Get more out of your sabbatical

You don't have to walk this road alone. In addition to the eCourse, we offer personalized coaching sessions and live community cohort experiences to support you throughout your process as you navigate your own unique and complex circumstances.

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Course curriculum

  1. Intro Chapter: Welcome to the Sabbatical Transformation Journey!

  2. CHAPTER 1: Before Your Sabbatical Begins! Phase 1 - Realize

  3. CHAPTER 2: Phase 2 - Release Well

  4. CHAPTER 3: During Your Sabbatical Break! Phase 3 - Resting Well

  5. CHAPTER 4: Phase 4 - Reflecting Well

  6. CHAPTER 5: Phase 5 - Re-aligning or Re-assigning Well

About this course

  • 46 lessons
  • 2 hours of video content

eCourse Pricing options

We strongly suggest engaging the course at least 2-3 months before your sabbatical for effective planning and off-ramping and continuing for at least one month after your sabbatical for vital on-ramping and debrief.

Add 1:1 Coaching for Personalized Support

For many clients, the key to a meaningful and effective sabbatical is the individual coaching sessions we offer to accompany this course. 1:1 Coaching is designed to support and empower you if you:

  • • Looking for a safe and neutral third-party who is contextually experienced and knowledgable cross-culturally and in global missions and ministry.
  • • Desire support throughout your process (planning, during, and debriefing).
  • • Are seeking clarity in your role.
  • • Are recovering from burnout.
  • • Are navigating vocational discernment.

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Instructors

Sara and Jeff Simons, MAICS, ICF

Sara & Jeff Simons

Founder & Partner of The Way Between

Sara and Jeff Simons provide resources and support for the development of ministry leaders in major transition through The Way Between (thewaybetween.org). They have served in this way for over 20 years. After each living abroad for 11 years, including 8 years in Spain, they now live in Colorado with their two children. They both hold master’s degrees in intercultural studies and leadership, bachelor’s degrees in psychology, and ICF coaching credentials.

Leaders impacted...

“Having a Sabbatical Coach [and a sabbatical process] was crucial to me getting the most out of the time. My coach helped me overcome the initial guilt of spending so much time resting and focusing on self-care, gave me a framework for goal setting and evaluation, led me in spiritual exercises of communing with God and listened as I verbally processed. I would highly recommend an experienced coach to all my staff or anyone else as they enter a sabbatical! I can’t say enough about The Way Between’s work in this space.”

Paul V., CEO GoCorps