Burn the Map

Burn the Map is for people who spent decades in corporate jobs and now need to figure out what's next. Host Shelley McIntyre is a former corporate strategist who left to become a coach. She knows what it's like to have your entire identity wrapped up in a job title, and what it takes to untangle yourself from it. Weekly episodes cover the messy middle of career transition: how to admit you don't want what you worked years to get, how to stop performing competence you no longer care about, and how to build work that actually fits instead of what sounds good on paper. No motivational fluff. No "find your passion" nonsense. Just honest conversations about what it takes to leave corporate life and not implode in the process.

Burn the Map is a business podcast hosted by Shelley McIntyre, with 47 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80. PitchCentric scores this show on Booking Probability, Listen Score, and live audience signals refreshed every 24 hours.

Shelley McIntyre hosts Burn the Map, a business show with 47 episodes published.

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  Episode #46

  46: What You Left Off Your Resume

  Sep 8, 20269 min

  The resume editing is just the surface. Behind the polished gaps and sabbatical euphemisms is a much longer editing project: one that's been running your personality for years. This episode is about what that cost, and what's still in there underneath it. What you'll learn: What the things you left off your resume reveal about what corporate asked you to hide How the adaptive personality develops, and why numbing yourself to moral injury was a rational response to an irrational system Why the corporate version of you is made of borrowed traits, not character flaws What it actually takes to drop the persona, and why the grief of doing so is real Two paths forward, and what makes each one a legitimate choice If you've looked in the mirror lately and not quite recognized the person looking back, this one is for you. Shelley McIntyre works with people who have left corporate (or are close enough that the date feels real) to figure out who they are when the role stops defining them. She spent decades in corporate strategy and technology before leaving to build something of her own. Work with Shelley: Own Your Edge: A 90-minute session for people at or near the exit https://burnthemapcoaching.com/own-your-edge Reinvention Partnership: Five months of one-on-one coaching for people leaving corporate https://burnthemapcoaching.com/work-with-shelley Free Guide : 4 Moves to Get Unstuck https://burnthemapcoaching.com/guide/ Get the weekly newsletter on the identity work below the career question: https://burnthemapcoaching.com/newsletter/ Let's connect: LinkedIn

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  Episode #45

  45: Change Is a Magnet

  Aug 25, 20267 min

  End of summer tends to concentrate change. Kids leaving, job searches ramping up, early retirement decisions. These feel enormous on the inside and invisible to everyone else. And then other changes start piling in. What you'll learn: Why big internal changes attract more change, and the need for visible proof that something is different The difference between additive changes that are overdue and generative, and the ones that feel a little panicked Why visible changes and good conversations with friends both fall short of the acknowledgment you're looking for What you're really seeking when you show up one day with new hair or a taiko drum How to tell whether an additive change is moving you toward something joyful or away from something painful before you cut your own bangs at 11pm If you're in the middle of a big transition and other changes keep piling in, this episode will help you make sense of it. Shelley McIntyre is a midlife career transition coach for corporate professionals figuring out what comes next. She spent decades in corporate strategy and technology before leaving to build something of her own. Now she helps other midlife professionals do the same, with structure, honesty, and without blowing up everything they've worked for. Work with Shelley: Own Your Edge Strategy Session: A 90-minute session to identify what's misaligned and map your next moves. https://burnthemapcoaching.com/own-your-edge Reinvention Partnership: Five months of high-touch coaching for midlife professionals leaving corporate and building what comes next. https://burnthemapcoaching.com/work-with-shelley Free Guide : 4 Moves to Get Unstuck https://burnthemapcoaching.com/guide/ Get the weekly newsletter on the identity work below the career question: https://burnthemapcoaching.com/newsletter/ Let's connect: LinkedIn

