Most leaders know they need rest. Very few know how to take it well.The Sabbatical Journey podcast exists to change that. Hosted by Alan Briggs, founder of Sabbatical Coaching Group and one of the most trusted sabbatical coaches in the country, this show gives leaders the practical wisdom, honest guidance, and real stories they need to prepare for, experience, and reorient from a life-changing sabbatical.Alan has personally walked through three sabbaticals and has coached hundreds of leaders through every phase of the journey. He knows what burnout actually feels like. He knows what the thaw process does to a leader. And he knows what's waiting on the other side when a sabbatical is received well.This podcast follows the same framework Alan uses with every leader he coaches. Demystify. Prepare. Experience. Reorient. Whether you're exploring sabbatical for the first time, actively preparing for one, or trying to make the most of what you discovered while you were away, there's an episode here for exactly where you are.Sabbatical isn't a vacation. It isn't a reward. It isn't something you earn after enough years of hard work.It's a gift. And this podcast will show you how to receive it.New episodes drop every two weeks. Subscribe so you never miss one.sabbaticalcoachinggroup.com more

What if you didn't have to wait until traditional retirement age to take a meaningful break from work?The Great Pause is a practical limited-series podcast about micro-retirement, mini-retirement, sabbaticals, career breaks, and designing an extended pause from work without destroying your finances or damaging your career.Hosted by TJ Walker, this series takes you through the real mechanics of planning a three-to-six-month career pause. You'll learn how to calculate your financial runway, understand the true cost of stepping away from work, choose the right exit strategy, negotiate your departure professionally, design a meaningful break, manage the boring but essential logistics, explain a résumé gap, and return to the workforce with confidence.The series is organized around four simple principles: Fund it. Leave it. Live it. Land it.You'll explore questions such as:How much money do you really need for a micro-retirement?Should you quit, negotiate unpaid leave, or create a freelance bridge?How do you explain a career break on your résumé and LinkedIn profile?What should you actually do during three to six months away from work?How do you avoid running out of money before finding your next job?When is a micro-retirement a bad idea?Can career breaks become a repeatable part of your working life?This isn't a 'quit your job and follow your dreams' podcast. It's a practical planning system for people with careers, responsibilities, bills, and ambitions who want more control over when they work and when they step away.The Great Pause is part of the Ultamize Personal Development Podcast Network, featuring practical podcasts designed to help you improve communication, career skills, productivity, confidence, decision-making, leadership, personal effectiveness, and everyday life.Discover more personal development podcasts from Ultamize and use this series as a practical guide whenever you're planning your own career pause, sabbatical, mini-retirement, or micro-retirement. #TheGreatPause #MicroRetirement #MicroRetirementPlanning #MiniRetirement #CareerBreak #CareerBreakPlanning #Sabbatical #SabbaticalPlanning #CareerPause #AdultGapYear #CareerChange #CareerPlanning #CareerDevelopment #CareerAdvice #WorkLifeBalance #FinancialPlanning #FinancialFreedom #LifestyleDesign #BurnoutRecovery #ReturnToWork #ResumeGap #CareerTransition #PersonalDevelopment #SelfImprovement #TJWalker #Ultamize #UltamizePodcast #UltamizePersonalDevelopment #UltamizePersonalDevelopmentPodcastNetwork more

Why retire once when you can retire often? Hear real mini-retirement stories. See how mini-retirements can unlock work-life balance, purposeful living, and financial freedom. more

From quickly building a Multi-7-Figure Coaching Business to taking a planned sabbatical in Year 7 and coming back with a renewed sense of purpose and desire to build the business differently… On this podcast, I share the behind-the-scenes minutia of running a sustainable and SIGNIFICANT business in the online world. You'll gain valuable insights that will help you make more money and love how you're making it when you just listen to what Jereshia Said. more

Sean D'Souza made two vows when he started up Psychotactics back in 2002. The first was that he'd always get paid in advance and the second was that work wouldn't control his life. He decided to take three months off every year. But how do you take three months off, without affecting your business and profits? Do you buy into the myth of 'outsourcing everything and working just a few hours a week?' Not really. Instead, you structure your business in a way that enables you to work hard and then take three months off every single year. And Sean walks his talk. Since 2004, he's taken three months off every year (except in 2005, when there was a medical emergency). This podcast isn't about the easy life. It's not some magic trick about working less. Instead with this podcast you learn how to really enjoy your work, enjoy your vacation time and yes, get paid in advance. more

