Anxiety to Confidence - The Personal Development Unplugged Podcast

FMQ 346 Does Fear Make You Feel Safe?

04 Nov 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Does Fear Make You Feel Safe? That's what someone said! Really? What really does fear do for you? What's it's positive intention? Because your unconsc...

#259 Oh No! Another Bloody Goal Setting Workshop - NOT!

30 Oct 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Oh No! Another Bloody Goal Setting Workshop - NOT! From creating our reality, our future, and literally our present I want to have a conversation abou...

#258 Creating Your Reality - Do You Really

23 Oct 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Creating Your Reality - Do You Really? Or is it BS? There is a lot of BS spoken about how you create your reality BUT that doesn't mean it's BS - or d...

#257 Deliberately Finding Passion Creativity and Confidence

16 Oct 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Deliberately Finding Passion Creativity and Confidence Let's do it together In our last episode, I told the story of my stumbling into passion and now...

FMQ 346 Another No More Fake

14 Oct 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Another No More Fake Confirming what we know When you fake it until you make it - You're a Fake (With an upper case F) and it's good to know that it's...

#256 Accidentally finding Passion and purpose

09 Oct 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Accidently finding Passion and purpose Sometimes you have to look back to see it in your future In this episode, I will share with you a couple of per...

FMQ 345 And Breathe

06 Oct 2021

Contributed by Lukas

And Breathe this really is a 5-minute quickie (podcast) A quick reminder You can do without food for a while You can do without water a little less Bu...

#255 Wakey Wakey!!

02 Oct 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Wakey Wakey!! Living the Dream? Are you living the dream or are you the dreamer or are you in the dream or are you napping? When you really think abou...

FMQ 344 Unplug and Reboot

29 Sep 2021

Contributed by Lukas

The How-To to Tackle Overwhelm Enter into the world of being 'in a pickle' - 'pickledom' or in other words, overwhelm And the most important thing in ...

#254 How to really Learn - the Only way to Learn

25 Sep 2021

Contributed by Lukas

How to really Learn - the Only way to Learn And no one tells you I know it's a big statement and I do believe it's true and not a 'clickbait' When you...

#253 So why the F**k Bother?

18 Sep 2021

Contributed by Lukas

So why the F**k Bother? But I think you will There's so much in this episode, so much more than Anxiety to Confidence that I think will get you from n...

#252 Who's listening To You?

11 Sep 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Who's listening To You? You may be surprised. This is a whopper of an episode in the amount of not only golden nuggets but silver and bronze ones tooo...

FMQ 343 When and how to find new opportunities

08 Sep 2021

Contributed by Lukas

When and how to find new opportunities Was lockdown, locked in, the best time to find opportunities? Really??? Or was that just 'clickbait' or reframi...

# 251 WTF Let's Go First!

04 Sep 2021

Contributed by Lukas

WTF Let's Go First In a slightly explicit way Yup, a little swearing but not a lot, and I think it's in the most appropriate way. And as many episodes...

#250 3 Steps To End Procrastination

28 Aug 2021

Contributed by Lukas

3 Steps To End Procrastination Really? Yes! And before you say or think "is this clickbait?" How very dare you! No, I want to show how to overcome pro...

# 249 Q and A of a sort

21 Aug 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Q and A of a sort Or The Answer is only as good as the Question Very few share, at least who I know of, the power of questions and what to ask and how...

FMQ 342 Good! I Get To Do This

18 Aug 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Good! I Get To Do This The rare and wonderful five-minute quickie - a short podcast that I hope gets you thinking (and doing). If you follow this advi...

#248 Your Free HYPNOSIS TRACK For Mindfulness and meditation

15 Aug 2021

Contributed by Lukas

HYPNOSIS TRACK For Mindfulness and meditation Following on from episode #248 Here's your free hypnosis track extracted from the episode so you don't h...

#248 Hypnosis Mindfulness and Meditation

14 Aug 2021

Contributed by Lukas

#247 A Sharing from Loren Swift

07 Aug 2021

Contributed by Lukas

A Sharing from Loren Swift self-connection, a simple way to know what to say next We have a treat in this episode - A guest in the name of Loren Swift...

FMQ 341 Do It Over Theory

04 Aug 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Do it over theory It doesn't matter how much you know and how much you study if you don't use what you've learned it's useless other than being a "kno...

#246 Reset and Refresh - Right Now!

31 Jul 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Reset and Refresh - Right Now! And what would happen if you did If only we could feel differently, in the moment. Change how we feel to something diff...

FMQ 340 Enticed Away From The Noise

30 Jul 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Enticed away from the noise and I'll tell you how you can do it to Just a quickie my friend to share with you an experience I had while standing on th...

