True North Alignment - Where Purpose Becomes Inevitable

What if creating the life you want has less to do with forcing outcomes — and more to do with the state you're creating from?

Seth Monk spent eight years as a Buddhist monk and has dedicated much of his life to meditation, healing and understanding the inner patterns that shape our experience.

In this episode of True North Alignment, Seth and I begin with a conversation about Burning Man, synchronicity and the strange things that seem to happen when people become more open, present and connected.

From there, we explore playfulness as a pathway into flow, why fear can sometimes create the very outcome we're trying to avoid, and how becoming aware of what is happening inside us gives us the space to choose what we create next.

Seth shares what eight years as a monk taught him about observing thoughts and emotions without automatically acting on them, and why healing doesn't necessarily mean eliminating our wounds — but changing our relationship with them.

We also explore creation itself: how the state, intention and energy behind our actions become embedded in what we create, and how small shifts in the way we relate to ourselves and others can completely change what happens next.

A playful and deeply insightful conversation about synchronicity, presence, fear, healing, flow and becoming a more conscious creator of your life.

Connect with Seth Monk
Discover Seth's work and his book *Buddhist Cake* at sethmonk.com.

Connect with Keith Hodge
LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/keithphodge/

What if the drive that made you successful is also the thing you now need to let go of?

Ryan Hopkins is a bestselling author and workplace wellbeing expert. But behind his work is a deeply personal story of bulimia, anxiety, losing his identity and eventually turning some of the experiences he was once most ashamed of into his purpose.

In this episode of True North Alignment, we explore Ryan's journey from struggling with control and self-worth to building a career dedicated to helping others live and work differently.

Then the conversation moves into something Ryan is experiencing right now.

Having left employment to build his own business, he has more freedom and space than ever before — and he's discovering how uncomfortable that space can feel.

We explore whether a lifetime of hard work, ultramarathons, achievement and constant doing has been driven by a deeper belief that he needs to suffer, strive or prove himself to be enough.

What happens when we stop doing? Why can space itself create anxiety? And can we create extraordinary things without needing to suffer for them?

A vulnerable conversation about success, wellbeing, purpose, enoughness and learning to create from a different place.

Connect with Ryan Hopkins
Find Ryan on LinkedIn and discover his bestselling book, *52 Weeks of Wellbeing*.

Connect with Keith Hodge
LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/keithphodge/

What happens when the people inside an organization stop waiting for answers and start thinking, choosing and creating for themselves?

Heather McGonigal is CEO and co-founder of Empowering Leadership Teams, where she helps entrepreneurial businesses develop teams that can think more strategically, take greater ownership and contribute their best ideas.

In this episode of True North Alignment, Heather and I explore what it takes to move from reaction to creation — both individually and inside an organization.

We talk about why some of the most valuable thinking in a team can remain hidden, particularly when quieter or more introverted people don't feel able to contribute, and what leaders can do to create an environment where more of that intelligence comes forward.

Our conversation then moves beneath leadership into the human experience itself: what happens when we're operating from fight, flight or freeze, how we regain choice when emotion takes over, and why creativity often requires us to stop pushing and create enough space for something new to emerge.

Heather also shares her own experience of doing deeper inner work, the practices she uses to interrupt old patterns, and why she believes being a good human being matters more than ever in a culture she sees becoming increasingly dominated by ego.

In this conversation:

• Building teams that think more like CEOs
• Bringing out the best thinking in introverts and extroverts
• Psychological safety and empowered teams
• Moving from emotional reaction into choice
• Why creativity needs space
• The relationship between inner work and leadership
• Reframing the stories that keep us stuck
• Creating alignment around shared goals
• Purpose, leadership and contribution
• Why being a good human being matters

A conversation about leadership, creativity and what becomes possible when we move beyond reaction and return to choice.

Connect with Heather McGonigal
Empowering Leadership Teams: empoweringleadershipteams.com
Coffee Chat: empoweringleadershipteams.com/coffee-chat

Connect with Keith Hodge
https://www.linkedin.com/in/keithphodge/

What happens when the people inside an organisation stop waiting for answers and start thinking, choosing and creating for themselves?

Heather McGonigal is CEO and co-founder of Empowering Leadership Teams, where she helps entrepreneurial businesses develop teams that can think more strategically, take greater ownership and contribute their best ideas.

In this episode of True North Alignment, Heather and I explore what it takes to move from reaction to creation — both individually and inside an organisation.

We talk about why some of the most valuable thinking in a team can remain hidden, particularly when quieter or more introverted people don't feel able to contribute, and what leaders can do to create an environment where more of that intelligence comes forward.

