Welcome to this episode of The Tori Nook Talk Show! In this episode, Tori sits down with Danielle Sprouls, a transformational leader, executive coach, published author, former attorney, and a powerful advocate for women’s empowerment. Danielle is widely known as the “WTF Lady”, with WTF standing for Women That Flourish, and she’s the founder of Unscripted Pivots LLC, where she helps ambitious professionals navigate reinvention with clarity, courage, and confidence.
Before launching her coaching work, Danielle spent decades in the commercial title insurance world, closing $20B+ in deals, including the Chrysler Building in NYC. The conversation gets real about intuition, fear, recovery, discipline, and how high performers can move through life’s biggest curveballs without losing themselves. Interestingly, Danielle also breaks down her upcoming book framework on how to “master the pivot” when chaos hits.
📌 Timestamps:
00:00 – Intro and meeting Danielle Sprouls
02:25 – How Tori discovered Danielle and why this connection mattered
04:45 – Synchronicities, intuition, and “everything is data”
06:05 – Courage, fear, and saying yes more often
07:30 – Healing vs. “getting older” as the real catalyst
09:05 – Aligning with fear, not trying to eliminate it
10:40 – Biggest pivot: from law track to unexpected CRE career
12:20 – The party offer that changed everything
14:15 – Why curiosity and awareness create opportunity
16:45 – Title insurance success, sacrifice, and what it cost
20:55 – Why high performers need coaches
22:10 – The hardest season: change, habits, and sobriety
24:55 – WTF framework and why curveballs can be fuel
26:45 – The PIVOT method: pause, identify, vet, outreach, test
30:50 – What to do in the first 24 hours after a WTF moment
32:35 – Faith, surrender, and letting go of outcomes
34:45 – Awareness, acceptance, action
37:20 – Wholeness, service, and gratitude as daily practice
41:20 – Stop comparing. Compete only with yesterday’s you
46:05 – Where to find Danielle and her books
48:10 – Wrap-up and where to watch new episodes
👤 Connect with Danielle Sprouls
Website http://unscriptedpivots.com/
LinkedIn: http://linkedin.com/in/daniellesproulsesq
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/daniellesprouls
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCRV9cy8aZNE5p7ZkKMsYBSA
Unscripted Pivots Podcast: https://unscriptedpivots.transistor.fm/
👤 Connect with Tori Nook
Website: https://torinook.com
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/torirendanonook/
Instagram: @torinook
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