Sabbaticals
Rest Really Works
Research shows that when leaders take a true sabbatical, they return with
renewed clarity, emotional health, and energy to lead for the long-term...
something short breaks and vacations simply can’t provide.
Choose to Thrive
If rest truly works, then a sabbatical becomes an invitation, not to escape, but to listen, heal, and be renewed in God’s presence. It’s a deliberate step away from constant demands so that deeper restoration can take place. Sabbaticals aren’t vacations; they are intentional seasons designed for the long-term health of leaders and the people they serve.
Through your sabbatical, we walk with you as you rediscover rest, renewal, and clarity for yourself and your family. Together, we focus on your spiritual, emotional, and physical well-being while helping you reconnect with joy and direction in your calling. You don’t have to keep carrying burnout, fatigue, or uncertainty... there is a better way to live and lead.
Customized for You
The sabbatical experience is created with you in mind. It includes 15-20 hours of remote one-on-one coaching and a personalized intensive retreat at beautiful Elm View Farm near Raleigh, NC, hosted by John and Lindsay Fooshee.
To help make your time away as restful and fruitful as possible, John can also coordinate with your boss or board. Every detail of your sabbatical is customized for you and your spouse so that you can return renewed, refreshed, and ready to lead with joy.
This unique experience will help you...
De-Stress
Improve your awareness of residual and acute stress and how to navigate leadership sickness.
Clarify
Bring clarity to God’s vision for your life as well as a pivot you to operate within your unique and powerful gifts.
Rest
Definitively improve your sleep, fitness, nutrition, rest, and energy management.
Thrive
Assess and grow your spiritual, emotional, physical, vocational, and family life.
Heal
Help you recover and heal from the disappointments, wounds, and unsustainable pace of fatigued leadership.
Endure
Build fluency and transparency with your team to better equip you to lead for the long-term.
Your Coaching Team
Our team has over 70 years of combined leadership experience and will collaborate for your specific needs and challenges to provide the greatest experience possible. You’ll have experts in their fields not only working with you - but working together for your good. By the end of this experience, you’ll land with an informed solid game-plan that is customized for your family, calling, unique rhythms, and health goals.
Luke Thomas
Luke will work with you to boost leadership self-care.
Luke understands leadership sickness. Beyond his education in biochemistry, human physiology, coaching, and athletic performance, his deepest experience in leadership health, he was completely burning out himself in 2011. Upon reformatting his life for leadership health, he has coached many leaders, been published (Leadership Durability, 2019), and has spoken at various conferences to high impact leaders. Luke is the Lead Pastor at Legacy Church in Knoxville, TN.
John & Lindsay Fooshee
John and Lindsay will assist you and your spouse in boosting your family life, marriage, and your God-given calling and work. John is the founder of People Launching, where he has coached hundreds of people into their personal calling and consulted with over 200 organizations. Lindsay’s calling is to “create home,” offering a welcoming space and encouraging others with God’s truth in her family, classrooms, churches, and leadership roles. Together, they bring a unique blend of coaching and hospitality to strengthen leaders and their families.
Dr. Dwayne Bond
Dr. Dwayne Bond will work with the leader and his or her spouse to improve emotional and marital health.
In addition to leading the Proximus Group, Dwayne serves as the Lead Pastor/Founding Pastor of Wellspring Church in Charlotte, NC. He has four degrees including a Ph.D. in Professional Counseling. Dwayne has over twenty years of counseling experience, fifteen years as a professor in academia, nineteen years in the pastorate, twenty-nine years of ministry experience and ten years of corporate business experience.
Who Should Participate?
This is open to leaders and their spouses who recognize their need to improve their quality of life, health and calling. The couple should consider applying if they are going through a transition, facing burnout, facing new challenges, or earnestly desire to take their organization to the next level.
Interested? Let's talk.
To learn more, please schedule a 30-Minute Free Consult with our President, John Fooshee.