Pause To Elevate With Dr. Kasim Al-Mashat

Jon Kabat-Zinn, founder of Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR), explains how mindfulness meditation helps us observe thoughts clearly, return to awareness, and live with more presence, kindness, and inner freedom. Suffering often grows when we believe every thought, emotion, and mental story. Mindfulness practice teaches us to pause, notice the mind, and reconnect with the present moment. #Y...

Barbara McAfee shares how exploring your voice can become a powerful practice for confidence, healing, and personal growth. Through mindful awareness, sound, and playful vocal exercises, this conversation invites you to unlock the hidden parts of your voice and express who you truly are. #UnlockYourVoice #VoiceTraining #SelfExpression #PersonalGrowth #MindfulnessPractice  Show Notes and Resources...

From elite athletics to entrepreneurship, Jen Newman shares how success can sometimes be driven by stress, pressure, and the need to prove our worth. This conversation connects nervous system healing, mindfulness, and body-based awareness to help high achievers find safety, rest, and real fulfillment. #HighAchieverBurnout #SurvivalMode #SomaticHealing #MindBodyConnection #Mindfulness 📒 Show Notes...

When the body stays in survival mode, stress, burnout, and emotional overwhelm can take over. Ashley Taylor explores how breathwork, somatic healing, and mindful awareness can help the nervous system feel safe, supported, and more connected. #SurvivalMode #BreathworkHealing #NervousSystemRegulation #SomaticHealing #MindfulLiving 📒 Show Notes and Resources 📒 You can contact Ashley Taylor by visit...

Dr. Brittany Schamerhorn explores how hormones, stress, sleep, nutrition, PMDD, and perimenopause can affect mood, energy, anxiety, and mental well-being. Through a mindful lens, this conversation invites you to pause, listen to your body, and better understand what it may need to feel balanced again. #HormoneHealth #NervousSystem #Perimenopause #MentalHealth #Mindfulness 📒 Show Notes and Resourc...

Dr. Nayan Patel explains why glutathione — the body’s master antioxidant — plays a critical role in energy, detoxification, cellular repair, immunity, and healthy aging, while also revealing why supplements alone cannot replace sleep, nutrition, movement, mindfulness, and healthy daily habits.  This conversation explores oxidative stress, inflammation, longevity, detoxification, and how your lifes...

When doctors said there was no cure, Dr. Maryam Ferdosian didn’t stop there. Instead, she followed a deeper calling—exploring mindset, emotional healing, and the body’s natural intelligence. This is a powerful story about faith, surrender, and taking ownership of your healing journey—even when the odds feel overwhelming. If you’ve ever felt stuck or hopeless with your health, this will open a new...

From a torn Achilles injury to completing 12 half marathons, this journey reveals what consistency, recovery, and discipline really look like. This is not about running — it’s about rebuilding your life one step at a time. #HalfMarathon #RunningMotivation #AchillesInjury #ComebackStory #Endurance #MarathonTraining #Discipline #Consistency #Recovery #FitnessJourney 🔔 80% of you haven’t subscribed...

Most athletes and high performers are taught to focus on winning—but that mindset can actually hold you back. When you become too outcome-focused, you create pressure, fear of failure, and lose control over your performance. Top athletes and coaches emphasize something different: focus on the process, the daily habits, and the small steps you can control. That’s where real growth, consistency, and...

Dr. Ellie Weisbaum explains mindfulness, burnout recovery, emotional balance, and practical mental health tools for anxiety, overwhelm, and living with more clarity. If everything feels urgent right now, this conversation will help you slow down without checking out. It is a grounded reminder that steadiness can be trained. #Overwhelm #MindfulnessTools #Burnout #StressManagement #MentalHealthPodca...

Dr. Christopher Willard shares how mindfulness, self-compassion, and emotional awareness can support mental health, addiction recovery, stress relief, and post-traumatic growth. Learn practical tools for working with emotions, calming the nervous system, and creating lasting inner change. This Is what happens when mindfulness becomes more than a practice—and starts changing how you live, feel, and...

Have you ever wondered why the mind keeps returning to the same worries or self-critical thoughts? Even when we want to move on, certain patterns seem to repeat on their own. Psychology professor Dr. Norman Farb shares the neuroscience behind negative thought loops, rumination, and overthinking. Discover how the brain’s default mode network reinforces automatic mental habits, and how mindfulness,...

