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Feb 5, 2026 1 hr 1 min

Shelley McIntyre: Burn the Map

from Your Next Success Hosted by Caroline Sangal

Send us Fan Mail What if the map you’ve been following isn’t yours anymore? In this episode of Your Next Success, Dr. Caroline Sangal talks with Shelley McIntyre, reinvention partner for Gen X professionals and creator of Burn the Map. After decades in tech and consulting, Shelley realized she had overridden her values, lost her curiosity, and outgrown the roles she was performing. Her return to alignment, through theater, grief recovery, and deep identity work shaped her life’s next chapter and the transformational work she now offers midlife professionals. You’ll hear: How early belonging and creativity shape identity Why resistance is often unprocessed grief How loss of curiosity signals misalignment What happens when competence replaces connection Why midlife is both an unraveling and an awakening How to build a next chapter that reflects who you’ve become Explore Shelley’s work at https://burnthemapcoaching.com Support the show Subscribe to Your Next Success so you never miss an episode. Watch full video episodes on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@NextSuccessMethod/ Learn more about Next Success www.nextsuccesscareers.com

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Send us Fan Mail What if the map you’ve been following isn’t yours anymore? In this episode of Your Next Success, Dr. Caroline Sangal talks with Shelley McIntyre, reinvention partner for Gen X professionals and creator of Burn the Map. After decades in tech and consulting, Shelley realized she had overridden her values, lost her curiosity, and outgrown the roles she was performing. Her return to alignment, through theater, grief recovery, and deep identity work shaped her li...

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