Anxiety to Confidence - The Personal Development Unplugged Podcast

FMQ528 Who or What Is To Blame For Your Failure

20 Mar 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Who or What Is To Blame For Your Failure What are you blaming right now? The weather? The economy? Your lack of time? Your past? Your boss? Your paren...

#476 Empathy - A Way That Works Without The Pain

13 Mar 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Empathy - A Way That Works Without The Pain In the FMQ527 I said something that probably made you blink. Empathy sucks. And I meant it. Not because ca...

FMQ527 Empathy Sucks!

06 Mar 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Empathy Sucks (Unless It's With Yourself) I said it. Empathy sucks. Now before you unsubscribe and send me a strongly worded email… hear me out. In ...

Here's A new Hypnosis track from #475.1 Creating The Life You Haven't Lived Yet

01 Mar 2026

Contributed by Lukas

HYPNOSIS Creating The Life You Haven't Lived - Yet I thought it would be nice to take the process from the longer podcast and remix it to a deeper and...

#475 Creating The Life You Haven't Lived Yet

27 Feb 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Creating The Life You Haven't Lived Yet In the last FMQ, I talked about the idea that there's a book inside you. In this episode, I take that idea fur...

FMQ 526 Writing Your Future

20 Feb 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Writing Your Future Everyone says, "There's a book inside you." But what if that book isn't about writing your past… What if it's about writing your...

#474 Vulnerability Starts Here - Inside

13 Feb 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Vulnerability Starts Here – Inside Everyone's talking about vulnerability… But most of it starts in the wrong place. In this episode of Personal D...

FMQ 525 They Don't Know I'm Suffering

05 Feb 2026

Contributed by Lukas

They Don't Know I'm Suffering We talk a lot about vulnerability these days — maybe too much, and often in the wrong way. In this Five Minute Quickie...

#473.1 Your Hypnosis track to Bliss and Joy

01 Feb 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Your Hypnosis Track to Bliss and Joy So following on from episode #473 Experiencing Joy and Bliss - A Creative Visualisation, I have remastered the vi...

#473 Experiencing Joy and Bliss - A Creative Visualisation

30 Jan 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Experiencing Joy and Bliss - A Creative Visualisation What if joy and bliss weren't things you had to chase… What if they were already inside you, w...

FMQ 524 Heading For Joy - Wanna Come With Me

23 Jan 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Heading For Joy - Wanna Come With Me What if personal development wasn't about fixing what's wrong… but about deliberately heading for joy? In this ...

#472 If You Thought This Was Bad

16 Jan 2026

Contributed by Lukas

If You Thought This Was Bad Including deep hypnosis If you thought this was bad… it isn't. And that's actually good news. In this deeper dive, I'm t...

FMQ 523 Lets Start Over

09 Jan 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Lets Start Over A brand new year often brings pressure to reinvent everything. But in this Five Minute Quickie, Paul invites you to start over withou...

Your Free Hypnosis track from #471 The Secret Ingredient To Being Your best Self

04 Jan 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Your Free Hypnosis track from #471 The Secret Ingredient To Being Your Best Self   Let's go deeper than the longer podcast episode with the remixed v...

#471 The Secret Ingredient To Living Your Best Life Including Hypnosis

02 Jan 2026

Contributed by Lukas

#471 The Secret Ingredient to Living Your Best Life Including Hypnosis What if the reason things haven't quite stuck yet isn't what you want… but wh...

My Christmas and New Year Message

22 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

My Christmas and New Year Message Personal Development Unplugged This is a short Christmas and New Year message from me to you. A moment to pause. A m...

FMQ 522 Who Do You Want To Be

19 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Who Do You Want To Be? As the year begins to wind down, this Five Minute Quickie (that may run a little longer 😄) invites you to pause, reflect, an...

#470 Why Am I Feeling Alone And Feeling........?

12 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Why Am I Feeling Alone And Feeling........? In this powerful longer episode, I dive into the hidden causes of loneliness — why we feel alone, why it...