Our conversation then moves beneath leadership into the human experience itself: what happens when we're operating from fight, flight or freeze, how we regain choice when emotion takes over, and why creativity often requires us to stop pushing and create enough space for something new to emerge.

Heather also shares her own experience of doing deeper inner work, the practices she uses to interrupt old patterns, and why she believes being a good human being matters more than ever in a culture she sees becoming increasingly dominated by ego.

In this conversation:

• Building teams that think more like CEOs
• Bringing out the best thinking in introverts and extroverts
• Psychological safety and empowered teams
• Moving from emotional reaction into choice
• Why creativity needs space
• The relationship between inner work and leadership
• Reframing the stories that keep us stuck
• Creating alignment around shared goals
• Purpose, leadership and contribution
• Why being a good human being matters

A conversation about leadership, creativity and what becomes possible when we move beyond reaction and return to choice.

Connect with Heather McGonigal
Empowering Leadership Teams: empoweringleadershipteams.com
Coffee Chat: empoweringleadershipteams.com/coffee-chat

Connect with Keith Hodge
https://www.linkedin.com/in/keithphodge/

In this episode of True North Alignment, Keith Hodge is joined by Joel Burgess, embodiment and business coach to CEOs, founders and coaches, and founder of the Elevated Coaching Collective.

After spending five years building a food-tech company, raising £1 million and reaching a seven-figure valuation, Joel finally found product-market fit—only for the business to be wiped out by COVID. Left with significant debt and a young family to support, the years that followed became both a rebuilding of his business and a profound inner journey.

Through that experience, Joel discovered a principle that now sits at the heart of how he lives and works:

“Whenever I focus on me, I collapse. Whenever I focus on service, I expand.”

Together, Keith and Joel explore what it means to build and create without being driven by fear, pressure or the need to force an outcome.

They discuss:

Why service has become the foundation of Joel's approach to business.
How to face fear rather than allowing it to dictate your decisions.
Why Joel does the opposite of what his mind tells him when he feels emotionally activated.

The shift from pushing harder to becoming still and allowing clarity to emerge.

Joel's surprising perspective on hope, fear and “hopelessness.”
What it means to become empty enough to receive rather than force.
How the body communicates our internal state.
The crossover between embodiment and Keith's work with True North Alignment.

How we can use the body not only to recognise emotional patterns, but to consciously embody a different state.

The episode concludes with Joel guiding Keith and the audience through an embodiment practice designed to cultivate stillness, presence and the experience of returning to centre.

A conversation about business, service, fear, embodiment and what becomes possible when we stop pushing long enough to hear what is actually true.

Connect with Joel Burgess
Instagram & YouTube: @coach.joel.burgess

Connect with Keith Hodge
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/keithphodge/

In this episode of True North Alignment, Keith Hodge is joined by Marcia Martin—one of the pioneering architects of the modern human potential movement.

From helping grow est into a global phenomenon, to working alongside Tony Robbins, Roger Hamilton, Jack Canfield, and many of the world's leading transformational organisations, Marcia shares the principles she has learned from decades of building movements that genuinely change lives.

Together they explore:

• What it really means to live in alignment with your purpose.
• Why awareness is the foundation of personal growth.
• The difference between teaching and true transformation.
• How to help people discover their own inner wisdom.
• The role of leadership in creating lasting impact.
• Why most organisations struggle to scale.
• The crucial difference between delivering a powerful product and enrolling people into it.
• The architecture behind building movements that endure.
  

Marcia also reflects on her bestselling memoir, Sex, Power and Transformation, sharing what inspired her to tell the untold story of the human potential movement, the lessons she learned about power and integrity, and why writing the book has given her a profound sense of freedom to create the next chapter of her life.

Whether you're building a business, leading a team, guiding others through transformation, or simply seeking a deeper understanding of purpose, this conversation is filled with timeless wisdom from someone who has spent more than five decades helping shape one of the world's most influential personal development movements.

Connect with Marcia Martin
Website: Marcia Martin | Transformational Leadership, Coaching & Human Potential

Connect with Keith Hodge
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/keithphodge/

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In this episode of True North Alignment, Keith Hodge is joined by emotional embodiment coach Paul Abram for a fascinating conversation exploring the relationship between fascia, intuition and purpose.

Together they discuss the emerging understanding of fascia as far more than connective tissue, exploring its potential role in storing lived experience, shaping emotional patterns and influencing how we connect with ourselves and the world around us.

