After retiring in 2020 as a senior manager for the Defense Department, Kathi Sohn is the founder and CEO of Cycle Breaker Pathways. She is the author of the award-winning book You Made It Up, Now Stop Believing It, and her work focuses on helping mothers of adolescents recognize and shift the survival patterns and core beliefs formed early in life. Through her signature program, Break the Cycle, Build a New Legacy, Kathi guides moms in doing the deep inner work needed to move beyond unresolved pain and show up as grounded, regulated leaders at home. She holds master’s degrees from the Naval War College and George Mason University.