This week on Fearlessly Becoming, I’m joined by Mallory Mahoney for an honest, expansive conversation about stepping away from corporate life and sitting in the in-between.

Mallory recently chose to take a sabbatical after years of defining herself through titles, timelines, and external expectations. In this first part of our conversation, we explore what it looks like to decouple identity from career, to slow down without having all the answers, and to gently come back to yourself after years of “doing.”

We talk about the discomfort of unlearning productivity as worth, the grief and relief that can coexist when you walk away from something familiar, and the quiet (sometimes messy) process of rediscovering joy when there’s no clear next step yet.

This is a conversation for anyone who’s questioning who they are outside of their job, feeling untethered in a season of transition, or learning to trust themselves in the pause.

Part two of this conversation will be released next week — and if this episode is any indication, you’ll want to stay for what unfolds next.

In this solo episode, I’m sharing the winding path of my career transitions—the roles I tried on, the moments that didn’t fit, and the steady nudges from the universe that kept pointing me somewhere else. Somewhere truer.

It took time to realize it, but I’m not built for corporate America. I thrive in autonomy, creativity, and the freedom to shape my own work. This episode is about how I finally understood that—and what it looks like to choose the path that actually fits.

In this episode, Paige Piper shares the mission at the heart of BraveBe—preventing child abuse before it happens and ensuring every child has a safe adult in their corner. We talk about what kids in crisis actually need, what trauma-informed support looks like in real time, and how simple, consistent presence can change the entire trajectory of a child’s life.

Paige offers a clear, hopeful look at what it means to protect the most vulnerable and how communities can step into this work with compassion, awareness, and courage. A powerful reminder that showing up—truly showing up—matters more than we think.

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