FMQ 521 Come And Play For A Change

05 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Come And Play For A Change In this slightly longer Five-Minute Quickie, I'm inviting you to do something different… to come and play. Play with idea...

#469 I'm Not Good Enough - Where'd That Go?

28 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

"I'm Not Good Enough – Where'd That Go?" In this deep-dive episode of Personal Development Unplugged, we go straight to the heart of that old famil...

FMQ 520 I'm Not Good Enough Where'd That Come From?

21 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

I'm Not Good Enough Where'd That Come From? In this slightly longer Five-Minute Quickie, we're digging into one of the sneakiest, most stubborn belief...

#468 I Feel Sh*t So Let's Change

14 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

I Feel Sh*t So Let's Change This Episode in a Nutshell In this deeper dive of Personal Development Unplugged, we get real about feeling stuck, low, an...

FMQ 519 Talking's Over It's Time To Change

07 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Talking's Over It's Time To Change In this slightly-longer FMQ, we're taking a gentle but powerful step toward real change. No more talking about the ...

#467 How To Achieve Your Goals Easily

31 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

How To Achieve Your Goals Easily There's an easier way to achieve your dreams and goals — one that actually feels good and keeps you motivated the w...

Help Me Make A Difference

26 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Help Me Make a Difference Hey, it's Paul here, and this episode is a little different. I want to ask for your help — because I really want to make ...

FMQ 518 How To Make Sure You Get What You Want

24 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

How To Make Sure You Get What You Want Ever feel like you're doing everything right toward your goals… and still somehow missing the mark? In this s...

#466 A Formular To Real Success

17 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

A Formula to Real Success with a hypnosis process included What if real success isn't about hustling harder but aligning your unconscious mind with w...

FMQ 517 How to Really Be Successful

14 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

How to Really Be Successful Ever heard people bang on about mindset — and thought, "Yeah, but what about the rest of me?" This Five-Minute Quickie g...

#465 How Do I Get Results

10 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

How Do I Get Results How often do you find yourself hearing the same advice again and again—through podcasts, books, conversations, or even a rando...

FMQ 516 Acting As If Without The Fake

07 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Acting As If Without The Fake Welcome back to another Five Minute Quickie! You've probably heard the phrase "fake it till you make it"—but let's be...

#464 No Regrets - Just Do It -Here's How

03 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

No Regrets - Just Do It -Here's How Have you ever caught yourself holding back, waiting for the "perfect" moment, and later felt that sting of regret?...

FMQ 515 How To Consistently Do Your Best

30 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

How To Consistently Do Your Best How often do you really do your best? Honestly? In this short 5-minute quickie, we dive into a simple but powerful w...

#463 How to achieve your dreams and goals

26 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

How to achieve your Dreams and Goals Want real results — not hype? In this episode of Personal Development Unplugged Paul Clough shows you how to mo...

FMQ 514 Understanding Focus - the RAS

23 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Understanding Focus: The RAS Have you ever noticed that once you buy a new car, suddenly that model seems to be everywhere? Or you hear a new word an...

#462 How To Achieve and Have The Mindset of Success

19 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

How To Achieve and Have the Mindset of Success We hear it everywhere: "You need the mindset of success." But what does that actually mean? And more im...

FMQ 513 Let's Flip Constant Striving For Improvement

16 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Let's Flip Constant Striving For Improvement In personal development, we're always told to chase "constant and never-ending improvement." And yes, gr...

#461 Keeping Negative Emotions At Bay

12 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Keeping Negative Emotions At Bay Ever lost your cool over something small — then realised it wasn't about the "thing" at all? In this episode of Pe...

FMQ 512 Today Is A Special Day - Find Out Why

09 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Today Is A Special Day – Find Out Why Every single day is unique, but how often do we really live it like that? In this Five Minute Quickie, I want ...

#460 Letting Yourself Down - Thinking Of Others -DON'T

05 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Letting Yourself Down: Thinking of Others – DON'T Do you put everyone else first? Always there for family, friends, even the ones who don't always t...

