Personal Development Mastery: Clarity for Midlife Professionals in Transition

Michael Thornhill is a traditionally trained plant spirit healer, professional channel and advocate of trauma-informed care. Recovering from addiction, trauma and abuse have been a big part of his own healing journey, and he now dedicates his life to helping others heal themselves. He is the co-founder of Casa Galactica in Peru, where he helps people activate their intuition, empower their healing, and embody their truth. 𝗞𝗲𝘆 𝘁𝗮𝗸𝗲𝗮𝘄𝗮𝘆𝘀:⁣ * Are you a curious inner truth seeker or a dedicated one? * Ayahuasca: an unwavering knowing of truth with the entire being * Plant medicine and the physical healing process * Trauma-informed care and practices * What is it about your experience of reality that you’re taking as truth, even if it isn’t? 𝗠𝗲𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗾𝘂𝗼𝘁𝗲: “It's not a knowing with the mind - it's a knowing with the entire being that is unwavering, that is impossible to be not true, because every cell in the being recognises that as the truth.” -Michael Thornhill 𝗩𝗮𝗹𝘂𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗰𝗲𝘀:⁣ Casa Galactica in Peru: https://www.casagalactica.com/ ⠀ 𝗔𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗵𝗼𝘀𝘁:⁣ I am Agi Keramidas, a podcaster, mentor, and knowledge broker. My mission is to inspire others to grow, stand out, and take action toward the next level of their lives. Visit my website: AgiKeramidas.com⁣ Support the showCareer transition and career clarity podcast content for midlife professionals in career transition, navigating a career change, career pivot or second career, starting a new venture or leaving a long-term career. Discover practical tools for career clarity, confident decision-making, rebuilding self belief and confidence, finding purpose and meaning in work, designing a purposeful, fulfilling next chapter, and creating meaningful work that fits who you are now. Episodes explore personal development and mindset for midlife professionals, including how to manage uncertainty and pressure, overcome fear and self-doubt, clarify your direction, plan your next steps, and turn your experience into a new role, business or vocation that feels aligned. To support the show, click here.

Keith Parker has over 13 years of experience in meditation and the healing arts, and he is an adept facilitator and teacher of consciousness transformation. He has an unusual extrasensory perception, which he has utilised in an innovative energy healing modality he co-founded, called Field Dynamics. He is passionate about bridging the gap between science & spirituality and empowering others to find their own authenticity, health and freedom to self-transformation and self-actualisation.   𝗞𝗲𝘆 𝘁𝗮𝗸𝗲𝗮𝘄𝗮𝘆𝘀:⁣ * Keith’s extremely unusual ability to see the human energy field (aura) * Bridging the gap between modern science and spiritual traditions * Thoughts are things, existing in our energy field * How psycho-emotional stress inhibits physical healing   𝗠𝗲𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗾𝘂𝗼𝘁𝗲: “Be more courageous. Meet your fears head on.” -Keith Parker   𝗩𝗮𝗹𝘂𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗰𝗲𝘀:⁣ Keith’s website: https://www.fielddynamicshealing.com/ ⠀ 𝗔𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗵𝗼𝘀𝘁:⁣ I am Agi Keramidas, a podcaster, mentor, and knowledge broker. My mission is to inspire others to grow, stand out, and take action toward the next level of their lives. Visit my website: AgiKeramidas.com⁣ Support the showCareer transition and career clarity podcast content for midlife professionals in career transition, navigating a career change, career pivot or second career, starting a new venture or leaving a long-term career. Discover practical tools for career clarity, confident decision-making, rebuilding self belief and confidence, finding purpose and meaning in work, designing a purposeful, fulfilling next chapter, and creating meaningful work that fits who you are now. Episodes explore personal development and mindset for midlife professionals, including how to manage uncertainty and pressure, overcome fear and self-doubt, clarify your direction, plan your next steps, and turn your experience into a new role, business or vocation that feels aligned. To support the show, click here.

