{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/65f953f44862100016d2c849/6aa94f60bf7eb386d34e1106?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Episode 56: The Sabbatical I Didn't Know I Was Taking","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/65f953f44862100016d2c849/1789484817267-c4426b0f-1b22-40ec-8910-844dcb34b7b8.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>After almost a year of silence, I'm back.</p><p>I never really explained why the show went quiet. The easy story is that I got busy. The true one is that I wasn't okay. This first episode back is the honest version.. why I really stepped away, what a whole year of slowing down actually taught me, and the question I am still living my way into: is it possible to keep building real things from a slower, more honest place?</p><p>I share the moment a friend reframed my \"burnout\" as a sabbatical, and how it changed everything. The four things this pause taught me. And a small seed I want to leave you with, especially if some part of you is quietly wondering whether slowing down means you are falling behind.</p><p>We live in a world that applauds doing, doing, doing. More people are burnt out and tired than ever. This is my small offering in the other direction.. permission to do less, better, and to take your own life back.</p><p>So.. take a moment with me. ❤️</p>","author_name":"Holzweiler"}