The Power of Pausing, with Chris Johnson

Can a little pause really make a big difference? What does pausing add to our lives - and why don’t you want to do it? I’ll be discussing this and more with my guest today, Chris Johnson.

Chris Johnson, PsyD., is the founder of Q4 Consulting, Inc. and the Core Presence Institute™. Her passion is cultivating exemplary leaders, collaborative teams, healthy workplaces, and thriving communities.

In this episode we talk about - 

• Making peace with pausing, accepting that you need to rest
• Why pausing is important for us in our work
• The double-edge sword of pausing, feeling both calming and scary
• When pausing, we notice thoughts and feelings we want to avoid
• Mindfulness and pausing is not a panacea for feeling good
• The benefits of pausing - in our work, relationships and wider life
• Permission to allow yourself to pause and take a break
• Pausing helps us move into flow and productivity
• Passion, pleasure, potential and purpose being linked with pausing
• Why pausing matters for leaders
• ‘Permacrisis’ – permanently being in crisis from pandemic, political unrest and cost of living crisis
• Ways to pause and the power of being here now
• The resistance to stop being linked from rushing, urgency, impatience, busyness
• Martial arts, yoga, dance and other body based activities into mindfulness and pausing

You can find out more about Chris at www.q4-consulting.com or email her at DrChris@Q4-consulting.com

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This podcast is produced by Emily Crosby Media.