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Designed Pause is a thoughtful space for high achieving corporate professionals 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 transitionsReflections on money, identity, and lifestyle designPractical frameworks for thinking through your next moveReal-time lessons from an intentional pause in progressDesigned Pause is for women who are successful on paper, thoughtful by nature, and ready to make decisions calmly — without noise, pressure
deidrangreen hosts Designed Pause Podcast, a education show with 24 episodes published.
The thing standing between most high-achieving women and a career pause isn’t information. It’s the internal work. The self-sabotage. The scarcity mindset. The fear of what people will think. The way we overcomplicate de
Kat Kibben quit their job on a Thursday. By Monday they had given their notice. No fallback plan. No slow walk. Just a decision made in the middle of caregiving for their mother, after a manager told them they had no tal
You have a folder. Maybe it doesn't have a label. But it's there. Career break posts. Sabbatical stories. Financial independence threads. Women who walked away and figured it out. You've been saving them for months. Mayb
I lost someone recently. Someone close to me. And I’ve been sitting with something ever since — not just grief, but gratitude. Gratitude that when it happened, I was fully present. That my pause made it possible to show
Stuck behind a desk wondering if a career pause means falling behind? In this episode, I'm breaking down 5 ways to come back from your pause more valuable than when you left. In this episode: Why a hybrid pause is the ri
Sandy Diaz Haley did not leave corporate on a whim. She left when the timing was right, the cushion was there, and nothing on the corporate side excited her anymore. And even then — it was the hardest she has ever worked
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
Bernadette 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
The 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
You 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
You'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
This 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
Someone 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
Every 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
You'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
What 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
She 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
If 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
Living 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
Corporate 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
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