Joe Moffett has been a mindset coach for high performers for the last decade. He has a masters degree in performance psychology, he has worked with Tony Robbins for many years, and he has done over 22,000 peak performance calls. He is the CEO of “Master Life By Design” and his mission is to help others put an end to their suffering and master their life by design.   𝗞𝗲𝘆 𝘁𝗮𝗸𝗲𝗮𝘄𝗮𝘆𝘀:⁣ * The common patterns that block people from achieving their peak performance * The six pillars of mastering life by design * Life and death is in the power of the tongue * Mile-wide deep and inch-deep wide, or the opposite? * Check in on your thoughts regularly   𝗠𝗲𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗾𝘂𝗼𝘁𝗲: “Introduce personal development to your children as early as possible - they will be way more prepared for life.”-Joe Moffett   𝗩𝗮𝗹𝘂𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗰𝗲𝘀:⁣ Joe’s website: https://www.masterlifebydesign.com/ ⠀ Book mentioned in the conversation (and links to Amazon): The Untethered Soul - Michael Singer (Amazon US, Amazon UK)   𝗔𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗵𝗼𝘀𝘁:⁣ I am Agi Keramidas, a podcaster, mentor, and knowledge broker. My mission is to inspire others to grow, stand out, and take action toward the next level of their lives. Visit my website: AgiKeramidas.com⁣ Support the showCareer transition and career clarity podcast content for midlife professionals in career transition, navigating a career change, career pivot or second career, starting a new venture or leaving a long-term career. Discover practical tools for career clarity, confident decision-making, rebuilding self belief and confidence, finding purpose and meaning in work, designing a purposeful, fulfilling next chapter, and creating meaningful work that fits who you are now. Episodes explore personal development and mindset for midlife professionals, including how to manage uncertainty and pressure, overcome fear and self-doubt, clarify your direction, plan your next steps, and turn your experience into a new role, business or vocation that feels aligned. To support the show, click here.

Welcome to Personal Development Mastery podcast episode 263. This episode holds a unique record: it is the briefest episode of the podcast so far. For the following couple of weeks, the podcast will temporarily go back to having only one episode a week. The reason is I am going to attend a 10-day Vipassana silent meditation retreat. This will be the first time I am doing something like this - I have been feeling an inner calling to do it for quite a while now; and finally, the right opportunity has arisen. I am going to record a special episode after the retreat has ended, discussing why I’ve decided to do this and what my experience and learnings were. All I will say now is that I am fascinated by the prospect (and the challenging trial) of dealing with nothing else but my own mind for 10 consecutive days. One last thing: Maybe you know that before Personal Development Mastery, I had another podcast called Personal Development Essentials, which I was presenting with my co-host Paul Greig Smith. Recently, after a long hiatus, we published the final episode - the epilogue of the podcast. It is a resounding call to adventure, crammed with a steady flow of incendiary information that is guaranteed to light a fire under your ass and help adrenalize your inner voice.   Listen to it here:Apple Podcasts: https://bit.ly/PDEpodcast Spotify: https://bit.ly/pdeepilogueSupport the showCareer transition and career clarity podcast content for midlife professionals in career transition, navigating a career change, career pivot or second career, starting a new venture or leaving a long-term career. Discover practical tools for career clarity, confident decision-making, rebuilding self belief and confidence, finding purpose and meaning in work, designing a purposeful, fulfilling next chapter, and creating meaningful work that fits who you are now. Episodes explore personal development and mindset for midlife professionals, including how to manage uncertainty and pressure, overcome fear and self-doubt, clarify your direction, plan your next steps, and turn your experience into a new role, business or vocation that feels aligned. To support the show, click here.

 Christoph Weigert is a fiction and non-fiction author, as well as a trauma-sensitive creativity coach. He turned on his own power of the imagination in 2015, and his book on the power of imagination had many people fall in love with their creative powers or reignited their passion for arts.  𝗞𝗲𝘆 𝘁𝗮𝗸𝗲𝗮𝘄𝗮𝘆𝘀:⁣ * How to turn on the power of imagination * Which factors kill your imagination? * The connection between imagination and finding your purpose * Techniques and practices to strengthen and train your imagination  𝗠𝗲𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗾𝘂𝗼𝘁𝗲:“Trust the process, the unfolding of life.”-Christoph Weigert  𝗩𝗮𝗹𝘂𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗰𝗲𝘀:⁣Connect with Christoph on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/christoph_weigert/Christoph’s book: https://www.jinn-imagio.de/book ⠀  𝗔𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗵𝗼𝘀𝘁:⁣I am Agi Keramidas, a podcaster, mentor, and knowledge broker. My mission is to inspire others to grow, stand out, and take action toward the next level of their lives. Visit my website: AgiKeramidas.com⁣ Support the showCareer transition and career clarity podcast content for midlife professionals in career transition, navigating a career change, career pivot or second career, starting a new venture or leaving a long-term career. Discover practical tools for career clarity, confident decision-making, rebuilding self belief and confidence, finding purpose and meaning in work, designing a purposeful, fulfilling next chapter, and creating meaningful work that fits who you are now. Episodes explore personal development and mindset for midlife professionals, including how to manage uncertainty and pressure, overcome fear and self-doubt, clarify your direction, plan your next steps, and turn your experience into a new role, business or vocation that feels aligned. To support the show, click here.

