#439 Healing From Emotional Wounds

Healing From Emotional Wounds Healing Negative Emotions In this extended episode, Paul Clough tackles the persistent negative emotions that many of us struggle with - those emotional wounds from our past that seem to linger despite our best efforts to move on. Episode Highlights Paul introduces a gentle process for resolving emotional wounds that doesn't involve regression therapy Important safety note: For deep trauma or abuse issues, Paul strongly recommends working with a professional therapist Why negative emotions persist: Our unconscious mind is still running old protection programs from our younger self The goal: Teaching our unconscious mind that we have more resources and wisdom now than we did back then The Process Identify what resources you needed back then that you have now Confidence, calmness, curiosity, love, or simply knowing "this too shall pass" Connect with memories when you've felt these positive emotions The Inner Child Healing Exercise Identify when you first felt this negative emotion (often before age 10) Visualize your younger self on a stage in front of you Send the specific resources, emotions, and healing they needed Integrate your younger self with your current self, accessing all your wisdom and resources Additional Support If you're still experiencing negative emotions after trying this process, Paul suggests: Working with a therapist skilled in NLP, timeline therapy, and hypnosis Asking yourself: "What am I doing that I could stop?" or "What am I not doing that I could start?" Reaching out directly to Paul at [email protected] Remember, even subtle shifts can create profound change. The key is recognizing that you have access to all your experiences, wisdom, and positive emotions right now. And remember to share this episode because that would be really kind and most appreciated: https://personaldevelopmentunplugged.com/439-healing-from-emotional-wounds/ 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 [email protected] . 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 review here . Special Programs for You For tools on developing Supreme Inner Confidence , finding Freedom from Anxiety , or specialized Hypnosis Tracks , visit PaulCloughOnline.com . Free Hypnosis Tracks Want access to my FREE hypnosis tracks ? Head over to paulcloughonline.com/podcast . Connect with Me Follow me on Twitter: @pcloughie Remember: I'm a therapist, but I'm not your therapist. This podcast and any of my online resources are for educational purposes only. Never use the hypnosis tracks or exercises if you're operating machinery, driving, or if you have epilepsy or psychiatric conditions. Always consult a healthcare provider if you're unsure. Find Us on Other Platforms Catch the podcast on Spotify , Castbox, iHeart Radio , YouTube, or on our Libsyn page . Stay tuned, and keep shining brightly. ✨ Music Credits Music by Wataboi, DreamHeaven, ccjmusic, and others from Pixabay . And the transcript WARNING if you're a lover of the written word this may make you frustrated, or angry - you have been warned - is it an 'ism Welcome to the longer podcast about negative emotions Welcome to the longer podcast. And we're on about negative emotions again. And some people might call this emotional wounds or simply growing up, maybe a little bit of trauma, but not a lot. That's what we're doing it for. It's for. I'm still feeling this negative emotion. Should have gone by now, yeah it's still there. Maybe it's a little bit of hurt, maybe it's grief, maybe sometimes it's anger, sometimes it's just bloody. Hurt. That's all it is. And sometimes you can't even put a label on it. You just know it's there, maybe it's shame. There's all that stuff. So that's where we're going toa go. So it's Paul, by the way, paul from Personal Development Unplugged. And this is a longer episode where we can dive a little bit deeper in a process, making a process really simple, simple to understand and simple to do it. But it just takes intention that will to do whatever it takes. So if you do have a feeling, and in the previous podcast we were all about pushing it further away, weren't we? Pushing it further away, getting it smaller, getting it darker. So you get dissociated and you get distance from it. And when you get distance from it, the emotion disappears and gives you space to see what you need to do. But sometimes it's something you think of maybe was caused a long time ago and it still hasn't gone. Do not go for regression when dealing with deep trauma, say abuse Now I want to give you a warning. It's a nice warning. Because if you're dealing with something which is, you know, pretty dee