The Balanced Mind Podcast

Hello my amazing listeners! On today's podcast I have a truly awe inspiring guest.   There are some times you just connect with someone online who is on the other side of the world but you have a meeting of minds and their personal energy is just off the charts, a beautiful kind and high vibe energy that draws you to them.  And that was my experience when I met the incredible Kim Wilkinson, who even has a Facebook group called the High Vibe Tribe.A few years ago Kim's son Tristan overdosed. The loss of her son is something she describes as her greatest tragedy as well as her greatest gift.  It was the catalyst for Kim to transform her life and heal herself from the inside out.  She talks openly and movingly in this podcast about her journey navigating grief, healing from trauma and how this set her on a path to not only heal herself but to use her knowledge and wisdom to help others heal from grief and trauma as well. Kim digs deep in this podcast on the different types of trauma and how they can affect us, and on how we are conditioned to ignore our emotions and the difficulties that can cause us in later life.During this interview,  Kim opens up about her spiritual journey, and how her connection to her intuition, to Source (divine mind, universe etc)  transformed as she healed from within leading her to connect with her son and to open herself up to mediumship. Listening to Kim talk is a true journey of how the inner work whilst not always easy, can bring with it transformation and changes to your life that you never expected. If listening to Kim leads you to find out more about her and her amazing talents you can connect with her via Facebook at Empowered Life with Kim Wilkinson, through her website www.empoweredlifenow.net or instagram @empowered.life.coach

In todays podcast episode, I interview the amazing Michelle Kuei of Elevate Life Coaching.Michelle is a powerhouse of a person who is truly inspirational. Born in Taiwan (before moving to New York), when she was growing up she was involved in a car accident which gave her life changing injuries which affected her mobility and growth. She has described herself as a perfectly normal soul, trapped in an imperfect body.  She's the author of the memoir “Perfectly Normal-an immigrant's story of making it in America”.Michelle  is an international speaker, visibility coach, and author who empowers women in building the skill-set of resiliency to overcome tragedy, bounce back, and find purpose in every challenge.  She helps women coaches to think big and do more for their business by teaching them how to tell their stories to the world and get clients while making an impact in this world.  She's a qualified pharmacist and lives in California with her sidekick an  orange short-hair cat named ‘Toby' who is working his way to taking over social media.In this epidsode, we talk about resilience, how perfectionism is a cage we create that holds us back.  Michelle gives us her three big tips for building and improving your visibility and business online.  She talks about a very powerful way to get out of your own way when it comes to perfectionism. And as you'd expect from a consummate teller of stories, she tells us a very powerful story about the Golden Buddha in Thailand.You can connect with Michelle at:http://elevatelifecoaching.orgorhttp://instagram.com/elevatelifecoach

In today's episode of the Balanced Mind Podcast I am joined by my dear friend Dr Mansour Malik.  Dr Malik had a successful career as a lawyer in London. After leaving his legal career behind for the past 20 years he has been devoting himself to the teachings of the poet and mystic Rumi. Rumi was a Sufi poet and mystic writing in 13th century.  More than 700 years later his poetry still retains its power and the potency of his message around love and oneness. Dr Malik's enduring mission is to spread Rumi's message that love is our most potent weapon, that everything we need is within us including our connection to the divine, to source.In this interview, Dr Malik sheds light on why Rumi's teachings are more important than ever, why more people are awakening to the power of Rumi's words and poetry, what the most powerful message Rumi teaches us in his poetry.Dr Malik's final words in the interview are to Love everyone and hate none, help everyone but harm none.Dr Malik has set up a not for profit Company called Rumi Kingdom of Love to create a resource for people interested in the words of Rumi to find out more about the poet and to be directed to translations or novels that feature the teachings of Rumi.   You can visit the website here at  www.rumikingdomoflove.com You can join his Facebook group www.facebook.com/groups/196076947116544 - Rumi Kingdom of Love to receive more of Rumi's poetry and wisdom.