3 In this new series of episodes called "Snippets of Wisdom", I select my favourite, most insightful moments from previous episodes of the podcast.  The snippet of wisdom I chose for today comes from one of my most highlighted episodes, #170 with Bob Doyle, who is best known for his contribution in the film and book “The Secret”, as a featured law of attraction expert and coach.  The conversation took place in August 2021, and there are many impactful moments and much usable wisdom in it. This snippet is about our auto-pilot behaviours, and how to use mental rehearsal to rewire our brain and step out of those automatic, unconscious responses that we have.  𝗞𝗲𝘆 𝘁𝗮𝗸𝗲𝗮𝘄𝗮𝘆𝘀:⁣ * Train yourself to become aware in a way that a disempowering emotion is a trigger for you * The magic of our brain: you get to rehearse a different way of being ahead of time * The reason why personal development has such a tremendous failure rate * Fill your mind with the vision of the future and allow it to empower how you're feeling  𝗩𝗮𝗹𝘂𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗰𝗲𝘀:⁣ Listen to the full conversation in episode #170:https://bit.ly/pdm_170 ⠀ For a FREE ebook containing the best practical insights and implementable action points from the podcast:PersonalDevelopmentMasteryPodcast.com/ebook  𝗔𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗵𝗼𝘀𝘁:⁣I am Agi Keramidas, a zealous podcaster and a knowledge broker. I am on a mission to inspire others to grow, stand out, and take action toward the next level of their lives. Visit my website: agikeramidas.com⁣Support the showCareer transition and career clarity podcast content for midlife professionals in career transition, navigating a career change, career pivot or second career, starting a new venture or leaving a long-term career. Discover practical tools for career clarity, confident decision-making, rebuilding self belief and confidence, finding purpose and meaning in work, designing a purposeful, fulfilling next chapter, and creating meaningful work that fits who you are now. Episodes explore personal development and mindset for midlife professionals, including how to manage uncertainty and pressure, overcome fear and self-doubt, clarify your direction, plan your next steps, and turn your experience into a new role, business or vocation that feels aligned. To support the show, click here.

Matty Lansdown is a nutritionist, scientist, international speaker, and health coach. He is also the host of the “How To Not Get Sick And Die” podcast. With his knowledge and expertise in psychology and nutrition, he facilitates transformational health stories, and he is passionate about supporting women to lose weight, boost their energy and restore their confidence.   𝗞𝗲𝘆 𝘁𝗮𝗸𝗲𝗮𝘄𝗮𝘆𝘀:⁣ * Western medicine and “alternative” medicine * Your postcode is more important than your genetic code * How to shift your emotional handling and stress * The biology of belief * Lifestyle and nutrition   𝗠𝗲𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗾𝘂𝗼𝘁𝗲: “Be less attached to your belief systems.” -Matty Lansdown   𝗩𝗮𝗹𝘂𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗰𝗲𝘀:⁣ Matty’s website: https://mattylansdown.com/ ⠀ Book mentioned in the conversation (and links to Amazon): The Biology Of Belief - Dr Bruce Lipton (Amazon US, Amazon UK)   𝗔𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗵𝗼𝘀𝘁:⁣ I am Agi Keramidas, a podcaster, mentor, and knowledge broker. My mission is to inspire others to grow, stand out, and take action toward the next level of their lives. Visit my website: AgiKeramidas.com⁣ Support the showCareer transition and career clarity podcast content for midlife professionals in career transition, navigating a career change, career pivot or second career, starting a new venture or leaving a long-term career. Discover practical tools for career clarity, confident decision-making, rebuilding self belief and confidence, finding purpose and meaning in work, designing a purposeful, fulfilling next chapter, and creating meaningful work that fits who you are now. Episodes explore personal development and mindset for midlife professionals, including how to manage uncertainty and pressure, overcome fear and self-doubt, clarify your direction, plan your next steps, and turn your experience into a new role, business or vocation that feels aligned. To support the show, click here.

In this episode, I carry on with a concept I started recently, which is reflecting and consolidating the learnings of the most recent previous episodes. My intention in these episodes is to distil the wisdom imparted by my guests and share it with you in a way that you will find something that clicks, that inspires you to take some kind of action as a result.   Today I reflect on and consolidate actionable takeaways from the last four interviews (episodes #252, #254, #256, and #258).   𝗞𝗲𝘆 𝘁𝗮𝗸𝗲𝗮𝘄𝗮𝘆𝘀:⁣ * The 3 major game changers to having a fulfilling life * Assuming radical responsibility for your thoughts, emotions, and attitude * Listen to the internal dialogue within yourself and practicing metacognition * Having a clear direction of what you want makes you invulnerable to distractions * Journaling allows you to play detective in your own life and see the patterns that you rarely see in the moment * How to connect with your audience, from 2 people to a crowd of 200,000.   𝗩𝗮𝗹𝘂𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗰𝗲𝘀: Ask me anything and get a voice reply: https://wisdom.app/agikeramidas/ask ⠀ For a FREE ebook containing the best actionable takeaways from the most important consolidation episodes: PersonalDevelopmentMasteryPodcast.com/ebook ⠀ 𝗔𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗵𝗼𝘀𝘁:⁣ I am Agi Keramidas, a zealous podcaster and a knowledge broker. I am on a mission to inspire others to grow, stand out, and take action toward the next level of their lives. Visit my website: agikeramidas.com⁣Support the showCareer transition and career clarity podcast content for midlife professionals in career transition, navigating a career change, career pivot or second career, starting a new venture or leaving a long-term career. Discover practical tools for career clarity, confident decision-making, rebuilding self belief and confidence, finding purpose and meaning in work, designing a purposeful, fulfilling next chapter, and creating meaningful work that fits who you are now. Episodes explore personal development and mindset for midlife professionals, including how to manage uncertainty and pressure, overcome fear and self-doubt, clarify your direction, plan your next steps, and turn your experience into a new role, business or vocation that feels aligned. To support the show, click here.

