Unlimit Your Potential with Seth Pepper

About Unlimit Your Potential with Seth Pepper

The Unlimit Your Potential podcast, hosted by elite high-performance mental coach Seth Pepper. He serves as the trusted mental performance advisor to the top 1%, including F1 Drivers, PGA pros, NFL, NBA & NHL players, Olympians, and C-suite executives. Seth, a World Champion swimmer, shares actionable mental training systems and psychology strategies. Each episode teaches you how to reframe high-stakes pressure, view failure purely as data to remove the emotional weight, and detach your identity to perform with freedom and flow.

Publisher

sethpepper

Category

education

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

12 May 2026

Latest episode

8 Oct 2026

Latest episodes

16 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   8 Oct 2026

   Frank Busch's Final Conversation (1951–2026)

   In memory of Frank Busch (1951–2026). Frank passed away on September 27, 2026. This conversation with Seth Pepper, the swimmer he recruited to Arizona, is the last one Frank recorded, and it is shared in his honor. He almost quit coaching for construction. Instead, Frank Busch built a national champion at Arizona and ran USA Swimming's national team through two Olympics.Seth Pepper sits down with the coach who recruited him off a stack of handwritten letters — on trust over credentials, the desire you can't coach, and why expectations can kill the love that made someone great.Plus: the difference between who you are and what you do, and the visit that helped Seth find his footing after swimming.Produced by Epiphany Digital Media.

2. 

   28 Sept 2026

   "I Didn't Want a Backup Plan" | Mike Hampton

   Mike Hampton never had a backup plan. He never wanted one.The first pitcher to win a Gold Glove and Silver Slugger in the same season talks with Seth about a dad who never let him win, the Barry Bonds compliment he never forgot, and what every sports parent needs to hear before the car ride home.Produced by Epiphany Digital Media.

3. 

   11 Sept 2026

   "You Don't Have to Hit Rock Bottom to Change Your Life" | Rachel McElreath

   Rachel McElreath started drinking at fifteen because it was the only way she could find her voice. Years later a doctor told her she was one stage away from cancer. She never drank again.Today she is a keynote speaker and the founder of Purpose Powerhouse, teaching people to find and use the voice she spent most of her life borrowing. In this conversation with Seth Pepper: why identity comes before technique in public speaking, the framework she gives clients instead of a script, the walks that generate all her material, why she raises her five-year-old completely screen-free, and how she and her mother taught themselves to communicate after a suicide attempt neither could talk about for years.This conversation includes discussion of suicide and substance use, and Rachel shares her own health experience — nothing here is medical advice. If you are struggling, call or text 988 in the US.Hosted by Seth Pepper. Produced by Epiphany Digital Media.

4. 

   3 Sept 2026

   The Simulation Method | Larry Smith

   At ten years old, Larry Smith was simulating full basketball games alone at the park, imagining himself in Madison Square Garden. Thirty-five years later he'd walk through a set of double doors in Arizona and find the 2009 NBA All-Star court sitting inside a private home.Larry is a performance coach and the founder of Club Larry in Phoenix. He's trained Devin Booker, Tyson Chandler, Eric Bledsoe and 49ers receiver Deebo Samuel Sr., and in the final months of Muhammad Ali's life he worked with The Greatest four to five days a week. Getting there meant selling his only car for $1,200 to buy a $350 one-way ticket, walking on at Cincinnati and never playing a minute, and sleeping in the back of a Ford Expedition the night before a 150-man tryout.He and Seth Pepper get into the thing Larry was doing for decades without a name for it: running the simulation. Seeing the room before you're in it. Making the team normal before anyone picks you.

5. 

