09 Mar Truth is sometimes we need to pause
Are you aware of what emotion(s) come up for you when you take time for yourself? Might it be guilt? Is that a hard question to answer/face? The truth is I...
Planning
02 Mar It’s time for recess – go play!
When was the last time you had real fun? Last year, as we were curating their sabbatical, I asked a client what they did for fun. They couldn't remember the last...
23 Feb Why you should unlearn and pause
Do you consider yourself to be a life-long learner? Lots of us will say yes to that question. And with good reason, learning has been taught to us as highly...
16 Feb A metaphor for rest: Fallow
Have you heard of the agricultural practice of fallow? It has been practiced for centuries in farms around the world. It is the concept that you must leave some of...
09 Feb Pausing and the power of nothing
why we should have nothing to look forward to...
02 Feb The practice of relaxing
Does the idea of finding time to “relax” fill you with more anxiety? Some people say that relaxation causes them stress. There is pressure to do it all including scheduling time...
26 Jan Pausing with a “Plan Be”
Raise your hand if you have a plan, or plans for how your life should look right now. Or perhaps as it is still January you have a new idea...
19 Jan Listen to natural pause rhythms
Has this month been hard? Do you feel like you just want to crawl into bed and ignore life? Me too! January always seems hard. The darkness and winter make me...
16 Mar The cost of not pausing
Have you considered the costs of not taking a pause? Sometimes it just feels impossible to step away from the frantic pace of life. There is a seemingly endless to-do...
02 Mar What does a sabbatical cost?
As we continue our blog series about some of the reasons people don’t take a sabbatical, I am going to explore the potentially tricky topic of the assumed costs or...
- 1
- 2