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Download the free Sabbatical Toolkit, including a roadmap, planning checklist, financial guide, and quiz to determine the best way to spend your time off: youneedasabbatical.com/toolkit

If you’ve listened all the way through this series, it likely means a sabbatical no longer feels like a far-off fantasy. In this final episode, Maegan speaks directly to that threshold moment when curiosity starts turning into commitment. This is a pause to take stock of everything you’ve learned so far.

She walks through the full seven-month Sabbatical School journey from start to finish, showing how each phase builds on the last. The process is intentionally paced to fit into real life, requiring only a small amount of weekly effort while creating meaningful momentum toward time away.

This episode is an invitation to zoom out and see the whole picture. You’ll hear how financial preparation, time awareness, relationships, systems, rest, and integration come together to support a sabbatical that truly changes how you live and work.

What you’ll learn in this lesson

• Why a seven-month timeline creates enough space to prepare without feeling rushed or overwhelmed. [00:02:58]

• How financial planning in the early months makes it possible to pay yourself while you’re away. [00:03:48]

• How time analysis reveals energy drains and guides what systems your business actually needs. [00:04:25]

• Why communication and boundaries are essential to protecting your sabbatical. [00:05:38]

• How intentional sabbatical design and reentry planning set you up for a smoother return. [00:07:27]

• Why integration after sabbatical is what turns rest into lasting transformation. [00:09:18]

Sabbatical School is a seven-month program designed to help solopreneurs prepare their business and nervous system for a real month-long sabbatical. In month five, we walk through this preparation together. You’ll have worksheets, journal prompts, and lots of time for guided inquiry and discernment around what kind of sabbatical is best for you right now.

Join Maegan’s full Sabbatical School program → youneedasabbatical.com

This pop-up podcast is only available until February 1st!

Download the free Sabbatical Toolkit, including a roadmap, planning checklist, financial guide, and quiz to determine the best way to spend your time off: youneedasabbatical.com/toolkit

It’s easy to imagine the rest and spaciousness of a sabbatical, and just as easy to feel a wave of anxiety about the emails, meetings, and decisions waiting for you when you return to work. Many people stop themselves from ever taking a sabbatical because they are afraid of what happens when it ends. This episode meets those fears directly.

Maegan reframes reentry as a transition that requires care, structure, and intention, not something you power through. Without a plan, the spaciousness you cultivated can disappear almost immediately. With the right preparation, your return can feel steady, grounded, and supportive.

This lesson introduces integration as the bridge between insight and lasting change. You’ll learn how to carry what you discovered on sabbatical back into your life and business so it reshapes how you work, not just how you rest.

What you’ll learn in this lesson

• Why returning from sabbatical without a reentry plan can feel jarring and overwhelming. [00:02:50]

• How to structure your first week back to protect spaciousness and avoid decision fatigue. [00:04:05]

• Why insight alone is not enough, and how integration keeps transformation from fading. [00:05:13]

• The difference between altered-state awareness and everyday focus, and how to bridge them. [00:06:22]

• The four integration practices that turn sabbatical wisdom into lived change. [00:06:53]

• How anchoring rituals help you stay connected to who you became on sabbatical. [00:11:14]

Sabbatical School is a seven-month program designed to help solopreneurs prepare their business and nervous system for a real month-long sabbatical. In month five, we walk through this preparation together. You’ll have worksheets, journal prompts, and lots of time for guided inquiry and discernment around what kind of sabbatical is best for you right now.

Join Maegan’s full Sabbatical School program → youneedasabbatical.com

This pop-up podcast is only available until February 1st!

Download the free Sabbatical Toolkit, including a roadmap, planning checklist, financial guide, and quiz to determine the best way to spend your time off: youneedasabbatical.com/toolkit

When’s the last time you had more than a day or two to yourself? For many solopreneurs, the idea of a full month off brings equal parts excitement and anxiety. In this episode, Maegan walks through why that uneasiness is normal, and how preparation can turn your sabbatical into a deeply restorative experience.

We’ll explore how to clarify your mindset, identify your intentions, and design your setting so your time away is meaningful. By the end of this episode, you’ll have a clear framework for choosing the type of sabbatical that best suits you.

Maegan introduces four main types of sabbaticals—the Project, the Adventure, the Healing, and the Timeless sabbatical—each with pros, cons, and self-inquiry questions to guide your choice. You’ll learn how to structure your month off in a way that aligns with your soul’s needs, not external expectations.

What you’ll learn in this episode:

• Why your mindset matters before stepping away from work and how to let go of unnecessary responsibilities. [02:59]
• Clarifying your intentions: the big questions to bring into your sabbatical and how they anchor your experience. [05:17]
• How to approach your setting and the options for using your time during sabbatical [07:20]
• Four sabbatical types explained—Project, Adventure, Healing, and Timeless. [08:43]
• Choosing your sabbatical based on your soul’s calling, and the permission to pivot as needed. [18:10]

Sabbatical School is a seven-month program designed to help solopreneurs prepare their business and nervous system for a real month-long sabbatical. In month five, we walk through this preparation together. You’ll have worksheets, journal prompts, and lots of time for guided inquiry and discernment around what kind of sabbatical is best for you right now.

Join Maegan’s full Sabbatical School program → youneedasabbatical.com