Doug Spence | Unlocking Potential Podcast

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Unlocking Potential is a channel dedicated to helping people break through limitations and become who they are truly capable of being. Hosted by a mindset coach and facilitator, this channel explores the psychology, beliefs, and lived experience behind real human growth. We move beyond surface-level motivation to focus on what creates lasting change — especially in identity, self-worth, trauma, grief, relationships, and performance. Through in-depth conversations with entrepreneurs, psychologists, coaches, and thought leaders, along with practical solo teachings, you’ll learn how limiting beliefs form and dissolve, how emotional pain transforms, how identity is rebuilt after challenge or loss, and what fulfilled, high-performing individuals consistently believe and do. This channel is for people serious about growth — not hype, not quick fixes, and not superficial positivity. https://spencelifecoaching.com/

  1. 3d ago

    Three Types of Beliefs Making You Play Small.

    🔥 Join Wisdom & Confidence for live mindset coaching: https://www.skool.com/mindset-to-action-skool-3549/about What if the beliefs keeping you stuck don’t feel like beliefs at all—but simply feel true? Limiting beliefs shape what you think you’re capable of, how you see other people, and what opportunities you notice in the world. They often begin with a difficult experience. You make a judgment about yourself—I’m not confident, I’m not smart, I’m not a good speaker, I’m not that kind of person—and eventually that judgment becomes part of your identity. From there, your behaviour begins to shrink. You hesitate. You procrastinate. You overthink. You avoid opportunities. You feel resistance every time you try to move beyond the version of yourself you’ve accepted as true. In this episode, I break limiting beliefs into three main categories: Beliefs about yourselfBeliefs about other peopleBeliefs about the world Each category can quietly build walls around your life. A lack of belief in yourself can stop you from acting. A lack of trust in others can lead you to do everything alone. And believing that the world is falling apart—or that there are no opportunities left—can prevent you from seeing the possibilities directly in front of you. The important question isn’t only whether a belief is true. It’s also: What has believing it cost you? How has it affected your past? How is it shaping your life today? What opportunities could you miss in the future if you never question it? When you begin dismantling these beliefs, you don’t just become more positive. You become able to see more—more ability within yourself, more value in others, and more opportunity in the world. That expanded perception can change which actions feel possible. Which of the three types of limiting beliefs is keeping you stuck right now? Share what stood out to you, and subscribe or follow for more conversations about confidence, mindset, resistance, and taking meaningful action.

  2. 4d ago

    What is Coaching?

    🔥 Join the Wisdom & Confidence community: https://www.skool.com/mindset-to-action-skool-3549/about Get 7 days free and join me for live mindset coaching, group coaching, ongoing support, and practical help overcoming the resistance that keeps you from taking action. What is coaching—and what should actually happen during a coaching session? If you’ve never experienced effective coaching, it can be difficult to understand. Most of us know what it feels like to receive advice, be told what to do, or talk through the same problem repeatedly. Coaching is different. Good coaching helps you see something you couldn’t see before. You may naturally have a major realization about yourself once every few years. You suddenly recognize a relationship pattern, understand why you keep procrastinating, or see how one of your beliefs has been shaping your behaviour. Coaching accelerates that process. In this episode, I explain how coaching creates the questions, perspectives, and emotional shifts that lead to those realizations—and why simply repeating your story is not enough to create meaningful change. I also break down the two main ways I help people move through resistance. The first is through the mind: asking targeted questions that challenge perceived limitations, expand awareness, and help you become more resourceful. The second is through emotion: helping you stop avoiding the discomfort that appears when you step outside your comfort zone. That discomfort may show up as fear, shame, perfectionism, procrastination, overthinking, scrolling, or other forms of distraction. In this episode, we explore: The difference between coaching and adviceWhy insight and awareness are essential for growthHow repeating the same story can keep you stuckWhy effective coaching should change your perspectiveHow questions can challenge perceived limitationsWhy procrastination and perfectionism are often protective mechanismsHow emotional avoidance creates coping and distractionQuestions that can help you process and release resistanceWho you might become without the feeling holding you backWhy mindset work must eventually lead to actionCoaching is not about giving you all the answers. It is about helping you see yourself, other people, and your situation from a less limited perspective. It is the process of accelerating the wisdom and awareness we would otherwise gain slowly through years of experience. But insight alone is not the final goal. The purpose of mindset work is to help you take action, gain experience, develop your abilities, and create real changes in your life. What would you do differently if the feeling holding you back was no longer there? Let me know what stood out to you, and subscribe or follow for more conversations about coaching, mindset, resistance, confidence, and taking meaningful action.

  3. 5d ago

    What Does It Actually Take To Succeed?

