Pause Stories

“Like with every beautiful music that's ever been created, beats are created because there are pauses in between. So, with radical pause, it's really around like helping people find that beat. But recognizing the beat needs pauses.”Whe…

“The hardest situations I've been in were when I did not take a pause and probably should have.”As a passionate advocate for protection and social justice for vulnerable women and children, Christa Sharpe is truly the modern day wonder…

“Your mind is a very powerful tool. It can cause you pain and suffering. But if you learn how to use it well, you can enjoy more love, joy and peace and use it to create and make your desires come true with the right focus and action.”…

“I wanted to experience what it would be like to be a very small, insignificant fish in a big pond.”In a world where career paths often seem linear, Sandra's story is a refreshing reminder of the power of change. From her beginnings as…

“We often focus too much on revenue growth, and not enough on resilience. Start by building your ecosystem. The more partners you have, the more people want you to survive and the more resilient you become. And that's really an idea that comes…

In an era where technology evolves at a breakneck pace, journalists like Liza from the Wall Street Journal find themselves at the intersection of innovation and storytelling. With over 15 years of experience covering Asia, Liza shares her journey, i…

“Live in the layers, not in the litter. Though I lack the art to decipher it, no doubt the next chapter in my book of transformations is already written. I am not done with my changes” – The Layers, Stanley KunitzPure honesty &nd…

“I’ve decluttered a lot in my life. To put things back, I am very mindful, selective and critical.”In a very heartfelt podcast interview, Roger Pua reminds Linda of a very wise sculptor – chipping away from his full life so…

“The hardest pause and one of the longest pauses I've ever taken in my life was a pause on myself. Ever since I became a mother, me as QQ has taken a backseat.”  When I first started Semicolon Spaces focusing on pause stori…

"I realized that I put a lot of my own self-worth into the job"This was the biggest takeaway from Alisa Chopard’s story. For many, our jobs define us – how we show up, how we feel about ourselves, how it looks on LinkedIn. A lay…

As young as five, I knew I wanted to be a news anchor. Every evening after our family dinner, I would watch the Chinese language news with my family. I would play pretend to be a news reporter, even set up my own anchor desk with scribbles as notes …