Coaching for the people you can’t afford to lose.

You. Your senior strategists. Creative leads. Future leaders.


Brilliant and quietly carrying too much.

Pause Studio delivers strategic, tangible coaching that protects performance, strengthens leadership and reduces attrition risk.

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Does this sounds familiar?

You and your team are excellent. But the spark has dulled. The confidence wobbles. The workload never stops.

You say ‘I’m fine’ but you can feel the strain. AI anxiety, industry instability, pressure to do more with less.

Your business is one resignation email away from a £60-100k problem. And pizza Fridays won’t fix it.

Imagine if instead

✔ You and your senior talent felt clearer, steadier and more decisive.

✔ Burnout was intercepted before it became resignation.

✔ Your business built resilience as a competitive advantage.

  • Jess is both an energising and calming presence. It’s wonderful being in her orbit; knowing you can trust her smarts and be regulated by her warmth is a real ‘shoulder dropping’ experience. I’m excited for her next chapter and the wisdom she will impart.

    Frankie Yeates | Head of Mothering, Mother

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Why Pause?

Because growth doesn’t happen in constant motion. Pause Studio exists to create space , space to think clearly, feel honestly, and choose intentionally.

In a culture that rewards busyness and performance, pausing is a radical act of self-leadership.

It’s where insight replaces overwhelm, confidence replaces comparison, and decisions come from alignment rather than pressure. When we pause, we don’t fall behind, we move forward on purpose.

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Signature Pause Framework

  • Strategic Awareness

    We identify what’s actually happening beneath “overwhelm.”
    Is it workload? Identity stretch? Structural dysfunction? Confidence erosion?

    “Everything” is never actually everything.

  • Clarity & Language

    We untangle spiralling thinking.
    We build frameworks for difficult conversations.
    We restore confidence without pretending the industry isn’t shifting.

    People leave with language for Monday morning.

  • Sustainable Action

    Clear decisions.
    Brave conversations.
    Boundaries that protect both performance and people.

    High standards without hero-mode burnout.

Programme Pathways

  • For the people you secretly panic about losing.

    • Intercepts burnout early

    • Supports promotion stretch

    • Stabilises confidence in unstable markets

    • Protects institutional knowledge

  • Make your already-good people exceptional.

    • Authority in senior rooms

    • Strategic voice development

    • Boundaries with clients

    • Leadership identity expansion

  • High performance without collapse.

    • Nervous system regulation under pressure

    • Energy management over time

    • Sustainable excellence

    • Cultural resilience

  • For the person who is capable, successful, and quietly questioning:

    • “Is this pace sustainable?”

    • “Why does this feel heavier than it should?”

    • “What do I actually want next?”

    This is confidential, 1:1 coaching for:

    • Career clarity

    • Confidence rebuilding

    • Over-responsibility untangling

    • Boundary strengthening

    • Navigating change (promotion, redundancy, industry shift, motherhood, reinvention)

    You leave sessions with:

    • Clear next steps

    • Language for difficult conversations

    • Frameworks for decisions

    • Permission to stop doing what’s burning you out

Ways to work with me

Individuals

For high-performing professionals ready to realign, expand or reset.

You’re capable. Successful. Trusted.
And quietly questioning whether the current pace, pressure or path is sustainable.

This is confidential, 1:1 coaching designed to help you think clearly again.

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✓ Strategic clarity on career direction and next steps
✓ Between-session support for real-time challenges
✓ A personalised summary of insights and actions

Businesses

For agencies and organisations who can’t afford to lose their best people.

Your senior talent are carrying unprecedented pressure.
Layoffs. AI shifts. Client intensity. Stretch promotions.

This is strategic coaching that protects performance and strengthens leadership.

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✓ Protect your top talent from burnout before it becomes attrition.
✓Rebuild psychological safety so bold ideas feel possible again.
✓ Strengthen leadership under pressure, without increasing it.

Training

Shared learning. Cultural shift. Collective capability.

For leadership cohorts or teams navigating pressure, growth or change together.

Designed for agencies who want language, frameworks and resilience embedded across multiple people at once.

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✓ Leadership cohorts (6–8 participants)
✓ Half-day or full-day team workshops
✓ Hybrid models (group + 1:1 follow-up)