#245 The BS of Vulnerabilityrability

24 Jul 2021

Contributed by Lukas

The BS of Vulnerability Overused? Overrated? I want to share what others don't tell you about vulnerability.   I love it when some supposedly thought...

#244 A Meaningless Podcast

17 Jul 2021

Contributed by Lukas

A Meaningless Podcast For A Meaningless World And before you even think - this is not a rant or a down and dreary episode, far from it. What's the mea...

FMQ 339 Living For Tomorrow - Making Tomorrow Great

14 Jul 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Living For Tomorrow Making Tomorrow Great I love that we have goals, dreams and desires and that whilst we work hard for them to materialize our focus...

#243 Let's Work At 100% - NO!

10 Jul 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Let's Work At 100% NO! Hustle, Hustle, Hustle all with a big H. If you're awake - work - Make it happen. If you're not working at 110% then you're not...

#242 Post Lock-down Anxiety

03 Jul 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Post-Lockdown Anxiety Don't put this off Not a long podcast episode but maybe one with a really important message. Everything is about to change again...

FMQ 338 A Share - Critical thinking at its best

30 Jun 2021

Contributed by Lukas

A Share - Critical thinking at its best Short and sweet - Doing the thing I ask of you. So many people talk about critical thinking but not really gui...

#241 A New Way To Journal and Being Vulnerable

26 Jun 2021

Contributed by Lukas

A New Way To Journal and Being Vulnerable Recorded in/on the spur of the moment and I just had to share what I've learned whilst Journaling. But it's ...

#240 A free - way - to excel

19 Jun 2021

Contributed by Lukas

A free - way - to excel letting go of fears and anxiety From a request to discuss overcoming the fear of driving on the freeway (motorway in the UK) I...

FMQ 337 Listen to yourself Its Simple When You Do

16 Jun 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Listen to yourself It's Simple When You Do Another personal sharing that I hope inspires you to do the same or similar. Making things simple and takin...

#239 Being And Striving From Being Frightened And Scared (explicit)

12 Jun 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Being And Striving From Being Frightened And Scared A shortish episode that was sparked into life at 8:24 am and recorded there and then. A number of ...

FMQ 337 Listen to yourself Its Simple When You Do

10 Jun 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Listen to yourself - It's Simple When You Do Another personal sharing in another not so rare five-minute quickie. It all started with sitting outside,...

#238 NOT A Brain Hack For Grief

05 Jun 2021

Contributed by Lukas

NOT a Brain Hack For Grief I hate the term 'Hack' especially when linked with the brain and getting better personally, to me it's 'clickbait' and aime...

FMQ 336 When I'm 80

02 Jun 2021

Contributed by Lukas

When I'm 80 Now's the time to decide Listening to Jordan Petterson speaking he mentioned that what you do today, what you decide right now affects who...

#237 Dispelling Gratitude - Really?

29 May 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Dispelling Gratitude - Really Has the act of gratitude been so well plied it's now only clickbait? Have you found if you've been doing the 'Act of Gra...

FMQ 335 Secretly happy In Your Heart

26 May 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Secretly happy In Your Heart Another quick 5 Minute Quickie. If you can learn to have and keep this secret your life will be different in a good way. ...

FMQ - A Share - Critical Thinking At Its Best

24 May 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Sharing what you hear or learn is at the heart of this Personal Development Unplugged podcast  and hear's a share that  will take two minutes to lis...

#236 Why I Use Hypnosis

22 May 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Why I Use Hypnosis and dispelling the myths So right from the get-go Hypnosis is a tool, that's it it's that simple. Some people give it a sense of ma...

FMQ 334 Sharing the CHASE JARVIS podcast

20 May 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Sharing the CHASE JARVIS podcast with Jim Kwik The FMQ episodes are now primarily for sharing short sharp titbits of good stuff I get to know, hear or...

#235 One Small Step to Changing How You Feel

15 May 2021

Contributed by Lukas

One Small Step to Changing How You Feel And it's so simple Would it be important or of interest to know how to change your emotions when how you feel ...

FMQ 333 From If Only I'd - to - Yay!

14 May 2021

Contributed by Lukas

From If Only I'd - to - Yay! A rare FMQ to get you both thinking and taking action on your dreams and becoming a master of anything you want. What!!!!...

#234 Finding Your Super Power

08 May 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Finding Your Super Power And as usual, it's hiding in plain sight Yes, you have your own personal Super Power and it's NOT anything like Fake it until...

#231 I'm Better Than This

01 May 2021

Contributed by Lukas

I'm Better Than This We both are In the past when I felt down sometimes I used to leave it, try to ignore it. Did that work? Mostly no. What about you...

