A Souful Pause

Josette Diaz
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A Soulful Pause is a space for women who have lived enough life to know when something inside them is shifting. This is not a podcast about fixing yourself, optimizing your mindset, or pushing through the next chapter. It’s a place to slow down and listen to the intelligence of emotion, to the wisdom born of lived experience, to the quiet moments when clarity arrives before words. Each episode offers a pause from performance and pressure, and an orientation toward what is real, present, and asking for attention now. Sometimes that comes through solo reflections. Sometimes, through conversations with women who are living, questioning, leading, and evolving from the inside out. A Soulful Pause speaks to midlife not as a crisis; it is a threshold, where survival loosens its grip and a deeper way of living begins to emerge. This show is for women who are not interested in becoming someone new, only in remembering who they are beneath the roles, rules, and expectations they’ve outgrown. If something here resonates, it’s not a coincidence. It’s recognition and alignment. josettediaz.substack.com

  1. A Soulful Pause | Episode 2 - Energy Leadership With Dr. Melissa Corely Carter

    3d ago

    A Soulful Pause | Episode 2 - Energy Leadership With Dr. Melissa Corely Carter

    What if the reason you feel stuck, drained, or like you’re moving through life on autopilot has nothing to do with your circumstances, and everything to do with the level of energy you’re operating from? In this episode of A Soulful Pause, I’m joined by the extraordinary Dr. Melissa Corley Carter, actual rocket scientist, retired Air Force officer, award-winning author, and certified professional coach, for a conversation on Energy Leadership that will make you see yourself completely differently. We talk about the seven levels of energy, what it looks and feels like to be stuck in the lower energy levels, and what it actually takes to shift, not theoretically, but in your real life, in your real body, on your real starting line. Dr. Melissa is the kind of guest you don’t forget. Her brilliance is matched only by her warmth, and this conversation is the kind that stays with you long after it ends. Watch the full episode, and then ask yourself: what level am I operating from right now? 🔔 Subscribe so you don’t miss Part Three - Quantum & Quantum Human Design. 📖 Learn more about Dr. Melissa: http://epiclifeactually.com This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit josettediaz.substack.com

    37 min
  2. A Soulful Pause | Episode 1 of 3

    Jul 3

    A Soulful Pause | Episode 1 of 3

    What happens when a woman stops waiting for permission and simply… runs? In this first episode of a three-part series, I sit down with the extraordinary Dr. Melissa Corley Carter, rocket scientist, retired Air Force officer, seven-continents marathoner, and certified professional coach. We talk about the woman behind the title, the dreams that shattered, and the miles that put her back together. We go into her award-winning book Running the World, what the earth taught her on seven different continents, and the quiet truth that kept showing up no matter where she ran. If you've ever stood at a starting line, of anything, you will find hidden gems in this episode. Dr. Melissa Corley Carter, The Barefoot Dancing Rocket Scientist and EPIC LIFE Coach, helps rockstar humans reclaim their power, own their awesomeness, and take giant leaps of faith. An actual rocket scientist, 7-continent marathoner, astronaut reject, speaker, award-winning author, retired Air Force officer, and certified professional coach, Melissa will inspire you to celebrate the power of who you are and ignite your passion for the life you live. Author/photographer of the award-winning book, Running the World: Marathon Memoirs from the Seven Continents, and the companion wisdom card deck, Running YOUR World This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit josettediaz.substack.com

    43 min

  3. Feb 14

    Steady Love in an Emotional World

    Steady Love in an Emotional World Valentine’s Day often centers on romantic love, hearts, devotion, chemistry, and connection. Yet there is another form of love that rarely gets named. In this episode of A Soulful Pause, we explore mature love, the kind that does not depend on approval, agreement, or emotional fusion. The kind that can hold a boundary without cruelty. The kind that feels deeply without weaponizing pain. The kind that does not abandon itself to preserve peace. This conversation invites midlife women into a deeper question: What if love is not softness alone…What if it is: steadiness? emotional regulation? inner authority in action? We explore: • The difference between reactive emotion and regulated response • Why boundaries are an expression of love, not a rejection of it • How midlife shifts the way we love, from approval to alignment • The emotional discipline required to love without hardening An integrated love.The kind that begins inside. Take a breath. Pause with me. Let’s redefine love. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit josettediaz.substack.com

