Your team is your greatest asset. But in a world of constant pressure, even the best people struggle with stress, distraction, and burnout.
We provide practical, science-based training that equips your leaders and teams with the skills to transform how they work.
Reactive → Responsive
Stressed → Strategic
Leadership Development
Team
Development
Chronic Stress in the Workplace
Your people are skilled, committed, and often running on empty.
Chronic stress isn't a personal failing – it's a systemic condition. And in most organizations, it's undermining the things that matter most: clear thinking, good decisions, and the trust that holds teams together.
What fixes it isn't a wellness perk. It's skill. Resilience is trainable and organizations that invest in building it see the difference.
Trusted By Leading Organizations
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The Pause Method®
Our evidence-based approach – The Pause Method® – blends neuroscience, positive psychology, performance science, and mental fitness training to help your leaders and teams think clearly, stay grounded, and work better together – especially under pressure
SELF-AWARENESS + REGULATION
RESPONSIVENESS VS REACTIVITY
GROWTH
MINDSET
EMOTIONAL
INTELLIGENCE
STRATEGIC + CREATIVE THINKING
RESILIENCY + ADAPTABILITY
CONFLICT
NAVIGATION
EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATION
How We Work Together
Every organization starts somewhere different. We offer three levels of engagement – each designed to build on the last and available for both leadership and team development.
Single Session
The Pause Method® Experience
A powerful first experience of The Pause Method® – an interactive session that gives your team a direct taste of the framework and practical tools they can use the same day. Ideal for introducing mindfulness and resilience as skills to a broad audience and building momentum toward deeper work.
KEYNOTE /
LUNCH & LEARN
45-75 min
Conferences, ERGs,
wellness days
WORKSHOP
90-120 min
Team offsites, trainings days, continuing education, leadership meetings
HALF-DAY / FULL-DAY IMMERSIVE
3-8 hrs
Leadership retreats, annual offsites, culture kickoffs
GUIDED SOUND EXPERIENCE (45-75 min) – Intentional rest and nervous system regulation through sound. Available standalone or paired with any single session.
Multi-Session Program
The Pause Method® Training
The full Pause Method® curriculum, delivered across six sessions over two to three months. This is where real behavioral change happens. Participants build durable skills in stress management, emotional intelligence, focused thinking, and resilience under pressure — and they practice between sessions so the learning sticks. Available as Leadership Resilience or Team Resilience, shaped to the specific challenges your people face. This is the program behind our measured outcomes — and the one participants call life-changing.
OVERVIEW
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Typical format: 6 sessions delivered over 2-3 months
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Tailored programs for leadership, teams, or all-staff
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Digital resilience toolkit
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Comprehensive communications package
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Optional 1:1 coaching
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Pre/post impact assessment
“I’ve taken courses like this before but was never able to implement change. I walked away with tools and strategies I use every single day that make me a better leader and human being.” – Program Participant
Ongoing Partnership
Resilience as culture, not just a calendar event
For organizations ready to embed resilience into how they operate year-round. We partner with your HR, L&D, or talent development team to design an annual programming calendar: recurring training cohorts, targeted workshops, sessions for new employees, and ongoing impact measurement so the work compounds over time.
OVERVIEW
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Recurring multi-session training cohorts (leadership or team tracks)
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Weekly / semi-monthly mindfulness meditation sessions
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Guided sound experiences for rest and renewal
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Focused workshops on specific skills (sleep, focus, emotional regulation)
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Graduate workshops for past participants
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Custom toolkits + ondemand resources
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Quarterly impact reporting and ROI measurement
Client Example: Southern New Hampshire University partners with Pause at Work® on a quarterly basis, running introductory sessions and multi-session "Leadership Resilience" cohorts through their Talent Development department.
Why Organizations Choose Pause
Proprietary methodology
The Pause Method® is original IP built and tested over a decade of clinical practice. You won’t find this framework anywhere else.
Measured outcomes
Pre/post assessments are built into every multi-session and partnership engagement so you have real data to demonstrate ROI.
Live, human-led, and customized
Every session is facilitated in real time by credentialed experts who take time to understand your culture before entering the room.
A clear path forward
Every engagement is designed with a natural next step – so the work compounds rather than evaporates.
Nike • Intel • Adidas • Airbnb • Kaiser Permanente • US Bank • SNHU • Wieden + Kennedy • Tillamook • and more
What Client Leaders Are Saying
"Higher education has never been in a more stressful period of volatility and change. We asked Pause to do resiliency and stress relief work with my leadership team, with our leadership development program, and also more general staff sessions.
It has been one of our best investments. Our people are better equipped to handle the pressures of the work, feel more engaged, and I believe we will see stronger retention for those who completed a Pause training. It feels like we can breathe again. We knew Pause worked with some of the highest performing companies in the US. Now we know why."
Paul LeBlanc, Southern New Hampshire University
President
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"Rena and Ryan with Pause have been fantastic partners in supporting the wellness of our team and their families. First, they spent quality time up front designing and tailoring the program and toolkit to meet the needs and expectations of our team.
They took time to understand our business, our culture and shared language, our challenges and our key stakeholders. Second, they were incredibly organized and responsive throughout the year and beyond that we have worked together. They provided insights to increase engagement and also monitor effectiveness and continually tailored and tweaked aspects of the delivery and measurement.
As a professional services provider committed to high quality client service, ourselves, to receive that same level of white glove service we deliver from one of our service providers ensured engagement and stronger results for our team. We will absolutely continue to partner with the Pause at Work team as they have become a trusted partner."
Elise Parker, CBIZ ARC Consulting
Director, Technical Accounting Advisory, and DEI Leader
As a triple bottom line company (people, planet, profit) we are always looking for ways to help reduce our staff’s stress and to help them become more resilient. Ryan and Rena at Pause led a program for us that delivered on both counts!
They are engaging and humble teachers who helped our staff learn mindfulness techniques to reduce stress, understand triggers, and become more present both at work and at home.
They are a great addition to our employee wellness program!”
Paul Schwer, PAE Consulting Engineers
President
During an annual business conference in Portland, we sponsored an event at Pause focused on meditation, learning, integration, and relaxation—and it was PURE MAGIC to connect as people first and professionals second.
As CEO and Founder of Convive, I am incredibly grateful to be able to pay it forward in creative and generative ways like this! It’s humbling and motivating to see how business can truly be a force for good.
Katherine Haugh, The Convive Collective
CEO + Founder
Let's Build Resilience Together
Every partnership starts with a 30-minute discovery conversation – a chance to understand your goals, your people's challenges, and where to begin.