{"podcast":{"title":"Taking a Career Break with Katrina McGhee","slug":"taking-a-career-break-with-katrina-mcghee-7039735","podcast_index_feed_id":7039735,"rss_url":"https://anchor.fm/s/10363f8cc/podcast/rss","website_url":"https://kmcgheecoaching.as.me/schedule.php","image_url":"https://d3t3ozftmdmh3i.cloudfront.net/staging/podcast_uploaded_nologo/43418507/956cc896e141f9e2.jpg","author":"Winging It Productions","episode_count":83,"summary":"Taking a Career Break is the podcast for mid-career professionals seeking a strategic break. If you’re burned out, considering a career change, or need extended time off, Break Expert Katrina McGhee shares her Break Blueprint© + other proven tools to help you exit the corporate grind safely. Learn to take an intentional break, rediscover your spark, and return to a life that’s 100x better—without sacrificing success. Join BreakSpace: www.gobreakspace.com Book a call with Katrina: https://kmcgheecoaching.as.me/freeconsult Produced by Winging It Productions: https://www.wingingitproductions.com","last_synced_at":"2026-07-30T02:20:08.017186+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/taking-a-career-break-with-katrina-mcghee-7039735"},"episode":{"title":"Behind the Scenes of a Career Break Entrepreneur: Katrina McGhee’s 9-Year Journey","slug":"behind-the-scenes-of-a-career-break-entrepreneur-katrina-mcghee-s-9-year-journey","published_at":"2026-06-17T17:12:19+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/taking-a-career-break-with-katrina-mcghee-7039735/behind-the-scenes-of-a-career-break-entrepreneur-katrina-mcghee-s-9-year-journey","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/taking-a-career-break-with-katrina-mcghee-7039735","url":"https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/wingingitproductions/episodes/Behind-the-Scenes-of-a-Career-Break-Entrepreneur-Katrina-McGhees-9-Year-Journey-e3ku3r1","audio_url":"https://anchor.fm/s/10363f8cc/podcast/play/121621793/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-5-17%2F426332676-44100-2-76ab1d559f685.mp3","summary":"Episode 74 - Behind the Scenes of a Career Break Entrepreneur: Katrina McGhee’s 9-Year Journey Nine years ago, Katrina took a leap that made absolutely no sense on paper. She left behind a successful corporate career, launched a business helping people take career breaks, and stepped into a space that barely existed at the time. In this special behind-the-scenes episode, Katrina shares the real story of building a business around an unconventional idea. From being featured in Forbes just months after launching, to investing $15,000 in a partnership that didn't work out, to nearly shutting the business down before receiving a surprise book deal, this is an honest look at what entrepreneurship really looks like. We explore the challenges of self-trust, dealing with setbacks, finding your niche, and learning how success is often built through years of persistence rather than one breakthrough moment. Katrina also reflects on the lessons she's learned from coaching more than 200 career breaks, writing Taking a Career Break For Dummies , launching BreakSpace, and co-hosting this podcast. Whether you're dreaming of taking a career break, starting a business, making a major life change, or simply wondering if it's worth betting on yourself, this episode offers a candid look at what happens when you keep showing up despite the uncertainty. 🎙️ Enjoying the podcast? ⭐ Follow or subscribe on your favourite podcast app so you never miss an episode! 💬 If the show has helped or inspired you, leaving a quick 5-star review genuinely makes a huge difference and helps more people discover the podcast. 📲 And if you know someone feeling burned out, stuck in their career, or dreaming about taking a career break, share this episode with them — it might be exactly what they need to hear. ❤️ Y…","meta_description":"Episode 74 - Behind the Scenes of a Career Break Entrepreneur: Katrina McGhee’s 9-Year Journey Nine years ago, Katrina took a leap that made absolutely no…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3144,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/taking-a-career-break-with-katrina-mcghee-7039735/episodes/behind-the-scenes-of-a-career-break-entrepreneur-katrina-mcghee-s-9-year-journey/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/taking-a-career-break-with-katrina-mcghee-7039735/behind-the-scenes-of-a-career-break-entrepreneur-katrina-mcghee-s-9-year-journey.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}