What if the life you’ve been told to want isn’t the life you actually want?
North Star follows Paddy Saunders into the big, uncomfortable questions most of us are too busy, or too afraid, to ask. Through raw stories and honest conversations, the podcast explores the invisible forces shaping who we become, why so many of us feel disconnected despite having “everything,” and what human beings genuinely need to flourish.
A search for a wiser, more meaningful way to live, and an invitation to find your own North Star.
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Paddy Saunders
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education · health & fitness · religion & spirituality
E5 - Lewis Huckstep: The Person Beneath The Performance
In this powerful conversation, Lewis, an identity and purpose coach, reveals how childhood conditioning shapes who we become, why relationships expose our unhealed patterns and how to stop performing for approval. You’ll discover how to reconnect with your authentic self, uncover your purpose and build a life that feels as meaningful on the inside as it looks successful on the outside. This is an invitation to meet the person beneath the performance.
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27 Jul 2026
E4 - Drew Derrimen: Lead with love.
What if your relationship triggers aren’t the problem, but the doorway to your healing?
Relationship coach Drew Derriman joins North Star to uncover the hidden wounds and survival patterns shaping who we attract, how we fight, and why we repeat the same painful cycles. Through raw honesty and practical tools for recognition, regulation and repatterning, this episode reveals how to break the loop, create deeper intimacy and transform the way you love, starting with your relationship with yourself.
16 Jul 2026
E3 - Healing, Conscious Uncoupling & Co-Parenting with Tegan Saunders
What happens when the relationship ends—but the love, the family and the responsibility remain?
In this deeply personal conversation, Paddy sits down with one of his greatest teachers: his former wife, Tegan Saunders.
Together, they revisit the childhood wounds and unconscious beliefs they carried into their marriage, the love that brought them together, the losses and pressures that slowly pulled them apart, and the moment they finally chose to let go.
But this isn’t simply a story about divorce. It’s a raw and hopeful exploration of what can come after it: forgiveness without forgetting, love without possession, and co-parenting built on compassion rather than conflict.
Paddy and Tegan speak candidly about trauma, attachment, miscarriage, parenthood, mental health, conscious uncoupling and the inner work required to break generational patterns. They also share what friends and family can do to support a separating couple—without deepening the division.
This is the truth about the relationship after the relationship, and what becomes possible when two people choose healing over blame.
Content note: This episode includes discussion of childhood sexual abuse, miscarriage, suicide and suicidal thoughts. Please listen with care.
25 May 2026
E2 - Mike Henderson: The Breath That Brings You Home
Most people spend their entire lives running; from their pain, their past, and ultimately, themselves.
In this deeply honest conversation with Mike Henderson, we explore how breathwork becomes the bridge back to presence, to truth, and to the parts of us we’ve been avoiding. From addiction and emotional suppression to fatherhood, grief, and self-worth, this episode is a raw invitation to stop escaping and finally come home to who you are.
What if the reason you keep getting in your own way has nothing to do with discipline or motivation — and everything to do with programming you've never seen?
In this first guest episode, Paddy sits down with high performance coach Justin Potts to explore what's actually running most people's lives: the subconscious. They unpack the roots of the "not enough" belief, why willpower always falls short, how the meaning we assign our experiences shapes our entire reality, and what it takes to address emotional patterns at the source rather than just managing the symptoms.
Raw, practical, and deeply honest. A conversation about healing that doesn't feel like therapy.
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25 May 2026
Ep 1 - Justin Potts: The Programming Beneath the Surface: Why Willpower Isn't Enough
What if the reason you keep getting in your own way has nothing to do with discipline, motivation, or mindset — and everything to do with programming you've never even seen?
In this first guest episode of North Star, Paddy sits down with high performance coach Justin Potts for a wide-ranging conversation on what's actually running most people's lives: the subconscious. Justin breaks down why 98% of our behaviour is controlled beneath the surface, why willpower alone will always fall short, and what it really takes to address emotional patterns at their source rather than just managing the symptoms.
They explore the roots of the "not enough" belief that shapes so many men's lives, the difference between therapy and genuine resolution, how the meaning we give our experiences creates our biochemical reality, and practical tools for shifting your state when you're stuck. They also get into conscious parenting, levels of awareness, and what it means to step from victim to creator to something altogether more expansive — living through you rather than by you.
What if the reason you keep getting in your own way has nothing to do with discipline or motivation — and everything to do with programming you've never seen?
In this first guest episode, Paddy sits down with high performance coach Justin Potts to explore what's actually running most people's lives: the subconscious. They unpack the roots of the "not enough" belief, why willpower always falls short, how the meaning we assign our experiences shapes our entire reality, and what it takes to address emotional patterns at the source rather than just managing the symptoms.
Raw, practical, and deeply honest. A conversation about healing that doesn't feel like therapy.
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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