right level of my personal adventure and now I am. What I am try to say, probably a little unsuccessfully, is that information is everywhere, you don't need to look to far and some is even closer to home if you take the time to look. The other great thing is you don't have to spend the time others took to learn what the know because their knowledge is available to you, you just have to look. Let's set our intention to grow and share our learnings too, that's this integrated field of learning we talk about - or is it the akashic field I knew about before I did. Oh I do love this! ;0) Shine brightly Paul Please remember you can leave a comment or emai

Hypnosis announcement - yep I've made access really easy! On a recent podcast I had attempted to make getting and saving my hypnosis sessions easier by asking people to email me. Oh how wrong I was. To expect people to do that every time - no way! When I thought about it, in the quiet light of day, I realised I wouldn't do that so why would anyone else?   So..................... I thought a little longer - which I suggest in most of the podcasts (Doh!) and came up with what I think is the solution. Here it is. Go to www.paulcloughonline.com/podcast sign in to get instant access I'll send you an email with a unique link so you can re-access the page whenever you want 'Simples' OR If you're lucky and it's you first time here you might get a pop up thingy 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 click on the iTunes logo or any of the other buttons at paulclough.c

Excuses - You're a fool if ya think ya fooling you - a podcast We all make excuses not to do the things we want to do - don't we? I know I do The thing is they are excuses and they are BS. Let me out myself and my excuses I used to tell myself and let's see if they resonate. It's only when you actually listen to them you realise there's more to it and when you really listen you can decide to ignore the excuse and start doing that stuff you have been putting off. The result - it's magical and the growth is magical and we begin to create things magical in our life! Come on let's shine a light on what we want, why we want it and do them. Let's take responsibility. I'll, as usual, give you a few ways you can change this procrastination, be accountable to ourselves. Let's have a look at rituals, not the dark satanic ones (that's another podcast - not) and make things simple so things just happen. Let's look at the things you and I do that, when we do them, we re totally on the effect side and how by simply observ

The 5 minute quickie podcast - A mind palace with or without hypnosis Inspired by the notes in the back of Hypnotherapy book and Sherlock Holmes. I'd always wanted to create an inner sanctuary, a quiet place, I could go to and think and I created one in the garden of my previous homes. I called it 'My Quiet place' and I would go there to write and think and be with myself. Then I was inspired to create a set of hypnosis tracks that take you, your unconscious mind and your imagination on an adventure of creating an inner mind palace or inner mind sanctuary. It's available at www.paulcloughonline.com. And then I thought it would be nice to share as a process you could play with and have to choice to do this by yourself or let me guide you in hypnosis. It's fun whichever way you go. If you are concerned - It's not a hard sell podcast, that's something I hate and feel duped when someone has tried to mislead me. I believe you will find this podcast interesting and something of value in it's own right. I really ho

The 5 minute quickie podcast - Let's re-ignite your passions Passion, where did it go? Let's take the next 5 minutes to discover a way to re-ignite or fan the flame of your passion. It's time to reconnect with our passions from our past when we had an abundance of both passion and excitement of feeling that passion. Let me go through a simple process, yes in simplicity there is genius' and let your mind re-remember those things you did with a passion and then be able to use this in your now and your future. I'll even have a hypnosis track ready for you to install a deeper feeling of passion into your life and the things you will be doing. All you will have to do email me paul@paulclough.co.uk saying 'yes please' if you want 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 click on the iTunes logo or any of the other buttons at paulclough.co.uk and even get updates

A podcast - Lets' start close to home - the longer podcast There's so many things going on, some are in plain sight and one that I'm noticing right now have the Mental health banner which sometimes seems to register either, not me, or what can I do about it anyway? I have been away visiting my son Joseph and his wife which was so great. Where they live has a problem in plain sight and that is on of an abundance of homeless people. It's not just people being homeless it's the mental health issues these poor people are suffering and the reaction is to steer clear. That's good advice if we are not equipped to help and there is specialised help available but maybe not enough and that stinks! The thing is, these people are exactly that - they are people, human beings, maybe a brother or sister and definitely a son or a daughter. I have three sons and three grand children and I am a son. Knowing you are one or more these too we have to say there by the grace it's not me. The thing is it could be you/me one day if

