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What if you could start each morning feeling hopeful and confident and
complete each day feeling fulfilled and impactful?
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What if you felt empowered to forge connections and lead courageously
through both the changes and the challenges of life?Â
This IS possible when you learn to P.A.U.S.E.™Â
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THE ESSENTIAL P.A.U.S.E.™
FOR EVERYDAY SELF-LEADERSHIP
An 8 Module Workshop Series to:
Care for Yourself
Transform Relationships
Contribute to Community
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NEW WORKSHOPS STARTING WINTER 2025
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An Invitation for You...
Join others to cultivate a new way of being amidst all the doing in both personal and professional life.
- Realize your capacity to access Self-leadership in everyday relationships to transform interactions.Â
- Experience your potential to collaborate together in service to the greater good.Â
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THREE New Winter/ Spring General Cohorts:
Join our expert facilitated small group cohorts for an immersive and transformative learning experience. These cohorts are for everyone interested in learning and applying P.A.U.S.E. (TM) in their everyday work experience, including but not limited to educators, leaders, coaches, counselors, caregivers and community organizers.
THURSDAY EVENINGS, 7:00 - 9:00 PM, ETÂ
FRIDAY MORNINGS 10:00 AM- 12:00 PM ET
SUNDAY AFTERNOON 12:00 - 4:00 PM ET
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In this workshop, you’ll practice, implement and experience the benefits of each of the 5 elements of P.A.U.S.E™:
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The Challenge:
No matter how hard you try,
it seems it's not enough.
You are a dedicated educator, leader, mental health provider, parent or active community member.
You go above and beyond to show up and care for others.
You've drawn on everything in your toolbox, read the books, tried the strategies and learned about self-care.
And yet, the day-to-day demands of your work leave you feeling frustrated, overwhelmed, discouraged and out of balance.
If you care for our young people, you are watching young people struggle - distracted, dis-regulated, and…not really learning.
As a community member, you are witnessing adults in your community polarized by differing beliefs and struggling to take effective action for the collective good.
As a leader or business owner, you may be dis-enchanted by outdated top down, productivity driven work cultures and want to find another way.Â
Inspite of all the effort you make, perhaps you don’t feel supported or appreciated and maybe you are even questioning if you can stick with this calling that you once chose with a sense of purpose....So many challenges and so many questions. What to do?
Something has to shift… This isn’t sustainable. What do you need?
First, you need space to acknowledge your experience and appreciate your real effort and recognize your true needs.
Next, you need to figure out your authentic pathways to reconnect with yourself. It would be a game changer if you could recenter and reset, even on those crazy, button pushing days!
You’d love a different way to understand and respond to others when there are misunderstandings, underlying tensions, and even overt conflict…so you could work together to address the real issues you all face, rather than against each other.
You need a practical approach to support young people, colleagues and community members through the challenges and changes of life - a tool that responds to the unique characteristics and context of each person - not a just cookie cutter list of things to say or do.
And in your wildest dreams, you wonder if there might be a fundamentally different way for everyone to show up in school and work life, a new way to be amidst all you do. For this, you’d be “all in” for a fresh paradigm to get what really makes us tick and how we can collaborate for the greater good.
Deep down you still care deeply about your profession and need hope that there is a way to come together to restore what is precious and essential at the heart of your vocation.
Would you believe it if you discovered that right now you are reading about a workshop series that actually delivers this paradigm shift, this new way of being you are looking for? Because, you are!
P.A.U.S.E.™ provides the simple but profound transformation you are looking for in school, business and family life.
By practicing P.A.U.S.E™ moment to moment, you cultivate your capacity to access your core self, respond productively to others and collaborate harmoniously, in school, work and beyond!
The 5 essential elements of P.A.U.S.E™ can be applied to improve:
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Personal well-being. Grow your capacity to be calm and confident while juggling multiple demands.
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Everyday relationships. With students, clients, family members and staff you can be effective and compassionate, even in those tense, complex interactions.
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Group collaboration. Address the real challenges and  conflicts that impact productivity. Make changes and release joy in your community.Â
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The P.A.U.S.E.™ model is inspired by Internal Family Systems (IFS). IFS is a breakthrough framework to nurture self-compassion and healthy relationships. It is a non-pathologizing, systemic model that can be practiced to nurture well-being for all community members at all levels of the system. Trauma informed, mindfulness based, and restorative by nature, the principles of IFS are embedded in the P.A.U.S.E.™ model.
