E61: When Coping Stops Working with Naima Spencer
Fri Jan 30 2026
Welcome to another episode of The Unstoppable 5%
You are smart, capable, and motivated.
So why does it feel like you're just treading water?
In this episode, Laurie sits down with Naima Spencer, a mindset facilitator for high-performing leaders, to answer a critical question: What separates the people who actually move forward from the ones who stay stuck in the "safe" zone?
Naima argues that success is 80% mindset and only 20% strategy. She shares her own powerful story of self-sabotage, turning down a life-changing career opportunity because she didn't feel "good enough", and reveals the neuroscience behind why we default to fear, perfectionism, and "primal" survival modes even when we want to grow.
This conversation unpacks: •The 80/20 Rule of Success: Why more strategy won't save you if your mindset is stuck.
•Primal vs. Powerful States: How to identify when you are operating out of survival mode vs. alignment.
•The "3R" Framework: A practical roadmap to Realise, Release, and Rise above limiting patterns.
•Identity Shifts: Why we often fear success because we are afraid to "kill off" who we used to be.
•Rewiring the Brain: How to stop treating your beliefs as facts and start treating them as decisions you can change.
This episode is for the entrepreneur or leader who feels like they are running on autopilot, achieving on the outside, but battling overthinking, anxiety, or a sense of "stuckness" on the inside.
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Welcome to another episode of The Unstoppable 5% You are smart, capable, and motivated. So why does it feel like you're just treading water? In this episode, Laurie sits down with Naima Spencer, a mindset facilitator for high-performing leaders, to answer a critical question: What separates the people who actually move forward from the ones who stay stuck in the "safe" zone? Naima argues that success is 80% mindset and only 20% strategy. She shares her own powerful story of self-sabotage, turning down a life-changing career opportunity because she didn't feel "good enough", and reveals the neuroscience behind why we default to fear, perfectionism, and "primal" survival modes even when we want to grow. This conversation unpacks: •The 80/20 Rule of Success: Why more strategy won't save you if your mindset is stuck. •Primal vs. Powerful States: How to identify when you are operating out of survival mode vs. alignment. •The "3R" Framework: A practical roadmap to Realise, Release, and Rise above limiting patterns. •Identity Shifts: Why we often fear success because we are afraid to "kill off" who we used to be. •Rewiring the Brain: How to stop treating your beliefs as facts and start treating them as decisions you can change. This episode is for the entrepreneur or leader who feels like they are running on autopilot, achieving on the outside, but battling overthinking, anxiety, or a sense of "stuckness" on the inside.