Floris Gierman, performance coach and author of Running Breakthroughs —shares a refreshing reminder: improvement in life and running doesn’t always come from pushing harder. Most runners think pushing harder leads to faster results — but constantly training at high intensity often leads to burnout, plateaus, and injury. Low heart rate training and Zone 2 running build aerobic endurance, improve re...

In this conversation, Kasim Al-Mashat is interviewed by a dear mentor and friend, Bob Stahl.  They explores how silence and meditation reveal the hidden drivers of stress, emotional exhaustion, and the constant urge to chase happiness. Through insights from silent retreats, mindfulness practice, and nervous system regulation, he shares how stillness can reduce burnout, calm anxiety, and help you c...

If rest triggers guilt, shame, or the feeling that you’re not doing enough—this is for you!  Dr. Jorge Armesto shares a powerful reframe from the Camino de Santiago: even the moments you stop are part of the journey. You’ll hear how compassion reduces harm, why fierce compassion is still care, and how to discern when the mind is resisting versus when the body is truly saying “no.” This episode hel...

Many people still believe their brain is “hardwired” and unchangeable after a certain age, but modern neuroscience tells a very different story.  Alexandra Dennison speaks about how neuroplasticity allows the brain to improve, adapt, and form new connections throughout the entire lifespan.  Together, they explore how mindfulness, nervous system regulation, and targeted brain stimulation create the...

Nearly half of adults live with high blood pressure, yet only a fraction are able to keep it under control. In this conversation, Dr. Kasim Al-mashat speaks with Dr. Eric Loucks, Director of the Mindfulness Center at Brown University, about why knowledge alone isn’t enough to change health outcomes. Dr. Loucks explains how stress reactivity, habits, attention, and emotion regulation quietly shape...

Dr. Kasim Al-Mashat speaks with psychotherapist and bestselling author Judith Belmont about how Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) helps overcome anxiety, depression, perfectionism, and negative self-talk by changing unhelpful thought patterns. Learn practical CBT techniques, cognitive distortions, growth mindset tools, and how to build emotional resilience, self-esteem, and a more compassionate i...

As we step into 2026, these are the conversations worth carrying with you. This video brings together the most meaningful moments from Pause to Elevate, featuring expert voices reflecting on stillness, clarity, and intentional growth. Each clip comes from a single question asked throughout the year: What does Pause to Elevate mean to you? If you’re entering 2026 seeking focus, grounding, and a mor...

Insomnia, stress, anxiety – so many of us are struggling silently with our sleep and our nervous system. In this conversation, Dr. Kasim speaks with Stefanie Broes, co-founder and CEO of Moonbird, the world’s first handheld breathing coach. Stefanie shares how her own journey through severe insomnia and stress led her from a PhD in pharmaceutical sciences into the world of breathwork, nervous syst...

Regeneration isn’t just a medical concept — it’s a way of living. In this episode, Dr. Tommy Rhee reveals how elite performers reframe setbacks, push through discomfort, and rebuild themselves mentally and physically after tough seasons. Dr. Rhee also explains the science behind topical stem cell therapy and how it may change the future of recovery and regenerative medicine.  If you’re ready to re...

What if fear wasn’t something to avoid — but something to work with? Ultra marathon runner and Run Like a Girl co-founder Courtney McQueen shares the mindset that has carried her through adversity, self-doubt, motherhood, burnout, and 230 km stage races. We explore why fear is protective (and necessary), how to reframe “bigness” into simple steps, and why movement, community, and self-connection m...

There’s a lot of stigma and silence around menopause — but it’s time for honest, mindful conversations. In this episode, Sharon Pendlington and Dr. Kasim Al Mashat break down the emotional, physical, and psychological changes women experience in midlife. Discover how hormones influence mood, why stress makes symptoms worse, and how awareness can turn confusion into clarity. #Menopause #Perimenopau...

After 13 years as a stand-up comedian, Dena Jackson found a deeper calling—one rooted in mindfulness, yoga, and holistic healing. In this episode, she opens up about grief, transformation, and how humor became her unexpected spiritual teacher. Learn how to move through fear, reconnect with intuition, and find calm in life’s chaos through tools like tapping, breathwork, and compassionate self-aware...

When life feels like constant fight, flight, or freeze, healing starts with creativity. Expressive arts therapist Johanne Ascoli shares how art, movement, and deep listening can gently rewire the nervous system, release generational trauma, and reconnect you to your body’s natural wisdom.  Learn how reconnecting with your imagination opens space for healing, regulation, and joy — even after deep p...