   19 Aug 2026

   The Easier It Is to Be Good, the Harder It Is to Be Great | Derin McMains

   Derin McMains never played a day in the major leagues. Seven years in the Giants organization, five season-ending injuries, as far as Triple-A and no further. He calls it failing at the biggest goal of his life — and says it's the reason he isn't afraid of anything now. Fourteen years later he's a Mental Performance Consultant for the Arizona Diamondbacks and Director of Mental Performance at ReliaQuest. He's built programs for the Giants, the Mariners, and Notre Dame athletics. Seth talks with D-Mac about the framework behind it all: identity determines perspective, perspective determines thoughts, thoughts determine emotions, emotions influence actions. Plus the one-thought reset, what it actually means to compete, why initiative might be the whole secret, and what happens when a generation raised controlling its own narrative walks into a stadium of 70,000 people who won't cooperate. Find Derin on Instagram @dmac_mindset and his show, No Show Dogs, wherever you listen. If this one lands, follow the show — and send it to a friend who needs it.

6. 

   4 Aug 2026

   The GIVE Principle | with Judy Thureson

   Judy Thureson didn't start dancing seriously until she was eighteen. Two years later she had an agent, MTV credits, and a world tour — along with a habit of reaching the final round of auditions and then quietly deciding she didn't belong in the room.She takes Seth through the whole arc: the discipline years, the flow state that won her a music video, the man on a bus who told her she could have a career or a life, and the loss of her son Jacob in 2019 — after which she wrote Beautiful Tragedy in eighteen days and started getting calls from strangers who'd read it and changed their minds about dying.Also covered: the GIVE framework she teaches for staying grounded in chaos, what her son taught her about giving from overflow rather than an empty cup, and the car ride to California that redirected her life.Judy Thureson is a transformational coach, the author of Beautiful Tragedy, founder of The Ultimate Experience, and founder of Get It Movement Pilates in Scottsdale and Gilbert, Arizona. She is also married to this show's producer — arelationship we'd rather you hear about from us.Contains discussion of substance use, suicide, and child loss. 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline: call or text 988 (US).

7. 

   24 Jul 2026

   Some Take the Elevator. I Took the Stairs. | Luis Gonzalez on Mindset, Visualization and Grit

   Luis "Gonzo" Gonzalez — the man behind one of the most iconic moments in World Series history — joins Seth Pepper for a masterclass in self-motivation. From "the other guy" behind childhood teammate Tino Martinez to a 19-year big-league career, Gonzo breaks down using doubt as fuel, "staying stupid" at the plate, breathing through the biggest moments, the small rituals that kept the grind fresh, and how he handles failure. Plus his mission now with Gonzo's Hometown Heroes. A must-listen for athletes, parents, and anyone chasing something bigger than themselves.

8. 

   15 Jul 2026

   You're at the Banquet — But You're on the Menu | Jim Grossman

   Jim Grossman has spent decades as the quiet voice in the ears of elite performers — the mentor behind the mentor, including host Seth Pepper himself. In this wide-ranging conversation, he opens up about the hardest transition in all of sport: what happens when the game ends. Jim lays out the three forces underneath every athletic career — process, passion, and relentless adaptation — and makes the case that building a life beyond your sport doesn't compete with your performance, it deepens it. Drawing on Kobe Bryant's reinvention, Mike Sullivan's journey from journeyman to Stanley Cup–winning coach, and Joseph Campbell's Hero's Journey, Jim offers a blueprint for the question every athlete eventually confronts: who am I when I'm no longer the one thing I do? He closes with a heartfelt call to protect the joy — and to build the prevention resources that still don't exist.

9. 

   2 Jul 2026

   Learn To Say No | Dr. Rahsaan Lindsey

   Dr. Rahsaan Lindsey has spent his career inside the minds of elite athletes — as team psychiatrist for the Arizona Cardinals and across the NFL, NBA, WNBA, and MLB. In this episode, he and host Seth Pepper dig into the controllables that actually decide performance: sleep, substances, chaos, and the people you surround yourself with. Then the conversation flips, and the guest starts asking the questions. On ADHD in pro sports, marijuana's quiet toll on careers, social media as addiction, and why sleep may be the most underrated edge in the game.

10. 