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As we embrace these principles through the practices in the P.A.U.S.E.™ model, we discover that transformation really is possible. By starting within ourselves, we can shift the quality of everyday relationships. And as we know, strong and compassionate connection to ourselves and others is the very foundation from which we can realize inspiring leadership, deep learning, and meaningful contribution. P.A.U.S.E.™ offers the hope and capacity to thrive together.
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TESTIMONIALS: What do program graduates say?
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This is not a formula, a list, or a quick-fix solution. It is deep. I appreciate the unique and powerful keys it gives us to address our core challenges and fundamental needs. It offers healing for trauma, calm for dysregulated students, renewal for stressed educators, and a vision of hope that our schools can truly be joyful places for our next generation of leaders.
- Dr. Melissa Zych, Elementary School Teacher, Connecticut, U.S.
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P.A.U.S.E.™ is a phenomenal method for any kind of community. I work with Self-Leadership in businesses, and I am impressed how fast it connects people, untangles blockages and solves conflicts. It's a gift to the world- and very much needed!Â
- Birgit Rohm, Business & Self-Leadership/ IFS Coach, Munich Germany
8 LIVE SMALL COHORT SESSIONS
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Participate in eight live, interactive sessions featuring self-reflection, small group discussions, and creative applications.
 8 ON-LINE MODULESÂ
SELF-PACED
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Access videos, readings and exercises to immerse yourself in building the foundational knowledge and practical skills to implement P.A.U.S.E. for daily life.
8 MODULESÂ OVERVIEW
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Explore an overview of the core concepts and skills at the heart of the Self-Leadership Collaborative approach.Â
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Reflect on the 5 essential elements of P.A.U.S.E.™ and their power to transform the process of everyday interactions.Â
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Consider how you can nurture the spirit of Self-Leadership in everyday life and relationships.
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Recognize the signs of stress versus states of regulation in your nervous system.
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Experience practical and proven exercises to self-regulate and operate from your optimal physiology, your best "Self". Â
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Appreciate what supports us all to function with greater Self-Leadership and how to pause and shift in everyday school and work life.
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Appreciate the different parts of you that “drive” your daily experience.Â
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Develop awareness of these different parts and how they manifest for yourself and others.
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 Increase your capacity to step back and unblend from your various parts so you can consciously choose your responses.
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Explore the positive intent behind your parts and what they need.Â
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Nurture a compassionate relationship with yourself.Â
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Learn a simple 4-step process to be the leader of your inner life.
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Consider the importance of attachment relationships in human development and how this shows up in everyday interactions.Â
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Reflect on the significance of your unique role working with or leading others.Â
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Increase your capacity to stay centered, support de-escalation and inspire mutual understanding by acting as the "Self" in the system.
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Cultivate strong communication skills to effectively connect with and understand others.Â
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Expand your power to deeply listen so others feel "gotten".Â
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Practice a powerful skill to share your perspective and needs so others "get" you.
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Explore how to act with Self-leadership, finding new possibilities, restorative approaches, and collaborative solutions with others.Â
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Discover what is in your power and assess what will be for the good of all.Â
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Consider how to recognize, choose and reflect on Self-led action. Then...guide others to do the same.
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Reflect on the learning process you've experienced in this workshop, acknowledging discoveries and growth.Â
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Recognize the application of elements of P.A.U.S.E. in professional settings as pro-active practices to nurture well-being.Â
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Consider the relevance of the P.A.U.S.E process to guide effective interactions, minor to acute. Â
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Identify your beneficial next steps, personally and professionally.
P.A.U.S.E. LIVE COHORT:
Put Your Learning into Action.
Join an Expert Facilitated Small Group Experience.
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We know that learning happens through practice and most often, in the context of our relationships with others, especially when we are learning social and emotional skills.Â
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These small group cohorts provide the ideal space to explore, test and apply your learning so you make it your own and successfully integrate it into your actual life.Â
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Your group will provide a space to connect with peers, share collective wisdom and discover the depth of the P.A.U.S.E.™ model. It's affirming when you realize that you are not alone - and that others share similar challenges and aspirations. It generates hope, momentum and real change. Â
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Your SLC facilitator has advanced training in our model and years of experience in the field to guide your learning. Through their presence on your journey, you will receive practical and empathic support to implement P.A.U.S.E™ both personally and professionally.
