The Sabbatical Workshop is back. Live on July 23. 20 seats only.
Rest is not a reward. It is a strategy.
You’ve been carrying the vision, the decisions, the people, and the pressure. This free workshop shows Black women founders and nonprofit leaders how to use sabbatical planning to build the systems, support, and funding needed to finally rest without everything depending on them.
The Sabbatical Workshop returns live on July 23. One session. 20 seats. Learn to plan your rest before burnout plans it for you.
You built something that runs on you.
You are the first one in and the last one out. You answer the emails no one else sees. You carry the mission in your body. Somewhere along the way, rest started to feel like a risk you could not afford.
You plan everyone's care but your own.
Your calendar is full of other people's needs. Your name appears nowhere on it.
Your time off expires unused.
You tell yourself you will rest when things slow down. Things never slow down.
Guilt shows up the moment you stop.
Even on a day off, your mind is at work. Stillness feels like falling behind.
Here is the truth: burnout is not a badge. It is a bill. And it always comes due. This workshop is where you decide to pay yourself first.
You have been waiting for someone to say it is okay.
Consider it said. Now let us turn permission into a plan.
Official Permission Slip
This document grants your name here full and unconditional permission to pause.
Effective immediately. No justification needed. No apology required. Rest is not something you earn. It is something you are owed.
The Sabbatical Workshop returns. Live. In real time. With you in the room.
After a limited hiatus, the workshop is officially back. This is not a replay. It is not an evergreen funnel running on autopilot. On July 23, you will be live with Kara, building your own sabbatical plan in real time, with real coaching and real answers to your real questions.
It is small on purpose. Twenty seats. When they fill, the doors close.
Ninety minutes. Four moves. One plan.
We walk the F.R.E.E. Method together, step by step. You leave with a real plan, not a pile of notes.
Fearlessly Face Truth
Name where you actually are. Your capacity, your exhaustion, your patterns. No judgment. Just honesty, because honest is where every plan begins.
Reignite Vision
Reconnect with the life you were building before the grind took over. Remember what you are resting for, not just what you are resting from.
Establish Plan and Boundaries
Map a rest plan your calendar, your team, and your board can honor. Boundaries included, scripts and all.
Evolve with Intention
Design your return. Come back renewed and clearer, not just recovered enough to burn out again.
You will not leave with inspiration. You will leave with a plan.
- The first draft of your personal sabbatical plan, whether that is three days or three months
- A boundary script you can use with your board, your team, or your clients
- The S3 lens: rest as a systems and sustainability strategy, not a luxury
- A rhythm of rest that fits your real life, not a fantasy calendar
- Live coaching on your specific situation during open Q&A
- The Sabbatical Workshop workbook, yours to keep and reuse
This workshop was built for leaders who carry a lot.
This is for you if
- You lead a nonprofit, a team, a business, or a household that depends on you
- You have said "I will rest when things slow down" more than once this year
- You are high capacity and quietly running on empty
- You want rest that is planned, funded, and protected, not stolen in scraps
- You are ready to be honest about where you are
This is not for you if
- You want a passive replay to watch someday
- You are looking for quick hacks instead of a real plan
- You are not willing to look honestly at your capacity
- You believe rest is a reward you have to earn first
YOUR HOST
Kara James
Kara spent 11 years building FLY Girl Institute from 25 girls in a recreation center to 3,500 young women across 16 Nashville schools with a 95% graduation rate. She raised millions. She built the programs. She gave everything.
Then she took a fully funded 3-month sabbatical that did not cost her organization a single step backward. And what it revealed changed everything she knew about leadership, rest, and what it actually means to build something sustainable.
She is not selling rest as a concept. She lived it, learned from it, and built the framework so you can too.
"You do not need a vacation. You need a life you do not have to escape from. That is what I build."
- Kara James -
SOCIAL PROOF
"Working with Kara has truly changed my life. Through our time together, we didn’t just strategize, I found my voice, my clarity, and my confidence as a leader. I’ve saved over 30 hours a week, and I’m not the same person I was before. I feel more confident, more alive, and more aligned than ever. Kara gave me the space and permission to fully step into who I am: mentally, spiritually, and professionally. This experience has been life-changing on every level."
- Yolonda T., Executive Director, Lazera Ministries
The Sabbatical Workshop, Live
Everything you need to know.
Will there be a replay?
Do I need to be planning a full sabbatical?
I lead a team. Can I really step away?
How long is the workshop?
What do I need to bring?
What happens after I register?
Do not wait for burnout
to force your rest.
The workshop is live July 23. When the twentieth seat fills, registration closes. Your rest deserves a plan. Let us build it together.
Reserve My Seat 20 seats. One live session. Your move.