The rare sense and how to use it - 5 minute podcast Let's have a pause for 5 minutes to think about a rare sense, the most inappropriate named sense - COMMON SENSE The thing is we know so much that are now second nature to us but do we use the common sense we were born with and actually do the simple things we know that would make a profound difference to our lives. I'm sure, you like me, have a number of things we need to do or want to do that we don't. It's as if they slip by unnoticed and it's only when we think about them we go, in the world of Homer' Doh!!!!!! So let's find a way to rectify this. It's simple and as we say here 'In simplicity there is genius' Have to some fun 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 click on the iTunes logo or any of the other buttons at paulclough.co.uk and even get updates via email. Go to paulclough.co.uk/subscribe to l

What's stopping you - the 5 minute podcast A reminder and thoughts provoked by a book 'Bird by bird' by Anne Lamott 'some instructions on writing and life' How much experience and knowledge do you need before you're confident in doing what you really want to do it - Yep to start doing and not waiting until you know everything. So many of our students have this fear or 'unconfidence' because they believe they need to know everything there is to know and be as good as the people they see doing it. You know the ones, the ones that have been doing it for years. The thing is, if you do what you know and you know what to do get started! and find the stretch that will make you great. Any way lets have 5 minuted to put this right 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 click on the iTunes logo or any of the other buttons at paulclough.co.uk and even get updates via e

A bonus Hypnosis track Following on from the #78 My person Challenge podcast here's a hypnosis track that I think you will enjoy and make a significant difference to the way you feel. Please enjoy this free hypnosis and if you're interested in finding other hypnosis tracks that are not available here have a look over at paulcloughonline.com Here's an example of what's there: USE YOUR UNCONSCIOUS MIND TO CREATE YOUR OWN PERSONAL RETREAT Imagine having an inner retreat of the mind, an inner sanctuary where you can go to find answers to your inner most problems, find sanctuary to relax, to learn, to remember, if fact anything you desire and your imagination can create. The power of Hypnosis Using the power of hypnosis and your unconscious mind we will create/build an inner sanctuary/retreat/mind palace, a place to leave the distractions of the outside world. Using your conscious mind to direct your unconscious mind to meet your desires and wishes and find the resources you need for the outside world. You will r

Challenges - my personal sharing - the podcast Following on from FMQ 129 I promised to share something personal. To share a personal challenge that effected me and the people close to me. Well, I have done that and a little more. I hope by opening up and letting you in, you will be able to learn from my challenges. Learn in a number of ways. If you are currently experiencing issues in your life I hope to encourage you that this too will pass, that there is always a way and that the darkness you are experiencing now helps you appreciate the light so much more. Hard to believe right now I know but it does :0) If you ever find yourself in the future facing overwhelming challenges you can know to take action early and know you can find the resources you need to succeed. If you know of someone who is not themselves, acting a little different then you know you can help by talking and suggesting help. That's why I always ask you to share this podcast with everyone you know, it's not an ego thing but knowing we have

Challenges - yours and mine - The 5 minute podcast This isn't going back to re-framing problems into a challenge - old hat! This is,in around 5 minutes,chatting about what real challenges we have. The challenges we face come in every context of our lives. Starting from the thought of 'what have I not achieved or not got what I want'. The answers. if we are honest, are where we are challenged. Once we identify these we can find ways to overcome, get around, go over and ultimately find a way to success. Other challenges come from being held back by negative emotions or negative and nonsupporting beliefs, which when we identify them and understand the intention behind them can make massive changes in our lives. It really comes down to being honest about ourselves with ourselves, which takes a little leap of courage and faith. This is by way of a taster of the next longer podcast and I'll lead the way in opening up and sharing a few of my personal challenges and some of the ways I got them sorted. There's eve

Whatcha' Gonna do with it the 5 minute podcast Two questions we'll ask ourselves in the next 5 minutes or so Here's the first question - What have you learnt? Let's take a review of what we have understood and made our own in this adventure of creating the real me. It's time again for bringing out 'Jenny' journal and........ What are you going to do with this? How can I develop what I've, you've, learnt and what can I, you, achieve with this learning How far will the ripples of your changing self and world go and how will you affect the world and the generative filed of learning? Man this is exciting!! Here's where you become aware of your mastery, knowing what to do and doing what you know and I wonder if you can imagine just how far you can go. I'll give you hint infinite possibilities and abundance spring to mind. 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

It never comes through the door - the podcast The problem is never the problem It's an effect of a cause (a root cause) the law of cause and effect. I learnt this from my early experiences on my adventure of being a hypnotherapist. You see I would ask my client what their problem, their issue, was and then use what I knew to resolve it with them. Results? very mixed. The I experienced a client that taught me something that was to change forever how I was and do work with clients and get so much success with them. You can imagine how that and still does make me feel when I see my clients getting the results they wanted and more than they can imagine. Let me tell you the story of that client. The there was a lovely lady who came to see me who just confirmed this 'the problem is not the problem' which I wouldn't have had the success with her if I hadn't learnt this. When we go below the surface, to learn from the cause of the issue and all it's effects and intentions and this means we can change the effect a