    🔥 Join the Wisdom & Confidence community: https://www.skool.com/mindset-to-action-skool-3549/about Get 7 days free and join me for live mindset coaching, group coaching, ongoing support, and practical help overcoming the resistance that keeps you from taking action. What does it actually take to succeed, unlock your potential, and create a life you genuinely want to live? Many people have a business idea, creative project, passion, or bigger vision for their life—but they keep one foot in and one foot out. They keep learning, planning, preparing, and perfecting without ever fully committing. In this episode, I explore why that happens and what it really takes to move from dreaming to doing. We look at how your values, strengths, and the activities that naturally put you into a state of flow can point you toward more fulfilling work. But discovering what you love is only the beginning. You also need to understand how your strengths can serve other people—and how service, contribution, and fair exchange create sustainable success. I also break down the invisible emotional resistance that appears when you move beyond your comfort zone. Fear, shame, self-doubt, perfectionism, procrastination, and concern about what other people will think can all keep you trapped inside an identity you unknowingly created. In this episode, you’ll discover: • How to identify the deeper qualities you love about your favourite activities • Why your values and strengths are clues to fulfilling work • How resistance disguises itself as planning, learning, and preparation • Why “just take action” is often incomplete advice • How to work through uncomfortable emotions instead of avoiding them • How other people’s imagined opinions influence your behaviour • Why action creates experience, skill, confidence, and eventually success • How service and fair exchange relate to business and money • Why receiving is just as important as giving • The repeating cycle of mindset work, action, experience, skill, and growth Success is not about endlessly working on your mindset. Mindset work has a purpose: to help you take the actions required to build your skills, serve others, and create the life you want. Your comfort zone expands every time you stop running from discomfort, release the emotional block, and take the next meaningful step. If this episode opened up a new perspective for you, leave a comment and tell me: What action have you been resisting—and what do you believe is holding you back? Subscribe or follow the podcast for more conversations about mindset, resistance, confidence, personal growth, and taking action toward the life you truly want.

  4. 6d ago

    A Life Of Regret

    👉 Join my Entrepreneurs Mindset Coaching community: https://www.skool.com/mindset-to-action-skool-3549/about Get a 7-day free trial and join me for daily live mindset coaching, ongoing support, and practical help overcoming fear, doubt, procrastination, and resistance. Have you ever wondered what separates people who live fulfilling, authentic lives from those who reach the end of their lives filled with regret? One of the most common regrets of the dying, identified through the work of Bronnie Ware, is not having the courage to live the life they truly wanted—and instead living according to other people’s expectations. But where do those expectations actually live? Inside our own minds. We imagine that others will criticize us, reject us, judge us, or feel disappointed in us. Then we avoid the actions we truly want to take because we don’t want to experience the guilt, shame, fear, or discomfort that might follow. These imagined expectations become invisible prison bars. Meanwhile, the door may have been open the entire time. In this episode, I explore: • Why fear of other people’s opinions keeps us trapped • How our thoughts create emotional resistance • Why failure can cause us to abandon our own self-respect • How survival programming leads to overthinking and procrastination • The importance of taking radical responsibility for your emotions • How to take action without constantly battling yourself • Why confidence and emotional resilience are skills that can be developed You may already know exactly what you need to do. You may have the right plan, strategy, course, or business model. But information alone won’t help when every step feels like you’re moving through molasses. The real work is learning how to manage your mindset, work through resistance, maintain your self-respect when things don’t go your way, and continue moving toward a life that is genuinely your own. My goal is to help you become more confident, fulfilled, resilient, and aligned with who you truly are—so you don’t reach the end of your life wishing you had lived differently. Join the community, try the daily coaching sessions free for seven days, and begin working through whatever has been holding you back. I look forward to meeting you. #MindsetCoaching #Confidence #PersonalGrowth #OvercomingFear #Procrastination

  5. Jun 28

    Why Relationships Are So Damn Hard

    Relationships are one of the greatest mirrors for our personal growth. In this episode of the Unlocking Potential Podcast, Doug Spence explores why intimate relationships bring up our deepest fears, insecurities, attachment patterns, and unresolved wounds. Before a relationship can become healthy, we have to understand our own value. Without self-worth, we may either put ourselves above others to feel safe, or fall into infatuation, neediness, and chasing. Doug also breaks down why long-term relationships require more than self-regulation. Couples don’t just exist beside each other — they co-regulate, challenge each other, and help each other grow. In this episode, you’ll learn: Why self-worth changes how you handle rejectionHow low self-esteem can create overdog/underdog relationship dynamicsWhy authenticity attracts the right people and repels the wrong onesHow marriage, kids, career, and responsibility pressure a relationshipWhy couples must prioritize the relationship, not only the childrenThe difference between self-regulation and co-regulationHow anxious and avoidant attachment patterns play outHow to respond when your partner is triggered instead of reacting defensivelyRelationships are hard because they reveal the parts of you that still need trust, growth, maturity, and compassion. Learn more or reach out at: SpenceLifeCoaching.com

