Issue 5: The Soul Issue
The inner work of building a business and life, with practical tools for the journey
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Welcome to Issue 5 of Pause Magazine — a space where we explore what it means to build a thoughtful, sustainable business and how we can pause long enough to learn new strategies, be inspired by women creating meaningful work, and become truly intentional about growth. (Keep scrolling to open the 100 page digital issue, and literally flip through the pages.)
My hope is that this isn’t a quick read. I hope it’s something you come back to over a few sittings. (That’s why it’s now available in print!) I hope a tool you read about here comes back to you exactly when you need it. I hope you tell a friend about the magazine, and she finds pause too.
Letter from the Editor
I believe women are doing some of their best work in their 50s, 60s and 70s. It’s so important because they are bringing wisdom, lived experience, intuition, and a deep sense of what matters to the table. And the world needs this more than ever right now.
In this issue, we’re featuring a woman thriving and making a difference in each of those decades. I can’t wait for you to meet and be inspired by Sheila Darcey (Sheila Darcey - Arts & Healing on Substack), Perdita Finn (Perdita Finn on Substack) , and Nadja Piatka.
We’re leaning into the idea of a soulful summer. How can we use the slower energy of this season to learn more about our inner world?
We’ll explore writing, art journaling, sketching, oracle cards, what your birthday might reveal about you, and what some of our favorite assessments can teach us about ourselves. We’ll talk about becoming readers and journalers and about how to weave creative practices into a busy life. I just bought a summer journal that can support my new art journaling practice as Holly Becker / Decor8 is teaching.
My hope for you this summer is that it feels more restorative than ever, and also more fruitful. I hope you hold the fullness of your life with more ease because time and inner work have given you perspective. That you rest deeply, enjoy fully, and still create meaningful momentum in ways you may not expect.
We’ll look at how not to ghost your business this summer with Sue B. Zimmerman (The Soulful Selling Sisterhood on Substack), learn more about how your nervous system may be secretly sabotaging your business (check out the quiz and solution from Summer B. Joy), and try a 30-day challenge that’s already working for my clients in FLOW365.
Throughout, we’ve got doable steps you can take to up-level your business, restore your body, and find your pause.
Happy summer!
With so much love,
Mia
Everything Included in the Magazine
Features
IN HER 50s an interview with Sheila Darcey
IN HER 60s an interview with Perdita Finn
IN HER 70s an interview with Nadja Piatka
Productivity Redefined
Plan Your Summer: Restorative Rhythms
51 Tiny Invitations to Pause (and one to make a Pause Jar)
Business
Don’t Ghost Your Business this Summer with Sue B. Zimmerman
30-Day Business Momentum Challenge
Quiz: Meet Your Silent CEO with Summer B. Joy
Food & Body
The Power of a Green Smoothie with Tess Masters
Smoothie Collection
Movement Collection
Life
Your Words: Summer Shifts
Take a Digital Pause
Become a Reader with Sara Barry
The Romance Collection with AJ Claremont, Bailey Seaborn, S.E. Martin
Energy & Soul
Your Soulful Summer
Become a Journaler
Begin with a Question with Minette Riordan, Ph.D.
Journal by Sketching with Sheila Darcey
Journaling Beyond Words with Holly Becker
What can your birthday tell you?
What can an assessment tell you?
Practice Using Your Intuition with Patty Lennon
The Astrology Report with Danielle Hendrickson
Throughout the summer, we’ll be sharing more to help you live your pause.
Watch for these podcast conversations with our contributors, where we’ll take the ideas from the magazine deeper, explore what they look like in real life, and help you turn inspiration into action.
Make sure you’re subscribed so you’ll be notified when new conversations are released.
Here’s the Line-Up
When Creativity Becomes Medicine with Sheila Darcey
Thrive in Business and Health When Your Peers Have Retired with Nadja Piatka
Have Fun Selling with Soul with Sue B. Zimmerman
Creating an Oracle Card Habit with Patty Lennon
The Wisdom Hidden in Ordinary Women with Perdita Finn
The Creative Path Inward with Holly Becker
The Simple Practice of Self Inquiry with Minette Riordan
Use the Enneagram to Make Good Choices for You with Nicole McDonough
The Wisdom Hidden in Assessments with Christina Giammalva
And join Mia live on July 15
If you are having trouble finishing projects….
If things (like kids, family, world events) keep getting in the way of your work and wellbeing…
If you have a feeling this is your moment, but you are having trouble leaning in…
You won’t want to miss this one.
Join me for a mid-year reset, and let's figure out how to weave together all that matters to you — right now, not someday — in a way that expands time instead of creating burnout.
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I’m so excited about the print version. My dream is that women in their 40s, 50s, 60s, and 70s take this magazine to the pool, to the beach, or out to the back porch with a cup of coffee. That it can sit in a tote bag, on a bedside table, or next to a favorite chair, waiting for a quiet moment.
If you’re reading this on your phone and want to be one of those women turning down page corners in the printed issue and filling out planning pages, get your copy now.
Be warned, it is not coming through Amazon Prime and takes about a week.
Download the Planning Sheets
If you get the print version, it has some planning sheets built in.
We’re a community here. My deepest hope is that you will read these articles and listen to these conversations, that you discuss in comments, that you try the practices, use the work sheets, and share these things with others.
And I know that it is hard to balance all the things, that community and support help us follow through. If you want more to help you practice your pause, consider a paid membership where we get to do some of the planning and connecting together.
Congratulations Mia, this looks wonderful and I'm so proud of you for also launching this in print! Huge success to you - I see nothing but great things ahead!
Congratulations on your first PRINT issue and truly honored to be part of it!