The Growth Issue

Letter from the Editor

Dear Beautiful Reader,

This issue arrives at a moment when so much feels like it’s moving quickly — in the world, in technology, and in our own lives — hello year of the Fire Horse. And yet spring reminds us that growth doesn’t happen through urgency. It happens through nourishment, patience, and the emerging decision to tend to what matters most.

I am especially excited to introduce you to our cover feature, Tess Masters. Tess has played a profound role in my health journey over the past few years, helping me navigate the early waves of perimenopause at the start of the pandemic, prepare for brain surgery last summer, and rethink what it truly means to support my body. Working with Tess helped me rebuild my relationship with food, energy, and daily care in a way that feels sustainable, deeply supportive, and always delicious. I’m so grateful to share her wisdom with you here. She is not only brilliant in her work, but also a deeply caring and wise woman whose approach reminds us that nourishment is foundational to everything we want to create.

We are holding the tension many of us feel right now — the intimacy of daily choices alongside the larger, complex realities unfolding around us. This is what keeps revealing itself to me: the world is asking a lot of us, and meeting it requires capacity. The collective work ahead — in our families, communities, businesses, and beyond — depends on individuals who are resourced enough to show up with clarity and strength.

Throughout these pages, we explore growth in many forms. You’ll find conversations about tending to your health and nervous system, creating calmer homes, processing the emotions that accompany change, and building businesses and financial lives that feel both sustainable and expansive.

I also find myself thinking often about the role women over fifty are stepping into. With lived experience comes perspective, resilience, and a deeper understanding of what truly matters. There is a quiet power in this stage of life — one that allows us not only to grow personally, but to help hold what comes next, what generations ahead will create.

Our theme for this issue is Grow. Grow your health. Grow your energy. Grow your business and your inner wellbeing. Plant seeds that will support the person you are still becoming.

We’re also thrilled to launch the Pause Magazine Substack alongside this issue, where we’ll continue deeper conversations with many of the contributors you meet here.

Thank you for pausing with us — for choosing reflection in a world that often rewards speed. My hope is that these pages support you in growing gently, intentionally, and with hope in your step.

With so much love,
Mia

In this Issues

Entrepreneurship

GROW YOUR BUSINESS MODEL Carolyn Herfurth

GROW THOUGHT LEADERSHIP Shannon Hernandez

GROW YOUR NETWORK ON LINKED IN Nina Froriep

GROW YOUR BUSINESS CONFIDENCE Amanda Dake

GROW YOUR MARKETING Holly Fisher

5 MONEY APPOINTMENTS THAT WILL CHANGE YOUR BUSINESS from a Conversation with LuSundra Everett

THE WORK COLLECTION Things we Love