  6. May 28

    Fear and Doubt When Posting on Social Media

    Join me for this mini coaching session when I help you break through fear, doubt and shame when posting on social media. Join the community http://unlockingpotential.ca/ Fear, doubt, shame, and the fear of being judged can quietly stop you from sharing your voice online. In this episode, I walk you through a mini coaching session on how to overcome fear, doubt and shame when posting on social media. We look at what is really underneath procrastination, why other people’s opinions can feel so threatening, and how to start releasing the emotional charge around criticism, embarrassment, and rejection. If you know you have something valuable to say but keep holding back, this episode will help you face the feeling instead of letting it control you. Join the community for more training, coaching tools, and meditations designed to help you unlock your potential: https://unlockingpotential.ca This is for anyone who is ready to stop hiding, start expressing themselves more honestly, and take action even when fear shows up. #UnlockingPotential #SocialMediaConfidence #OvercomeFear #OvercomeSelfDoubt #OvercomeShame #MindsetCoach #TransformationCoach #LifeCoach #PersonalDevelopment #EmotionalBlocks #AuthenticExpression #PostWithConfidence #FearOfJudgment #SelfExpression #CoachingSession

  7. May 25

    Manifestation Isn’t Magic - It’s Subconscious Programming

    Most people misunderstand manifestation. They think it means visualizing what they want and waiting for life to change. But real manifestation happens when you reprogram the subconscious mind so deeply that your actions, reactions, confidence, and perception begin to change automatically. In this episode, I explore the subconscious mind as the “automatic mind” — the part of you that shapes how you act before you consciously think. I talk about manifestation, law of attraction, personal magnetism, emotional release, nervous system regulation, limiting beliefs, the Demartini Method, faith, trust, and what it means to become calm, confident, aligned, and on purpose. This conversation is about moving from force to alignment. When your programming changes, your behaviour changes. When your behaviour changes, your life changes. Learn more: https://spencelifecoaching.com/ https://unlockingpotential.ca/ Join the Elevate Your Consciousness community: https://www.skool.com/mindset-to-action-skool-3549/about #SubconsciousMind #Manifestation #PersonalDevelopment #LifeCoaching #MindsetCoach #EmotionalHealing #PersonalMagnetism

  8. May 9

    Midlife Crisis Is Not a Joke — It’s a Pattern

    A midlife crisis is often mocked in movies and media, but in real life it can create serious emotional, relational, family, and financial damage. In this episode, I talk about what actually happens during a midlife crisis: the nervous system stress response, unresolved childhood pain, fear of mortality, polarized thinking, relationship questioning, limerence, affairs, shame, and the dangerous urge to make drastic life decisions while emotionally unstable. This is not the time to blow up your life. It is the time to slow down, regulate your nervous system, reconnect with yourself, rebalance your perceptions, and begin turning the crisis into an opportunity for deeper purpose, alignment, and personal transformation. In this talk, I cover: Why midlife crisis often begins after loss, aging parents, sickness, or mortality awarenessHow unresolved childhood pain can resurface decades laterWhy your perception can become polarized into all-good or all-bad thinkingWhy limerence and “soulmate” fantasies can appear during crisisWhy major decisions should not be made from shame, guilt, fear, or extreme excitementHow nervous system regulation, emotional release, and perception balancing help restore clarityHow a midlife crisis can become a midlife opportunityWhy purpose, mission, and self-alignment matter more than chasing another person or external escape If you are going through this, you are not broken. But you do need to take it seriously. Get support before making life-changing decisions. Work with me / Coaching: https://spencelifecoaching.com/ Book a session / Contact: https://spencelifecoaching.com/contact/ Coaching Fees: https://spencelifecoaching.com/fees/ Testimonials: https://spencelifecoaching.com/testimonials/ Blog: https://spencelifecoaching.com/calgary-life-coaching-blog/ Podcast / Unlocking Potential: https://unlockingpotential.com/ Subscribe for more talks on mindset, emotional mastery, purpose, relationships, consciousness, and personal transformation. #MidlifeCrisis #Limerence #EmotionalHealing #MindsetCoaching #LifeCoaching #Purpose #Relationships #SelfAwareness #PersonalDevelopment #Consciousness #MensMentalHealth #InnerWork #DougSpence #SpenceLifeCoaching #selfhelp #divorce #procrastination #confidence #mindset #selfdiscovery #selfregulation

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Unlocking Potential is a channel dedicated to helping people break through limitations and become who they are truly capable of being. Hosted by a mindset coach and facilitator, this channel explores the psychology, beliefs, and lived experience behind real human growth. We move beyond surface-level motivation to focus on what creates lasting change — especially in identity, self-worth, trauma, grief, relationships, and performance. Through in-depth conversations with entrepreneurs, psychologists, coaches, and thought leaders, along with practical solo teachings, you’ll learn how limiting beliefs form and dissolve, how emotional pain transforms, how identity is rebuilt after challenge or loss, and what fulfilled, high-performing individuals consistently believe and do. This channel is for people serious about growth — not hype, not quick fixes, and not superficial positivity. https://spencelifecoaching.com/

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