Personal Development Mastery: Clarity for Midlife Professionals in Transition

Dr Agi Keramidas - Midlife & Transition Coach
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May 25, 2020 • 50min

#027 Becoming an Amazon best-selling author, self-publishing, and the "rich dad poor dad" effect, with Vikrant Shaurya.

Vikrant Shaurya is a #1 best-selling author and an internationally recognised digital publishing expert. He is the founder and CEO of bestsellingbook.com, and he has helped hundreds of individuals become #1 best-selling authors on Amazon.   Listen to this episode to learn: * The difference between the author of the book and the writer of the book. * Why considering becoming an author and who is it for? * Brand, credibility, speaking gigs, and other benefits of becoming a best-selling author. * What's an angel writer, and what's the difference from a ghost writer? * What is the best-seller blueprint that can massively help you write and publish a book?   Connect with Vikrant: https://bestsellingbook.com/     𝗔𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗵𝗼𝘀𝘁: I am Agi Keramidas, a knowledge broker and podcaster. I firmly believe in the power of self-education and personal development in radically improving one's life.   I have partnered with Brain Fm! Get 20% off this amazing app: brain.fm/agi 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.
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May 21, 2020 • 59min

#026 On unfulfillment, self-expression through public speaking, and personal development insights, with Jamie Keeling & Kevin Bennison (part 2)

This is the second half and the conclusion of an utterly unique and exciting interview! It was the first time I did a podcast "interview trio" with two awesome and inspirational guys. Jamie is the host of "Optimise me now" podcast and founder of the Bulletproof app. Kevin is just a bloke who does stuff and talks about things, and can't really define himself - and about to deliver a TEDx talk about this. Listen to this episode to find out:Public speaking: is it about contribution or about feeling significant?Our identities and challenging them.Saying things as we see them, versus saying things as they are.The coronavirus situation, the censorship of the 5G conspiracy theories, and the dystopian Orwellian future.The concepts of "circle of influence" and "circle of concern". Connect with Jamie:https://www.optimisemenow.com/Connect with Kevin:https://kevinbennison.com/ If you find my podcast valuable, please subscribe, rate and review it. Feel free to join my facebook group for personal development inspiration, actionable knowledge, and more!https://bit.ly/pdmgroup 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.
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May 18, 2020 • 53min

#025 On inspirational podcasts, Tae Kwon Do, and personal development through martial arts and Tony Robbins, with Jamie Keeling & Kevin Bennison (part 1).

This is an utterly unique and surprisingly exciting episode! It's the first time I'm doing a podcast "interview trio" with two awesome and inspirational guys. Jamie is the host of "Optimise me now" podcast and founder of the Bulletproof app, likes kicking people in the face, and has 6 kids (soon 7). Kevin is just a bloke who does stuff and talks about things, and can't really define himself! (Actually he's just about to deliver a TEDx talk about this very soon!). Listen to this episode to find out:What do two former Tae Kwon Do world champions have to say about martial arts and the most important thing that they got from it. Authenticity - why I chose to interview Jamie & Kevin instead of Gary Vee and David Hasselhoff.How has Tony Robbins and personal development changed their lives.The personal development events controversy and their addictive atmosphere. Listen to the second half of the interview on the following episode #026!  If you find my podcast valuable, please subscribe, rate and review it. Feel free to join my facebook group for personal development inspiration, actionable knowledge, and more!https://bit.ly/pdmgroup 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.
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May 14, 2020 • 55min

#024 Access your brain’s hidden potential and find inner stillness through self improvement, with Steve Bode.

Steve Bode is an entrepreneur and an author, and he has just published his first book "Enlightened master seeks apprentice". He has a life goal of helping others to succeed and create their dream lives, and he promises to show us the way to having more energy, finding peace, solving all our life problems, and never getting sick again. Listen to this episode to learn:How can our own "enlightened master" assist us with our present situation.How to access the unused potential in your brain.How to stop trying to solve unsolvable problems and to get unstuck from endless thought loops.How to read 300 books a year and what will this information help us with.How to remove distractions and why we need to. Connect with Steve:https://www.thenudge.club/ Email: steve@thenudge.club "Stop watching TV - it's a waste of time!"-Steve Bode  If you find my podcast valuable, please subscribe, rate and review it. Feel free to join my facebook group for personal development inspiration, actionable knowledge, and more!https://bit.ly/pdmgroup 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.
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May 11, 2020 • 36min

#023 Overcoming negative thoughts, emotional patterns, and how business transitions impact your personal development, with Cosimo Marraffa.

Cosimo Marraffa is a trainer, a public speaker, and a coach. In this episode, which was also broadcasted through Facebook live in March 2020, during the beginning of the onset of Covid outbreak, we discuss: Automatic negative thoughts and how are they influenced by what we feed our mindFlooding ourselves with positive thoughtsCoping with emotions and the 'crazy-eight' emotional patternTransitioning to online business Connect with Cosimo:https://www.marraffa.org/ If you find my podcast valuable, please subscribe, rate and review it. Feel free to join my facebook group for personal development inspiration, actionable knowledge, and more!https://bit.ly/pdmgroup 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.
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May 7, 2020 • 48min

#022 Become emotionally rich, ways to overcome your fears, and how an abundance mindset can give financial wealth, with Rich Waterman (part 2).

