I am pausing

30/03/2025

Little bit of life lately in the sun 🌞

25/03/2025

Sunday was pure magic✨

Thank you to everyone who came, it was such a special day of pausing in community🌷

The highlight for me was hearing the poems, quotes and readings that people wanted to share.

And the surprising delight at my homemade lemon drizzle courgette cake (maybe I can bake after all 👩‍🍳)

Thank you to for gifting everyone a sample of your absolutely gorgeous healing heart essence 🌹and to .nootropics for the delicious coffee ☕️

Thank you to .vh for capturing the afternoon beautifully 🫶🏻

21/03/2025

Hurry! Only 3 spots remaining! To make this even sweeter, use code SPRING2025 for 10% off your booking!

https://www.iampausing.com/events/springequinox-2025

Hello lovely souls! ✨ Fancy welcoming the longer, brighter days of Spring with us? 🌷 We're hosting a special afternoon retreat this Sunday, at the beautiful Sauna & Plunge Studio, a perfect haven to pause and reconnect with yourself. 🌿

As the Spring Equinox marks the astrological new year, it's the ideal time to nurture your body, mind, and heart, and reignite those intentions you set in January. 💖

Join us for an afternoon filled with:

🕯️ Grounding Breathwork & Somatic Practices
🌹 A delicate Rose & Blue Lotus Flower Tea Ceremony
🐝 The soothing art of Beeswax Candle Making
✍️ Journalling & Intention Setting for your dreams
🤝 Connection with like-minded people
✨ A powerful Manifestation Workshop
🧘‍♀️ Visualisation Meditation for clarity
🎶 A gentle Mini Sound Bath & Deep Rest

Let's gather to celebrate the light and set our intentions for the blossoming season ahead. ☀️

Sunday, 23 March 2025
15:15 to 18:00

Hurry! Only 3 spots remaining! To make this even sweeter, use code SPRING2025 for 10% off your booking!
https://www.iampausing.com/events/springequinox-2025

We can't wait to share this beautiful afternoon with you. 😊

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This afternoon is designed to leave you receptive to the new season, opening up your heart chakra to the possibilities that come with the blossoming of Spring.

31/01/2025

This Energy for 2025: Rest, Receive, No Rush
Here are four ways you can call more of this energy into your days:

1. TAKE TIME TO PAUSE
2. MINDFUL WALKS WITH NO PHONE
3. SLOW MORNINGS
4. PHONE FREE BEDROOMS

https://www.iampausing.com/blog/this-energy-for-2025-rest-receive-no-rush

29/01/2025

Last week & I were invited to motivate & inspire the Commercial Team at their offsite 🎤✨

We explored how many of us begin the year with massive (personal or business) goals 💥

So big that they can be overwhelming. But, when you break them down and understand the science behind mindset, then theres an easy formula 💫

It comes down to..

Incremental improvements = significant impact‼️

What can you do today for just 2 mins that will take you closer to achieving your goal?

Perhaps it’s rolling out your yoga mat to train the behaviour that you’re a person who stretches every morning 🧘

Or, maybe it’s asking some really well thought out questions on your next sales call rather than following your normal script 😎

It’s these small habits that add up to lasting change 🔄

08/01/2025

THIS ENERGY FOR 2025:

🩷REST
🩷RECIEVE
🩷NO RUSH

It’s only been a week of calling in this energy and not only do I feel soo much more grounded, but already abundance is flowing my way!

Multiple new opportunities and synchronicities have appeared seemingly from nowhere. ✨

Last year was my year of being in service, and boy did I serve! We helped hundreds of people pause via retreats, events, corporate sessions and studio classes. It was so rewarding and by the end of the year, I was filled with love & gratitude. 🥰

But, also that hustle business boss woman part of me was appearing a little too much. I ended the year a little burnt out. Ironic 😅

So, this year of course I’ll still be in service of what I feel is my mission and purpose on this earth;

To help us pause, step back from the craziness, so we can live our best most fulfilled lives.🕺

But I’ll just be doing it a little slower, with a bit more ease & grace. 😇

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15/11/2024

We all have days and times when our confidence is lower, believe me when I say, it’s normal. We’ve all been there. In this newsletter, I’m sharing 10 ways that improved my confidence.

Whether you're facing a mountain of a presentation or just need a confidence pick-me-up for your next Zoom call, these tips will have you no doubt help

We all have days and times when our confidence is lower, believe me when I say, it’s normal. We’ve all been there. In this newsletter, I’m sharing 10 ways that improved my confidence. Whether you're facing a mountain of a presentation or just need a confidence pick-me-up for your next Zoom cal...

15/11/2024

A dream came true 💭 💫

I hosted my pausing retreat! 🌊🧘🏻‍♀️🌳

Someone said to me today:

“You must have been nervous taking 8 strangers to Portugal for 6 days by yourself..?”

The honest answer is-

“No, I wasn’t!…”

Strange because I’m typically the over thinker who gets the fear and worries..

But this felt different.

I knew in the depths of my being this retreat was going to be an incredible experience for all the participants (and for me!).

