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Designed Pause is a thoughtful space for corporate Black women who are quietly questioning what’s next and want permission to pause — intentionally. Hosted by Deidra Green, a former senior leader who has taken multiple intentional career pauses, this podcast explores what it really looks like to step back, listen to your own voice, and design your life with clarity instead of urgency. This is not a podcast about quitting your job on impulse or chasing hustle culture. It’s about planning, exposure to new options, and making grounded decisions that align with the life you actually want to live. Each episode offers: Honest conversations about career pauses and transitions Reflections on money, identity, and lifestyle design Practical frameworks for thinking through your next move Real-time lessons from an intentional pause in progress Designed Pause is for women who are successful on paper, thoughtful by nature, and ready to make decisions calmly — without noise, pressure, or apology. You’re not tired. You’re uninspired or misaligned. And this space exists to help you design what comes next.
Unknown Host hosts Designed Pause Podcast, a education show with 18 episodes published.
Kalilah Wright founded Mess in a Bottle in 2016 with less than $500, during one of the hardest seasons of her personal life. What followed was nearly a decade of building something remarkable — national television, major
Show notesBernadette Smith has been an entrepreneur for 22 years. She didn't leave corporate to start over — she never went in. And what she built instead is a masterclass in following purpose over comfort, even when it means burn
Show notesThe thing keeping most high-achieving women from making a big life decision isn’t other people’s opinions. It’s the anticipation of them. In this episode I talk about what it actually looks like to make a decision that b
Show notesYou know you need to stop. Your body knows it. Your sleep knows it. But you can't quite give yourself permission to do it. That's not a logistics problem. That's an audacity problem. In this episode I walk through the fo
Show notesYou've been thinking about a career pause for a while. Maybe months. And you still don't know if you're actually ready — or if you're just exhausted. This episode gives you a 7-day plan to find out. Each day has one task
Show notesThis is a freestyle episode — an honest, unscripted update on what life in St. Lucia actually looks like right now. Deidra shares what she's been learning about being intentional with where she is instead of waiting to g
Show notesSomeone asks you what you actually want — not your next career move, not your five-year plan — and you kind of freeze. Maybe you give the polished answer. But inside there's this moment where you think... I'm not sure I
Show notesEvery time you think about leaving, you do the math. Salary. Benefits. What you'd have to give up. And the number stops you. That math isn't wrong. It's just incomplete. You've been calculating what you'd lose by leaving
Show notesYou've been telling yourself you just need a vacation. A week off, some rest, a reset. And maybe that's true. But if you've come back from every trip feeling fine for two weeks — and then the hollow feeling returns right
Show notesWhat Happens to Your Relationships When You Leave Corporate Nobody warns you about this part. You plan for the financial shift. You prepare for the identity questions. But what about the people? What actually happens to
Show notesShe Took a Break From Her Career — And Found Herself | A Mother's Story What does it actually feel like to walk away from a career that defined you — and come out the other side with more clarity than you've ever had? In
Show notesIf you take a career pause, you’re probably going to miss some things about corporate life — and that’s normal. Missing parts of your old life does not mean you made a mistake. Often, what you’re missing is the familiari
Show notesLiving abroad can be beautiful — but it’s not always easy. During my Designed Pause, I’ve been spending part of my time living in Saint Lucia, and while there are many upsides, I want to share some of the unexpected chal
Show notesCorporate life prepares you for many things — but not everything you need for an intentional career pause. My name is Deidra Green, and welcome to Designed Pause, a space for women who are thoughtfully rethinking their c
Show notesMany women worry that if they slow down, they’re somehow falling behind — behind their peers, behind a timeline, or behind the life they were “supposed” to be building. But slowing down intentionally is not the same as l
Show notesAfter money, the second biggest reason many women hesitate to take a career pause is identity. Who are you without your job title? What will people think? What will you say when someone asks, “So… what do you do?” In thi
Show notesMoney is the main reason most women count themselves out of taking a career pause — and that concern is valid. My name is Deidra Green, and welcome to Designed Pause, a space for women who want to take an intentional car
Show notesWhat I thought a career break would be — and what it actually is — are two very different things. My name is Deidra Green, and welcome to @DesignedPause , a space for women who are thinking about taking an intentional ca
Show notesTaking a career break after senior leadership is not a decision I made lightly — and it’s not the first time I’ve done it. My name is Deidra Green, and this is my second intentional career pause. The first time I stepped
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