Clarity over Chaos: Take the Pause

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Well, hello, my valued listeners, and welcome back to another episode of Living in Your Power.
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I'm your host, Dr. Marlene Greenleaf, and we are right in the heart of our September
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series, Clarity Over Chaos, Leading with Stillness, Strategy, and Strength.
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Now, so far, we've explored what it means to quiet the noise and tune into truth.
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But today, I want to talk about one of the most radical and restorative choices
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you can make as a leader, woman, and world shifter.
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And that's taking the pause.
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Because contrary to a culture tells us, pausing isn't quitting.
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Pausing is powerful.
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So let's get into it.
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Let's break down the myth of momentum.
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Now we've been conditioned to believe that if we pause, we'll fall behind.
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That stillness equals stagnation and that rest equals weakness that reflection
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means we're not doing enough,
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but let me ask you this what if the very thing you are calling procrastination,
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is actually protection,
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What if God is asking you to pause Not to punish,
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but to prepare you. In our pursuit of progress, we sometimes bypass purpose.
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And purpose isn't found in the race. It's revealed in the rest.
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Now even Jesus paused. So let's ground this in scripture.
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Luke 5.16 says, But Jesus often withdrew to lonely places and prayed.
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It says often, not occasionally, not when it was convenient, often.
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So even Jesus, in all his power, purpose, and divine assignment, made time to pause.
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He made time to withdraw, to reconnect, and to recharge.
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So if he needed pause, what makes us think that we don't?
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Why do you think we resist a pause? Now in my opinion, here's why I think so
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many of us avoid slowing down.
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I think we tie our worth to our work,
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We are afraid of what silence might reveal. And we think everything will fall
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apart if we stop holding it all together.
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But the truth, my dear listeners, is the world doesn't fall apart when you pause.
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In fact, sometimes the world around you finally starts making sense.
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Because when you stop, you can see, you can hear, and you can feel again.
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And that's where your clarity lives.
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I want to give you three types of pause that I believe will change your life.
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First is the micropause. And a micropause is a moment, a breath,
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a shift in your shoulders.
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That's a micropause. Now if you do this before responding to say a tough email
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or making a big decision or jumping into your day.
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This is a micropause. The second is a sacred pause.
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The sacred pause, you create space weekly for your Sabbath, your Sunday service,
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for journaling, or for unplugging.
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So let your soul stretch out and exhale.
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This is your sacred pause. And the third one, it's a strategic pause.
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Now, with the strategic pause, you take a day or even a season to reassess your vision.
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Now, you're doing this not because you're lost, but because you're growing, you're scaling.
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This is your strategic pause.
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Now, here's your empowerment prompt.
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What's one area of your life that's asking you to slow down right now?
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Is it your health? Your relationship? Your spirit?
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I want you to think on this. Write it down.
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And then write this down. I give myself permission to pause Because clarity is calling me forward,
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I'll say it again I give myself permission to pause Because clarity is calling me forward.
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My valuelessness pausing doesn't
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delay your destiny it deepens
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your direction you're not falling behind you're falling into alignment so take
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the pause the world can wait your purpose will still be here and your peace will thank you.
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So I'll be back next week with another powerful episode entitled Strong Enough to Shift.
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But until then, my dear listeners, I want you to live boldly in your power.
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And if it gets tough, just breathe.
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You still got the strength to.
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Music.