What we do


OUR PRACTICE CARDS:

The Pause Practice – English
The Pause Practice – Spanish
Pause For Wisdom
Kids Can Pause
Teens Can Pause
Parents Can Pause
Teachers Can Pause
Incarcerated Persons Can Pause
Pause For Love
Veterans Pause Practice
Pause For My Peace Of Mind

 

People All Across the World are Asking for and Practicing the Pause!

• 800,000± pocket-sized Practice Cards, • 12,000± Pause for Inspiration books, • 8,000± Kids Can Pause and Parents Too! Get to Know Your Helpful Self books, • 8,000± audiobooks, • 4,000± T-shirts requested and shipped throughout the U.S., parts of Canada, Israel, Mexico, United Kingdom, South Africa, South Korea, Ireland, Turkey, India, Portugal, Colombia, Japan, China, Russia, Denmark, Sweden, Brazil, Spain, Thailand, Venezuela, Costa Rica, Kenya, Australia, and Belgium.

PAUSE IN EDUCATION

  • Saint Louis University
    •  Graduate School of Nursing Faculty Zoom
  • A Red Circle
    • Educational Advocacy
  • Saint Louis Public Schools
    • Nurses Professional Development Day
    • Special School District Teachers
    • Professional Development Day, Parents Resource Fair, and Transition Fair
    • “Pause Intro” with students at Hickey, Lewis and Clark, and Washington Elementary –  Peabody Elementary, Wilkinson Elementary, and Roosevelt High implementing Pause
    • Wilkinson and Peabody Elementary Teacher Professional Development Day
      • Wilkinson Elementary PTO
      • Wilkinson Counselor video reading of book during COVID 19 “Shelter In Place” Order
  • Parkway School District
    • Greentrails Elementary Discovering Abilities Day
  • KIPP School District Nurses Professional Development Day
  • Arkansas Department of Education approved for Professional Development Units through the efforts of a National Outstanding Educator
  • Youth-in-Need Headstart training for teachers
  • Saint Louis Job Corps students, teachers, and staff
  • YWCA Headstart families and teachers

PAUSE IN HEALTHCARE 

  • Washington University School of Medicine
  • Saint Louis Public School Nurses
  • KIPP School Nurses
  • Saint Mary’s Outpatient Behavioral Health Clinic
  • Comprehensive Behavioral Health Center
  • Missouri Rehabilitation Conference
  • MCRSP Eastern Regional Conference
  • Heroin/Opiate Recovery, Long Island, NY
  • Freedom Place HEROES Program / Veterans
  • Missouri Occupational Therapy Conference
  • Good Shepherd Children and Family Services
  • National Multiple Sclerosis Society St. Louis Chapter
  • Mental Health Professionals

PAUSE IN THE COMMUNITY

  • The Women’s Safe House St. Louis Partnering to share Pause
  • Fit & Food Connection Partnering to share Pause
  • Wild Blossoms Mentoring program
  • Zion Travelers Women’s Conference & Annual Back to School Health Fair
  • LifeWise STL Inspiration in Motion
  • MPACT – Missouri Parents Act Conference
  • Mercy Retreat Center
  • Gokuls Indian Restaurant
  • Individual Inspiration Stations across the United States

PAUSE IN CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES

  • Two Mass Mailings with Local Volunteers to prison libraries and over 1,500 prisoners
  • California and Connecticut Prison Chaplains share Pause materials with inmates
  • Pause For Inspiration shares Pause Materials with families of those incarcerated

PAUSE IN EVERYDAY LIFE

  • On the Spot ~ in the moment ~ everyday life is the perfect ground for sharing The Pause Practice Cards (at the grocery checkout, the gas pump, with coworkers, salesclerks, and everyone we encounter).
  • Pause with the Homeless in St. Louis, Sarasota, Chicago, New York, and San Francisco

everyone is worth a Pause!