In this episode of True North Alignment, Keith Hodge is joined by executive coach and founder of Leadering, David Heaps.

For more than a decade, David has worked with founders and CEOs who have reached a point where strategy alone is no longer enough. Together, Keith and David explore why insight does not automatically create change, how unconscious patterns continue to shape our decisions, and why many people remain stuck despite understanding what is happening.

The conversation explores:

• Why awareness alone rarely changes behaviour
• How early experiences shape the beliefs that guide our lives
• The relationship between thought, emotion, and the body
• Recognising the hidden patterns behind leadership challenges
• Why the smallest unconscious reactions often have the biggest impact over time
• The role of presence in creating lasting change
• How personal growth influences business, relationships, and purpose

David also shares his own journey from struggling with depression and searching for meaning, to building a life centred around purpose, service, and helping others navigate their inner architecture.

This is a thoughtful conversation about leadership, self-awareness, and the patterns that quietly shape our lives.

About David Heaps

David Heaps is an executive coach and founder of Leadering. He works primarily with founders and CEOs, helping them understand the unconscious patterns influencing their leadership, decision-making, and relationships. His work focuses on what he calls "inner architecture", the beliefs, assumptions, and protective strategies that shape how people experience the world.

In this episode of the True North Alignment Podcast, Keith Hodge is joined by executive coach and founder of Inner Authority, Anita Saldana, for a deep conversation on overthinking, leadership, emotional structure, and inner alignment.

Together, they explore why high performers often continue to experience anxiety, doubt, and exhaustion despite external success, and why the real issue is rarely a lack of intelligence or strategy.

Anita shares her perspective that overthinking is not a thinking problem, but a structural one. The mind continues trying to solve present-day decisions through interpretations formed long ago. Rather than managing symptoms, her work focuses on shifting the underlying structure beneath them.

Keith and Anita discuss:
• Why external success can mask inner misalignment
• How unresolved emotional structures shape leadership and decision-making
• The difference between managing behaviour and changing the source
• Why transformation does not require reliving trauma
• The role of observation, imagination, and interpretation in lasting change
• The connection between inner coherence and purpose becoming inevitable
• How true alignment changes the way we create, lead, and move through life

This episode bridges neuroscience, hypnosis, psychology, emotional coherence, and presence-based transformation into a grounded and deeply human conversation.

If you’ve ever felt successful on the outside while internally carrying pressure, overthinking, or disconnection, this conversation offers a different way of understanding what may actually be happening beneath the surface.

In this episode of True North Alignment, Keith Hodge sits down with nervous system regulation specialist Jordan Dunin for a deep conversation on stress, identity, burnout, leadership, and purpose.

Together they explore:
• Why so many people are living in chronic stress without realising it
• How protection patterns become personality and identity
• The hidden addiction to pressure, performance, and “doing”
• The difference between regulating the nervous system and healing the root cause
• How dysregulated leaders create dysregulated organisations
• Why purpose becomes clearer when the nervous system feels safe
• The role of meditation, sleep, stillness, and awareness in returning to balance

Jordan also shares his personal journey through chronic Lyme disease, traumatic brain injury, and severe nervous system dysregulation, and how healing began when he stopped fighting his body and started understanding it.

This episode is for anyone navigating stress, burnout, emotional overwhelm, leadership pressure, or the deeper question of who they are beneath the roles they’ve learned to play.

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In this first guest episode of True North Alignment, Where Purpose Becomes Inevitable, Keith is joined by Collin Jewett for a conversation that moves beyond goals, plans, and traditional ideas of success.

Collin shares his perspective on living dreams rather than chasing them, and why the moment we imagine what’s possible, we often feel the fear of losing it at the same time.

Together, they explore the difference between dreams and goals, what it means to live in alignment with what feels true, and how the body can act as a guide in recognizing clarity, stability, and direction.

This episode also touches on a different way of relating to purpose, not as something fixed in the future, but as something that emerges through presence, awareness, and the choices made now.

If you’ve ever felt caught between what you want to create and the uncertainty that comes with it, this conversation offers a grounded and honest look at what actually drives a life forward.

👤 About the Guest

Collin Jewett works as a “Dream Manager”, supporting individuals in exploring and living into what matters most to them. He also founded Everyday Defense Against the Dark Arts, a martial-arts-inspired approach to psychological self-defence and building meaningful connection.

He can be reached directly via text at: +1 317-696-1870

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If this conversation resonated, you could explore more of Keith’s work through upcoming sessions and events.

Most people don’t realise it…

The way you show up in your business, your relationships, and your life is being shaped by patterns you didn’t consciously choose.

In this conversation with Tricia Parido, an emotional performance strategist, we explore how these patterns are formed, how they quietly run beneath the surface, and why they often show up most clearly when you become visible.

We go into:

Why visibility can pull you away from yourself
How emotional patterns form through lived experience
The link between coping mechanisms and everyday behavior

What’s really driving habits like overworking, people-pleasing, or avoidance
How to begin recognising what’s happening in the moment

This isn’t about fixing yourself.

It’s about seeing clearly what’s already there.

Because when you understand what’s driving your behaviour, you naturally begin to show up differently, without forcing it.

If you’ve ever felt like something is slightly off, even when things look right on the surface, this conversation will help you understand why.

Most entrepreneurs aren’t lacking strategy.
They’re building on something underneath it they haven’t seen.

In this conversation with Justin Heuff, founder of Project Icon, we explore what actually drives visibility, authority, and sustainable growth in business.

From building high-level brands to working with entrepreneurs across industries, Justin shares what separates those who gain real traction from those who stay busy but unseen.

We go into:

Why doing more platforms isn’t the answer
How authority is actually built in today’s landscape
The difference between being productive and moving forward
Where most entrepreneurs unknowingly limit their own growth
How alignment underneath your strategy changes everything

What becomes clear is this:

You can follow the right steps, build the right funnel, and still feel like something isn’t working.

Because beyond a certain point, it’s not the strategy.

It’s what’s driving it.

And when that shifts, everything else begins to move.

If you’re building something meaningful and want to understand what’s really holding it back, this conversation will show you where to look.

In this episode, Keith is joined by Shari Teigman for a grounded conversation on fear, joy, and what it really takes to live in alignment.

They explore how to recognise when you’re being led by fear versus something deeper, why many high achievers feel successful yet disconnected, and how to stay true to yourself in the middle of growth and challenge.

This is a practical and honest look at facing yourself, shifting your state, and creating from a place that actually feels real.

👤 About the Guest

Shari Teigman is a Maverick Performance Mentor and Creative Business Strategist helping high achievers step out of old patterns and build success on their own terms.

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