Frequently asked questions

At A Nurturing Pause, we gather in restorative spaces for women to grow in communion with themselves and others through reflection and creativity.We bring that mission to life through weekend retreats, single-day Mini Pauses, virtual Nurture & Nosh gatherings, and other opportunities for women to pause, reflect, connect, and grow.Our experiences are coaching-informed and community-centered, with space for reflection, creativity, meaningful connection, and time to simply be.

A Nurturing Pause was created by three friends—Laura, Laura, and Jessamyn—who believe women need spaces where they can step away from the many roles they play and have time to reconnect with themselves and one another.Together, we bring backgrounds in social work, coaching, leadership, facilitation, wellness, and human services to the experiences we create. Just as importantly, we bring our own experiences as women navigating careers, relationships, families, transitions, responsibilities, and everything else that comes with being human.

It means we bring some of the principles of coaching into the experiences we create: curiosity, reflection, meaningful questions, exploring what matters to you, and looking at things from new perspectives.We might invite you to consider a question, try a creative activity, reflect on your own, or connect in conversation with other women. We're not there to give you answers or tell you what you should do. You decide what feels meaningful for you.

No. A Nurturing Pause retreats and gatherings are not therapy or mental health treatment.Our facilitators bring professional backgrounds in clinical social work, coaching, leadership, facilitation, and human services. That experience shapes how we create thoughtful, supportive spaces, but when you attend A Nurturing Pause, we are facilitating a retreat—not providing clinical services.

We love a massage and a fluffy robe as much as anyone, but that's not quite what we mean by nurturing.Our experiences make room for rest, but also for reflection, creativity, conversation, laughter, and genuine connection. We want you to have opportunities to learn something about yourself without feeling like you have to spend the whole time “working on yourself.”You don't need to leave as a new and improved version of yourself. We'd rather help create some space for you to reconnect with the person you already are.