Name: Cynthia Kane: The Pause Principle
Start: 2025-01-22T16:30:00-05:00
End: 2025-01-22T17:30:00-05:00
Location: Give Rise Studio

Searching to feel more centered, lately? Join us at 4:30 pm on Wednesday, Jan. 22 at Give Rise Studio to hear from author Cynthia Kane about her new book, The Pause Principle: How to Keep Your Cool In Tough Situations. During her presentation, Cynthia will lead the audience in a brief meditation session and answer questions; afterwards, she will sign books for attendees. Books will be available for purchase before and after the event.
This event is free and open to the public. For accessibility requests, email [email protected] at least two (2) weeks prior to the event.
About the book:
Become a better communicator during awkward, difficult, or tense moments in the workplace.
In The Pause Principle: How to Keep Your Cool in Tough Situations, renowned corporate communications expert Cynthia Kane reveals her tried-and-tested SOFTEN practice to better handle awkward, difficult, or tense conversations at work by breaking free of automatic reactions including shutting down, running away, yelling, or getting passive aggressive or defensive. In this book, readers will learn how to regulate their bodily responses and emotions to arrive at peaceful and productive resolutions during even the most challenging moments at work.
With Kane's help, readers have the opportunity to make a profound impact in their organizations, both interpersonally and quantitatively by reducing miscommunications and therefore corporate errors. This book explores topics such as:
-The fight, flight, or freeze response, and why it's actually a very effective evolution strategy in the wilderness—just not in the workplace.
-The true financial cost of corporate miscommunication, estimated to be $4,200 per employee per year.
-The importance of mindfulness in work and life, and its key role in calming the human nervous system during stressful situations.
The Pause Principle: How to Keep Your Cool in Tough Situations earns a well-deserved spot on the bookshelves of corporate leaders, executives, managers, and all individuals seeking proven strategies to smoothly navigate stressful social situations in the workplace.
About the author: Cynthia Kane is the Founder and CEO of the Kane Intentional CommunicationTM Institute, LLC that provides services to individuals and companies to improve their communication skills. She is a certified meditation and mindfulness instructor, and the author of The Pause Principle: How to Keep Your Cool in Tough Situations, How to Communicate like a Buddhist, Talk to Yourself like a Buddhist, and How to Meditate like a Buddhist. Cynthia has a Bachelor of Arts degree from Bard College and a Master of Fine Arts degree from Sarah Lawrence College. She lives in Washington, DC, with her husband and two little kiddos.