The Ultimate Mindset Change Podcast

Why You Are At War With Yourself (and how to stop)

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The War No One Can See Episode
In the last episode we named the war.
In this game changing episode one we go back to where it started.
Because the stress, anxiety, exhaustion, the self-doubt and the constant pressure to perform,  none of it came from nowhere.  Understanding where it began changes everything about how you see yourself today and help you put down your weapons so you can find peace within.
In this episode I share the psychological framework that stopped me blaming everyone else, and helped me take responsibility so I could change the way I experienced the world.
This episode will change the way you see your relationships, your reactions, and the story you have been telling yourself for years.
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About Me
I'm Paul Sheppard, I am Coach who will help you end your war with yourself so you can start living.
Through simple insights, practical guidance and meditations, I will help you discover who you truly are and what you are capable of beyond the thinking mind.  
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12 Min Awakening Meditation

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Exploring awareness and your true nature in meditation.
We all need a reminder at times that we are not our thoughts, feelings or beliefs that can create our experience of reality.  We are so much more.  I love this type of meditation as experiencing your true self can change how you see yourself and experience life too.
Repeating this type of meditation is dangerous to your ego :)
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About Me
I'm Paul Sheppard, I am Coach who will help you end your war with yourself so you can start living.
Through simple insights, practical guidance and meditations, I will help you discover who you truly are and what you are capable of beyond the thinking mind.  
Newsletter, contact and community link here

5 Minute Creative Mind Meditation

30 Meditation challenge = 5 Minutes a day for 30 days.  
Reduce Anxiety, stress, inflammation and blood pressure.
Increase sleep quality, focus and cognitive function.
This creative mind meditation lets your mind wander for a few minutes to help your default mode network work healthily for you so you can be be inspired and receive insights from beyond your thinking mind.
Make some time for mind wandering, let yourself become bored and watch your insights begin to appear.
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About Me
I'm Paul Sheppard, I am Coach who will help you end your war with yourself so you can start living.
Through simple insights, practical guidance and meditations, I will help you discover who you truly are and what you are capable of beyond the thinking mind.  
Newsletter, contact and community link here

No Music 20 Min: Nervous System Reset Yoga Nidra NSDR Meditation

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This is a somatic NSDR (non sleep deep rest) meditation also known as Yoga Nidra. I will be guiding you into a deep theta level trance.  This is where you can learn to let go of anything you are holding on to, let your ego rest whilst you connect to a deeper more grounded and calmer version of you.
Perfect for days where you just need that reset.
Great for over thinking minds to slow down and stop.
Wonderful to feel energised and refreshed afterwards.
There is a music version of this meditation too.
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About Me
I'm Paul Sheppard, I am Coach who will help you end your war with yourself so you can start living.
Through simple insights, practical guidance and meditations, I will help you discover who you truly are and what you are capable of beyond the thinking mind.  
Newsletter, contact and community link here

20 Min: Nervous System Reset Yoga Nidra NSDR Meditation

Join us in the community here
This is a somatic NSDR (non sleep deep rest) meditation also known as Yoga Nidra. I will be guiding you into a deep theta level trance.  This is where you can learn to let go of anything you are holding on to, let your ego rest whilst you connect to a deeper more grounded and calmer version of you.
Perfect for days where you just need that reset.
Great for over thinking minds to slow down and stop.
Wonderful to feel energised and refreshed afterwards.
There is a non music version as always coming your way tomorrow.
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About Me
I'm Paul Sheppard, I am Coach who will help you end your war with yourself so you can start living.
Through simple insights, practical guidance and meditations, I will help you discover who you truly are and what you are capable of beyond the thinking mind.  
Newsletter, contact and community link here

5 Minute Mindset Training Meditation

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30 Day Meditation Challenge - 5 mins per day.
Most of us live inside our thoughts without ever questioning them. We treat every worry, every story, every inner critic as if it's the truth. But what if you could step back and simply watch?
In this 5-minute guided meditation, you'll practice one of the most powerful mindset skills available to you, becoming the observer of your own mind. Rather than being swept along by your thoughts, you'll learn to see them for what they are: passing mental events, not facts.
Through a simple but profound cinema metaphor, this session invites you to notice how thoughts appear, how they sound, how they feel, and crucially, what happens to them the moment you turn your full attention toward them.
This is the practice that sits beneath all real mindset change. Because the biggest problems most of us will ever face aren't the situations we find ourselves in, they're the stories our mind builds around them.
Just imagine what becomes possible when you stop automatically believing every thought you have.
Part of the 30-Day Meditation Challenge — designed to help you train your mind, step out of old conditioning, and respond to life rather than react to it.
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About Me
I'm Paul Sheppard, I am Coach who will help you end your war with yourself so you can start living.
Through simple insights, practical guidance and meditations, I will help you discover who you truly are and what you are capable of beyond the thinking mind.  
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5 Minute Somatic Body Scan Meditation

