about the creator

MEET KRISTEN RENEE INGRAM— THE REST REVOLUTIONARY BEHIND THE MOVEMENT

From boardrooms to prison yards to courtside to sabbaticals, she traded burnout for embodied rhythms of rest.

Kristen Renee Ingram is an Emmy Award-winning CEO, Theologian, and Social Impact Producer behind PLUS ONE society, a premier agency shaping equity-centered branding, marketing, and storytelling.

With over two decades of experience across IMG, ESPN, and the NFL, partnering with the NBA, Common, Amazon Studios, and Represent Justice, Kristen shaped cultural moments that moved people. But behind the brilliance was burnout, grief, and spiritual depletion.

In 2024, after earning her Master of Arts in Justice & Advocacy from Fuller Theological Seminary and navigating profound personal loss, Kristen experienced what she now calls a dark night of the soul. That season shattered her rhythms. The tools she had relied on no longer worked. It was here she discovered the urgency of sacred, sustainable rest—not rest as a quick escape, but rest as a daily rhythm that could hold grief, restore the body, and make space for healing to take root.

Her first sabbatical wasn’t a break.
It was a breaking open.

From that sacred pause, Black Girl Sabbaticals was born: a global movement reclaiming rest as the foundation of freedom.

Now a location-independent empty nester, Kristen embodies the truth she teaches: living richly and resting well is not a contradiction. It’s the revolution.

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What We Mean by Rest

Most people think rest is:

A vacation once a year.
Sleeping in on Sunday.
A luxury you have to earn.
A quick fix for burnout.

At Black Girl Sabbaticals, rest is:

Sacred — a holy rhythm of returning to Spirit and self.
Embodied — a regulated nervous system and soft presence in the body.
Purposeful — designing life with intention and alignment, not exhaustion.
Sensual — unapologetic joy, beauty, and pleasure.

Communal — remembering we rest better together.
Reclamation — rest as resistance, taking back the time and softness history tried to deny us.

What is a Black Girl Sabbatical?

A Black Girl Sabbatical is more than a trip.
It’s a mindset, a practice, and a movement—where rest is the rhythm, not the reward, and where freedom and wellness belong to us.

Meet the board

The Black Girl Sabbaticals Board of Advisors is a circle of trusted voices.

With expertise across theology, wellness, social impact, and creative entrepreneurship, they guide the growth of a global movement rooted in healing, wholeness, and rest as revolution.

This board serves as a wellspring of wisdom, helping shape our offerings, ensure alignment with our mission, and hold space for the soul of this work to remain intact as we grow.

Together, we honor rest not just as pause—but as power.