In Part 2 of my conversation with Mallory Mahoney, we move into the moment that changed everything — her decision to step away from corporate life and choose a pause instead of a plan. We talk honestly about what it takes to listen to yourself when the next step isn’t clear and the identity you’ve known no longer fits.

This episode explores what happens after the decision: the uncertainty, the grief, the relief, and the quiet work of remembering who you are beneath the titles. A conversation about trust, courage, and allowing what’s next to unfold without forcing it.

This week on Fearlessly Becoming, I’m joined by Mallory Mahoney for an honest, expansive conversation about stepping away from corporate life and sitting in the in-between.

Mallory recently chose to take a sabbatical after years of defining herself through titles, timelines, and external expectations. In this first part of our conversation, we explore what it looks like to decouple identity from career, to slow down without having all the answers, and to gently come back to yourself after years of “doing.”

We talk about the discomfort of unlearning productivity as worth, the grief and relief that can coexist when you walk away from something familiar, and the quiet (sometimes messy) process of rediscovering joy when there’s no clear next step yet.

This is a conversation for anyone who’s questioning who they are outside of their job, feeling untethered in a season of transition, or learning to trust themselves in the pause.

Part two of this conversation will be released next week — and if this episode is any indication, you’ll want to stay for what unfolds next.

This week on Fearlessly Becoming, I’m joined by Alexis Wingert — founder of Grazing Gouda, a luxury charcuterie brand she built, grew, and ultimately sold. After chapters in entrepreneurship, corporate, and the nonprofit world, Alexis now finds herself in the “in-between” once again — that tender space where identity, purpose, and possibility all get reshuffled.

In our conversation, we explore what it looks like to trust the unfolding, to make peace with not knowing, and to find pockets of joy and gratitude even when the path ahead isn’t fully clear. Alexis shares the lessons she’s gathered from building (and releasing) a successful business, navigating transitions, and giving herself permission to change.

It’s an honest, grounded, heart-forward dialogue about growth, reinvention, and learning to love the in-between.