{"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":"FMQ535 What's Stopping You Reaching Success?","slug":"fmq535-what-s-stopping-you-reaching-success","published_at":"2026-06-26T00:10:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/anxiety-to-confidence-the-personal-development-unplugged-podcast-1100859/fmq535-what-s-stopping-you-reaching-success","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/anxiety-to-confidence-the-personal-development-unplugged-podcast-1100859","url":"https://personaldevelomentunplugged.libsyn.com/fmq535-whats-stopping-you-reaching-success","audio_url":"https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/pscrb.fm/rss/p/traffic.libsyn.com/secure/personaldevelomentunplugged/FMQ535_Whats_Stopping_You_Reaching_Success.mp3?dest-id=546491","summary":"What's Stopping You Reaching Success? You know there's something you need to do. A conversation. A decision. A project. A change. And yet... you don't do it. We often call it procrastination or self-sabotage, but what if that's not what's really happening? In this Five Minute Quickie, I explore what might actually be stopping us from moving forward, why change can feel uncomfortable even when we know it's right, and how unconscious resistance may be behind many of the fears, doubts and limiting beliefs that keep us stuck. This isn't about forcing yourself to do more. It's about understanding what's really going on underneath. In this episode: Why we resist change even when we want it The hidden cost of limiting beliefs How fear disguises itself as procrastination Why overthinking keeps us stuck The one emotion that may sit underneath it all A preview of the deeper dive to come Questions to consider: What are you currently avoiding? What would happen if you embraced the change instead? What would life feel like without that resistance? The deeper dive is coming next, where we'll explore what's really driving this unconscious resistance and how to move through it. Please share: https://personaldevelopmentunplugged.com/fmq-535-whats-stopping-you-reaching-success Remember if you want to see the video, go here: https://youtu.be/4U14pVlGWAA Shine Brightly 🌟 Paul Hey there! I'd love to hear from you—questions, feedback, requests—all welcome. Drop me a line or leave a comment. If you've enjoyed this episode or any other, please share and subscribe ! You can reach me at feedback@personaldevelopmentunplugged.com . Subscribe to the Podcast Ready to subscribe? Click here to explore your options. Or, if you're on Apple Music or iTunes , you can go straight to subscribe or leave a r…","meta_description":"What's Stopping You Reaching Success? You know there's something you need to do. A conversation. A decision. A project. A change. 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