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Ultimately, you will cultivate the confidence to implement P.A.U.S.E. for sustained well-being for yourself and others through the moment to moment interactions that make up school, work and home life.
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(See the facilitators for each cohort listed below and visit "Our Team" page to learn more about each facilitators unique qualifications to lead your workshop experience!)
SLC Tiered PricingÂ
It is important to us that the paradigm, knowledge and tools we offer can be accessible to all. For this reason, we offer tiered pricing. We ask that you take a moment to review the description of each tier and identify what best reflects your financial circumstances.
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NOTE: If you wish to further discuss financial options with a member of our team, please email: [email protected]
THURSDAY EVENING COHORT
TIERED PRICING- See Details Below
THURSDAY COHORT
Uplift Rate $1100
For those who are able to meet their basic needs and have significant discretionary income. This tier is an opportunity to contribute to the advancement of this work and provide support to others.
THURSDAY COHORT Standard Rate, $950
 For those who are able to meet basic needs and have some discretionary income. Â
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THURSDAY COHORT
Supportive Rate, $800
For those who struggle to meet basic needs or are facing a temporary financial crisis and/or for those who are from countries whose currency value is significantly lower than the USD.
   FRIDAY MORNING COHORT
MEETING DAY and TIME: Friday, 10:00 AM- 12:00 PM Eastern Standard Time
DATES: March 21 & 28, April 4,11 & 25, May 2, 9, 16
FACILITATOR: Joanna Curry-Sartori, LMFT, Founder and Lead Instructor, SLC
8 LIVE SESSIONS
- Eight session, 2 hours each
- Â Expert facilitated learning, exploration and application.
- Small group community for sustained practice and support.
- In depth experience for optimal learning and integration
8 ONLINE MODULES
- Videos discussing the core concepts and skills in the P.A.U.S.E. model.
- Worksheets and resources to support your contemplation and implementation of P.A.U.S.E.
- Guided practices to lead your individual reflection and meditation practice.
REGISTER BELOW!
FRIDAY COHORT
Uplift Rate $1100
For those who are able to meet their basic needs and have significant discretionary income. This tier is an opportunity to contribute to the advancement of this work and provide support to others.
FRIDAY COHORT Standard Rate, $950
 For those who are able to meet basic needs and have some discretionary income. Â
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FRIDAY COHORT
Supportive Rate, $800
For those who struggle to meet basic needs or are facing a temporary financial crisis and/or for those who are from countries whose currency value is significantly lower than the USD.
     SUNDAY AFTERNOON COHORT
MEETING DAY and TIME: Sunday 12:00 - 4:00 PMÂ Eastern Standard Time
DATES: April 27, May 18, June 22, July 20
FACILITATOR: SLC Lead Facilitator. See "Our Team" on our website for details.
4 LIVE SESSIONS (4 hours each, covering 2 modules in each session)
- Expert facilitated learning, exploration and application.
- Small group community for sustained practice and support.
- In depth experience for optimal learning and integration.
8 ONLINE MODULES
- Videos discussing the core concepts and skills in the P.A.U.S.E. model.
- Worksheets and resources to support your contemplation and implementation of P.A.U.S.E.
- Guided practices to lead your individual reflection and meditation practice.
REGISTER BELOW!
 SUNDAY COHORT
Uplift Rate $1100
For those who are able to meet their basic needs and have significant discretionary income. This tier is an opportunity to contribute to the advancement of this work and provide support to others.
 SUNDAY COHORT Standard Rate, $950
 For those who are able to meet basic needs and have some discretionary income. Â
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 SUNDAY COHORT
Supportive Rate, $800
For those who struggle to meet basic needs or are facing a temporary financial crisis and/or for those who are from countries whose currency value is significantly lower than the USD.
WANT TO JOIN AT A DIFFERENT TIME?
We understand you may be interested to participate in the "Essential P.A.U.S.E. Workshop" and, maybe these cohorts aren't at a time that works in your schedule, or maybe you need to wait a few months. No worries!
We continue to gauge people's interest and availability and will be launching additional cohorts in the coming months.
Sign up to let us know you are interested by following the button below! And stay tuned for updates!
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If you have questions, contact us! We'd be happy to discuss...
- Content: We know your time is valuable and you may want reassurance that this workshop will address your needs and concerns. Let's talk!
- Community/ Team Application: We appreciate that leaders may want to sign up for their own benefit AND want to understand the possibility for how this model will be relevant for their team or community. We'd love to explore this with you.
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We would love to speak with you!