In today's podcast episode I read from Chapter two of my book How To Be A Finisher - 27 Strategies to Overcome Procrastination from the Inside out.In this Chapter we look at fear and how it is the base not to procrastination.We look at the parts of your brain which play a role in procrastination.The rules of the mind which affect procrastination and your responses.How your brain is trying to keep you safe.We look at how procrastination can be a response to childhood challenges and how these may have affected you when growing up.Then I discuss two tools which can help you understand your own connections between your mind, your stories, interpretations and procrastination. And how you can flip negative fear based feelings into positive ones to help you move forward.Discover for yourself how fear can take hold and what you can do about that in this podcast episode.LINKS:WORK WITH ME - Deborah Taylor - Subconscious Success Coach, Hypnotist and Author. I'm a 1:1 Coach and hypnotist, helping entrepreneurs clear the subconscious blocks that cause them to procrastinate in their business, launches, projects and goals so that they experience an ability to create more  growth with ease, letting go of the struggle and stress, building unstoppable confidence from the inside outContact me to learn more about how you can work with me 1:1: Email: deborah@thesubconsciouscompass.comlinkedin: linkedin.com/in/thesubconsciouscompassBUY MY BOOK: If you're interested in purchasing my book How To Be A Finisher - 27 Strategies to Overcome Procrastination From the Inside Out.  You can download it from https://howtobeafinisher.podia.com/how-to-be-a-finisher

In today's episode of the Balanced Mind Podcast I look at how the battleground between your Ego (the comfort zone) V your Soul (the growth zone) causes you to go into procrastination through self doubt, overthinking, analysis paralysis and overwhelm.I explain what causes you brain to start this battle with your soul.That your brain is not really self sabotaging you, it thinks it's saving you...How hypnosis can help you propel yourself into the growth zone and overcome the comfort zone.I give you my three point exercise for shifting your mind out of languishing in the comfort zone to train yourself to lean in to growth and move yourself forward to overcome procrastination.LINKS:WORK WITH ME - Deborah Taylor - Subconscious Success Coach, Hypnotist and Author. I'm a 1:1 Coach and hypnotist, helping entrepreneurs clear the subconscious blocks that cause them to procrastinate in their business, launches, projects and goals so that they experience an ability to create more  growth with ease, letting go of the struggle and stress, building unstoppable confidence from the inside outContact me to learn more about how you can work with me 1:1: Email: deborah@thesubconsciouscompass.comlinkedin: linkedin.com/in/thesubconsciouscompassBUY MY BOOK: If you're interested in purchasing my book How To Be A Finisher - 27 Strategies to Overcome Procrastination From the Inside Out.  You can download it from https://howtobeafinisher.podia.com/how-to-be-a-finisher

This episode is about how to think like an artist to create new ideas in your business. Disruption comes from working with your brain and taking old ideas and challenging your mind to bring something new to old ways of thinking.In this weeks episode we discuss how to get your subconscious mind to help you create new ideas or to become a disruptor.We talk about how Picasso used this way of thinking to blend the modern with primitive art to create a new way of seeing and drawing.We discuss how ideas come from a specific way of thinking.How to lean in and trust your intuition and internal voice.We are all creative it's just whether we trust our inner voice or not...LINKS:WORK WITH ME - Deborah Taylor - Subconscious Success Coach, Hypnotist and Author. I'm a 1:1 Coach and hypnotist, helping entrepreneurs clear the subconscious blocks that cause them to procrastinate in their business, launches, projects and goals so that they experience an ability to create more  growth with ease, letting go of the struggle and stress, building unstoppable confidence from the inside outContact me to learn more about how you can work with me 1:1: Email: deborah@thesubconsciouscompass.comlinkedin: linkedin.com/in/thesubconsciouscompassBUY MY BOOK: If you're interested in purchasing my book How To Be A Finisher - 27 Strategies to Overcome Procrastination From the Inside Out.  You can download it from https://howtobeafinisher.podia.com/how-to-be-a-finisher

Yeah, you heard it right here.Goal setting doesn't work...When I created goals and had it all planned out I just set myself up for failure and created another stick to beat myself with.This all changed in 2021. I wrote and published my book without goal setting. Now, how did I do that without setting goals.Simple...I  created a big over arching visionThen I focused on what impact that would have.And...I  completely disregarded the bit in between...I said goodbye to the HOW...And then ...I chunked the F... down, like chunked all the way down to the bones.I created micro commitments which led to micro habits which ended up in a book being written in 3 months during a miserable lockdown.Because I believe we let our brain scramble everything up by worrying us about the bit in the middle. The Vision and the impact works with your higher self, your inner wisdom.  It works with your deep soul purpose.But you want to quieten the noise from that feral reptilian part of your brain that talks you out of things because it tells you, you need to stay say.So you keep that bit of your brain busy with the micro commitments, so it's so busy with those it cannot worry about the bit in between. And before you know it you are on your way, on your journey towards the vision and the impact you wish to create.So forget about your 2022 goal setting. Just think about. YOUR VISION, WHAT IMPACT THAT WILL HAVE AND...chunk it down... to the micro commitments that are non negotiable that will take you on that journey to your VISION.LINKS:WORK WITH ME - Deborah Taylor - Subconscious Success Coach, Hypnotist and Author. I'm a 1:1 Coach and hypnotist, helping entrepreneurs clear the subconscious blocks that cause them to procrastinate in their business, launches, projects and goals so that they experience an ability to create more  growth with ease, letting go of the struggle and stress, building unstoppable confidence from the inside outContact me to learn more about how you can work with me 1:1: Email: deborah@thesubconsciouscompass.comlinkedin: linkedin.com/in/thesubconsciouscompassBUY MY BOOK: If you're interested in purchasing my book How To Be A Finisher - 27 Strategies to Overcome Procrastination From the Inside Out.  You can download it from https://howtobeafinisher.podia.com/how-to-be-a-finisher

