The Pausecast

n this Ep. 124 of the Pausecast... - Join Rachael in this integrative breathwork session with our mantra, "new doors are always opening for me" - Experience the benefits of breathwork in the under 7 minute exercise using custom breath patterns and queues led by Rachael New to breathwork? Try it and experience the benefits like... - Alkalizing your blood PH - Anti-inflammatory effect - El...

with VIP Guest Andrew Duffy, Cultural Architect and Leadership Coach In Ep. 123 of the Pausecast - The not-so-surprising but surprising story of how Rachael met our guest and reconnected - How to define culture in any organization, and what makes a great culture at a company - What culture architects do and what the movement is - How to address cultural toxins / toxicity in the workplace - How to...

In this Ep. of 122 we sit by the fire with Dr. Leslie Carr and Rachael O'Meara host a discussion about the challenges of working and leading people while the world is so totally upside down. In this Ep. 122 of the Pausecast we cover... - The shifting paradigm of remote work vs. return to office (RTO) - How toxic behavior influences how you show up at work - Burnout in the digital age, and how...

In Ep. 121 of The Pausecast, we're shining a light on a hot topic for executive women right now: burnout at work. Too often, we underestimate the impact it can have on our well-being and overall happiness. Let's dive into the top six reasons for burnout, and remember that taking care of ourselves is never selfish. In this Ep. 121 of The Pausecast, learn about the top six reasons for burnou...

In Ep. 120 we spend 40 minutes together using the power of meditative breathwork with the mantra, "I am all that I need." Ways to feel empowered using this mantra: If you are worried about circumstances beyond your control like - forced pauses (aka layoff) - feeling stressed from [insert topic] - health and well being of others outside yourself This is a great meditation and breathwork p...

Known as "the mother of mindfulness", in Ep. 119 we join Ellen Langer, PhD who shares about her life-changing work that's in her latest bestselling book, The Mindful Body: Thinking Our Way to Chronic Health. This book is a game changer and full of supported research on how the Mindful Body works, and what we can do to move from our current world of chronic illness and stress to chron...

We talk about IQ and now EQ is more and more common in the workplace - but how about SQ. SQ stands for Spiritual Quotient and as leaders when we bring SQ to our leadership, we have more impact, feel more aligned, and more purposeful. Here are the 3 questions to ask yourself to start to cultivate your SQ as a female corporate leader. - On a scale of 1-5 how do you rate yourself on your SQ? (committ...

In Ep. 117 of The Pausecast... - Understand the framework of how recovery works (athletics is a great example) - Identify what season you are in (on or off? walk or run?) - How to think about recovery as a corporate leader and what's ok or not ok - How to incorporate daily pauses for peak performance - How to create your plan to move forward to your recovery pause plan aka next steps. Watch th...

In this Ep. 116 of The Pausecast... - How to use chatgpt for business - How I find ChatGPT helpful - How to increase (or not) your EQ using ChatGPT - can ChatGPT replace leadership coaching? Watch this on YouTube: https://youtu.be/8wQHHrdIbas

In this episode 115 of the Pausecast... Sometimes we're so busy thinking about what's next, or what we wish we'd done differently ...We are stuck in the future or past..and just not giving ourselves credit for where we are or the present moment. This breathwork is designed to re-calibrate you to honor the present and know that you are exactly where you are supposed to be - something we...

In Ep. 113 of The Pausecast... - Understand the link between over-achieving and being Stressed-and-Pressed - Know the 5 signs you need a Pause and why we need to make it intentional - Learn about the 5 stages of Stress and how stress can serve you, or deter you. - How to move out of chronic stress or burnout to get back into good stress or lowered levels of cortisol - Create your pause plan to mov...

In this Ep. 112 of The Pausecast...hear about my Florida to California driving - You don't need to have a big trip planned - you can still apply these 3 hacks to being better leader no matter how much time you have (which is why they work so well!) - I share the top 3 hacks I got to be a better leader. - Why it's so important to get out of your comfort zone - How to access your gut brain w...

