What A Sabbatical Really Looks Like

The Refined Collective Podcast

Kat Harris

Honesty, Religion & Spirituality, Love, Leaders, Life, Businessowners, Authenticity, Courage, Society & Culture, Christianity

4.8 • 1.2K Ratings

🗓️ 8 February 2023

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Summary

Welcome back to The Refined Collective Podcast!

I actually recorded this episode before I recorded last week’s episode, but decided I needed more time to figure out my path forward with the podcast. There’s so much to dive into in this episode. We’re talking about where I’m at, where I’m headed, and how things will look different around here. I hope in colliding with my story, you’ll give yourself permission to own your own story and color outside the lines a bit.

Breaking the insanity cycle

I’ve been on the brink of burnout for years now. Add to that the pandemic, a book launch, a failed egg freezing, a faith crisis and more certainly did not help matters. For me taking a sabbatical was me pressing pause on the hamster wheel of social media and content creation. It was realizing I was giving from an empty cup. It was me acknowledging that I could not move forward as things were. Sometimes you have to take drastic measures to interrupt your life and that was the sabbatical for me.

So what did I do with my time off?

Well as much as I wanted to rush off to Bali and have my very own “Eat. Pray. Love” moment—that wasn’t in the cards for me. I still ran my full time photo biz.

But I did try some new things:

I took a 2-day psilocybin journey.
Expanded my dating life quite a bit including dating an ethically non-monogamous guy.
Bought a second property!
And more…

Now remember, I’m only releasing two podcast episodes each month! So I’ll meet you back here on the first Wednesday of March, okay? In the meantime, I’ll be seeing my Patreon fam for the final two Wednesdays of February for a Zoom coaching call and a Zoom book club meeting focusing on Caste by Isabel Wilkerson.

Resources

Join Patreon here!
Listen to my podcast episode about why I took a sabbatical here.
Listen to the teaser episode I released last week here.
Connect with Michelle Peterson here.

Transcript

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Refine Collective Podcast. I'm your host, Cat Harris.
0:11.4	This podcast is designed to hold space for honest conversations, from purity culture to
0:18.2	faith, sexuality, relationships, identity, culture, deconstruction, and more.
0:25.8	My hope is to look doubt in the face, be curious, seek God, and ask meaningful questions
0:32.1	to address any elephant in the room with openness, nuance, and grace.
0:38.6	I won't pretend to be an expert and definitely don't have all the answers.
0:42.8	And though it may feel easier and more comfortable to exist in the black and white, I invite you
0:47.4	to discover God with me in the gray and unexpected spaces.
0:53.1	So whoever you are, whatever you do or don't believe, you are welcome here and have a seat
0:58.3	at this table.
1:01.2	Make sure you're subscribed to the Refine Collective Podcast on iTunes, so each week
1:05.6	when a new episode drops, it'll download straight to those devices.
1:10.6	And while you're at it, if you feel so inclined, leave us a five star rating and written review.
1:15.6	It would be so helpful to get our message out there.
1:19.1	All right, let's go ahead and get to it.
1:26.2	Welcome to the Refine Collective Podcast.
1:28.5	I'm your host, Cat Harris, and I'm back.
1:32.0	I am back after a four month hiatus, four months sabbatical, something I have never done
1:38.7	in my entire career.
1:40.4	And I'm feeling a little nervous is the wrong word, but it just feels like, oh my gosh,
1:47.7	we haven't hung out in such a long time.
1:50.0	There's so much to catch you up on.
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