    25 Jun 2026

    There is an AI in You" — Ryan Sweeney on the Inner Game

    What if the wisdom that shaped Tom Brady, Steve Kerr, Billie Jean King, and Serena Williams could live in your pocket? Ryan Sweeney — former competitive tennis player, software entrepreneur, and CEO of The Inner Game — joins Seth Pepper to talk about Tim Gallwey's classic The Inner Game of Tennis and how he partnered with Gallwey himself to build an AI-assisted mental performance coach around it. They get into Self 1 vs. Self 2, the famous 60 Minutes demonstration, the paradox of performing better when you're sick or injured, and the formula at the heart of it all: performance = potential − interference. Plus the moment Gallwey looked into a camera and said something about AI that left the whole room speechless. A conversation for athletes, founders, artists, and anyone who's ever gotten in their own way.

11. 

    16 Jun 2026

    Stay Calm in the Chaos: The Mindset That Builds Empires | Dan Fleyshman

    He built a public company by 23, lost a top-5 poker empire overnight, and rebuilt something bigger. This is Dan Fleyshman. On this episode of Unlimit Your Potential, Seth Pepper sits down with Dan Fleyshman — the youngest founder of a publicly traded company in history. At 17, Dan turned a $43,000 college fund into a clothing empire and the first-ever zero-sugar, zero-carb, zero-calorie energy drink in 55,000 stores. He went on to build Victory Poker into a top-5 global site — until the U.S. shut down online poker in 2011 and he personally paid back 41,000 players before starting over. What came next is the heart of the conversation: angel investing in 40+ companies, $60M+ in influencer marketing, two best-selling books, and a Guinness World Record–holding toy drive through Trina's Kids Foundation. Dan breaks down the system behind all of it — spotting market inefficiencies, staying calm in the chaos, networking through "forced interactions," and why he's "not scared of death, just scared of time." A masterclass in resilience, relationships, and reach. 🎧 New episodes of Unlimit Your Potential drop weekly. Follow the show so you never miss one.

12. 

    11 Jun 2026

    The F#ck It Switch: How I Broke Every Rule and Won a National Title

    At 14, Seth Pepper walked up to a coach and said he wanted to go to the Olympics. The coach asked if he knew how to swim. He didn't. Four years later, state champion. By his senior year of college, national champion — and the man who handed him the trophy was the Olympic gold medalist whose photo had been taped to his bedroom wall for six years. This is the episode where the chair turns around. No guest. No script. Just Seth — his origin story, the framework that built his career, and the moment behind the blocks that changed everything: The Eff It Switch. (00:00) Cold Open (01:54) Why This Podcast Exists (04:52) The Origin of "Unlimit Your Potential" (08:18) The Performance Equation: Ability Minus Resistance (09:46) Where Pressure Comes From (11:40) Feelings Are Not Facts (14:07) Sharing the Story Becomes a Calling (19:59) Growing Up with a Depressed Mother (22:52) The Podcast as Natural Progression (26:46) Trusting the Unknown in Real Time (29:28) Family, Faith, and Free Thinking (31:01) The Planetarium, the Book, and Eric Heiden (33:30) The 14-Year-Old's Olympic Decision (35:26) "Do You Know How to Swim?" (37:35) Why Failure Gives You the Most Information (38:47) The Australian Basketball Study (42:09) Programming the Subconscious Mind (44:06) Thoughts Become Words Become Actions (45:04) Choosing Arizona: Trust Over Pedigree (47:55) The Mentor Who Saw Greatness First (49:51) Behind the Blocks: The Eff It Switch (53:39) The Religious Experience of Letting Go (55:34) Winning the National Championship (56:34) Pablo Morales: Wall to Trophy (57:33) The Story That Never Heals (59:05) Power Hides in the Obvious (01:00:27) Proof It Works: My Brother's Story (01:04:18) Greatness Isn't Accidental

13. 

