{"podcast":{"title":"Anxiety to Confidence - The Personal Development Unplugged Podcast","slug":"anxiety-to-confidence-the-personal-development-unplugged-podcast-1100859","podcast_index_feed_id":1100859,"rss_url":"https://personaldevelomentunplugged.libsyn.com/rss","website_url":"https://personaldevelopmentunplugged.com","image_url":"https://static.libsyn.com/p/assets/b/e/3/5/be356e677739bc6416c3140a3186d450/Anxiety_to_confidence_with_Paul_Clough1.png","author":"Paul Clough","episode_count":1118,"summary":"A podcast for those wanting personal development but want it made simple and easy to understand and more importantly use, take action and make a difference to your life and the world you live in. If you want to change the way you feel and the way you act and react. If you have negative emotions, behaviours, that you want to lose forever and create something special in your life then I think you will like what you hear. This genre of self-improvement, self-development and mastery of your mind has, I believe, been made over complicated and secretive and here I am de-constructing the processes into their simple forms that we can all understand and easily use. There's no interviews just little ol' me ;0) Who am I and what do I do?………Paul Clough. I now love helping making changes in people and guiding them to create the life they really want. A personal look at me: The above sentence was not always the case and being the best in the financial realms of the building industry was my aim and getting there by any means. I now know this is, and was, the worst way ~ even if I did make director of one of the largest building companies in Cambridge by the age of 30. One of the major realisatio…","last_synced_at":"2026-07-24T10:18:56.270797+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/anxiety-to-confidence-the-personal-development-unplugged-podcast-1100859"},"episode":{"title":"#483 Intuition vs Overthinking","slug":"483-intuition-vs-overthinking","published_at":"2026-06-19T00:10:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/anxiety-to-confidence-the-personal-development-unplugged-podcast-1100859/483-intuition-vs-overthinking","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/anxiety-to-confidence-the-personal-development-unplugged-podcast-1100859","url":"https://personaldevelomentunplugged.libsyn.com/484-intuition-vs-overthinking","audio_url":"https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/pscrb.fm/rss/p/traffic.libsyn.com/secure/personaldevelomentunplugged/483_Intuition_vs_Overthinking.mp3?dest-id=546491","summary":"Are You Thinking Too Much to Hear Yourself? Have you ever noticed that the harder you think about something, the less clear it becomes? In this episode, I explore the difference between overthinking and intuition. Not the mystical stuff, but that quiet inner knowing that often gets drowned out by endless analysing, making lists, asking everyone else's opinion and searching for certainty that never quite arrives. I share two personal stories. One where I ignored my intuition and paid the price, and another where I listened to a small inner nudge that completely changed the direction of my life. Together we'll explore why overthinking feels productive but often keeps us stuck, how intuition tends to whisper rather than shout, and why clarity comes more from listening than thinking harder. There's also a simple reflective process to help you quieten the noise, reconnect with your own inner guidance and discover the next small step that feels right for you. Because maybe the answer isn't something you need to figure out. Maybe it's something you already know. In This Episode Why overthinking often creates more confusion than clarity The hidden cost of needing certainty before taking action How intuition feels different from analysis My narrowboat lesson and what it taught me about ignoring inner guidance The small decision that led me into hypnosis over 26 years ago A simple process to help you listen beyond the mental noise Why the next right step is usually smaller than you think Learning to trust yourself a little more Questions to Reflect On Where am I overthinking instead of listening? What has my intuition already been trying to tell me? What does \"quietly right\" feel like? What's the next small step that feels right enough? What would change if I trusted myself more…","meta_description":"Are You Thinking Too Much to Hear Yourself? Have you ever noticed that the harder you think about something, the less clear it becomes? 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