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Burnout Recovery, Reimagined

Grab the best resources for your career break or sabbatical.

Whether you're wondering if a break is possible, deep in the planning stages, or on a break right now, you're in the right place.

Dig in, explore, and when you're ready — I'm here.

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The definitive guide for career breaks and sabbaticals

Taking a Career Break for Dummies is the only book of its kind — a practical, no-fluff guide to planning, navigating, and making the most of your time away. If you're a reader, start here.

  • Build a plan that covers finances, logistics, and hard conversations

  • Stay grounded and intentional through every phase of your break

  • Return to work on your own terms, with clarity and confidence

Katrina McGhee List of 45 epic experiences of her career break clients guide

45 Epic Things to Do on a Break

“But what would I actually do on a break?”

This FREE DOWNLOAD is packed with answers. These aren't hypothetical — they're 45 real things my clients have done, all designed using the Break Blueprint© — the proven roadmap behind hundreds of successful breaks.

  • From hiking Mordor to keeping bees — proof that a life-changing break can be as bold or as simple as you need it to be

  • Real results spanning travel, career pivots, healing, and giving back

  • The permission slip you need when "I don't know what I'd do with myself" is the thing holding you back

A podcast about breaks, burnout, and what comes next.

Taking a Career Break with Katrina McGhee🎙️

Welcome to the podcast where real conversations about taking a career break happen. We cover the fears, frameworks, expert tips, and mindset shifts that actually move the needle on your break.

New episodes drop every Wednesday!

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Catch me outside

TV appearances, speaking engagements, press features — if you want see me live, it's all here.

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Permission to Pause

Honest musings and insights about career breaks, sabbaticals, burnout, and the uncomfortable distance between the life you have and the one you want.

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