{"podcast":{"title":"Happen To Your Career - Meaningful Work, Career Change, Career Design, & Job Search","slug":"happen-to-your-career-meaningful-work-career-change-career-design-job-search-317891","podcast_index_feed_id":317891,"rss_url":"https://htycshow.libsyn.com/rss","website_url":"http://happentoyourcareer.com/podcast","image_url":"https://static.libsyn.com/p/assets/c/5/d/0/c5d0296d0497051527a2322813b393ee/HTYC_Podcast_Cover_Art.jpg","author":"Scott Anthony Barlow","episode_count":695,"summary":"You're not totally happy with your career (obviously!) You also know that there \"has to be something out there that's better.\" That hope that you can find meaningful and fulfilling work, that also pays you well, has led you here! This is the show that provides the inspiration, tools, and roadmaps to move from where you are to work that matters to you and uniquely fits your strengths and talents.","last_synced_at":"2026-06-08T16:20:48.607799+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/happen-to-your-career-meaningful-work-career-change-career-design-job-search-317891"},"episode":{"title":"Mid-Career Family Sabbatical: How to Design an Intentional Career Break (Without Coming Back to the Same Burnout)","slug":"mid-career-family-sabbatical-how-to-design-an-intentional-career-break-without-coming-back-to-the-same-burnout","published_at":"2026-05-13T08:30:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/happen-to-your-career-meaningful-work-career-change-career-design-job-search-317891/mid-career-family-sabbatical-how-to-design-an-intentional-career-break-without-coming-back-to-the-same-burnout","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/happen-to-your-career-meaningful-work-career-change-career-design-job-search-317891","url":"https://happentoyourcareer.com/705","audio_url":"https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/htycshow/HTYC705.mp3?dest-id=161278","summary":"Thinking about a mid-career sabbatical, a family career break, or an intentional career pause, but worried about coming back to the same burnout? Whether you're considering a year-long family sabbatical, designing your first intentional career break, or wondering whether consistent employment is actually required for a fulfilling career, this episode of Happen To Your Career breaks down what a designed mid-career sabbatical looks like in 2026, and how to come back to real career reinvention instead of the same burnout you tried to escape. Research shows most career breaks lose all their gains within 1 to 4 weeks of returning to an unchanged environment. It's called the fade-out effect, and it's why most sabbaticals feel like expensive vacations instead of life-changing pivots. HTYC career coach Laura McClernon walks through the 10-year design process behind her family's year-long mid-career sabbatical, the Die With Zero memory-dividends math that made it make sense, and the Ideal Career Profile framework she used to design a career break that actually makes her career better. What you'll learn: What a designed mid-career family sabbatical actually looks like The difference between an intentional career break and a reactive one (and why most fail in the first 4 weeks back) How to plan a mid-career sabbatical without losing career momentum or explaining a massive resume gap The Die With Zero memory-dividends math that makes a mid-career break make sense Why most career breaks lose all their gains in 1 to 4 weeks, and the design principle that beats the fade-out effect The first step this week if you want to design your own family sabbatical or intentional career break Our book, Happen To Your Career: An Unconventional Approach To Career Change and Meaningful Work, is now…","meta_description":"Thinking about a mid-career sabbatical, a family career break, or an intentional career pause, but worried about coming back to the same burnout? Whether…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1891,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/happen-to-your-career-meaningful-work-career-change-career-design-job-search-317891/episodes/mid-career-family-sabbatical-how-to-design-an-intentional-career-break-without-coming-back-to-the-same-burnout/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/happen-to-your-career-meaningful-work-career-change-career-design-job-search-317891/mid-career-family-sabbatical-how-to-design-an-intentional-career-break-without-coming-back-to-the-same-burnout.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}