    9 Jun 2026

    From Undrafted to the NFL: Chris Streveler on Mindset, Visualization & Resilience

    NFL quarterback Chris Streveler joins Seth Pepper on Unlimit Your Potential to talk about the mental game of playing the toughest position in football — from an undrafted free agent in the CFL to starting NFL games, getting cut five times, surviving back-to-back ACL tears, and learning from Aaron Rodgers and Lamar Jackson along the way. Chris breaks down visualization, breath work, how to stay ready when nobody's watching, and the three things he controls every single day: attitude, effort, and work ethic. In this episode of Unlimit Your Potential, host Seth Pepper sits down with NFL quarterback Chris Streveler for an honest, in-depth conversation about the mindset behind playing professional football — and the principles that carry over into every part of life. Chris went undrafted out of college, spent his early career in the CFL where he won a Grey Cup with the Winnipeg Blue Bombers, and earned his way onto an NFL roster the hard way. Along the way, he was cut five times, played in the same quarterback rooms as Aaron Rodgers and Lamar Jackson, and tore his ACL in back-to-back seasons. In this conversation, he opens up about all of it. You'll hear the story of how he made the New York Jets after being told he was just a "camp arm" — and threw three game-winning touchdown passes in the preseason after going three weeks without a single rep. You'll hear what Aaron Rodgers taught him about quarterback vision ("if you're trying to see everything, you're seeing nothing"), what made Lamar Jackson's greatness feel different in the building, and the mental tools Chris uses to stay ready when his name isn't called. Chris and Seth also dig into visualization, breath work, the trap of social media validation, and why "staying off the rollercoaster" is the leadership principle that's defined his career. The episode closes with Chris announcing his retirement from the NFL and sharing what's next — including his new dating app Going Steady, his quarterback coaching business, and his speaking work. Chapters: 00:00 Intro 00:34 Early days: football, baseball, and loving the violence of the game 02:11 The mental game of playing quarterback 03:36 What Aaron Rodgers taught him: "If you're trying to see everything, you're seeing nothing" 04:13 Greatness looks different — Aaron Rodgers vs. Lamar Jackson 07:15 Adversity is the journey: two ACL tears, two comebacks 10:00 Going undrafted, the CFL, and winning a championship in Winnipeg 11:17 The Twitter leak: how he found out he was cut by the Cardinals 14:58 Tom Brady, "The Brady Six," and just sticking with it 16:10 "I'm going to get shots up": his mantra for this season of life 18:04 Stay off the rollercoaster 18:54 Be where your feet are 19:51 Lessons from his dad and high school coaches 25:07 Why he doesn't play the game for the fans 31:37 Coaching young quarterbacks and the mental game 33:12 Mental tools: process, preparation, and the test on game day 35:56 Visualization that actually works (heart rate, palms, the full environment) 36:42 The breath: 4 seconds in, 6 seconds out 38:50 Six hours' notice to start an NFL game 42:37 Regulating high energy and finding neutral 43:27 The smooth jazz pregame ritual (yes, really) 48:40 Chasing your best vs. chasing other people 52:36 "There are millions of people who want your job" 53:59 Flow state and the New York Jets story 59:28 Announcing retirement 1:00:13 Applying the quarterback mindset to the next chapter 1:01:42 The Butterfly Effect connection 1:03:04 Final word: attitude, effort, work ethic 1:04:18 Going Steady — the new values-based dating app Connect with Chris Streveler: Instagram: @CStrevy5 TikTok: @CStrevy5 LinkedIn: Chris Streveler Going Steady (dating app): Available in the App Store

14. 