How purposeful are you feeling right now? In this Ep. 111 of The Pausecast... - Practice integrative breathwork using the mantra and prompts "I am purpose" - How to determine how purposeful you are right now - How to define purpose - How aliveness is related to feeling more purposeful - <8 minutes of breathwork, led and guided by Rachael Watch on YouTube: https://youtu.be/yN1F1ag5_iM

In this episode 19 of The Pausecast... ​ Experience a distraction-rich, focused pause led by Chip Learn how to ramp up your "DQ" or digital IQ and how it's a predominant skill Know what makes up a modern elder at any company and how we need more age diversity and "Menterns" Greyglers, Modern Elders, and more wisdom at work Why talking "taboo" is key to being a Mod...

I'm putting two topics that most people don't associate together - CORPORATE LEADERSHIP and SPIRITUALITY! ...and I'm here to share that you can have both...knowing stepping out of the spiritual closet at work will serve you - I share how to do this as you your next steps right here in Ep. 109. I admit, I'm still terrified to come out of my spiritual closet myself y'all - but to...

Are you in flow state at work? Or are you feeling too stressed, or bored? This episode shows you what to do differently to get into your flow, and it's based on Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi's work related to flow. In this Ep. 108 of the Pausecast... - What flow state is and how what it consists of - Why it matters to know when and when you aren't in flow as a corporate leader and exec - Lea...

In this Ep. 107 of The Pausecast... - We get into some great detail about the connection with your inner CEO and accessing your own personal power - Name your judgements and beliefs about power - How women are wired to access their inner CEO - Create new empowering beliefs about your inner ceo and power that serve you - The No. 1 thing you can do to activate your inner ceo - What unconditional pos...

In this Ep. 106 of The Pausecast... Join Rachael in an integrative breathwork session designed for women leaders who are feeling like despite how hard they try, we come up short for what we wanted to do or how we want to feel. Learn the breath pattern: tri-active breath (3 part breath) and halo-active (2 part breath) and bliss breath (shorter forced exhale breaths). Discover why it's so import...

In this episode 105 of The Pausecast... An experiential active noticing pause led by Dr. Langer What active noticing is, and how it can help you manage stress or get out of overwhelm Difference between defensive pessimism and mindful optimism is, and how it can help you cope with uncertainty The 2 things about stress everyone should know How being hopeful means one is already negative Why we shoul...

In Ep. 104 of the Pausecast... Learn what the high octane fuel is for high performing teams (hint...it rhymes with GQ) The 4 Norms of High Performing teams, from Dr. Vanessa Druskat's research and the No. 1 trait in common (it's not what you think!) Rachael's experience of high performing teams (shout out to Google Authorized Buyers'!) What Wright's Team Empowerment training ta...

In this Episode 103 of The Pausecast... - Hear my story of how I burned out of Google at 38 years old - anxiety and all - Who Rollo May is, what he has to do with living purposefully, and his existential psychology that resonates with "inherent tragedy" of living in the modern age. - What I did differently and how facing my own neurotic anxiety helped me stay out of overwhelm and how it...

In Ep. 102 of The Pausecast, we have another breathwork practice and mantra, "I release any limits I place on myself and know that all things are possible." - Why we place limits on ourselves - How to overcome these limits using the power and practice of somatic healing via breathwork - Learn the breaths that lead to releasing limits Thanks for joining me on this breathwork practice - ho...

In this VIP episode of The Pausecast... we open the vault and bring back Michael Bungay Steiner(!), a world class coach to thousands of executives and best selling author of the book The Coaching Habit. Brene Brown calls his book The Coaching Habit, " A Classic!" He's also very ozzie and funny which I really enjoyed, and one of my favorite mentors I follow. In Ep. 101 of The Pausecas...

In Ep. 100 of The Pausecast... - Review the storyline of The Pausecast, and how it all started - Some of Rachael's favorite moments and guests of The Pausecast - Why it's important to celebrate wins, even if they're seemingly small or hard to think off - What to expect going forward Thank you for being part of the Pausecast journey! Watch this episode and subscribe to The Pausecast on...

In this Ep. 99, we get into how to make the best of a layoff as a laid off leader. Whether it's your 1st job out of the gates, or you're a seasoned executive, this is a must-listen to episode. Instead of feeling more stress and wondering how you're going to make it beyond this seemingly unfortunate event, what if you had the blueprint for how to structure your time, your job search, an...