FMQ 511 Spicing Up Success

02 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Spicing Up Success Ever wondered why some goals feel like a slog while others seem to flow? In this 5-minute quickie, I dive into Neville Goddard's po...

#459 Why You Don't Succeed and How To

29 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Why You Don't Succeed and How To Why do so many people fail to succeed while others break through and create the life they dream of? In this episode ...

FMQ 510 Breaking out of the Herd

26 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Breaking Out of the Herd Are you ready to step out of the herd and be you? In this five-minute quickie, I'm diving into the power of embracing your u...

#458 3 New Hypnosis Tracks With My Compliments

22 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

3 New Hypnosis Tracks With My Compliments I've just re-edited and transformed three of my favourite podcast processes into real hypnosis tracks — mu...

FMQ 509 Restoring Work Life Balance

19 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Restoring Work-Life Balance (But I Hate the Word "Balance"!) Work-life balance. Sounds nice, doesn't it? But let's be honest — balance is boring! ...

#457 But I Can't Afford A Therapist

15 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

But I Can't Afford A Therapist 💥 "I can't afford therapy…" Sound familiar? You're not alone. And you're not stuck. In this longer unplugged episo...

FMQ 508 An Important Question Why and How Often do you check your progress

12 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In this short yet powerful Five-Minute Quickie episode, we're diving into a question that could seriously supercharge your personal development journe...

#456 The Alternative To Anxiety and Worry

08 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

The Alternative To Anxiety and Worry An empowering deep dive into how you can take control of anxiety and worry — and replace them with clarity, cal...

FMQ 507 Standing is not An Option and is NOT OK

05 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Standing Still Is NOT OK – The Myth of 'Maintaining A Five-MinuteQuickie from Personal Development Unplugged What if standing still is actually taki...

# 455 Feeling A Failure- Lets Solve It

01 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Feeling a Failure – Let's Solve It Ever felt like a failure? That heavy, gut-sinking emotion that says "I'm not good enough" or *"I've let myself (o...

FMQ 506 A Respectful Look at the Views Of Others

29 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

A Respectful Look at the Views of Others A Five-Minute Quickie from the Personal Development Unplugged Podcast Ever wondered how someone can hold a be...

#454 Mental Wellbeing - Tools and Strategies Part 1

25 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

#454 Mental Wellbeing – Tools and Strategies Part 1 Two simple tools that could change everything. We've all been through tough times — sadness, a...

FMQ 505 Me and the Podcasts I like and Learn From

22 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

My Favourite Podcasts Hey! Just sharing some podcasts I really love. I think they're pretty popular, but if you haven't checked them out, give them a ...

#453 Kindness The Next Super Power

18 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Kindness: The Next Superpower Hey my friend—kindness… a superpower? Really? In this longer, deeper episode of the Personal Development Unplugged P...

FMQ 504 I'm Stupid I don't understand - They're stupid they don't understand me

15 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

"I'm Stupid — I Don't Understand / They're Stupid — They Don't Understand Me" Another Five-Minute Quickie for those deeper musings… Ever thought...

#452 The Key To Unlocking Your Potential

11 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

The Key To Unlocking Your Potential What if everything you want is already within you—just waiting for permission to emerge? In this unplugged deep ...

FMQ 503 How to Know If you Or Someone Else Has Changed

08 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

How to Know If You or Someone Else Has Changed Have You Really Changed? In this five-minute muse, we dive into one of the simplest ways to know if yo...

#451 The Blue Print To Confidence and Self Assurity

04 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

The REAL Path to Self-Confidence: Why There's No "Blueprint" But Steps to Self-Assurity That Actually Work What This Episode Is Really About Let's get...

FMQ 502 I'm Weird What About You

01 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

I'm Weird - What About You I'm 'Special' and Very Wierd and very proud about it too - Are you? This 5-minute quickie is from the video I recently put ...

#450 Loneliness and My Plan To Conquer it.

27 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Loneliness and My Plan To Conquer It The Revolutionary Solution to Loneliness That Actually Works Feeling isolated? Struggling with loneliness? You're...

