Gather At The Well: How to Plan Your Pause - Frameworks + Practices for Stepping Away - Lindsey Fuller

The pause only works if you plan for it. Here’s how to get ready to truly rest.

Whether you’re heading into a sabbatical, PTO, or just a long weekend, this episode helps you actually get ready to rest. Lindsey shares three readiness reflections — Finance, People, and Program — to gauge if your org (and you) can sustain time away.
You’ll learn how to design an “only-call-me-if” checklist that protects your peace and keeps operations smooth—so you can step away without second-guessing. 

Then, run a Start–Stop–Continue to help your team prioritize what truly matters, pause what can wait, and sustain the rhythms that make your culture healthy. These simple tools turn time off from something stressful into something strategic.

Part of the Power of the Pause series, this conversation reminds nonprofit pros, educators, and helpers everywhere that rest isn’t a reward — it’s a leadership practice.

Episode Highlights

• Preparing for a Powerful Pause: The Need for Rest (01:00)
• Extended Breaks & Sabbaticals: Overcoming Resistance (03:00)
• Readiness Reflections: Finance, People, Program (04:54)
• The Role of a Co-Leader & Timing Your Leave (08:46)
• Somatic Practice: Breathe and Bloom (feat. Marisol Pineda Conde) (10:51)
• Emergency Checklist: Planning for Critical Issues (13:48)
• Start, Stop, Continue: Transitioning Responsibility (17:58)
• Somatic Exercise with Marisol Pineda Conde (21:30)
• Visualization for Restoration & Setting Intentions (23:50)
• Affirmations and Reflective Questions for Readiness (27:58)

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