The Ultimate Mindset Change Podcast

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 music version of this meditation too. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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

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. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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

Community, contact and newsletter link 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. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 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. Newsletter, contact and community link here

Join us in the community, link here. 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. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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

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. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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

Community Link 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. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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

Just 5 minutes a day of meditation can reduce stress, anxiety, inflammation, blood pressure and enhance focus, cognitive function, sleep quality and emotional regulation. Just 5 minutes! I set this challenge up for my coaching clients to take part in and hope you do too. Make it your new non negotiable so you can reap the rewards. End your inner war so you can start living. Dr Andrew Huberman & Dr Richard Davidson talk about this on the latest episode of the Huberman Labs podcast on the Science Based Meditation Tools To Improve Your Brain & Health. I will release some so alternatives so you can have some variety over the next 30 days. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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

Join us in the community here. A shorter deep release yoga nidra NSDR (non sleep deep rest meditation) for busy days to help you reset and refresh your mind, body and soul. Together we will explore relaxing your mind and body to a level of peace and stillness where you can then explore your deeper nature of who you truly are. I love creating meditations which not help you let go and release anything you are holding onto so you can also also experience moments of awakening. I am grateful for your feedback letting me know your profound experiences that can occur in your practice, so please do keep them coming. There is also a music version too. The greatest gift you could ever give yourself is the experience of knowing who you truly are beyond the noise of your thinking mind. Please do come and join our community if you would like to explore deeper your true nature with an incredible group of people. https://mindsetchangeuk.com/useful-links/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- About Me I'm Paul Sheppard, I am Coach who is on a mission to help people break free from overthinking and reconnect with a calmer, clearer and more confident way of being. 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

Join us in the community here. A shorter deep release yoga nidra NSDR (non sleep deep rest meditation) for busy days to help you reset and refresh your mind, body and soul. Together we will explore relaxing your mind and body to a level of peace and stillness where you can then explore your deeper nature of who you truly are. I love creating meditations which not help you let go and release anything you are holding onto so you can also also experience moments of awakening. I am grateful for your feedback letting me know your profound experiences that can occur in your practice, so please do keep them coming. I will release a non music version too. The greatest gift you could ever give yourself is the experience of knowing who you truly are beyond the noise of your thinking mind. Please do come and join our community if you would like to explore deeper your true nature with an incredible group of people. https://mindsetchangeuk.com/useful-links/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- About Me I'm Paul Sheppard, I am Coach who is on a mission to help people break free from overthinking and reconnect with a calmer, clearer and more confident way of being. 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

Community Link Here. Even Coaches Have Imposter Syndrome Something has been holding me back — and I didn't even see it until now. In this episode I'm getting honest about why I've been showing up the way I have, what finally shifted, and why I'm done playing small. If you've ever felt like you're not quite ready, not quite qualified, or not quite enough to go after what you really want — this episode will help you see why that feeling exists, where it actually comes from, and how to stop letting it quietly run the show. Because the thing keeping you stuck probably isn't what you think it is. Listen to the end — there's something free I want to give you that could make 2026 your best year yet. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- About Me I'm Paul Sheppard, I am Coach who is on a mission to help people break free from overthinking and reconnect with a calmer, clearer and more confident way of being. 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

Join us in our community, newsletter and contact me here. No Music Deep Release Yoga Nidra | 40-Minute NSDR for Stress Relief, Subconscious Reprogramming & Deep Rest Struggling to switch off? This 40-minute Yoga Nidra and Non-Sleep Deep Rest (NSDR) practice guides you into a theta brainwave state — the sweet spot between waking and sleep where real subconscious change happens. In this session you'll be guided through a full body scan, breath work, and a powerful awareness practice designed to help you release stress, let go of mental tension, and reconnect with your true nature beyond the thinking mind. Whether you're new to meditation or a seasoned practitioner, this practice meets you exactly where you are. Perfect for: stress relief, anxiety, burnout recovery, sleep preparation, and anyone curious about the science of deep rest and the nature of consciousness. You'll experience: Progressive physical relaxation and body scanning Subconscious release and intention setting Theta state awareness and self-inquiry A grounded, refreshed feeling without needing to fall asleep Hit play, lie down, and let go. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- About Me I'm Paul Sheppard, I am Coach who is on a mission to help people break free from overthinking and reconnect with a calmer, clearer and more confident way of being. 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

Join us in our community, newsletter and contact me here. Deep Release Yoga Nidra | 40-Minute NSDR for Stress Relief, Subconscious Reprogramming & Deep Rest Struggling to switch off? This 40-minute Yoga Nidra and Non-Sleep Deep Rest (NSDR) practice guides you into a theta brainwave state — the sweet spot between waking and sleep where real subconscious change happens. In this session you'll be guided through a full body scan, breath work, and a powerful awareness practice designed to help you release stress, let go of mental tension, and reconnect with your true nature beyond the thinking mind. Whether you're new to meditation or a seasoned practitioner, this practice meets you exactly where you are. Perfect for: stress relief, anxiety, burnout recovery, sleep preparation, and anyone curious about the science of deep rest and the nature of consciousness. You'll experience: Progressive physical relaxation and body scanning Subconscious release and intention setting Theta state awareness and self-inquiry A grounded, refreshed feeling without needing to fall asleep Hit play, lie down, and let go. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- About Me I'm Paul Sheppard, I am Coach who is on a mission to help people break free from overthinking and reconnect with a calmer, clearer and more confident way of being. 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

