What if you could start each morning feeling hopeful and confident and

complete each day feeling fulfilled and impactful?

 

What if you felt empowered to forge connections and lead courageously

through both the changes and the challenges of life? 

This IS possible when you learn to P.A.U.S.E.™ 

 

THE ESSENTIAL P.A.U.S.E.™

FOR EVERYDAY SELF-LEADERSHIP

 

A Six Module Workshop Series to:

Care for Yourself

Transform Relationships and

Contribute to Community

 

NEW WORKSHOPS STARTING SUMMER 2025

 

An Invitation for You...

Join others to cultivate a new way of being amidst all the doing in both personal and professional life.

In this workshop, you’ll practice, implement and experience the benefits of each of the 5 elements of P.A.U.S.E™:

 

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As a leader or business owner, you may be dis-enchanted by outdated top down, productivity driven work cultures and want to find another way. 

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:

  • Personal well-being. Grow your capacity to be calm and confident while juggling multiple demands.

  • Everyday relationships. With students, clients, family members and staff you can be effective and compassionate, even in those tense, complex interactions.

  • Group collaboration. Address the real challenges and  conflicts that impact productivity. Make changes and release joy in your community. 

 

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.

 

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.

 

 

TESTIMONIALS: What do program graduates say?

 

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.

 

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! 

- Birgit Rohm, Business & Self-Leadership/ IFS Coach, Munich Germany

In these six modules, through self-guided study and small group practice, you will:

Practice PAUSE

  • Explore an overview of the core IFS inspired concepts and skills at the heart of the PAUSE Model and nurture the Self-Leadership in everyday life and relationships.
  • Consider the relevance of the PAUSE practice and process to your life, personal and professional, in your role and community setting.

Pause, step back and breathe

  • Recognize the signs of stress versus states of regulation in your nervous system.
  • Experience practical and proven exercises to Pause, shift, self-regulate and operate from your optimal physiology, your best "Self".  

Be Aware of your parts and where you are coming from

  • Build Awareness of the different parts of you that “drive” your daily experience and how they manifest for yourself and others.
  • Nurture a compassionate relationship with yourself by learning a simple 4-step process to step back and understand your various parts.

Understand each other, listening deeply, speaking for your experience

  • Increase your capacity to stay centered, support de-escalation and inspire mutual understanding by acting as the "Self" in the system.
  • Cultivate strong communication skills to effectively connect with and Understand others. 

 Search for solutions and Experiment in Action

  • Explore how to act with Self-leadership, Searching for new possibilities, restorative approaches, and  innovative solutions with others. 
  • Experiment with Self-led action, discovering your power to inspire wellbeing and collaborative action through everyday interactions.

P.A.U.S.E. LIVE COHORT:

Put Your Learning into Action with Expert Facilitated Small Group Experience.

 

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. 

 

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. 

 

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.  

 

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.

 

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.

 

(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!)

THURSDAY EVENING SUMMER COHORT

MEETING DAY and TIME: Thursday, 6:00 - 8:00 PM Eastern Standard Time

DATES: July 3, 10, 17, 24, 31, August 7

FACILITATOR: Joanna Curry-Sartori, LMFT, Founder and Lead Instructor, SLC

6 LIVE SESSIONS

  • Six session, 2 hours each
  •  Expert facilitated learning, exploration and application.
  • Small group community for sustained practice and support.
  • In depth experience for optimal learning and integration

6 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!

THURSDAY COHORT

$600

Register Here

NEED 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.

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Questions?

 

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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