Stage 5: Power & Resilience
You made it !! Now there is no point in believing that there is anything to be done at this stage. You've done the all of the work in stages 1 through 4. If we are being honest, Stage 5 is not so much a stage, but the end result of all...
Stage 4: Professional & Patient Assessment
So you've made it through the first 3 stages of PAUSE; and that is great. At this point, you likely have a journal full of thoughts, feelings, and emotions that you likely want to explore and some you are inclined to ignore. Let's review a little about the first three stages:
Stage 3: Peaceful Acceptance
Acceptance doesn't mean resignation (an act of giving up); it means understanding that something is what it is and that there's got to be a way through it. - Michael J. Fox
Where are you right now? You are probably wondering why you started this process to begin with....
Stage 2: Acknowledge
“Not everything that is faced can be changed, but nothing can be changed until it is faced.” – James Baldwin
Hopefully, at this point you have spent some time getting to know yourself emotionally. Its likely that you have begun journaling your feelings. Maybe you've joined the PAUSE; Virtual...
Stage 1: Perception & Awareness
"The first step toward change is awareness. The second step is acceptance." - Nathaniel Branden
This is ground zero, the first day of school, learning to pull yourself up as though you are a baby.
Below is your Acronym for Stage 1 of PAUSE; :
Stages of PAUSE;
It is important to know that the PAUSE; acronym will stand for different things depending on where you are in your process. Going through the process from start to finish, you will find that no stage is easier than the last. They all require work, and delving into the depths of your...