FMQ 501 What You Didn't Know Back Then

24 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

What You Didn't Know Back Then   Here is a little something I like to use with my clients, and it seems to give them an understanding as to why we so...

#449 How to Achieve Your Outcome, Your Dream

20 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

How to Achieve Your Dream Outcome - The Complete Blueprint Episode Overview In this transformative episode, Paul CLoughie delivers on his promise from...

FMQ 500 How To Change Quickly

17 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

How To Change Quickly Do you want to change the way you feel or act? Let's see if we can find a way to change either of those quickly. I feel we forge...

#448 Changing Negative Behaviours Easily

13 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

A Journey to Better Behaviours: Rewire Your Reactions for Good Ever catch yourself snapping at someone and thinking, "Where the hell did that come fro...

FMQ 499 Keeping On Target To Success

10 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Keeping On Target To Success   Following on from the last FMQ musing about constant and never-ending improvement, I ask the question  How Do You Kno...

#447 On Life and How We Might Live It

06 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Embracing Life: What If Today Was Your First or Last Day? In this episode of Personal Development Unplugged, we dig into two simple but powerful quest...

FMQ 498 Can I Really Get Better Every Day

03 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Can I Really Get Better Every Day? CANI Constant and Neverending Improvement - Is that really a thing? Can you continue to improve by 1% a day? Is all...

#446 Did I Do Enough - Really?

30 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Did I Do Enough? A Deep Dive into Daily Reflection Ever catch yourself at the end of the day wondering, "Did I do enough?" Here's the thing - having t...

FMQ 497 What If This Was The 1st or Last Day on Earth

27 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

If This Was The 1st or Last Day of your life? There's a question people often raise If this were the last day of your life, what would you do? or If t...

#445 I Had A Deam Whats Yours

23 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

IGNITE YOUR DREAM: THE JOURNEY TO REALIZATION Hey there, dream-chasers and life-lovers! Welcome back to another raw and real episode of Personal Devel...

FMQ 496 Making Tomorrow Even Greater Than Today

20 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Making Tomorrow Even Greater Than Today This is a follow-up to FMQ 495, Making today great. Let's stack the decks even more by doing something today t...

#444 The State of I've Got This and How To Get It

16 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

The State of "I've Got This" | Personal Development Techniques Want to unlock that confident feeling whenever life throws a challenge your way? In tod...

FMQ 495 Let's Make Today Great

13 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Let's Make Today Great! So many go through their day and are simply hoping it goes OK. And it might, but probably won't and definitely won't be as goo...

#443 Clearing Confusion and Finding Direction On Our Dreams

09 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Navigating Indecision: A Simple Process to Move Forward Hey there, amazing friend! Ever caught yourself going round and round in circles, totally stuc...

FMQ 494 Stop Lying To Yourself

06 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Stop Lying To Yourself We all do it, we all say things that are not quite true, and when we do, our unconscious mind listens in. And thereby hangs a p...

#442 I Can't Achieve Anything - Here's How You Can

02 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Personal Development Unplugged: You CAN Achieve Anything - Here's How to Overcome Overwhelm & Regret Are you feeling stuck with too many goals and dre...

FMQ 493 The 2 Second Game Changer

29 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

The 2 Second Game Changer Sometimes we can react to others, when we look back, in a way that was not helpful. Sometimes it just leads to arguments, or...

#441 Making Anxiety Your Friend

25 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Making Anxiety Your Friend Transforming Anxiety into Your Best Friend Hey beautiful souls! Paul here, and I'm SO excited to share this week's episode ...

FMQ 492 Change Your State Instantly

22 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Change Your State Instantly Would you like to change from being, say, feeling down to a state of resourcefulness? Or any other state that you think wo...

#440 Imagine Anxiety Spinning Away

18 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Feeling ANXIOUS? Transform It Into CALM! Personal Development Unplugged Hey, beautiful souls! This week on the podcast, I'm taking you on a transforma...