We've always got a minute - podcast However rushed or busy you are you always have time, time is only a construct. So what would happen if you did find or make a few seconds to take in your surroundings and just be? Well that's what I did and just re-synced myself and took in the world. Join me for a breath of fresh air - yes it seems a little silly or simple but it will make a difference - In simplicity there is genious. You may even see you inner world, the inner you and a place of joy.........Hmmmmm..... 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 click on the iTunes logo or any of the other buttons at paulclough.co.uk and even get updates via email. Go to paulclough.co.uk/subscribe to learn more Follow and inter-react on twitter @pcloughie

A choice of the heart OR evidenced based - PODCAST Is what we do here and everywhere else evidenced based? Can it be proved? Does it matter if the changes you want to occur? I continue to have mixed feelings on this and my clients results are my evidence but I agree that's not true evidence - it's subjective and could be the result of so many different things. There are some that work tirelessly to prove what I and my fellow hypnotists is real and can be reproduced and more importantly has a valid place in the world of mental health etc. Adam Easom is just one and I for one thank him immensely ;0) The thing is with the right intention you will achieve your dreams and goals - intention and action. Intuitive action can lead you and take time to consider where, what you are leaning comes from. 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 click on the iTunes logo or a

Where there's hope there's fear - let's use it!! - podcast There is no such thing as false hope! That's my belief - hope is hope and is better than no hope at all. I've been up at night thinking about this and the differences of hope and how it effects us all. You can't always be sure with hope but it really helped me in my early days of being a hypnotherapist and because of that hope that I had set me up to experience what I am able to do and believe now in my therapy work. Let's also talk about how fear follows hope, this was brought to my mind by a person of long ago - Senica the stoic and it's all to do with uncertainty. And As usual we'll go through ways we can work with hope and fear, processes that will change the way you think and hope and to create a real foundation we can build upon. What do really hope for yourself? let's use this too. We will also look how our beliefs can support hope and understand the positive intention behind negative beliefs. Understanding the intention can be the change you

A quick fix on GUILT - the podcast We have all felt guilty for doing something to somebody and then made the movies in our mind go into overdrive and continue to make what didn't happen even worse. We then live with this guilt and usually add this to other areas or event in our life and make them worse too! This is how guilt can grow and get out of control. Here's my thoughts on the subject in this 5 minute quickie podcast. I promise you if this is something you do, changing your thoughts and action will change the way you feel in all different areas of your life. Shine brightly Paul Please remember you can leave a comment or email me with questions, requests and feedback. If you have enjoyed this or any other episode please share and subscribe. Just click on the iTunes logo or any of the other buttons at paulclough.co.uk and even get updates via email. Go to paulclough.co.uk/subscribe to learn more Follow and inter-react on twitter @pcloughie

Revisiting what we've learnt makes us grow - podcast To know what you know, that is, to remind yourself of what you have learnt already can be the biggest ways of learning more. So how does that happen? well it allows you to get more confident in what you already know so you can be more confident of learning new things that you thought were a little too hard. Also by revisiting the books you have read it frees you up to learn the things in those books that you didn't notice because of what you hadn't learnt then but now you know it. You may need the help of our friend 'Jenny' journal to cement in even further all the things you forgot you have learnt along the way. You can begin to notice the level of mastery you have - doing what you know and knowing what to do! All good stuff and all in 5 minutes or so. 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 click on the

A fearful story - a podcast Fear only exists because of what's not there. Far from the acronyms made up, sometimes so demeaning, I'm taking another snippet and seeing the gold in it wanted to take it further and deeper. Let's move from the days of the sabre tooth tiger. Yes and we'll be needing our old 'Jenny' Journal and explore what's not there in the areas that give you fear and more importantly what we can do when we discover what's not there. What's not there in those contexts might be simply skills, yet the further we dig we may begin to understand the emotions that are missing and if you had them what would happen to the fear? what would happen to the new outcome? Let's also look at ways we can practice adding the things that are missing and making sure they will work and work well - Yep, as always,we'll also go through a couple of processes that will help you do this. Just for the people who want to know - The two processes here are NLP based. the 1st being perceptual positions and followed by collap