Sleep deeper with this pre-sleep breath work guided meditation to help your mind and body unwind and relax. Inspired by how many of you tell me you like to listen to my meditations at night. This is the second of the Sleep Deeper Series — a collection of mini bedtime rituals to help you train your mind and body to unwind and sleep deeply. Each session is short enough to listen to in bed, just before you turn out the lights. You could also use it for a mini break to relax whenever you wish. Press play, get comfortable, and let sleep come to you. Sweet dreams. Paul ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- About Me I'm Paul Sheppard, I am Coach who is on a mission to help people break free from overthinking and reconnect with a calmer, clearer and more confident way of being. 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

Sometimes the most powerful thing you can do is stop. If your body feels tense then you can believe you are in danger. This shows up as anxiety, stress and anger with yourself, people around you and the world and this as you know feels painful and takes its toll on your mind and body. This 35-minute Yoga Nidra guides you into the deepest rest your body knows how to find — a state where healing happens naturally, where the nervous system exhales, and where the quiet that lives beneath your busy life becomes something you can actually feel. Lie down. Press play. You're already safe." ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- About Me I'm Paul Sheppard, I am Coach who is on a mission to help people break free from overthinking and reconnect with a calmer, clearer and more confident way of being. 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

Sometimes the most powerful thing you can do is stop. If your body feels tense then you can believe you are in danger. This shows up as anxiety, stress and anger with yourself, people around you and the world. This 35-minute Yoga Nidra guides you into the deepest rest your body knows how to find — a state where healing happens naturally, where the nervous system exhales, and where the quiet that lives beneath your busy life becomes something you can actually feel. Lie down. Press play. You're already safe." ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- About Me I'm Paul Sheppard, I am Coach who is on a mission to help people break free from overthinking and reconnect with a calmer, clearer and more confident way of being. 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

Community link below! Having trouble switching off at night? This short breath work meditation is designed to help you release the tension and worries of the day so you can drift into deep, restful sleep. Inspired by how many of you tell me you like to listen to my meditations at night. This is the first of the Sleep Deeper Series — a collection of mini bedtime rituals to help you train your mind and body to unwind and sleep deeply. Each session is short enough to listen to in bed, just before you turn out the lights. You could also use it for a mini break to relax whenever you wish. Press play, get comfortable, and let sleep come to you. Sweet dreams. Paul ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ About Me I'm Paul Sheppard, I am Coach who is on a mission to help people break free from overthinking and reconnect with a calmer, clearer and more confident way of being. 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 easiest and most effective meditations are often the simplest ones. I wanted to go back to the simplicity of focusing on the breath for this meditation. This will help you train your mind to focus as well as become the observer of your thoughts. Meditation at it's core reveals your deeper truth when you start to step back and disassociate from your thought process. This is perfect for beginners and for those that meditate regularly who want to spend 10 minutes connecting with the breath to strengthen their practise and experience their calmer, more grounded version of themselves too. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ About Me I'm Paul Sheppard, I am Coach who is on a mission to help people break free from overthinking and reconnect with a calmer, clearer and more confident way of being. 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 easiest and most effective meditations are often the simplest ones. I wanted to go back to the simplicity of focusing on the breath for this meditation. This will help you train your mind to focus as well as become the observer of your thoughts. Meditation at it's core reveals your deeper truth when you start to step back and disassociate from your thought process. This is perfect for beginners and for those that meditate regularly who want to spend 10 minutes connecting with the breath to strengthen their practise and experience their calmer, more grounded version of themselves too. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ About Me I'm Paul Sheppard, I am Coach who is on a mission to help people break free from overthinking and reconnect with a calmer, clearer and more confident way of being. 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

Community Link here. If you've ever felt anxious without knowing why, stuck waiting to feel safe before you can really live your life — this podcast is for you. I'm Paul Sheppard. I spent years struggling with an anxiety disorder that left me confused, exhausted, and feeling like I was broken. The turning point came when I realised anxiety isn't just a mind problem — it's a body problem. And once I understood that, everything started to change. The Ultimate Mindset Change Podcast takes a holistic approach to anxiety, mental health, and personal growth. Each week I share honest conversations, breathing and meditation tools, nervous system science in plain English, and practical steps to help you move from surviving to actually thriving. This isn't about toxic positivity or being told to just relax. It's about understanding what's really going on — and taking the small, steady steps to build a life that feels safe, meaningful, and yours. You are not broken. You don't need fixing. You just need the right tools. New episodes every week. The Another Level community is free to join — link in every episode description. Recommended meditations to begin: 12 Minute Calm The Mind Meditation 5 Minute Crisis Reset 5 Minute Mental Reset 10 Minute Mindset Reset ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ About Me I'm Paul Sheppard, I am Coach who is on a mission to help people break free from overthinking and reconnect with a calmer, clearer and more confident way of being. 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

What does running in torrential rain have to do with the meaning of your life? More than you think. In this episode I share the moment mid-race that made me laugh out loud — and the perspective shift that followed. A reminder of what you truly are, where you came from, and why most of what your mind worries about deserves far less of your energy than you're giving it. This one might just change how you see yourself. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- About Me I'm Paul Sheppard, I am Coach who is on a mission to help people break free from overthinking and reconnect with a calmer, clearer and more confident way of being. 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