FMQ 491 Steps To Success

15 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Steps To Success Let's Make It Easy A 5-minute Quickie muse on making success come easy (you'll still need the effort). We often forget the times in t...

#439 Healing From Emotional Wounds

11 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Healing From Emotional Wounds Healing Negative Emotions In this extended episode, Paul Clough tackles the persistent negative emotions that many of us...

FMQ 490 You Dont Know How Good You Are

08 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

You Don't Know How Good You Are I believe we totally underestimate our skills and what we could achieve if we knew just how good we are. Sometimes, we...

#438 Anxiety Tool Box- Quick Fixes That Work

04 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Anxiety Toolbox: Your Roadmap to Inner Peace | Personal Development Unplugged Hey there, my brave souls. Let's talk about something we all experience ...

FMQ 489 Pulling Weeds Planting Flowers for a RICH Life

01 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Pulling Weeds, Planting Flowers for a RICH Life I overheard this whilst listening to an episode of the Modern Wisdom podcast. I felt compelled to shar...

#437 Boost Your Self Worth

28 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Boost Your Self Worth Finding Your True Self-Worth | Personal Development Unplugged Have you ever felt like you're just not enough? I've been there to...

FMQ 488 Negative Emotions Do We Push Away or Be Curious

25 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Negative Emotions Do We Push Away or Be Curious We've all experienced negative emotions, and the first thing we tend to do is think, "I don't like thi...

#436 Understanding What Others Are Thinking and Feeling

21 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Understanding What Others Are Thinking and Feeling How to Truly Understand Others – The Power of Perceptual Positioning wished you could really get ...

FMQ 487 The BS of Multi-Tasking

18 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

The BS of Multi-Tasking This simple process could well change your life and achievements forever. We've all felt overwhelmed by trying to do too many ...

#435 Create Cultivate a Positive Mindset

14 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Cultivating a Positive Mindset: Your Path to Empowerment Hey, you! Ever wonder how some people stay positive, even when life throws curveballs? It's n...

FMQ486 Have A Great Day - The Alternative to the Act Of loving Kindness

11 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Have A Great Day - The Alternative to the Act Of loving Kindness In this 5-minute muse, let me share with you a way to show loving kindness with eyes ...

#434 Beyond the Noise -Creating Inner Peace with Self-Therapy

07 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Beyond the Noise – Finding Inner Peace & Self-Therapy Hey, my friend… ever feel like life is just too loud? Social media, the news, work, responsi...

FMQ485 The Real Question To Ask About Anxiety to Let It Go

04 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

The Real Question To Ask About Anxiety to Let It Go Let's get musing about anxiety and why looking at the effects of anxiety is a good thing - because...

#433 Unshakable Self-Confidence

28 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Unshakable Self-Confidence A Journey of Self-Discovery Welcome back to the Personal Development Unplugged Podcast! In this episode, we dive deep into ...

FMQ 484 A Quick and Easy Way to Rebuilding Self-Esteem and Self-Confidence

25 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

A Quick and Easy Way to Rebuilding Self-Esteem and Self-Confidence A short muse to find ways to access your self-esteem and confidence in yourself qui...

#432 Unshakeable You - Re-Building Low Self-Esteem Part 2

22 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Unshakeable You - Re-Building Low Self-Esteem Hey, hey! Fancy seeing you here again – welcome back! This is where the magic happens, the second leg ...

#432 Unshakeable You -Re-Building Self-Esteem Part 1

21 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Unshakeable You -Re-Building Self-Esteem Part 1 In this eye-opening episode, we're taking a good, hard look at self-esteem and the journey towards dis...

FMQ 483 Stopping Things Going Wrong

18 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Stopping Things Going Wrong Inspired by the podcast Modern Wisdom and an interview with Tony Robbins We've got something in our day we really want to ...

#431 Taming The Mind -From Anxiety and Worry.

14 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

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...

FMQ 482 10 Minutes To Freedom

11 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

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 ...

#430.1 Hypnosis the 3 Foundations Of Self Development

08 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

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 assi...