ISSUE 2
The Balance Issue
Balance is rarely something we arrive at once and for all. It’s something we learn through the seasons of our lives — sometimes through intention, and sometimes through circumstances that invite us to slow down. This issue of Pause explores the many ways we can return to balance in our work, our bodies, and our daily rhythms.
Letter from the Editor
Dear beautiful reader,
Pause became a magazine for so many reasons.
The pull so many of us feel to slow down.
The ideas and modeling we need to actually do it.
The expert strategies that invite us into pause in all areas of life — from menopause, to the shift between seasons, to the quiet moments in our days that we often overlook.
This issue comes at a time when I’ve been living in my own deep pause. In mid-July, I had brain surgery. I planned for two weeks off to fully rest — mapping out in April how I could step back while still making sure our clients felt cared for. That plan stretched me, but it worked. I got the surgery, I paused, and I let my body begin to heal.
But what I didn’t anticipate was that the pause wouldn’t end when those two weeks were up. I no longer need to fully step away from work, but I do need far more moments of pause in my days. I pause to think about what truly matters in a workday — what’s essential and what can wait. I pause to consider what I want to eat and what my family needs to eat. I pause because I can’t yet drive, which means asking for help with groceries or ordering them ahead. I pause to map out the arc of a day so there’s room for naps, for breaks from the screen, for my body’s natural rhythm.
Pause and planning have always been in a dance for me — it’s why I started this magazine. And this season has shown me that dance at an even deeper level.
Now, as we step into fall, there’s a natural busyness and bustle in the air. It’s harvest season — a time of gathering, creating, and preparing for what’s next. But it’s also a season that asks us to grow and shift in alignment with who we are becoming.
So I ask myself…
How can I pause to make time to move my body?
How can I not only make soup, but pause to savor it?
What do I need to pause in my workday to make time for a podcast interview or to update my profiles?
I can’t pause time, but how can I connect more deeply with my kids — and honor my feelings about them leaving?
How can I remember to pause, breathe, and rest?
Think of reading this issue as a pause in your own day. Let the articles be loving nudges to pause what’s not serving you (or even pause enough to notice what those things are!) — and step into something different. Let them remind you to stop rushing and start receiving the life you’ve always wanted.
Because when we pause, we create space.
And in that space, life gets to meet us in beautiful ways.
With so much love,
Mia
Q&A
We asked and Fabienne answered. As your life has evolved—motherhood, marriage, personal growth—how has your business evolved with you? Were there specific moments where you knew it was time to evolve? What were those pivot points, and what helped you move through them? You moved your family to France—how has living there shaped your life, your family rhythm, and your work? What surprised you? How has your definition of success shifted over time? What does a typical week look like for you? How do you structure your time to support both your business and your life? What’s the most important thing you do for your business these days? For you? What’s something you used to think was essential that you’ve since let go of? What personal growth practices or modalities have made the biggest difference in how you show up as a woman, leader, partner, or parent? You talk often about having it all. What does that look like? What’s next for you? Any dreams you’re calling in or new ways your business is evolving?
In this Issues
Productivity Redefined
In Her Flow: An interview with Fabienne Fredrickson
In Balanced Company with Asha D Ramakrishna
In Balanced Company with Carrie Allen,
In Balanced Company with Anne Bunn and Jill Forney
Your FALL Rhythm
Food + Body
Sunday Kitchen Rituals for Calmer Weeks with Allison Schaff
Fitness Routines that Fit Your Life Now with Krystal Taylor
Soup for Supper recipes from Tess Masters
What It Means to Run Your Labs with Amanda Hinman
Entrepreneurship
Plan It All With Post-Its with Megan Flatt
Intentional AI with Donna Cravotta
Podcast Guseting: 5 Must Dos with Candy Motzek
Make Your Workspace More Sacred with Christine Martin
Business Timezones and Timelines with Lisa Mullis
Energy & Soul
Feng Shui for Fall: Practice Letting Go with Sara Bird Nelson
Play The Expansion Game, So Fear Stops Holding You Back with Gosia Gorna
Thrive With Breathwork with Melissa Burgio
5 Shamanic Tools For Energetic Upgrades with Julie Hannon
Oracle Card Reading for Fall with Patty Lennon
Astrology Report
with Danielle Hendrickson
Life
100 Day Practice
Empty Nesting? Tend to Your Heart with Dawn Michele Jackson
What’s in Mia’s Bag?
3 Tips for Your Fall Calendar with Ashley Ludlow
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ISSUE 2
The Balance Issue
Exploring how wellness, business, and daily life can support each other instead of compete.
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