#232 Take Your Own Medicine Cloughie

24 Apr 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Take Your Own Medicine Cloughie What's the basis of making all good things happen for you? Would you want to know that? What would happen if you did k...

#231 Dreamers Or Making Reality

17 Apr 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Dreamers Or Making Reality Or better still BOTH! Do you love dreaming, dreaming of goals, the things that would make us feel fullfilled? How does drea...

#330 Passion and Purpose _ Who cares (non EXPLICIT)

10 Apr 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Finding Passion and Purpose Who cares I do So I don't normally swear in the podcast but this subject got to me. I have edited this version for those o...

#330 Finding Passion and Purpose _ Who cares (EXPLICIT version)

10 Apr 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Finding Passion and Purpose Who cares I do So I don't normally swear in the podcast but this subject got to me. I have edited another version for thos...

FMQ 332 Evolution Of A Podcast Intro - Just For Fun

07 Apr 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Evolution Of A Podcast Intro - Just For Fun Not sure if this is going to be the last of the weekly Five-Minute Quickie FMQ podcast episodes so I thoug...

#228 Why Is It Important To Do Stuff Better

03 Apr 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Why is it important to do stuff better 'Stuff' Being the technical word for Everything! Following on from the FMQ episode 331 How Good Can you get and...

FMQ 331 How Good Can You Get and Be

31 Mar 2021

Contributed by Lukas

How Good Can You Get and Be? A Flash of the Obvious We set ourselves goals, targets, and outcomes and the thing is would it be important to you to kno...

#227 Letting Go In 4 Easy Steps

27 Mar 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Letting Go In 4 Easy Steps Would being able to change something you do or feel be valuable to you, would that be important? If that was easy to do and...

FMQ 330 My Deep Thinking Is Not Working

24 Mar 2021

Contributed by Lukas

My Deep Thinking Is Not Working Do you find it difficult to think, think really deeply? to deep dive as they say. Isn't important to be able to think ...

#226 Loneliness part 3

20 Mar 2021

Contributed by Lukas

A 3rd Dive Into Loneliness In this episode, I'm looking into the fear behind Loneliness. The fear of being Lonely yet the fear that stops us from lett...

Here's Your Free Hypnosis session Learning From An Artist

19 Mar 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Hi My friend, Following on from #225 Learning From An Artist I have created a Hypnosis track of the process we discussed so you can experience the ful...

FMQ 329 Getting The Most From Your Day

17 Mar 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Getting The Most From Your Day Leaving Nothing to Chance If you're like me, you meet your commitments in your diary - meetings, phone calls, and you f...

#225 Learning From An Artist

13 Mar 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Learning From An Artist Change from a different perspective A little while ago I saw something that really got my attention. And as I watched my mind ...

#214 Pain Then Pleasure

12 Mar 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Pain Then Pleasure Enjoy the pleasure Warning - this is a New Years Resolution FRREEE ZONE! We know we can make changes any day, any minute of a year ...

FMQ 328 RAOK

10 Mar 2021

Contributed by Lukas

RAOK Random Act Of Kindness This really is a five-minute Quickie episode The other day I fell into the YouTube trap and got kidnapped into watching mo...

Celebrating 21 Years and Encouragement to New (Hypno)Therapists

08 Mar 2021

Contributed by Lukas

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...

#224 Negative BiAS - Buzzword or BS

06 Mar 2021

Contributed by Lukas

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...

FMQ 327 Old Advice or Good Advice

03 Mar 2021

Contributed by Lukas

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 alre...

#223 Introducing Jean Walters – Anxiety to Peace

27 Feb 2021

Contributed by Lukas

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 t...

FMQ 326 Reaching Out - Asking For A Friend

24 Feb 2021

Contributed by Lukas

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 somethin...

# 222 When is It Not Good To Forget

20 Feb 2021

Contributed by Lukas

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. A...

FMQ 325 How Do You KNow

17 Feb 2021

Contributed by Lukas

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...

#221 I'm Struggling

13 Feb 2021

Contributed by Lukas

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 wan...

FMQ 324 I'm Not Ready - I'm Got Good Enough

10 Feb 2021

Contributed by Lukas

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 ...

#220 Don't Put This Off

06 Feb 2021

Contributed by Lukas

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 fac...

FMQ 323 That'll do

03 Feb 2021

Contributed by Lukas

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...

# 219 Making The Right Decisions

30 Jan 2021

Contributed by Lukas

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 ...

#218 I'm Alone and It Hurts Pt 2

27 Jan 2021

Contributed by Lukas

 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 ...

#217 I'm Alone and it hurts Pt1

23 Jan 2021

Contributed by Lukas

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 f...

FMQ 322 Take 2 - When I Don't Need To Know The Why

20 Jan 2021

Contributed by Lukas

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...