The Pathless Path is hosted by Paul Millerd - a writer, creator, and consultant. He has conversations with freelancers, self-employed entrepreneurs, creators, and vagabonds who share their perspectives on their relationship with work, burnout, bootstrapping, indie hacking, remote work, reinvention, creativity, sabbaticals, leisure, self-employment, unconventional living, and digital nomadism. Past guests include Ali Abdaal, Russ Roberts, Kevin Kelly, Khe Hy, David Senra, Derek Sivers, Joe Hudson, Luke Burgis, Ben Hunt, Dan Vassallo, Steph Smith, Alex Pang, Visakan Veerasamy, Michael Ashcroft, Kyla Scalon, Trung Phan, Justin Welch, and more. more

Interviews of people who took a break from life at one point or another to get help, grow up, or just to reassess their life direction. Some guests struggled with depression, anxiety, substance abuse, a death in the family, or just decided college was not the place for them. These stories are all-to-real, and yet we don't talk enough about how common it is for those who took a gap year to defer college, went to college and took a break, or those who struggled launching into the workforce post-college graduation. This goes out to all the young adults and parents of young adults who are struggling and contemplating what will happen if they walk away right now.  more

Gap Year Radio is a podcast that brings you information and inspiration to plan a life-changing gap year adventure. We focus on bringing you interviews from people from across the gap year spectrum - people who run or lead gap year programs, gap year alumni who can tell you about adventures and travel experts who can give you advice on how to turn your dream of a year out into a reality.Intro music credits:Quasi Motion Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 Licensehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ more

Omi Bell shares intimate voice notes from her sabbatical journey in 'Break Before You Break.Warning: this isn't perfect. The audio isn't always edited. She is recording while traveling all over the world. The length of an episode can be anywhere from 2 minutes to 20 minutes. These are truly authentic downloads in real-time. In this raw and authentic podcast, Omi fearlessly delves into topics of worthiness, hope, and the challenges of navigating life's unpredictable terrain as a businesswoman and holistic wellness practitioner. Omi Bell is an award-winning serial entrepreneur, author and radio show host. She is the CEO/Founder of Black Girl Ventures - a nonprofit breaking barriers to access to capital for under-resourced entrepreneurs.From moments of soaring triumph to the depths of hopelessness, Omi offers profound insights into finding your way, asserting sovereignty, and embracing vulnerability. With candid discussions on entrepreneurship and finance, 'Break Before You Break' invites listeners to reflect on their own paths while being inspired by Omi's unflinching honesty and resilience. Tune in to discover the power of pausing, reflecting, and ultimately thriving in the midst of life's twists and turns.Hosted by Omi Bell, this podcast is your companion on the journey to self-discovery, offering solace, wisdom, and a beacon of hope for all who listen. more

Welcome to The Career Breakers Show—a podcast for bold professionals reimagining work. Hosted by career coach Adriane Jones, we explore stories of pivots, pauses, and transitions that challenge the traditional career path. Each episode features candid conversations with professionals who have redefined career success on their own terms. From career breaks to major pivots, these conversations offer inspiration, practical insights, and the confidence to create a career that truly fits your life. If you're ready to rethink work and forge your own path, you're in the right place. more

Unlock the power of taking a break with Sabbatical Stories, a podcast hosted by Rebecca Thomas from Feel Good Getaways. Through insightful and engaging discussions, Rebecca explores the motivations behind career breaks and sabbaticals, debunks myths, and highlights their invaluable benefits. With a mission to inspire courage and normalise taking time off for personal growth, Sabbatical Stories is a beacon for those seeking inspiration, encouragement, and guidance on their journey to self-discovery. Tune in to learn how taking a break can transform your life and career. more

The road to Financial Independence (FI) can seem long and out of reach. Luckily, there are ways to get freedom way before reaching FI!Using FI strategies and Life Design, we discuss practical tips to help you buy your time back, so you can start enjoying your journey to FIRE (Financial Independence Retire Early), instead of delaying your freedom until you retired.Whether you want to be debt free, quit a job, spend more time with family, start a passion project, change career, take a sabbatical, find purpose, do nomadic travel or even geographic arbitrage, we got you covered. Let's do this! more

We are sabbatical evangelists who share inspiring stories as well as practical tips on how to make your sabbatical dreams possible. more

Sabbatical School is a time limited pop-up podcast for solopreneurs who are curious about taking a one-month break from their business. Over the next 10 episodes, you'll learn everything you need to know to turn your fantasy of taking a sabbatical into a reality in the next twelve months. more