The 5-Minute Body Scan Part of the 30-Day Meditation Challenge
Most of us live almost entirely in our heads. This practice changes that.
This guided somatic body scan moves from crown to feet, bringing felt attention to each part of the body — temperature, weight, vibration — rather than thinking about the body from a distance. Five minutes of arriving, fully, in yourself.
This practice is part of the 30-Day Meditation Challenge. Neuroscientist Dr Richard Davidson, on the Huberman Lab with Dr Andrew Huberman, found that just five minutes of daily meditation for 30 days produces significant reductions in anxiety, stress and depression Substack details here — with measurable decreases in IL-6, a key inflammatory marker. Wider research confirms that regular practice reduces cortisol, blood pressure and heart rate, while improving sleep and cognitive function. PubMed
Five minutes. Thirty days. Show up tomorrow.
About Me
I'm Paul Sheppard, I am Coach who will help you end your war with yourself so you can start living.
Through simple insights, practical guidance and meditations, I will help you discover who you truly are and what you are capable of beyond the thinking mind.  
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No Music: 20 Min Morning Somatic Body Scan Meditation

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No Music version : I created this 20 minute somatic awareness meditation to help awaken your mind and body on a deeper level.  I love somatic meditations and have been exploring how I can incorporate this much more in my work for you to benefit from.
In this guided meditation you'll feel into temperature, weight, vibration and energy flow in each area,  helping you to move out of your mind and into your body 
The practice closes with a moment of gratitude at the heart, and a wider opening into the privilege of being alive, the kind of perspective that can shift your experience of reality.
Lie back, listen and let me guide into a beautiful somatic meditation to help you start your day.
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About Me
I'm Paul Sheppard, I am Coach who will help you end your war with yourself so you can start living.
Through simple insights, practical guidance and meditations, I will help you discover who you truly are and what you are capable of beyond the thinking mind.  
Newsletter, contact and community link here
 

20 Min: Morning Somatic Body Scan Meditation

Join us in the community, link here.
I created this 20 minute somatic awareness meditation to help awaken your mind and body on a deeper level.  I love somatic meditations and have been exploring how I can incorporate this much more in my work for you to benefit from.
In this guided meditation you'll feel into temperature, weight, vibration and energy flow in each area,  helping you to move out of your mind and into your body 
The practice closes with a moment of gratitude at the heart, and a wider opening into the privilege of being alive, the kind of perspective that can shift your experience of reality.
Lie back, listen and let me guide into a beautiful somatic meditation to help you start your day.
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About Me
I'm Paul Sheppard, I am Coach who will help you end your war with yourself so you can start living.
Through simple insights, practical guidance and meditations, I will help you discover who you truly are and what you are capable of beyond the thinking mind.  
Newsletter, contact and community link here
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

The War No One Can See (and why you are losing it)

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Are you exhausted — not just physically, but from the constant pressure of keeping it all together? In this episode, therapist and coach Paul Sheppard reveals why anxiety, stress, and burnout aren't the real problem. They're symptoms of a war most people don't even know they're fighting.
With over 20 years of experience working at the intersection of neuroscience and mindset, Paul shares the moment his own war nearly broke him — and the unexpected insight that changed everything.
In this episode you'll discover:
Why shame, not failure, is the real driver of burnout and self-doubt
How your false self was created to keep you safe — and why it's now working against you
Why more effort is making the war worse, not better
The simple daily practice that starts calming your nervous system today
If you're a high-achiever who's quietly running on empty, this episode will help you understand what's really happening — and point you toward a way out.
Ready to start? Take the 30 Day Meditation Challenge — just 5 minutes a day to reduce anxiety, lower stress, and rebuild your emotional resilience.  See previous episode on your platform. 
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About Me
I'm Paul Sheppard, I am Coach who will help you end your war with yourself so you can start living.
Through simple insights, practical guidance and meditations, I will help you discover who you truly are and what you are capable of beyond the thinking mind.  
Newsletter, contact and community link here