#022 Rich Waterman, part 2: on overcoming fears, the message negative emotions give us, and the abundance mindset's role in financial wealth.   Rich Waterman is a senior trainer with Tony Robbins, an NLP trainer, and an international speaker. He is a coach & mentor, coaching peak performers to get rich not only financially, but also emotionally, and he is the founder of the movement "Be the difference today."   This is the second part of the intriguing interview I had with Rich - listen to the first part in the previous episode, #021.   Listen to this episode to learn: How to overcome our fears and how to talk to our monkey brain. 'Negative' emotions: is there such a thing? What message do they give us? Abundance mindset and financial wealth. And also a small reversal of the roles, when Rich asks me what are my reasons behind doing the podcast!   Connect with Rich: https://www.richwaterman.com/   "Personal development is the journey of coming home to who you truly are." -Rich Waterman   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.
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May 4, 2020 • 43min

#021 Richness is not about money, lessons learned from being a Tony Robbins' senior trainer, and the highest value of contribution, with Rich Waterman (part 1).

Rich Waterman is a senior trainer with Tony Robbins, an NLP trainer, and an international speaker. He studied biology at Oxford university, but soon realised that it was not for him. He then went into investment banking and became a millionaire at 31, only to realise that richness was not about money. He is now a coach & mentor coaching peak performers to get rich, not only financially, but also emotionally, and he is the founder of the movement "Be the difference today."   Listen to this episode to learn: Choosing to see ourselves for who we are, as opposed to what we do. Using painful situations to wake us up to what's truly important in life Health vs. Finances: Realising which is most important - and why the other shouldn't be ignored! Becoming a Tony Robbins senior trainer: the journey, the experience, the lessons. Why is contribution so important? Self-worth, and Being vs. Doing. Spirituality, and dissolving into the universe.   Listen to the remaining of this fascinating interview in episode #022!   Connect with Rich: https://www.richwaterman.com/   "Be, not do. You don't have to prove anything. Enjoy your achievements, but it doesn't define you." 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.
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Apr 30, 2020 • 52min

#020 Bring out your unique superpower and use persistence as a tool for personal development, with Kim Box.

#020 Kim Box: on unique superpowers, body transformations, and not giving up. Kim Box is a worldwide body coach, a certified personal trainer, and a fitness model living in Dubai, and in 2019 she gave a TEDx talk about her "superpower". Listen to this episode to learn:How to deal with challenges and see the solutions and growth in them.How to transform your body and your life.How to adapt during the lockdown of coronavirus. Connect with Kim:Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/kim.box2Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kimboxofficial/ "Stop, appreciate, be grateful for everything you go through. Fill yourself with gratitude."-Kim Box If you find my podcast valuable, please subscribe, rate and review it. Feel free to join my facebook group for personal development inspiration, actionable knowledge, and more!https://bit.ly/pdmgroup 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.
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Apr 27, 2020 • 40min

#019 Wim Hof breathing practices and how breathwork cultivates personal development, with Emma Estrela (part 2).

Emma Estrela is an officially certified Wim Hof method instructor - she is the only female level 2 instructor in the UK. A truly extraordinary person, 'made in Brazil with UK parts'. This is the second part of a fascinating interview I had with her -listen to the first part of the interview in episode #018. Listen to this episode to learn:How to run a marathon without any preparation.Breathing as the key to our life force, the key to our soul.A special breathwork session shared live by Emma during the podcast - an opportunity to experience the Wim Hof breathing yourself! Connect with Emma:Website: https://www.emmaestrela.com/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/emmaestrela79/ "You're going to be alright. Don't stress the small stuff. Remember that life is good."-Emma Estrela If you find my podcast valuable, please subscribe, rate and review it. Feel free to join my facebook group for personal development inspiration, actionable knowledge, and more!https://bit.ly/pdmgroup 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.
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Apr 23, 2020 • 39min

#018 The Wim Hof method, cold exposure & immunity, and the freedom of going 'off-grid', with Emma Estrela (part 1).

Emma Estrela is an officially certified Wim Hof method instructor, and she is actually the only female level 2 instructor in the UK. She is a truly extraordinary person, and in her words she was "made in Brazil with UK parts". I had the real pleasure to interview her in 2019 for my previous podcast; on this brand new interview she is discussing the Wim Hof method and so much more!   Listen to this episode to learn: What is the Wim Hof method and how it can help you. Immunity: our best defence against the coronavirus. The benefits of cold showers. "Social distancing" - why this term is inaccurate and misleading. Going "off-grid" and the freedom associated with it.   Listen to the remaining of this fascinating interview, which includes a breathwork practice, in episode 019!   Connect with Emma: Website: https://www.emmaestrela.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/emmaestrela79/   "You're going to be alright. Don't stress the small stuff. Remember that life is good." -Emma Estrela   If 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.

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