I Need Help

17 Jan 2021

Contributed by Lukas

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...

#216 Tims' Metaphor

16 Jan 2021

Contributed by Lukas

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 Jos...

FMQ 321 Having your cake and eating it

13 Jan 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Having your cake and eating it An Analogy to Muse Over 10 minutes of conversation comparing your goals, dreams, projects, in fact, anything your plann...

# 215 No Regrets

09 Jan 2021

Contributed by Lukas

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 ...

FMQ 320 A 3 minute challenge

06 Jan 2021

Contributed by Lukas

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?) thi...

FMQ 320 Do You Need To Know The Y?

30 Dec 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Do You Need To Know The WHY? So many clients say to me "I need to know why I feel this way" and I normally answer "Wouldn't you rather feel different,...

FMQ 319 End That Trance

23 Dec 2020

Contributed by Lukas

End That Trance Something for you to muse over. I was taught that the job of a hypnotist was to de-hypnotize the client from the trance they are in, t...

# 213 Can I Tell You A Story

19 Dec 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Can I Tell You A Story? Once Upon A Time I think everyone loves a story and over the month I hope to sprinkle a few stories, metaphors, I've borrowed,...

FMQ 318 Seeing Is Dreaming

16 Dec 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Seeing Is Dreaming So as usual the 5 minute Quickie Podcast has gone just a little over the 5 minute and there's a very good reason for that. What's t...

#212 No More Excuses - Period

12 Dec 2020

Contributed by Lukas

No More Excuses - Period How is it that some people make it  - In any situation? You got it! They will not accept excuses, Their own that is. It's so...

FMQ 317 Affirmations don't work

09 Dec 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Affirmations don't work until...... You hear and read affirmations all over the place You have probably had something like these suggested to you when...

#211 My Quiet Place

05 Dec 2020

Contributed by Lukas

My Quiet Place A place where you can Think, Dream, and Create Would you like to be able to create your own place where you can think as quickly as it ...

FMQ 316 Jim Carey Said To Me

02 Dec 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Jim Carey Said to me What's your talent? What's your talent that helps others, what do they need that your talent can provide? Add this to selfless ...

#210 Taking Intuitive Action On Dreams

28 Nov 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Taking Intuitive Action On Dreams Do I? Don't I? Now before we start I am not one to advocate, promote ignoring everything, and simply follow your int...

FMQ 315 If Only I Get Accepted

25 Nov 2020

Contributed by Lukas

If Only I Get Accepted (1)5 minutes of IS (Imposter Syndrome) Will this be liked? loved? shared? Is what I'm doing good enough and going to get me acc...

#209 I Got Nothin'

21 Nov 2020

Contributed by Lukas

I Got Nothin' But It's about to get better! I'm going to share some stories of my experiences of when I knew nothing and then I knew I didn't know, th...

FMQ 314 I Can't Be My Best

18 Nov 2020

Contributed by Lukas

I Can't Be My Best Until you are If we have this n the forefront of our minds then all would be well. Does it come from a Zulu saying? Don't know but ...

#208 I'm Not Good Enough PART 2

14 Nov 2020

Contributed by Lukas

I'm Not Good Enough PART 2 It's time to let that belief go In part 1 we looked at how this Limiting belief "I'm not good enough" affects everyone, one...

FMQ 313 Good Enough

11 Nov 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Good Enough  A five-minute Quickie podcast Slipped in between parts 1 & 2 of I'm not good enough longer episodes I want to break up those deeper dive...

#207 I'm Not Good Enough - PART 1

07 Nov 2020

Contributed by Lukas

I'm Not Good Enough PART 1 Following our deeper dives into a little bit more serious topics in recent our longer episodes, I hope you enjoy this path ...

FMQ 312 I'm Leaving Everybody

04 Nov 2020

Contributed by Lukas

I'm Leaving Everybody And for something better Butterflies flap on one side of the world and create a storm, at least that's how the metaphor goes. We...

#206 Hostile Relations

31 Oct 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Hostile Relations Resolving Conflict I loved the making of this episode and incorporating a wonderful process to boot - So make sure you have nothing ...

FMQ 311 Turn Frustration to Calm or Even Peace

28 Oct 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Turn Frustration to Calm or Even Peace Includes a mini process We all, well I do, get frustrated at so many little things. There are also natural phen...

#205 Scared of My Bias and How To Change It

24 Oct 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Scared of My Bias and How To Change It When you understand how our cognitive bias is formed you will be scared, I was! It's inbuilt from the day we're...

FMQ 310 Make Yourself Known

21 Oct 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Make Yourself Known it works both ways You probably know my thoughts on World Mental Health Day (it's too important to be only one day, should be 365 ...