Welcome to Taking a Career Break with Katrina McGhee, a veteran career break coach and author of Taking a Career Break for Dummies. This is your go-to podcast for all things 'career break', each week, we'll break down insider strategies, create meaningful mindset shifts, and share real-life examples so you'll feel clear and confident about taking a break. BreakSpace - www.gobreakspace.com Schedule a call with Katrina - https://kmcgheecoaching.as.me/schedule.php Katrina's book - https://www.kmcgheecoaching.com/book Produced by Winging It Productions - https://www.wingingitproductions.com more

Eubiosis (/YOU-BY-OH-SIS/) is a Greek term for harmonious balance. This podcast provides inspirational and practical solutions to combat burnout. Themes on this show range widely between faith, family rhythms, health, stress management, productivity hacks, finding purpose, entrepreneurship, sabbaticals, and much more. You will also hear Burning Ladders (aka Letters) submitted by individuals who ditched the rat race and beat burnout, to pursue a more balanced and purposeful life. more

A podcast following a young married couple on a quasi-sabbatical exploring Europe.

Insight and inspiration for planning your academic sabbatical

Designed Pause is a space for high achieving corporate professionals who want permission to pause — not out of exhaustion, but out of intention. I'm Deidra Green, a former senior leader who has taken two intentional career breaks to create clarity, alignment, and exposure to new options. Each pause helped me design my life more intentionally — leading to entrepreneurship, senior leadership, and now a new chapter focused on thoughtful transition. This podcast is for women who are: Successful on paper but quietly questioning what's next Considering a career break, sabbatical, or pivot Looking for planning tools, frameworks, and real-life examples Ready to listen to their own voice and design life on their terms Here, I document my own Designed Pause while sharing the tools, mentors, and mindset shifts that help make pauses intentional — not reckless. This isn't about quitting your life. It's about designing it. ✨ New podcasts weekly ✨ Subscribe to walk this season with me more

In ancient times, samanas were people who stepped back from the mainstream to make sense of the human experience. On this podcast, we meet the modern-day version: individuals who've built tremendous success, paused, and chosen to live with greater intention. Unpack their operating principles with us. more

How to Runaway, Seek Joy, & other Handy Mid Life Hints.

Petro du Pisani is a dynamic South African leader whose career bridges the worlds of mining, change leadership, coaching, and storytelling. In the On Change podcast, Petro follows her curiosity to understand the many dimensions of change. Through candid conversations with innovators, leaders and everyday trailblazers she explores what it really means to navigate change, whether that's career pivots, sabbaticals, reinvention, leadership breakthroughs or simply embracing a new chapter. The On Change podcast offers practical wisdom, personal stories and strategic insight for anyone ready to evolve with purpose. more

Rounding 40 is tough for any woman. Add Lesbian, addiction, depression, a failing marriage and a sudden suicide to the equation...then listen as she takes the last bit of money she has and hops on an airplane to Europe with only 1 bag, two microphones and Zero Plan, you have this podcast. Welcome to Sabbatical or Suicide. Choose Sabbatical, ya'll. Get drunk. Have Sex, a lot of it. Then, Choose Life. Choose Yourself. You're worth it. *MAKE SURE YOU HAVE HEADPHONES ON WHEN LISTENING TO THIS, ESPECIALLY IF YOU'RE AROUND YOUR MOM OR IN PUBLIC. more

The only constant is change.To successfully navigate through the change, leaders need the time and space to focus.It's time to press pause.Ellen Williams, CEO of The Salient Strategist, is the host of these raw, intimate C-Suite 'press pause' stories. Listen to the why, when, and how they knew it was time to press pause and their outcomes. Pausing to focus is crucial, whether it is minutes, days, weeks, or longer because some decisions can be made quickly, but many can't and shouldn't. more

Two former public school teachers who are taking a year off of teaching to live life and recover from decades of public education, union work, and politics. Join us as we unpack it all on our healing journey. more

interviews with sabbatical alums for inspiration, permission, and a blueprint for successful extended leave

A  podcast about research and process and sabbaticals and doing things you've never done before.

As I go on a tactical sabbatical to avoid the English winter, listen to the ups and the downs of moving abroad, as well as hear stories from friends and listeners who have sauntered their way through South East Asia, conquered California and successfully made it through an entire Ski season. Join me & learn that it doesn't always go smoothly but at least we have fun along the way, and who knows - you may even be persuaded yourself to take a tactical sabbatical. Follow us on instagram: @tactical_Sabbatical Submit your anon travel stories: https://forms.gle/kVAtKYPbvv3tyou39 more