Shows
A Quick PauseGratitudeIn this virtuous mini-season, we're exploring how we can grow together in an environment that drives us apart. This week: The virtue of gratitude.
Wrap up 2020 with a grateful look back and set an intention for the new year.
Credits and full transcript at https://slow.works/gratitude
2020-12-3116 min
A Quick PauseHumble PrideIn this virtuous mini-season, we're exploring how we can grow together in an environment that drives us apart. This week: The virtue of humble pride.
Credits and full transcript at https://slow.works/humble-pride
2020-12-2008 min
A Quick PauseLet go of ObsessionIn this virtuous mini-season, we're exploring how we can grow together in an environment that drives us apart. This week: The virtue of letting go of obsessive thoughts.
Credits and full transcript at https://aquickpause.com/obsession
2020-12-1004 min
A Quick PauseShared TruthIn this virtuous mini-season, we're exploring how we can grow together in an environment that drives us apart. This week: The virtue of shared truth.
Credits and full transcript at https://aquickpause.com/shared-truth
2020-12-0306 min
A Quick PauseI don't careThis week we're exploring why we often really do care when we say "I don't care". And what we can try instead.
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Credits
Words and Sounds by Jonas Haefele
Radar ringtone by Apple.
Music is Monday Meditation by Wayne Kinos
A Quick Pause is a production by slow.works
2020-08-2604 min
A Quick PauseIn the RoomThis week I'm asking you to observe who's in the room with you and make some conscious decisions about who you let in and when.
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Credits
Words and Sounds by Jonas Haefele
Radar ringtone by Apple.
Music is Monday Meditation by Wayne Kinos
A Quick Pause is a production by slow.works
2020-08-1904 min
A Quick PauseConsumingYou are what you consume.
No, you're more than that.
Unless you let it consume you.
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Credits
Words and Sounds by Jonas Haefele
Music is Monday Meditation by Wayne Kinos
A Quick Pause is a production by slow.works
2020-08-1205 min
A Quick PauseClutterDeclutter your home, declutter your mind.
One helps the other.
So whether or not you already had a Maria Kondo moment this year and organized your home, this week I invite you to spring clean your mind.
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Credits
Words and Sounds by Jonas Haefele
Music is Monday Meditation by Wayne Kinos
A Quick Pause is a production by slow.works
2020-08-0505 min
A Quick PauseComfortableThere's something over there, calling you.
Just beyond the edge of what you can see from your comfortable seat.
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Credits
Words and Sounds by Jonas Haefele
Music is Monday Meditation by Wayne Kinos
A Quick Pause is a production by slow.works
2020-07-2904 min
A Quick PauseSharing is CaringWhat happens when we share without intention?
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Credits
Words and Sounds by Jonas Haefele
Music is Monday Meditation by Wayne Kinos
A Quick Pause is a production by slow.works
2020-07-2203 min
A Quick Pause#selfcareWhat becomes of self-care when we share it with the world?
What if no one likes my #self-care post?
Can you be just with your self?
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Credits
Words and Sounds by Jonas Haefele
Music is Monday Meditation by Wayne Kinos
A Quick Pause is a production by slow.works
2020-07-1502 min
A Quick PauseLet's "meditate"This week we meditate. And we cook, and walk and do all sorts of things. Can you single-task?
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Credits
Words and Sounds by Jonas Haefele
I've learned from many teachers and nothing I know about meditation is my original thought. Nothing about this episode is supposed to make light of a dedicated meditation practice, rather I'm offering another way into the practice.
Outro Music is Monday Meditation by Wayne Kinos
A Quick Pause is a production by slow.works
2020-07-0806 min
A Quick PauseNot PerfectThis week we explore the idea of perfection and how dangerous it can be.
Content Warning:
The poem in the intro uses hyperbolic rhetoric figures and irony. They do not reflect the author's beliefs.
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So, who sets the standard for perfection?
What gives them the power to set that standard?
And why should we strive for perfection in the first place?
What gets lost when we a...
2020-07-0102 min
A Quick PauseQuick To DoI stand with you.
Not just today,
But for a lifetime.
Let's not be
quick to judge
but quick to love.
As we all learn
how to be human
once again.
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Credits
Words and Sounds by Jonas Haefele
Hear the wonderful Tabitha Brown talk about the things you're quick to do.
Outro Music is Monday Meditation by Wayne Kinos
A Q...
2020-06-2403 min
A Quick PausePilot - Rest & ActionRest, the elusive potion that inspires and recharges.
Rest can't be summoned or induced, but only accepted and gently welcomed.
Rest. Allow your intuition to make sense of what your mind can't.
Action, the simple gesture that takes ideas and manifests them in the flesh.
Action allows us to mess up, to learn and grow.
Action. Engage with the collective to go further than your thoughts can ever take you.
Without rest, we don't have the energy to action, and without...
2020-06-1601 min
A Quick PauseThe Manifesto For A Quick PauseWelcome to a Quick Pause. A weekly podcast offering a moment of reflection, a chance to care for ourselves, and to show up for each other.
A quick pause is an invitation to slow down.
A quick pause is a mindfulness practice.
A quick pause is a safe space to tune in and listen.
A quick pause recognizes that many small steps lead to big changes.
A quick pause reminds us that we don't l...
2020-06-1401 min