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Paul McKenna's Positivity podcast.

My guest today is an actor famous for appearing in such films as Downton Abbey,

Notting Hill, Monuments Men, and the Paddington Bear series, amongst many others.

His new book, Playing Under the Piano, Paints a vivid picture of his career on stage and screen.

I'm talking today with Hugh Bonneville.

I feel very fortunate in that I have been born, I think, with a positive disposition gene,

but also an upbringing that was about positivity.

Because as human beings, we need to express ourselves,

be it through, you know, my fantastic dad dancing, or be it, you know, through poetry, art, just culture in all its forms, self-expression that sets us apart from the beasts, let's face it.

The sense of imagination and how to project that imagination, how we connect with each other, how we talk to each other.

For every job interview, if you can come in and look with confidence at the person who's

potentially going to give you a job, that gives that person a sense of confidence themselves.

Oh, this person knows how to look at me, this knows how to, you know, be face to face.

And those are skills you learn as an actor, and they're transferable.

Do you want to stop worrying?

Do you want to be able to make yourself calm whenever you want?

Do you want to turn off fear and turn on peace? Do you want to relax deeply and feel really happy? I'm Paul McKenna. Let me help you. My new book,

Freedom from Anxiety, uses the latest psychological techniques to help you train your mind

and body to quickly learn how to control feelings of anxiety and experience deep calm.

It comes with 18 audio techniques, including a hypnotic trance, that you can download for free.

So I'll be there with you 24 hours a day to help you get calm and feel in control.

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