Unlocking Human Potential with Andy Hosgood Pain Is Not the Enemy: Reimagining Healing, Hope and Human Potential with Richmond Stace"
What if the way we treat pain is actually making it worse?
In this moving, mind-shifting episode of Unlocking Human Potential, Andy Hosgood sits down with Richmond Stace a physiotherapist, educator, author, and founder of Pain Coaching for a conversation that flips the traditional pain narrative on its head.
Richmond shares his radical and compassionate approach to chronic and persistent pain: one rooted in understanding, partnership, and hope. Together, they explore:
- Why pain isn’t just a physical sensation, but a whole human experience
- How the stories we tell ourselves can either reinforce suffering or unlock healing
- What it means to be seen and believed especially when living with invisible pain
- Why compassion and curiosity are more powerful than any fix or quick solution
Whether you're a clinician, coach, patient, or simply someone who wants to live and lead more fully, this episode will leave you with fresh insight, deep inspiration, and a renewed belief in what’s possible for yourself and for others.
🎧 Listen now and start reimagining the story of pain, potential, and personal transformation
About Richmond Stance
Richmond helps people ease and transform chronic and persistent pain and suffering, so they can live with greater freedom, confidence, and possibility.
He founded Pain Coaching over 20 years ago as both an approach and a way of being. It integrates compassion, contemporary pain science, rehabilitation, movement, and coaching to support genuine, lasting change.
Pain Coaching is not about chasing fixes or fighting the body. It is about understanding pain and suffering, meeting what is present with care and clarity, and creating a practical strategy for change. I work alongside people to help them harness their strengths, build essential skills, and take meaningful action so what matters to them becomes possible again.
At its heart, Pain Coaching is about transformation: easing suffering, restoring trust in the body, and supporting people to live themselves better.
Pain Talking, mySubstack newsletter: https://open.substack.com/pub/richmondstace
His book, Understand and Overcome your Chronic Pain: https://amzn.eu/d/hJm0hdG
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/paincoach
Website: https://www.richmondstace.com
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/richmondstace