I’m convinced that I felt no fear and this was a success because I’m doing work that aligns with my souls essence and wider purpose on this earth 🌍

There were tears in the closing circle (mainly mine) as many shared how this had been a life changing experience 😭

Even now as I look back through the images I have a tear in my eye. It feels insane to me that this happened 🥹

If you’d have told me 18 months ago I’d do this, I’d have said you were crazy. But everything just seemed to fall so easily into place 🔮💫

I’m so very grateful to those brave souls who trusted in me 🥹

An huge amount of courage, vulnerability and love was shown by all. I truly believe that this specific constellation of humans was no accident. Thank you, thank you, thank you 🙏🏻

Here’s to the next one to be announced soon 🎉

15/11/2024

A dream came true 💭 💫

I created a pausing retreat! 🌊🧘🏻‍♀️🌳

Someone said to me today:

“You must have been nervous taking 8 strangers to Portugal for 6 days by yourself..?”

The honest answer is-

“Not one bit!”

Strange because I’m typically the over thinker who gets the fear and worries..

But this felt different.

I knew in the depths of my being this retreat was going to be an incredible experience for all the participants (and for me!).

I’m convinced that I felt no fear and this was a success because I’m doing work that aligns with my souls essence and wider purpose on this earth 🌍

There were tears in the closing circle (mainly mine) as many shared how this had been a life changing experience. 😭

Even now as I look back through the images I’m crying. It feels insane to me that this happened. 🥹

If you’d have told me 18 months ago I’d do this, I’d have said you were crazy. But everything just seemed to fall so easily into place 🔮💫

I’m so very grateful to those brave souls took a leap of faith, showed courage, vulnerability and so much love 🧡

I truly believe that this specific constellation of humans coming together was no accident. Thank you, thank you, thank you for trusting in me 🙏🏻

It took a village. Thank you to the wonderful team who supported making this happen for all your work on absolutely everything BTS for your incredible photos, for the beautiful myo session, & for the support, Ricardo, Vera and the AMAZING team on the ground in Portugal. And of course for helping find the mind blowing venue and taking good care of my baby while I was gone 🐕

Here’s to many more 🎉

11/11/2024

Deciding to start an Instagram account for I am pausing hasn’t been an easy decision. If I’m honest, I’ve put it off more times than I’d like to admit.

Why? Because in my opinion social media is undoubtedly contributing to the current epidemic of stress and overwhelm in which we live. The problem I want to help solve, ironically requires me to be a part of the “feed”

I have, like I’m sure we all have at one point, installed… uninstalled… limited my time… ignored my time limit and doom scrolled for a further hour… locking into comparison spirals and comparing my life to a curated highlight reel, ultimately affecting mental health, sleep and stress levels.

But, and it’s a big but, there is so much goodness on here too. Seeing creators and educators create bubbles and communities genuinely interested in the good stuff, supportive environments, connections made that would otherwise be impossible and uplifting content that adds to your lifestyle as opposed to making you question it.

That’s what’s tipped the scales for me, I want to be a part of the “good stuff”. Grow a community interested in practical tools for managing stress living in a busy world, share my personal journey on changing the narrative, and create environments where people can come and switch off, reset and recuperate.

Welcome to I Am Pausing.
Thank you for following me and I’m (now) very excited to share this hub with you all.

25/10/2024

But, how exactly am I meant to pause? ⏸️

I'm so busy!

I hear this a lot.

The quote from Lao Tzu comes to mind

"Time is a created thing. To say 'I don't have time,' is like saying, 'I don't want to.'

First changing our mindset when it comes to time.

Then to make it simple we've developed a framework for pausing.

There are 3 ways to pause:

1️⃣ Mini Pauses

These are just 5 or 10 minutes. You need them in your every day.

It can be a quick walk around the block without your phone, a full body shake, a few deep breaths, a guided meditation.

2️⃣ Medium Pauses

These are 40 minutes to an hour long. You need them in your week.

It can be going for a swim, run, or whatever your favorite way to move your body is. Or it can be reading a book, knitting, a gong bath.. or even an actual bubble bath!

3️⃣ Immersive Pauses

These are a day or multiple days long. You need them in your year.

Similar to an offsite or retreat. Stepping away for an extended period of time to do that big picture, blue sky planning. With mini and medium pauses combined.

At I am pausing we facilitate all three types of pauses for individuals and teams.

You can message me to set up a call to learn more.

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12/10/2024

So excited! It's the last call for our Pause in Portugal retreat this coming November 1st to 6th. Spend 6 days of pausing, rejuvenating, recharging, and immersing yourself in the beauty of Portugal.

2 Spots left! Book your spot now before it's too late! ✈️

05/10/2024

25/09/2024

As this time of year comes around and the nights start getting darker, it's important to take care of our mental and physical health.

Getting into routines, with healthy habits and rituals, starting a new hobby or booking an outing or holiday are all great ways to stay well this winter. ❄️✈️

We still have a few spots left on our Pause in Portugal retreat on 1st Nov to catch a little summer sun before the depths of winter descent. 👣🏖️

Link in bio for more info. 🧳💯

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12/09/2024

Curious about what happens in our Founders Reset Day Retreat? Check out what some of our attendees had to say. 🤯🥰🏝

18/06/2024

Here’s why... 👇👇👇

At its root perfectionism is not about having high standards and being detail oriented.

It’s about fear. Fear of failure. Fear of success. Fear of being seen. Fear of disappointing. Believe me, I know. Ultimately it's a choice we need to make between living in fear or courageously living in faith.

Two things that helped me with this:
1️⃣ Remembering it takes courage to be imperfect. I would rather be known for trying and failing, than staying small and not trying at all. We are all human and imperfect after all, that’s what makes us unique. (stars emoji)
2️⃣ My 80% is better than 100%. This is a mantra I keep in my head when perfectionism strikes. It helps me get stuff done and out into the world, even though it may not be 100% perfect by my insanely high standards🤯🤯🤯