    26 May 2026

    What I Did Isn't Who I Am: Mark Immelman on Identity, the Masters, and the Four Pillars of Elite Performance

    CBS Sports golf analyst Mark Immelman on identity, elite performance, and the Masters | Unlimit Your Potential Ep. 3 Two-time NCAA Division I champion, longtime D1 head coach, CBS Sports golf analyst, and host of the On the Mark Golf Podcast — Mark Immelman joins Seth Pepper for one of the most candid conversations on golf, mindset, and identity you'll hear this year. Mark coached his younger brother Trevor Immelman to the 2008 Masters Championship, and in this episode he tells the untold story for the first time in this format: the three putters in the bag, the plastic ball marker, and the conversation in the kitchen that changed everything. He also shares the Larry Mize moment that reframed his entire relationship with achievement — "Winning the Masters is what I did. Winning the Masters is not who I am." Along the way, Mark and Seth (two-time NCAA runner-up swimmer and brother of a national champion) dig into why coaches see greatness that athletes can't see in themselves, what separates Tiger Woods, Rory McIlroy, and Scottie Scheffler at the top of the game, the four pillars Mark believes every elite performance is built on, and how to find a healthy relationship with failure. If you care about peak performance, sports psychology, or what really happens behind the scenes at the highest level of professional golf, this one is for you.

15. 

    20 May 2026

    "You'll Never Reach Your Potential Until…" — Ken Crenshaw on Greatness, Not-Enoughness, and 38 Years Inside Pro Baseball

    What does it actually take to perform at the highest level — and stay human while you do it? In Episode 2 of Unlimit Your Potential, host Seth Pepper sits down with Ken Crenshaw, Director of Sports Medicine and Performance for the Arizona Diamondbacks and one of the most respected figures in Major League Baseball. Over 38 years in the game, Ken has worked alongside Hall of Famers Greg Maddux, Tom Glavine, John Smoltz, Randy Johnson, Wade Boggs, and Paul Goldschmidt — and he's the only trainer to have been on staff for the last three pitchers ever to reach 300 career wins. But this conversation isn't really about baseball. It's about the freshman-year moment that rewired Ken's life, the framework he calls "not-enoughness," and why the greatest athletes he's ever worked with are the ones who learned to play for the love of the game — not to prove anyone wrong. Seth and Ken go deep on: – Why a coach refused to promote him to varsity — and how it changed everything– The hidden cost of "not-enoughness" in elite performers– How parents are unknowingly sabotaging their young athletes– What Paul Goldschmidt does in the dugout that nobody else does– Why "simple hard" beats talent every time– The next-play mentality and how it translates to life off the field– Building the ultimate team — in sports, in business, and at home Whether you're an athlete, a coach, a parent, a leader, or someone trying to figure out what's actually been holding you back — this one will sit with you. 🎙 ABOUT THE PODCASTUnlimit Your Potential with Seth Pepper is a podcast about the mindset, mechanics, and moments behind elite performance — in sport, business, and life. Hosted by former professional swimmer and Nike-sponsored athlete Seth Pepper.

16. 

    12 May 2026

    Feed the Right Dog | Jon Gordon on Rewiring Your Mind, Forgiveness & Living in the Zone

    You have two dogs inside you — a positive one and a negative one. They fight constantly. The one that wins? The one you feed. That's the simple truth bestselling author Jon Gordon has built 33 books around — and today he brings it all to Unlimit Your Potential.Jon is the author of The Energy Bus, Training Camp, The Power of Positive Leadership, and dozens more. He works with elite teams like the LA Dodgers, the Miami Heat, and countless NFL and MLB franchises to build winning cultures from the inside out.In this conversation we go deep on:→ Why Jon — the king of positivity — is naturally one of the most negative people he knows→ The "thank you walk" that saved his marriage and rewired his brain→ How to talk to yourself instead of listen to yourself (and why it changes everything)→ The real reason baseball is NOT a game of failure — it's a game of opportunity→ What the zone state actually is, and why Jon believes it's meant to be our normal state→ The PRAYER acronym: a daily framework for connection, surrender, and high performance→ Energy vampires, forgiveness, and why releasing resentment is the ultimate weight loss→ Why the subconscious mind is actually the soul — and what that means for your mental healthJon's message is equal parts practical and profound. Whether you're an athlete, a leader, a parent, or someone fighting their own mind every day — this one is for you.🔗 Connect with Jon Gordon:Website: johnggordon.comInstagram / Facebook / LinkedIn: @jongordon11

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