Pauseitive Edge
One pause at a time
The Intentional Teacher: A Reflective Workshop for Inspired Educators
August 20th or August 27th
In-person
Richmond Hill
King City, Ontario
What the Workshop Offers:
A 2-hour guided session for up to 20 educators
Journaling and group dialogue to identify professional purpose and personal motivation
A calm, inspiring atmosphere that encourages clarity and presence
A toolkit of grounding, intention-setting practices that support long-term focus
“
This isn’t about doing more…
it’s about becoming more intentional
with what already matters."
Ideal Timing:
Stragetically offered at the beginning of the school year to ride the natural momentum and motivation of the return to school. This is a powerful way to help you anchor your return to school energy—and sustain it through the weeks/months ahead.
Introductory offer: $45/participant
The start of the school year is filled with energy, ideas, and anticipation.
The Intentional Teacher is a 2-hour, in-person workshop designed to help educators harness that energy—and turn it into lasting purpose and clarity for the year ahead.
This is a proactive, uplifting space for reflection, professional intention-setting, and inner alignment. This workshop is about leading from within, staying connected to personal values, and teaching with intention.
What Makes This Different:
Led by a Registered Psychotherapist with advanced training in trauma-informed group facilitation, positive psychology, and the art of holding space
Rooted in compassionate self-inquiry, meaningful conversation, and guided reflection
Inspired by transformative gathering practices that cultivates inner leadership
Features live, intuitive harp music to support stillness and creative thinking during the reflective segments
Taking a pause allows us to step out of automatic reactions and reconnect with what we’re truly feeling. In that space between doing and being, we create room for clarity, compassion, and conscious choice. Pausing is about meeting our emotions with awareness, so we can respond with our wise mind. Over time, this simple act strengthens emotional resilience, reduces overwhelm, and supports a more grounded, intentional way of living.
“This isn’t about luxury or indulgence. It’s about learning how to reset when things get overwhelming. It’s about coming back to yourself so you can be more present, more clear, and more effective—at work, at home, and in the world.”
Workshops & Day Retreats
Pause With Purpose: Nervous System Regulation
Date: TBD
In a world that’s always rushing forward, what if the most powerful thing you could do… is pause? Do you seek to lead with presence, clarity, and intention?
Welcome to a unique offering for educators, leaders, and professionals seeking to reconnect with clarity, purpose, and calm. These workshops and retreats are designed to guide you into meaningful spaces of restoration and insight, rooted in the science of nervous system regulation and the art of intentional pause.
The content is grounded in the science of nervous system regulation, and shaped by the practices of mindfulness, positive psychology, and trauma-informed care. They offer tools and experiences to help you return to a more centred, steady way of leading and living.
What’s This All About?
These sessions are led by a Registered Psychotherapist with a background in Sociology, drawing from positive psychology, trauma-informed care, and mindfulness. It’s thoughtful, research-based, and deeply human work.
You’ll learn how the nervous system plays a central role in everything from focus and communication to leadership and emotional well-being. And you’ll leave with simple, powerful tools to regulate your own system—so you can show up with more presence and less burnout and overwhelm.
What Makes This Different?
A Unique Mix of Science and Soul
It’s not either-or. You’ll get solid, science-backed strategies and reflective practices that help you slow down, breathe, and listen inward.
Live Background Harp Music
Yes—Celtic harp. Live, in the room. It’s not just beautiful; it’s used as a tool for co-regulation, calming the nervous system in a way that words can’t always reach.
A Space That Feels Safe and Real
These sessions are built around the idea of holding space—with compassion, respect, and curiosity. You’ll learn how to pause with purpose—and how to bring that pause into the way you lead, live, and relate to others.
Designed for People Who Lead
Whether you work in education, health care, leadership, homeschool, or community development, this work supports you in showing up with more steadiness, and presence for yourself and for the people who rely on you. The more regulated you are, the more regulated those around you can be.
Offerings Include:
Half-day, full-day, or weekend retreats
Custom workshops for learning environments, teams, and organizations
Ongoing group programs for educators and professional caregivers