Way Out #36: From VP to Expat - Leaving Atlanta for Portugal with Melissa Withorn

What happens when climbing the corporate ladder brings dread instead of fulfillment? In this episode of 101 Ways Out, Vanessa sits down with Melissa Withorn, a former agency VP Group Creative Director turned founder and expat. Melissa opens up about navigating postpartum depression, corporate burnout, and the unyielding pressures of "eldest-daughter" perfectionism. When a layoff shattered her conventional career track, she and her family made a radical pivot: selling nearly everything they owned to move to Portugal sight unseen—with two toddlers in tow and a spouse newly laid off.