Finding North with Nancy Girres

Finding North with Nancy Girres

Finding North is a podcast for high-achievers who feel lost, stuck, or unfulfilled despite success. Hosted by Nancy Girres, each episode explores the truth about burnout, identity, purpose, and what it really takes to realign your life. Through powerful conversations and personal insights, you’ll learn how to find clarity, rebuild direction, and create a life that actually feels right. If you’ve ever thought “I did everything right… so why does this feel wrong?” — this is for you. New episodes every week. #selfdiscovery #burnout #personalgrowth #findingpurpose

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June 9, 2026 52 mins

What happens when you achieve everything you were supposed to want but something inside still tells you there’s more?

In this deeply moving episode of the Finding North Podcast, Nancy Girres sits down with legendary executive coach and Vistage Chair Emeritus Janet Fogarty for a conversation about reinvention, intuition, grief, courage, identity, and designing a life that actually feels aligned.

After spending 27 years guiding CEOs th...

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What if the conversations you’re avoiding are the key to becoming fully alive?

In this episode of Finding North, Nancy Girres sits down with executive team coach and communication expert Whitney Walpole to explore leadership, reinvention, motherhood, identity, and the conversations that change everything.

After 30 years coaching leadership teams and helping organizations build healthier cultures, Whitney shares the powerful communica...

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What happens when leadership finds you before you feel ready for it?

In this episode of Finding North, Nancy Girres sits down with retired entrepreneur and longtime business leader Michael Trotter for an honest conversation about leadership, pressure, identity, freedom, legacy, and what really matters after decades of building a successful company.

Michael shares the moment that unexpectedly changed the trajectory of his life, how he...

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If you’ve built a life that looks successful on the outside but still feel disconnected, overwhelmed, or quietly lost inside it… this conversation will feel uncomfortably familiar.

In this episode of Finding North, Nancy Girres sits down with speaker, writer, and coach Danielle B. Baldwin to explore inspiration, identity, grief, and what it really takes to rebuild your life when everything you planned falls apart. Danielle shares ho...

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If your life looks successful on the outside but internally you still feel overwhelmed, exhausted, or disconnected, this conversation will resonate deeply.

In this episode of Finding North, Nancy Girres sits down with entrepreneur, author, and Savvy Strategic Partners founder Jill Simonds for a raw conversation about leadership, trauma, identity, healing, and what truly drives high achievers. Jill opens up about growing up around ad...

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If everything in your life looks successful but something still feels off, you are not alone.

In this episode of Finding North, Nancy Girres sits down with Kyle Recchia, CEO of Fast Fit & The Perfect Workout and author of Fit for the Calling, to explore identity, burnout, leadership, and what it really takes to realign your life.

This conversation goes deep into:

• Why success does not always equal fulfillment

• The identity behind...

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If you’ve built a life that looks successful on the outside, but inside something feels off, you’re not alone. Welcome to Finding North with Nancy Girres!

In this podcast, Nancy Girres sits down with leaders, thinkers, and high-achievers to explore burnout, identity, purpose, and what it really takes to realign your life. This isn’t about having everything figured out. It’s about asking better questions, finding clarity, and choosin...

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