The Power of Pause: Finding Growth in Life's Unexpected Stops

Ever notice how life sometimes forces you to stop? Those moments when everything grinds to a halt might be the universe telling you something important.

Welcome to a reflective journey through the transformative power of pauses. Whether we choose to slow down or find ourselves abruptly stopped by circumstances, these moments of stillness often become our greatest catalysts for healing and growth. Though we rarely appreciate them in the moment, pauses create the necessary space for transformation that continuous motion never allows.

Many of us resist slowing down until our bodies, finances, or relationships force the issue. We push through exhaustion, ignore warning signs, and then wonder why we've crashed. But what if we could learn to take our hands off the accelerator voluntarily? The frustration of waiting—especially after periods of struggle—tests our patience and faith. "Is it not my time? Am I forgotten?" These questions surface when progress seems elusive, yet trusting the process becomes essential, even when we can't see where it leads.

During these pauses, boundaries become crucial. We must support others without absorbing their burdens, connect with those who elevate rather than drain us, and create environments where authentic feelings can be expressed without judgment. True faith isn't believing everything will always be perfect—it's understanding that cycles of rising and falling are part of life's grand design.

What does pause mean to you? I'd love to hear your stories and reflections in the comments. How have life's unexpected stops ultimately moved you forward? Share your experience and join our community conversation about the counterintuitive power of slowing down in a world obsessed with constant motion.

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Chapters

• 0:00 Welcome and Brain Freeze Reflection
• 0:51 The Power of Pause Explained
• 1:43 Trust the Process During Waiting
• 4:06 Setting Boundaries While Pausing
• 7:30 Building Business Through Pauses
• 9:15 Closing Thoughts and Community Invitation

Transcript

Speaker 1: 0:01

Hi there, welcome back to the Empowerment Diaries. Lita, goddess of growth, here, and I've been having a bit of brain freeze. It's amazing how many times I do a podcast in my mind and I think, yep, this is what I'm going to talk about and it's really flowing, and I decide this is how it's going to work. And then when I sit in front of the camera, as much as I'll have my prompts to the side, I do seem to lose the thread at times. But I'm back and I'm reflecting in this little podcast about the power of pause, because life forces us at times, does it not, to stop? And it's in that stopping that we do our healing, our transformation and we grow. And this is not about what others can see, and often we cannot even see it. All we feel at times is the stagnation, sometimes the block, trepidation, anger, angst, frustration. After we look at it and we realize what was going on, sometimes many, many moons later. But there is a power in pause, is there, whether we choose to do so or whether the universe settles us down. Some of us don't listen to the signs of pause, so we end up causing some kind of health issue, financial issue, something that prevents us from moving forward. But I suppose the greatest pause, or the easiest one, is one where we're prompted to pause and we take our hands off the brakes. Yeah, allow that pause to happen for life to naturally slow down, take our breaks, even acknowledge the setbacks as maybe blessings more so than denial, because those are the very thing that can push us much further than all the actions that we're doing to progress in life.

Speaker 1: 2:23

It's hard, especially when we want change to happen. Yesterday, we've been on a journey of struggle and survival. Is it not my time? Today, when the universe says not yet and all you want is now, am I forgotten? Is it ever going to happen? And then it's almost like the pot starts boiling. The slightest thing irritates, as progress is not happening as fast as we need it to. It's not yet, this is not the time. As we get closer, we still understand this is not the time.

Speaker 1: 3:09

It can be difficult at this critical time to trust the process. It's easy to say trust the process even when we don't know exactly what the process is or where it will lead us. Trust the process. Trust the process, have patience and, whilst we're doing it, to be aware that we're here to be our best, champion our support and to support others also, but to support others without taking on their angst and their burdens. Being in a position to respect ourselves and make sure that we have boundaries Boundaries for ourselves and for others. Making sure that we're all doing the work to grow, to support ourselves, to support each other. Making sure that we're elevating. We're not encouraging people down, we're helping others as we are rising up ourselves emotional boundaries, physical boundaries, energy, tapping into energy and being fluid with it, even in the midst of uncertainty. Making sure not only that we have boundaries but that we we share with others that have literal intention of raising our spirits. And you know the difference there are some that will be with you just for communication.

Speaker 1: 5:14

It's now the time to connect with others on a journey, to acknowledge they're on a journey. Some might call it a spiritual journey. Not everyone has the ability to have a conversation with us that focuses on elevation. Even in the down times, we need to make sure that to ourselves we speak life and to each other we speak life, in good and bad times. At the same time, we do need to be in environments that allow us to feel what we feel, environments where we can talk openly, feel and share how we feel openly, without others taking offence or seeing it as a personal attack. Offence or seeing it as a personal attack Others that have true faith. And for me, true faith is understanding. Up and down times is all part of the equation. It's not either or it's not a case of if you have faith, everything will be perfect and great. No, but faith in the grand design that in this life we're going to have up times, we're going to have down times, and there are some people on the surface that will never have really great times or really bad times. We don't know what the inner. So this is a just a short reminder that pause is okay, as frustrating as it can be at times, especially when you've got bills to pay, especially when you want to get a relationship matter resolved, whether it be something from the past or in the present, especially when you are focused on work, when you want to be focused on whatever it is.

Speaker 1: 7:26

Whilst you're building business, you're making money in other ways and you have to split your time. There's many a day I wake up and all I want to do is my business, but I need to make money that I'm sure is coming in, so I have to focus on that first before I can spend time building my business, and I do find it really frustrating. I'd love to have a day when I can just wake up and just do my business. However, the pause is the refining what the business is Tapping into. Why are you doing something? Is it for joy? What is it for? What's going to keep you going? What's motivating you? So thank you so much for listening to this mini podcast.

Speaker 1: 8:19

This is about pause, embracing the pause. The power of pause is all about tapping within, and I wish I knew what pause meant. The many times I've been on my own, for many a year actually, that's been my life experience. My own life experience has been one of many cycles falling, getting up, falling, getting up. That's my life in the UK. Time and season it's about where we live, you know, but there's no running away from your time and season. It's about where we live, you know, but there's no running away from your time and season when it's time for you to relocate. If it's your time to relocate, you will right, when it's your season to do so, reflect on your pause, even if you don't know why. You are pausing right now and I'm hoping I too will get to a position where a pause is something that I sit and cherish and celebrate.

Speaker 1: 9:30

This last pause, my Pluto, square Pluto has not been an easy pause at all. In fact, I've worked more hours than I've worked in my life before for next to nothing actually. And the universe is saying it's not about hours and time, it's about quality, not quantity. We're narrowing down. There's no get-rich-quick schemes, there's no fast routes to visibility. Building a network, like everything that one needs to do, we'll do thoughtfully, intentionally, with heart, soul. So I am here. Power, power of pause. Do tap in. What does pause mean to you? I'd love to have your comments. Do comment on the podcast. I'd love to see some community comments and if you have a story that you would like to share, tap in also. Thanks for being here. You've been listening to lita, goddess of growth today. Have a good one.