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Minimalist Moms Podcast | Simple Living for Overwhelmed Moms

Don’t React, Respond: The Pause Principle in Action | Cynthia Kane (EP41)

Minimalist Moms Podcast | Simple Living for Overwhelmed Moms

Diane Boden

Self-improvement, Home & Garden, Leisure, How To, Kids & Family, Mental Health, Education, Parenting, Health & Fitness

4.8 • 952 Ratings

🗓️ 10 May 2025

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

This podcast is part of the Clear Intentions series of the show.

What if you could handle workplace conflict without shutting down, blowing up, or backing away? Today we’re diving into a hidden crisis in the workplace: poor communication—a leading cause of corporate errors, costing companies hundreds of thousands each year. In this episode, renowned communication expert Cynthia Kane joins us to share insights from her new book, The Pause Principle, and how her SOFTEN method can help leaders and teams navigate high-stress conversations with clarity and respect. Cynthia opens up about her personal journey and how it shaped her approach to mindful communication—tools that can transform not only professional dynamics but also personal relationships. We explore how setting daily intentions, regulating our nervous system, and staying present can drastically reduce miscommunication and bring more peace to both boardrooms and dinner tables.


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About Cynthia|

Cynthia Kane helps people enhance their lives and relationships by teaching them how to speak to themselves, others, and their environment in a kind, honest, and helpful way. She has taught over 50,000 people how to change the way they communicate through her bestselling books (How to Communicate Like a Buddhist, Talk to Yourself Like a Buddhist, How to Meditate Like a Buddhist), DailyOM Courses (How to Communicate Like a Buddhist and Turn Off the Enemy in Your Mind), and the Intentional Communication Training Program. She is a certified meditation and mindfulness instructor, certified breathing coach, and the founder of the Kane Intentional Communication Institute, LLC. She lives in Washington, DC, with her husband and two little kiddos.


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Transcript

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0:00.0

I used to be very passive aggressive, very judgmental, had a lot of challenges in silence,

0:07.9

had a hard time expressing myself, really didn't love confrontational situations or things like

0:13.9

that. I just started practicing figuring this out, and that's then when I started writing

0:20.5

about what I was seeing changed because

0:23.3

the way that I was communicating was changing. And I was becoming way more intentional with my language.

0:29.6

Usually we want the other person in this moment to validate us and make us feel better and say,

0:35.3

oh, I totally understand. Right? But we don't get that.

0:38.2

So in the moment our work is, can we own our own discomfort? The pause principle really helps

0:43.6

because what it does is it makes it so that you become more human in these moments, right?

0:50.4

There's a lot of us who think we're just set in our ways. And it really is possible to learn a new way of connecting with yourself and other people.

1:01.3

What if you could handle workplace conflict without shutting down, blowing up, or backing away?

1:07.3

Today we're diving into a hidden crisis in the workplace, poor communication, which is a leading

1:12.8

cause of corporate errors costing companies hundreds of thousands each year. In today's episode,

1:18.9

renowned communication expert Cynthia Kane joins me to share insights from her new book,

1:23.7

The Pause Principle. She opens up about her personal journey and how it shaped her approach

1:28.5

to mindful communication tools that can transform not only professional dynamics, but also

1:33.5

personal relationships. So even if you're not currently in a workplace setting, the strategies

1:38.5

that Cynthia discusses here are incredibly beneficial. But before we get there, I quickly want to

1:43.2

encourage you to leave a rating

1:44.3

and review for the podcast. If you've yet to do this, pause the episode. It takes 30 seconds or less,

1:49.6

and it is the best way to help others continue to find the show. So thank you so much in advance

1:54.1

to those of you who choose to do that today. And with that, let's get to the conversation with

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