 Ronny Leber is a renowned keynote speaker, stadium host, and legacy coach from Austria. He has entertained over 5 million people live at worldwide sporting events, corporate events and seminars, and he also has thousands of hours on live television as a host and anchorman. He is passionate about helping high-level individuals create their legacy by building an emotional bridge to their audience and creating raving fans.  𝗞𝗲𝘆 𝘁𝗮𝗸𝗲𝗮𝘄𝗮𝘆𝘀:⁣ * Why it is important to know your audience * How to connect with your audience, from 2 people to a crowd of 200,000. * How to present yourself on video so you radiate energy * The focus on serving * Love what you're doing - the fire burning inside  𝗠𝗲𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗾𝘂𝗼𝘁𝗲:“Ask yourself now what you’re passionate about and follow that calling.”-Ronny Leber  𝗩𝗮𝗹𝘂𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗰𝗲𝘀:⁣Ronny’s website: https://www.ronnyleber.com/en/ ⠀Books mentioned in the conversation (and links to Amazon):The 4-Hour Work Week - Tim Ferriss (Amazon US, Amazon UK)  𝗔𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗵𝗼𝘀𝘁:⁣I am Agi Keramidas, a podcaster, mentor, and knowledge broker. My mission is to inspire others to grow, stand out, and take action toward the next level of their lives. Visit my website: AgiKeramidas.com⁣ Support the showCareer transition and career clarity podcast content for midlife professionals in career transition, navigating a career change, career pivot or second career, starting a new venture or leaving a long-term career. Discover practical tools for career clarity, confident decision-making, rebuilding self belief and confidence, finding purpose and meaning in work, designing a purposeful, fulfilling next chapter, and creating meaningful work that fits who you are now. Episodes explore personal development and mindset for midlife professionals, including how to manage uncertainty and pressure, overcome fear and self-doubt, clarify your direction, plan your next steps, and turn your experience into a new role, business or vocation that feels aligned. To support the show, click here.

2 In this new series of episodes called "Snippets of Wisdom", I will be selecting my favourite, most insightful moments from previous episodes of the podcast. The snippet of wisdom I chose for today comes from the early episodes #037/38 with Rob Scott, a master-level mindset coach. There were many impactful insights from the conversation. This snippet is one of the best descriptions I’ve heard about mindset, specifically about how our beliefs shape our reality. Rob used the analogy of a lens to describe it. I believe that the wisdom shared in this message will be very valuable to help you comprehend, in a practical way, an abstract concept like limiting beliefs.  𝗞𝗲𝘆 𝘁𝗮𝗸𝗲𝗮𝘄𝗮𝘆𝘀:⁣ * The two functions of a lens - altering what we see is only one of them * Looking at our limiting beliefs, rather than looking through them * How to change your limiting beliefs  𝗩𝗮𝗹𝘂𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗰𝗲𝘀:⁣ Listen to the full conversation in episodes #037-38:https://bit.ly/pdm_037 ⠀ For a FREE ebook containing the best practical insights and implementable action points from the podcast:PersonalDevelopmentMasteryPodcast.com/ebook  𝗔𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗵𝗼𝘀𝘁:⁣I am Agi Keramidas, a zealous podcaster and a knowledge broker. I am on a mission to inspire others to grow, stand out, and take action toward the next level of their lives. Visit my website: agikeramidas.com⁣Support the showCareer transition and career clarity podcast content for midlife professionals in career transition, navigating a career change, career pivot or second career, starting a new venture or leaving a long-term career. Discover practical tools for career clarity, confident decision-making, rebuilding self belief and confidence, finding purpose and meaning in work, designing a purposeful, fulfilling next chapter, and creating meaningful work that fits who you are now. Episodes explore personal development and mindset for midlife professionals, including how to manage uncertainty and pressure, overcome fear and self-doubt, clarify your direction, plan your next steps, and turn your experience into a new role, business or vocation that feels aligned. To support the show, click here.