In the run up to Christmas and during the break between Christmas and New year I will be releasing a series of podcasts around issues connected to the pandemic, managing your mental health and how to plan for your business in a cycle of uncertainty.In this episode I talk about the way our brains are hard wired around fear, that news and media plugs into how our brains react to fear, how to manage doom scrolling (when in an anxiety rut during the financial crisis I inadvertently created a doom scrolling habit), how to get out of this habit and what you can go to keep yourself on track in a period of uncertainty.And I celebrate my first 100 downloads. Thank you all for listening.LINKS:WORK WITH ME - Deborah Taylor - Subconscious Success Coach, Hypnotist and Author. I'm a 1:1 Coach and hypnotist, helping entrepreneurs clear the subconscious blocks that cause them to procrastinate in their business, launches, projects and goals so that they experience an ability to create more  growth with ease, letting go of the struggle and stress, building unstoppable confidence from the inside outContact me to learn more about how you can work with me 1:1: Email: deborah@thesubconsciouscompass.comlinkedin: linkedin.com/in/thesubconsciouscompassBUY MY BOOK: If you're interested in purchasing my book How To Be A Finisher - 27 Strategies to Overcome Procrastination From the Inside Out.  You can download it from https://howtobeafinisher.podia.com/how-to-be-a-finisher

Discover in this week's episode what caused me to experience Obsessive Compulsive Disorder for 38 years.  How I made it part of my identity for so long that I felt wedded to it as it was a childhood coping mechanism to deal with a traumatic experience.Learn the tools I used to heal and stop having OCD within 8 weeks.  The strange loss I felt after overcoming this and how my brain tried to pull me back into this habit as I overcame it.I talk about the shame and self deception I experienced and the energy I expended in hiding this habit and the reasons for this habit.  I share about my experiences in this episode to help others understand that your thoughts do not control you and you can overcome these experiences.LINKS:WORK WITH ME - Deborah Taylor - Subconscious Success Coach, Hypnotist and Author. I'm a 1:1 Coach and hypnotist, helping entrepreneurs clear the subconscious blocks that cause them to procrastinate in their business, launches, projects and goals so that they experience an ability to create more  growth with ease, letting go of the struggle and stress, building unstoppable confidence from the inside outContact me to learn more about how you can work with me 1:1: Email: deborah@thesubconsciouscompass.comlinkedin: linkedin.com/in/thesubconsciouscompassBUY MY BOOK: If you're interested in purchasing my book How To Be A Finisher - 27 Strategies to Overcome Procrastination From the Inside Out.  You can download it from https://howtobeafinisher.podia.com/how-to-be-a-finisher

Today it's a Truth Bomb pod... What you needed to do to fit in when you were younger is holding you back in your business.  The fear of judgment from your childhood is causing you to not stand out in business.It's time to meet that fear and let it go. 

In this weeks episode I discuss the amazing power of the micro commitment.I talk about the Japanese business philosophy of Kaizen and how that applies to micro commitments.How the famous Victorian author Anthony Trollope created his writing system around a micro commitment which saw him produce 45 books in 37 years.How I have used micro commitments myself to reach my own goals.And I look at why you find it easier to be 100% committed to a micro commitment.You'll learn just how to harness the power of Kaizen to create continuous improvement in your life and business.I trust you'll enjoy this episode as much as I enjoyed making it!

Discover in this week's episode :How the way billionaire entrepreneur Sarah Blakely (creator of the Spanx brand) learned to reframe failure in her childhood which helped give her a mental edge in achieving business success.How you're conditioned in your early years affects your responses to failure.Learn that gaming your brain around failure can help you out of your comfort zone.Find out why it's important to have balance  accepting failure and allowing yourself to celebrate your wins.LINKS:WORK WITH ME - Deborah Taylor - Subconscious Success Coach, Hypnotist and Author. I'm a 1:1 Coach and hypnotist, helping entrepreneurs clear the subconscious blocks that cause them to procrastinate in their business, launches, projects and goals so that they experience an ability to create more  growth with ease, letting go of the struggle and stress, building unstoppable confidence from the inside outContact me to learn more about how you can work with me 1:1: Email: deborah@thesubconsciouscompass.comlinkedin: linkedin.com/in/thesubconsciouscompassBUY MY BOOK: If you're interested in purchasing my book How To Be A Finisher - 27 Strategies to Overcome Procrastination From the Inside Out.  You can download it from https://howtobeafinisher.podia.com/how-to-be-a-finisher