The conversation explores:

• What fascia is and why it is gaining attention.
• How the body may hold unresolved emotional patterns.
• The relationship between fascia, intuition and inner guidance.
• Why physical tension and emotional history may be deeply connected.
• The surprising connection between the jaw, pelvis and early life experiences.
• How movement, breath and awareness can support greater ease and coherence.
• What purpose feels like when it is lived rather than pursued.

Along the way, Paul shares his own journey of discovering fascia-based work, while Keith reflects on the principles behind True North Alignment and how emotional patterns stored in the body can influence every area of life.

Whether you're interested in personal growth, embodiment, emotional healing or the connection between body and consciousness, this conversation offers fresh perspectives and practical insights that invite you to experience your own body in a new way.

Connect with Paul Abram

YouTube: The Grounded Man TV – Paul shares free daily fascia and embodiment sessions, practical movement practices, and insights into his work.

Connect with Keith Hodge
LinkedIn: Keith Hodge – Follow Keith for weekly insights on True North Alignment, Root Healing, leadership, purpose and emotional transformation.

In this episode of True North Alignment, Keith sits down with business intuitive and energetic strategist Bethany Londyn to explore the hidden forces that influence our businesses, our decisions and our lives.

Bethany shares her unique approach to working with founders and business owners, helping them uncover the unseen patterns, family dynamics and energetic blocks that may be shaping their results beneath the surface.

Together they explore the relationship between intuition, trust and growth, and discuss why so many of the challenges we face in business may have roots far beyond strategy alone.

The conversation moves into parenting, purpose and personal growth, exploring how trust develops in childhood, the role our children play in our own evolution, and what it means to create lives built on joy rather than struggle.

Topics include:

• The energetics behind business growth
• Intuition and decision making in leadership
• Family patterns and their impact on business
• Trust as the foundation for growth and expansion
• Raising conscious and emotionally aware children
• Joy as a compass for alignment
• Gratitude as a transformational practice
• Purpose as something we embody rather than achieve

Bethany shares her perspective that when we clear what no longer belongs to us, we create space for greater flow, greater trust and greater possibility.

If you've ever felt that there was something deeper influencing your life or business than strategy alone, this conversation offers an invitation to explore what might be happening beneath the surface.

And perhaps most importantly, it asks a simple question:

What becomes possible when you choose joy?

In this episode of True North Alignment, Keith sits down with executive coach, founder and author Dr. Benjamin Ritter to explore the relationship between fear, values and living a life that is truly your own.

Benjamin shares his journey from self-doubt and searching for confidence to building a life guided by purpose, values and personal responsibility.

Together they explore what it means to live fearlessly, why so many people lose themselves in expectations that were never theirs to carry, and how clarity of values creates a foundation that allows us to move forward even when fear is present.

The conversation also explores leadership and alignment within organizations, including why many people become disconnected after promotions and how leaders can create environments where teams feel connected to a greater vision.

Topics include:

• The relationship between fear and personal growth
• Why values matter more than goals
• Building confidence through action and experience
• The journey towards clarity and self-knowledge
• Leadership, influence and organisational alignment
• Why promotions often create unexpected misalignment
• The difference between survival and creation
• Purpose as something we live rather than achieve

If you've ever questioned your direction, struggled with fear, or wondered how to align your work and life with what truly matters, this conversation offers practical insights for finding and living your own True North.

In this episode of True North Alignment, Keith sits down with licensed professional clinical counselor Helen Hicks to explore what it really means to know yourself.

Together they unpack the difference between living from who you truly are and living through roles, expectations and conditioning that were never really yours to begin with.

The conversation explores the relationship between emotions, intuition and self-awareness, why so many people become disconnected from their internal compass, and how learning to understand our emotional experience can become a pathway back to alignment.

Helen shares her perspective on emotional regulation, trauma responses, values-driven living and the role purpose plays in creating a meaningful life and career.

The conversation then turns to parenting, where Helen explains why consistency, emotional safety and presence are fundamental to helping children move beyond survival and into thriving.

Topics include:

• Knowing yourself beyond labels and roles
• The connection between emotions and self-awareness
• Trauma, emotional responses and the present moment
• Living in alignment with your values
• Purpose and whether it evolves throughout life
• Raising emotionally healthy and resilient children
• Why consistency creates safety and growth
• The difference between surviving and thriving

If you've ever questioned who you are beneath expectations, wondered how emotions shape your decisions, or wanted to create healthier foundations for yourself or your family, this conversation offers valuable insights and practical wisdom.

Connect with Helen Hicks
LinkedIn: Search for Helen Hicks on LinkedIn
Courses: Helen Hicks on Udemy

Connect with Keith Hodge
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/keithphodge/
Website: IntuityInternational.com