Welcome to the Small Pause Blog

You might notice burnout as persistent tiredness, reduced motivation, increased irritability, or a sense that something isn’t right. You may find yourself asking, “What’s wrong with me?” or wonder why things that used to be easy now feel difficult. So many people, when faced with this obstacle, feel ashamed when this happens and start to doubt their strength or value. Realizing these feelings are a normal reaction to long-term stress can help you feel less alone and more u

This is where I began to notice the quiet power of a different word: Practice. A practice doesn’t demand perfection. It doesn’t require belief. It doesn’t shame you when you miss a day. A practice says: Come back.

For anyone who lives through dark winters and long stretches of grey skies, you know the feeling. When sunlight fades and rain or snow becomes the daily rhythm, something inside us shifts, too.

In my practice as a Coach, the greatest transformations begin not with big actions, but with small pauses. A small pause is that micro-moment of awareness between stimulus and response—the space where choice lives.

As you look around, you see folks tethered to their screens, creating the illusion of an expanded world full of 'connection' when all they are connected to is the small screen in front of them. Engineers who understand human nervous systems create algorithms that silently work in the background to keep your dopamine hits flowing and create addictions and disconnect. There is an app for everything, and we are being corralled into using them for even basic daily tasks. First,

Today’s social media landscape and advertising world is saturated with images of perfection. Vogue-ready models and bloggers...

In the whirlwind of modern life, where notifications ping incessantly, and deadlines loom like storm clouds on the horizon....