If you had a month off of work, what would you do? Maybe you’d take the opportunity to work on your side business to increase your income to possibly leave your 9-5. Maybe you’d focus solely on healing your nervous system from endless burnout. The opportunities are endless – enter mini-retirements. Over the past 20 years, Jillian Johnsrud and her husband have taken a dozen mini-retirements while also paying off their debt, buying a home with cash, adopting four kids (and having two biological kids), buying rentals, traveling to 27 countries, and living abroad. In our conversation today on The Prosperous Empath® Podcast, she shares what exactly a mini-retirement is, how they can serve as a catalyst for major change, and how she helps her clients prepare for them. When you listen all the way through, you’ll feel like your biggest desires and dreams are that much more accessible (with action steps to make them happen). 

Topics:

• How Jillian defines a “mini-retirement” and how this can look whether you work in a 9-5 job, or if you’re a business owner
• The different ways a mini-retirement can give you a runway to imagine new possibilities, heal from burnout, and buy back time 
• How Jillian supports her clients in preparing for a mini-retirement, especially around the feeling of time and energy scarcity 
• Being comfortable with sitting in the space or void to reconnect with what you want to design on purpose 
• The four steps of considering a mini-retirement: set an intention, negotiate employment, create a budget, navigate burnout 
  

Episode Resources:

• Join us on Monday, July 15th at 12pm ET for our monthly Non-Networking Power Hour for Empathpreneurs with our UNBOUNDED Community for deep connections and meaningful support. 
• Dopamine Nation by Dr. Anna Lembke
• The Hoffman Process

Connect with Jillian:

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• Instagram: @jillianjohnsrud 
• LinkedIn 

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The Prosperous Empath® Podcast is produced by Heart Centered Podcasting.