Month: July 2025

FMQ 506 A Respectful Look at the Views of Others

July 29, 2025

ver wondered how someone can hold a belief so different from yours — even the total opposite — and still be right? Well, in this five-minute (ish!) ramble, we explore one of NLP’s most important presuppositions: respect for another person’s model of the world.

We all build our own “maps” of reality based on our experiences. But what happens when we genuinely listen to someone else’s? Can we learn from it? Can it balance, challenge, or even evolve our own beliefs?

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#454 Mental Wellbeing – Tools and Strategies Part 1

July 25, 2025

**Two simple tools that could change everything.**

We’ve all been through tough times — sadness, anxiety, OCD, loss of confidence, grief, loneliness… and it’s all “stuff” that affects your mental wellbeing. But here’s the thing: most of that big stuff? It started small.

In this episode of the Personal Development Unplugged podcast, I (Cloughie) guide you through two powerful, yet beautifully simple mental wellbeing tools. These aren’t fluffy techniques – they’re real strategies that help you:

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FMQ 505 Me and the Podcasts I like and Learn From

July 22, 2025

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 listen.

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#453 Kindness The Next Super Power

July 18, 2025

n this longer, deeper episode of the Personal Development Unplugged Podcast, Cloughie explores why kindness is one of the most underrated forces for change—inside and out. In a world that feels increasingly self-centred, reactive, and short-tempered, a simple act of kindness can disrupt the noise and spark real transformation.

This is part personal confession (yes, Cloughie admits to being “a bit of a dick”), part gentle wake-up call, and 100% full of practical reflections to help you become more self-assured and more connected to those around you.

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FMQ 504 I’m Stupid I don’t understand – They’re stupid they don’t understand me

July 15, 2025

In this episode, we dive into:

Why it’s your responsibility to be understood
How feeling misunderstood (or stupid) is a communication challenge, not a personal flaw
Simple ways to change the way you speak so your message lands
A mindset shift to stop blaming others (or yourself) when communication fails
The power of reflection and “musing over a G&T” to grow your emotional intelligence

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#452 The Key To Unlocking Your Potential

July 11, 2025

What if everything you want is already within you—just waiting for permission to emerge?

In this unplugged deep dive, I share the true, no-fluff key to unlocking your potential… and it’s not just motivational fluff or clickbait—it’s practical, doable, and wildly empowering.

You’ll explore:

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

July 8, 2025

n this five-minute muse, we dive into one of the simplest ways to know if you’ve truly changed… and most of us miss it.

You’ll explore the power of behaviour as the only real measure of change — and why we often forget the progress we’ve made. It’s time to reflect, reset, and maybe even celebrate the changes you didn’t know you’d already made.

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#451 The Blue Print To Confidence and Self Assurity

July 4, 2025

Let’s get one thing straight right off the bat – there’s no such thing as a confidence blueprint. If someone’s selling you that, it’s clickbait, pure and simple. But here’s what I can give you: a real, honest look at self-assurity and how to build it from the ground up.

You see, I’ve been where you are. I remember being at the peak of my confidence in my career – I couldn’t do anything wrong, just knew I had it all figured out. Until I didn’t. Something unexpected happened, boom, that confidence bloody went. Completely went. So where did it go? Well, stick around because I’ll tell you about that.

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FMQ 502 I’m Weird What About You

July 1, 2025

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 out on my very random newsletter in which I ask, encourage you to show your Specialness, your Weidness and make this little old planet Earth a nicer place to live.

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