“If you end up with the story you started with, then you weren’t listening along the way.”
When I launched The Sacred Pause Substack I had a very well-curated dream of creating and building an online space that inspires folks to use different wellness tools (herbs, somatic practices, recipes, etc.) to help them find calm in the daily chaos of life. While I don’t doubt that these articles and practices have helped others through my sharing of them (and they certainly have helped me at different periods in my life) - my narrative on wellness has evolved tenfold since the origin of this Substack. I have found myself gravitating less toward sharing curated practices and herb profiles, and more toward the beautiful simplicity of sharing my thoughts and observations when I find a moment to catch my breath, gather my thoughts, and take that self-prescribed “sacred pause”.
While there certainly are many virtues to be had in “doing” (and writing this Substack is one of them for me), there are just as many (or arguably more) to be had in simply “being” and learning how to “be” (aka being present with yourself, in this body, in this moment, with all that is - without trying to actively change anything.) And this is exactly what I have been “pouring” all of my free time into: simply being and noticing all of the life that exists in the liminal, or “in-between”, spaces.
So, like any good writer would do, it’s time to pivot my focus here on The Sacred Pause, just like my focus is pivoting in real life.
A WIDENING - AN OPENING - A NEW BREADTH OF WRITING FROM A NEW BREATH OF LIFE - SIMPLIFICATION
The Sacred Pause will still be “The Sacred Pause” - but more open.
More real human voices, more essays that feel healing to read, more personal memoirs, more inspiring resources, more raw realizations on what it means to “heal” and “be well”, more authentic shares from those “liminal” moments in life when we take a sacred pause and find the courage to slow down, more words sourced from a place of awe at the front lines of being human in a sometimes broken yet ever beautiful world.
It will still be filled with my favorite kind of poetic prose (would you expect anything less??) But also more “off-the-cuff” thoughts + shares straight from the heart of my journal page to you. In an overly curated world, I crave for more authenticity (and these are the kinds of publications and accounts I find myself instinctively reading and devouring first over others lately).
In that vein, I feel inspired to let my voice here on The Sacred Pause evolve and grow too. I want to share more about what inspires (or recently inspired) me to pause. What stopped me in my tracks, awe-struck, humbled, and a little tickled. And I want to know what inspires you to pause too. What recent encounter left you simultaneously breathless and inspired at the same time.
I have some new *sparkly* ideas, plots, and plans for this Substack that I hope you’ll stay tuned for too…consider this your official teaser.
Take heart that The Sacred Pause continues to be a 100% reader-supported publication, so please know that your support means everything to this writer (each subscription is like a little love note nudging me to write more + share more because now I know one more pair of ears is listening).
It always feels vulnerable to change your vision - especially once you have already started crafting, creating, and sharing it with the world. So thank you for listening, for reading, and for supporting the evolution of The Sacred Pause.
xx
Heather