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  Episode #44

  44: Why You're Not Doing the Thing

  Aug 11, 20269 min

  Not doing something isn't the same as not wanting it. Most of us live in the murky middle (wanting to leave the job, speak up, follow through) and just not doing it. This episode is about figuring out why. There are two categories of not-doing, and they require completely different responses. What you'll learn: Why the gap between intention and action is sometimes environmental and sometimes something much deeper How habit stacking works for logistical not-doing — and where it breaks down What Bob Kegan and Lisa Lahey's Immunity to Change framework reveals about why you keep doing the opposite of what you say you want How to identify the competing commitments and big assumptions that are keeping you exactly where you are Why your resistance to change is probably more rational than you've been giving it credit for If you keep saying you want to do something and keep not doing it, tune in. Shelley McIntyre is a midlife career transition coach for corporate professionals figuring out what comes next. She spent decades in corporate strategy and technology before leaving to build something of her own. Now she helps other midlife professionals do the same, with structure, honesty, and without blowing up everything they've worked for. Work with Shelley: Own Your Edge Strategy Session: A 90-minute session to identify what's misaligned and map your next moves. https://burnthemapcoaching.com/own-your-edge Reinvention Partnership: Five months of high-touch coaching for midlife professionals leaving corporate and building what comes next. https://burnthemapcoaching.com/work-with-shelley Free Guide : 4 Moves to Get Unstuck https://burnthemapcoaching.com/guide/ Get the weekly newsletter on the identity work below the career question: https://burnthemapcoaching.com/newsletter/ Let's connect: LinkedIn

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  Episode #43

  43: Did You Do Enough?

  Jul 28, 20269 min

  Between layoffs and early retirement packages, a lot of people in midlife are on the other side of a long corporate career, and running an internal audit that isn't returning comfortable results. This episode is about who's actually keeping score, and whether they earned that job. What you'll learn: Why the grief of abandoning a goal you never worked toward is real and has a name How the metrics you measured your career against were probably borrowed from someone else without examination What rumination actually costs; not just time, but the present moment itself Why the change that matters now is one of orientation, not identity The one career audit worth running: what you're good at that you actually like doing If you're on the other side of a long career and the internal verdict is harsher than you expected, this episode is for you. Shelley McIntyre is a midlife career transition coach for corporate professionals figuring out what comes next. She spent decades in corporate strategy and technology before leaving to build something of her own. Now she helps other midlife professionals do the same, with structure, honesty, and without blowing up everything they've worked for. Work with Shelley: Own Your Edge Strategy Session: A 90-minute session to identify what's misaligned and map your next moves. https://burnthemapcoaching.com/own-your-edge Reinvention Partnership: Five months of high-touch coaching for midlife professionals leaving corporate and building what comes next. https://burnthemapcoaching.com/work-with-shelley Free Guide : 4 Moves to Get Unstuck https://burnthemapcoaching.com/guide/ Get the weekly newsletter on the identity work below the career question: https://burnthemapcoaching.com/newsletter/ Let's connect: LinkedIn

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  Episode #42

  42: The Snob's Advantage

  Jul 14, 20267 min

  When everything feels uncertain (the job, the applications, the new identity you're building), your brain is working overtime on problems with no clear outcome. What it needs is rest that isn't sleep, isn't scrolling, and isn't zoning out. This episode is about finding it in something you're already good at. What you'll learn: Why learning under stress is so cognitively expensive, and what your brain is actually asking for when you reach for TikTok or salt and vinegar chips What happens neurologically when you do something you're skilled at, and why it looks surprisingly similar to genuine rest Why the closer you get to mastery, the further away it seems; that's good news How to tell the difference between skill that restores you and skill that pulls your soul out through your throat Why the thing you're already good at can't be touched by a layoff or a terrible job market If you've been a beginner at everything lately and you're running low, this episode is for you. Shelley McIntyre is a midlife career transition coach for corporate professionals figuring out what comes next. She spent decades in corporate strategy and technology before leaving to build something of her own. Now she helps other midlife professionals do the same, with structure, honesty, and without blowing up everything they've worked for. Work with Shelley: Own Your Edge Strategy Session: A 90-minute session to identify what's misaligned and map your next moves. https://burnthemapcoaching.com/own-your-edge Reinvention Partnership: Five months of high-touch coaching for midlife professionals leaving corporate and building what comes next. https://burnthemapcoaching.com/work-with-shelley Free Guide : 4 Moves to Get Unstuck https://burnthemapcoaching.com/guide/ Get the weekly newsletter on the identity work below the career question: https://burnthemapcoaching.com/newsletter/ Let's connect: LinkedIn

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