https://www.jtunplugged.com/blog daily 0.75 2025-12-10 https://www.jtunplugged.com/blog/fade-into-you monthly 0.5 2025-12-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61fa9d89e717400bbbada807/1765373956823-KJSVBJI2EPBR22SZBE1K/unsplash-image-Jxi526YIQgA.jpg Blog - Fade Into You - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.jtunplugged.com/blog/les-nuits monthly 0.5 2025-10-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61fa9d89e717400bbbada807/3422f3f0-e60f-433f-ae73-c60caf5c2978/a2182851696_10.jpg Blog - Les Nuits - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61fa9d89e717400bbbada807/84137646-36f3-4d48-8d66-1a46381e6f15/nightmares-on-wax-carboot-soul.jpg Blog - Les Nuits - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61fa9d89e717400bbbada807/1759927806567-S1ORSRLDH32T1FBO5E1G/unsplash-image-PLGttuNjZTU.jpg Blog - 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Black Hole Sun - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.jtunplugged.com/blog/hand-in-my-pocket monthly 0.5 2022-04-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61fa9d89e717400bbbada807/1651305780511-NIT9NTCA4V83TIRNSYCC/unsplash-image-KzeOMdcEswk.jpg Blog - Hand In My Pocket - Make it stand out One major challenge I have faced over the years - and probably the one that hurts me the most is how I view myself - and the assumptions that I make about how others view me. By view me - I mean both physically and of me as a person. It is something I know I have felt since I was at school - probably from about the age of 12. I always had to seek out something to define me - or even justify me. At school it was football. At university it was genuinely nothing until I moved to France when it was a combination of football and drinking. As a holiday rep it was music and being funny (and drinking) and then throughout my career. Well I don’t know. Probably being funny. Although that is my interpretation - I amuse myself - less so others. I cannot think of anything else that justifies my existence and I don’t have the confidence to just be me - to know that my presence and my abilities are enough - I have to seek out a reason to exist - something to define me. And that, I can tell you, is fucking exhausting. When you’re like that - you are never you. You are morphing all the time - just desperate to fit in - and your brain. Well your brain is savage. Relentless. It just won’t give in. It is running the negative patterns that have developed over the years and it is running them hard. Even with all the work I have been doing on myself and the progress I have made those patterns are still very much there. One example that happened just a couple of weeks ago still stings. I am speaking at an event in Sydney next week with 2 of my new colleagues and some promotion went out via LinkedIn - making the announcement that" “our Commercial Director James Taylor” will be speaking. Most people would probably be proud of that. I had to share it but I didn’t feel pride. In fact I felt shame. Of myself. In my eyes I don’t look like a Commercial Director. I don’t know what I look like but I sure as hell don’t think I look like a Commercial Director. I actually drafted a post apologising “I am sorry I don’t look like a Commercial Director but if you come talk to me I might sound like one” but after a long time I deleted it. I am extremely conscious of how I look. I try to hide myself away as much as I can. I am terribly ashamed of how I look. Not just because I am overweight but everything. And I hate feeling like that. I am working on the overweight part but I can’t really change the other bits. But also it is not about physical looks. It is what I think people see when they see me. A no-one. A none event of a person. Why should they listen to me? What value have I got to add? This is a constant battle for me. It takes a serious amount of effort on my part to be present in a room or office a lot of the time. And that is what I am fighting. That is the day to day battle I face. It might not be leading my thoughts throughout the day - but it is always there - as a constant dull reminder. As the days roll by before the event that is what dominates. What are people going to think? Are they going to laugh when I am on stage? Are they going to avoid me? These are the completely irrational thoughts that fly through my brain. Nothing positive. Just pure sabotage. Now - I will do my daily affirmations and centre myself beforehand to counter balance as best I can and I sure as hell won’t give into them - but they will be there alright! Which leads me to my song. 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JT Unplugged is a way for me to release some of the feelings and emotions I encounter in my mind on a daily basis. I have been fighting against my brain for 20 + years now and have been finally making some progress. This blog is my next step forward and with a bit of luck it resonates with people and opens some opportunities for mutual learning and growth. I will share content and ideas that are helping me and invite guest bloggers from time to time to build up a set of resources and a community. I want to change the way I think as well as the way my mind works and this space is a way for me to document that process. I am hoping that by sharing my challenges and ways of combatting them, other people might see that they are not alone – and that sharing can be a positive step. I want this space to be a constructive environment where people can learn and share from each other – so please feel free to get involved if you would like. I have no real experience of writing in this fashion so please note this won’t be a work of art! Each blog will be linked to a song that I relate to so there will be a common theme as well as a playlist that can be shared. Thanks in advance for joining me on this journey. JT https://www.jtunplugged.com/contact daily 0.75 2022-03-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61fa9d89e717400bbbada807/1646313732991-ATHIPEH15PQFFRPUCUYD/unsplash-image-pEGyLHAPfVw.jpg Contact - Fancy a chat? I enjoy building relationships and getting to know people worldwide. Did you know connection is the key to happiness? https://www.jtunplugged.com/free-resources daily 0.75 2022-03-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61fa9d89e717400bbbada807/1646316909031-5UR7XJ3BG5OZWI2QMKKZ/unsplash-image-XWHgQgJNtJQ.jpg Free Resources https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61fa9d89e717400bbbada807/1646316987395-P82B4RQRMJ76LI4CROSU/unsplash-image-UF2-gL3q-38.jpg Free Resources https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61fa9d89e717400bbbada807/1646317075283-YLW1APMS1YUQ2I3P1UMG/unsplash-image-ETRPjvb0KM0.jpg Free Resources https://www.jtunplugged.com/give-back daily 0.75 2022-03-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61fa9d89e717400bbbada807/596b70f0-e00d-4006-b630-2fc5e3467d13/unsplash-image-3k3l2brxmwQ.jpg Give Back - We grow so we can eventually give. Whether you’re giving back to your loved ones, the community or society, you’ll only find true fulfilment when you start to look outside of your own needs. If your goals only serve you, then achieving major milestones in your life will only bring fleeting happiness. But if your goals aim to benefit something larger than yourself, you’ll eventually be able to find a true sense of joy. When you’re giving back to the community or to the world at large, you’ll start to realise that you don’t need to be praised by others. You’ll witness firsthand the positive impact you’re making. And you’ll find that positive impact creates a ripple effect. Just like how the people you surround yourself with affect your life, creating positivity will only bring you more positivity. Some of you may know I have been volunteering at a foodbank for a few years. I mainly go there early on a Friday morning to ensure the donations are dropped off, but I also do little bits where I can, particularly around Christmas time. The idea of people (especially kids) going hungry is so depressing. No child should be hungry. There is enough money in the world today to meet basic needs for all. But it doesn’t happen. And it makes me very sad. 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