22 May Pause for Thought: Virtual Travel
"Paris is always a good idea" - Audrey Hepburn As the world copes with our new physical-distancing reality, one of the things I am missing is travel. I was planning to...
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“We write to taste life twice, in the moment and in retrospect.” - Anais Nin
19 May Pause – even when it is uncomfortable
I don’t know about you but I am conditioned to get out of uncomfortable situations as soon as possible. If something is awkward, unpleasant, or tension-filled, I want out. This...
05 May 3 Life Questions for your Sabbatical
Here are three questions from Dr. Phil's book "Life Code". I have not read the book yet, but listened to the podcast and will be writing my answers to them...
25 Apr Pause for Thought: 24/6 Technology Sabbatical
"How we spend our days is, of course, how we spend our lives." - Annie Dillard As a team at Conscious Pause, we read a lot of books, articles, and posts...
21 Apr The Beauty of Doing Nothing
I think it was the movie "Eat, Pray, Love" when I first heard the Italian phrase dolce far niente. The sweetness or beauty of doing nothing. How does that make...
10 Apr Pause for Thought: The Journey
April is "Poetry" month...
07 Apr I don’t know how to make a Sabbatical plan
When considering disrupting your life (either in a big, or small way) have you planned it? Or, so far, has disruption just happened by outside forces/situations? Or...
04 Apr Pause for Thought: Fear to Gratitude
How are you feeling during this unplanned pause? A form of Sabbatical in our life-as-we-knew-it has been thrust upon us, which is really unnerving! In the last three weeks, I personally...
29 Mar Pause for Thought: Navigating the Pause
How do we navigate uncertain times? The conflicting emotions, thoughts, and actions sometimes can paralyze us and that is ok. This is the first time any of us have experienced...
24 Mar Sara’s Why – my sabbatical path
If you scroll down, you will see my originally planned post. At Conscious Pause, we pre-write some of our posts so they can align with our blog companion guide and...