The Sabbatical Sisters have been featured in a variety of TV, radio, and print media including The New York Times, Martha Stewart Radio, OWN Network, The New York Post, WPIX New York, Forbes.com, Reuters, Women2Women Link, The Albuquerque Journal, Frontline Security, Business Excellence, National Geographic’s Intelligent Travel, and SpaFinder. They are available to speak on a variety of topics–or radio, TV, and print interviews–and as speakers at conference and events. Some topics include:
- Why Take a Reboot Break?
- The Gift of Time: Nourishing Yourself to Nourish Others
- Facing your Fears about Taking Time Off from Work
- Burned Out? Why Time Off will Make You More Creative and Productive
- How to Plan Your Sabbatical
- Funding Your Freedom
- The Unexpected Sabbatical – Turning Down time into Your Time
- The Pre-Retirement Sabbatical – What’s Next?
- The Caregiver’s Sabbatical
- Why Sabbaticals are Good for Business – Employee Retention and Leadership Development
- How to Create a Sabbatical Program at Your Company
Read more about the Sabbatical Sisters
September 25, 2009
Jaye and Rita were interviewed by Lisa Mateo on WPIX New York for a special segment on taking Sabbaticals after job loss!
April 9, 2012
Reboot Your Life is very pleased to be featured as the “inspiration” for our dear friend, book publisher Cynthia Black to take a one year pilgrimage in an Airstream trailer!
We connected with Cynthia early in our process of writing our book, Reboot Your Life: Energize Your Career and Life by Taking a Break. She gave us invaluable advice on getting our book published. It turns out in the process, our message of giving yourself the “gift of time” inspired Cynthia to plan her own Reboot Break! She’s about two months into her “pilgrimage” and is blogging about her discoveries and adventures along the way:
http://airstreampilgrimage.com/2012/04/09/my-inspiration/
Congratulations Cynthia, we can’t wait to follow your adventures!
February 21, 2012
Reboot Your Life was featured on TheStreet.com on the topic of “The Why of Retirement”.
Author Andrew Tignanelli suggests that those thinking of retirement may just be in need of a Reboot Break, and suggests Reboot Your Life as the perfect book “that will help you decide if a sabbatical is right for you, and more importantly how to do it.”
Read the full article here.
August 31, 2011
Joanna Prukop, Reboot Your Life Retreat participant, enjoying her Reboot Break
This special feature by Tania Soussan in the Albuquerque Journal tells the personal stories of two of our Reboot Your Life Retreat participants who drew inspiration from the co-authors to plan their own Reboot Breaks:
“Last October, Joanna Prukop was a burned out executive, working a stressful job from home without a support staff and traveling frequently to meet with business leaders.
Today, thanks to a sabbatical from work, she’s healthier, happier and has more balance in her life. She’s also more focused on what’s important to her and how to achieve her goals.
“I just sort of hit a wall last fall,” Prukop says. “It was a little bit of a gut-wrenching decision because I didn’t want to quit my job. I didn’t want to let people down. But I was really burned out.”
…Like many baby boomers, she discovered she needed a break. A “Reboot Your Life” workshop in Santa Fe helped her plan how to take a year off from work and make it a productive break.
… Gary Welterlen, 59, was forced into taking time off when the technology company he was working for as a salesman changed directions.
“All of a sudden, I was sitting there thinking, ‘OK, now what am I going to be doing for the rest of my career?’” he says.
Welterlen, who lives in Santa Barbara, Calif., came to New Mexico for the Reboot Your Life workshop and decided he could take three months off to reflect. Eventually, he went back to school to get a real estate license and changed careers.”
Read the full article here, and then register for our next Reboot Your Life Retreat in Sag Harbor now to experience this powerful weekend for yourself!
July 29, 2011
Listen to Co-Author Catherine Allen’s special appearance on the “Women and Business” segment of the the WCBS Opening Bell Report, broadcast this week.
On these segments, Cathy explains what the research overwhelmingly proves – that contrary to many people’s beliefs, taking a break actually enhances people’s professional lives – even after lay-offs. She also explores how companies today are using sabbaticals as an attraction and retention tool, and gives important tips on how to prepare and present the business case for taking a sabbatical to your employer.
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