personal growth

Why You Don’t Need Your Old Self Back

July 31, 2026

“I just want my old self back.”

I’ve heard those words from clients for years. I said them myself when life felt as though it had fallen apart.

It sounds like the perfect goal because the past feels safe. We remember confidence, certainty and familiarity. We imagine there was a version of us who had everything sorted.
Think you want your old self back? Think again! Discover why lasting personal growth comes from finding your way, not returning to who you used to be.

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#486 I’m Still Finding My Way

July 31, 2026

Think you want your old self back? Discover why lasting personal growth comes from finding your way, not returning to who you used to be.

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#485 Finding Your Way: When You Feel Lost in Life

July 17, 2026

In this deeper dive episode, Paul explores a personal experience of feeling lost after making significant changes in life and identity. What emerged was a surprising realisation: perhaps we don’t lose our way at all. Perhaps we simply lose connection with the part of ourselves that already knows the way.

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FMQ 536 – Freedom or Structure – Which One?

July 10, 2026

Do you really need more freedom, or more structure? Discover why the real answer may be finding the balance between support and control in this FMQ from Personal Development Unplugged.

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FMQ 535 What’s Stopping You Reaching Success?

June 26, 2026

What’s really stopping you from reaching success? In this FMQ, Paul explores procrastination, self-sabotage, limiting beliefs and the unconscious resistance that may be holding you back.

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#483 Intuition vs Overthinking

June 19, 2026

Feeling lost in life? Discover why you’re not truly lost, just disconnected from your inner direction. Learn how to reconnect with your future self, trust your intuition, and take the next meaningful step forward.

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FMQ529 – The Big Why: Let’s Refresh

April 3, 2026

A short Personal Development Unplugged FMQ episode exploring why refreshing your “why” is essential for motivation, confidence, and meaningful personal growth.

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Empathy Without the Pain – A Better Way to Help Others (and Yourself)

March 13, 2026

Empathy sucks.

Now before you throw something at me, I’m not talking about kindness. I’m not talking about caring. I’m talking about absorbing other people’s pain as if it’s your responsibility to carry it.

Because that? That drains you.

And it doesn’t actually help them.

The Hidden Cost of Empathy

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#476 Empathy – A Way That Works Without The Pain

March 13, 2026

Discover why empathy can drain you and how compassion and self-empathy help you support others without absorbing their pain.

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

November 7, 2025

In this slightly-longer FMQ, we’re taking a gentle but powerful step toward real change. No more talking about the issue. No more cycling through the same thoughts. This episode is all about shifting your focus to what actually creates transformation — how you want to feel.

So many of us get stuck talking, thinking, analysing… and nothing changes. Why?
Because talking doesn’t always touch the unconscious mind — the place where these patterns were created in the first place.

In this FMQ, I share:

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I’m A Therapist but Not Your Therapist

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