{"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":"Do You Really Need a Coach for Your Career Break or Sabbatical?","slug":"do-you-really-need-a-coach-for-your-career-break-or-sabbatical","published_at":"2026-06-24T13:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/taking-a-career-break-with-katrina-mcghee-7039735/do-you-really-need-a-coach-for-your-career-break-or-sabbatical","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/taking-a-career-break-with-katrina-mcghee-7039735","url":"https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/wingingitproductions/episodes/Do-You-Really-Need-a-Coach-for-Your-Career-Break-or-Sabbatical-e3l705p","audio_url":"https://anchor.fm/s/10363f8cc/podcast/play/121912953/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-5-24%2F426720916-44100-2-3b20d537075de.mp3","summary":"Episode 75 - Do you really need a coach for your career break or sabbatical? In this milestone 75th episode of Taking A Career Break , Katrina and James tackle a question many aspiring career breakers ask themselves: Do I need a coach to take a successful career break? Katrina pulls back the curtain on what career break coaching actually looks like, sharing powerful client stories and explaining why the biggest challenges of a career break aren't the logistics—they're the mindset shifts, fears, identity changes, and self-doubt that happen along the way. You'll hear: ✨ Why planning isn't the hardest part of taking a break ✨ The hidden mindset traps that derail career breaks ✨ A real-life example of someone who quit their break after seven weeks—and how they eventually transformed their life with support ✨ What a career break coach actually does ✨ How coaching combines practical planning with life-changing personal growth ✨ Why giving yourself permission to rest can be so difficult ✨ Signs that it might be time to get support on your career break journey Plus, Katrina and James reveal an exciting announcement: the first-ever Taking A Career Break Summer Series , featuring real stories from ten past clients and their transformative break experiences. If you're dreaming about taking a break—or you're already on one and feeling stuck—this episode will help you understand that you don't have to figure it all out alone. 🎙️ 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 br…","meta_description":"Episode 75 - Do you really need a coach for your career break or sabbatical? In this milestone 75th episode of Taking A Career Break , Katrina and James t…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2734,"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/do-you-really-need-a-coach-for-your-career-break-or-sabbatical/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/do-you-really-need-a-coach-for-your-career-break-or-sabbatical.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}