The title of this podcast episode is taken from an article written by the cookery writer and journalist, Nigella Lawson from an article she wrote in the Sunday Times (UK newspaper) in October 2019.This article had a profound affect on me at the time as I emerged from a period weighed down by grief and burnout.Nigella approached the personal development idea of self love more through the prism of self compassion. In today's episode I discuss how the old ways of pushing, being hard on ourselves and doing doing doing may only get you so far. That when you plateau or burn out or feel that you are in a rut that working from a place of self compassion is a foundation for transforming your life from the inside out.I discuss how self compassion is like building a strong inner core. How you practice self compassion (and it's probably not what you think it is).  And I read a short extract on the subject of self compassion from my book How To Be A Finisher - 27 Strategies to Overcome Procrastination from the Inside Out.If you are looking to make changes in your life or you feel unfulfilled becoming more self compassionate is an important place to start from.If you'd like to discover more about my book you can find it here at https://howtobeafinisher.podia.com/how-to-be-a-finisher?fbclid=IwAR15bvtepcOr15SkSy1TFdH-oTLZD5S-Ra_sUOTd_46pxIinQ6-QhhjmhUUIf you're interested in working with me 1:1 (I combine hypnosis with coaching) contact me by email at Deborah@thesubconsciouscompass.com 

In this week's episode, I interview the amazing Andrea Niño de Guzman about the wonderful world of Human Design.  She describes Human Design as the science of understanding yourself.  In this episode we delve into the different human design types, what motivates and galvanises each type. I ask Andrea about what we can learn about our human design types and self sabotaging behaviours such as perfectionism and procrastination. In this interview we explore how Human Design can give you an awareness to improve your relationship with yourself and the way you work according to your own human design type.Discover for yourself more about the fascinating insights you can glean about yourself and human design when you listen to this episode of the Balanced Mind Podcast.LINKS:WORK WITH ME - Deborah Taylor - Subconscious Success Coach, Hypnotist and Author. I'm a 1:1 Coach and hypnotist, helping entrepreneurs clear the subconscious blocks that cause them to procrastinate in their business, launches, projects and goals so that they experience an ability to create more  growth with ease, letting go of the struggle and stress, building unstoppable confidence from the inside outContact me to learn more about how you can work with me 1:1: Email: deborah@thesubconsciouscompass.comlinkedin: linkedin.com/in/thesubconsciouscompassBUY MY BOOK: If you're interested in purchasing my book How To Be A Finisher - 27 Strategies to Overcome Procrastination From the Inside Out.  You can download it from https://howtobeafinisher.podia.com/how-to-be-a-finisher

In this episode of the Balanced Mind Podcast you'll discover the many and varied layers of procrastination.Do you...OverthinkOver PerfectGhostFaffTitivatePenelopiseAvoidEmotional ProcrastinationIgnoring Squeaky Hinges  Getting caught win the holding zoneOr are you an entrepreneur or finds themselves...In shiny new object syndromeEntrapment caused by your desire for freedomThe desire to stay in your comfort zoneUnderstanding is power and understanding your layers of procrastination is a phenomenal power and awareness to get yourself out of the quagmire of procrastination that many of ourselves find ourselves in.Are you going to carry on being one of the 1 million a month searching for procrastination solutions on the internet but still doing more of the same? Or, will you discover for yourself how liberating it is when you acknowledge how you procrastinate and then discover how to move out of it when you listen to this  podcast?The choice is yours...LINKS:WORK WITH ME - Deborah Taylor - Subconscious Success Coach, Hypnotist and Author. I'm a 1:1 Coach and hypnotist, helping entrepreneurs clear the subconscious blocks that cause them to procrastinate in their business, launches, projects and goals so that they experience an ability to create more  growth with ease, letting go of the struggle and stress, building unstoppable confidence from the inside outContact me to learn more about how you can work with me 1:1: Email: deborah@thesubconsciouscompass.comlinkedin: linkedin.com/in/thesubconsciouscompassBUY MY BOOK: If you're interested in purchasing my book How To Be A Finisher - 27 Strategies to Overcome Procrastination From the Inside Out.  You can download it from https://howtobeafinisher.podia.com/how-to-be-a-finisher