    20 min

  4. Feb 7

    Where We Learned to Place Our Worth

    Where We Learned to Place Our Worth A Soulful Pause on Childhood Imprints and the Return Home In this episode of A Soulful Pause, I explore how childhood quietly teaches us where our worth lives, often attaching it to objects, roles, achievements, or identities that feel like proof we are enough. This conversation is inspired by my chapter Topaz — A Path of Returning in Voices of the 21st Century, yet it moves beyond the story itself into the deeper remembering beneath it. We trace the long arc many women walk:From early symbols that anchor identity…To adult patterns that protect those symbols…To the midlife moment when the soul begins asking different questions. This is not a conversation about fixing yourself.It’s about recognizing what was never lost. Midlife isn’t a breakdown — it’s a reckoning. If you’ve ever felt disoriented by change… If something that once defined you has fallen away… If you sense a quiet call to come home to yourself… This pause is for you. A few gentle questions to begin noticing: What belief about your worth did you inherit?What symbol once carried your identity?What would it feel like to place your worth back where it belongs? If you didn’t need to prove your value…what would shift? This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit josettediaz.substack.com

    23 min

  5. Jan 16

    Ritual, Superstition & the New Moon

    In this episode, we explore ritual, superstition, and magical thinking,not as curiosities from the past, but as living responses within the modern nervous system. Long before planners, productivity tools, or self-improvement frameworks, women gathered around fire, moon cycles, and symbolic acts to create safety during change. Ritual was a way to stay connected when the ground beneath them shifted. Arriving alongside the New Moon in Capricorn, this conversation gently examines how we build our lives, carry responsibility, and unconsciously rely on patterns that once helped us survive. Together, we explore the difference between ritual as alchemy, participation in something larger, and ritual as control, the belief that if we do things “right,” nothing will fall apart. We look at subtle superstitions, the discomfort with rest, the anxiety that arises in stillness, and the urge to stay busy when quiet appears. Not as flaws to fix, but as intelligent signals from a nervous system that learned safety through doing. A Soulful Pause offers space to notice where survival has been mistaken for truth, and to begin listening for the quieter authority beneath it. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit josettediaz.substack.com

    21 min

  6. Jan 9

    The Moment Logic Is No Longer Enough

    I sat down with Adam Dickinson, an expert in Logic-to-Intuition Integration who helps people understand and interpret their inner intelligence as their awareness expands. After spending more than 15 years solving problems through logic at the FBI, Adam experienced an internal shift that required him to navigate inner signals, emotional resonance, and expanded states of awareness in a grounded, practical way. His work brings clarity, confidence, and structure to a process that often feels confusing or overwhelming. This is a powerful, grounded conversation about what actually happens when your awareness expands, and how to move through inner evolution with both logic and intuition working together. Tune in today for A Soulful Pause. Connect With Adam Dickinson Here: http://linkedin.com/in/adam-r-dickinson This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit josettediaz.substack.com

    44 min
  7. The End of Survival

    12/26/2025

    The End of Survival

    * There is a kind of exhaustion that appears in midlife that rest does not fix. It isn’t about being busy.It isn’t about doing too much.And it isn’t a failure of resilience. In this episode, we speak to something many women are carrying quietly,an exhaustion that arrives after decades of responsibility, emotional labor, caregiving, and holding it all together. If you’ve ever found yourself thinking,“I shouldn’t feel this tired. I’ve handled harder things than this.”This conversation is for you. If you’re navigating midlife with more questions than answers, you’re invited to subscribe for pause, clarity, and inner listening. This episode delves into a deeper truth about burnout, reframing it not as collapse, but as the moment when survival has completed its work. Together, we name what survival mode actually is, how it forms without consent, and why midlife often becomes the moment it asks to release its grip. This is not a diagnosis.It’s an orientation.A recognition. Be sure to listen, if you feel the quiet sense that something in you is ready to live differently, not harder, not faster, simply more honestly. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit josettediaz.substack.com

    16 min

  8. 12/19/2025

    Guest: Stephenie Foster, Strategist for Women & Girls

    Guest: Stephenie Foster Advocate, Author, Diplomat, Strategist for Women & Girls In this episode of A Soulful Pause, we sit with Stephenie Foster, lawyer, author, former U.S. State Department senior advisor, and lifelong advocate for the economic and political empowerment of women and girls. Stephenie brings decades of experience working at the intersection of policy, diplomacy, and advocacy, including her work on feminist foreign policy, strategic philanthropy, and the urgent humanitarian response to Afghan relocation, with a focus on women and girls. Together, we explore what it truly takes to create lasting change, not only through systems and strategy, also through values, courage, and inner clarity. This conversation invites us to pause and reflect on leadership rooted in purpose, the cost of ignoring women’s voices, and the quiet inner knowing that guides bold, principled action. This is a soulful conversation about power with integrity, advocacy with heart, and the intelligence that emerges when lived experience meets deep conviction. To Connect With Stephenie Foster: Website:  https://stepheniefoster.com/ Books on Amazon:  Take Action:  Fighting for Women and Girls - https://a.co/d/bAQjhW7 And Feminist Foreign Policy:  In Theory and In Practice - https://a.co/d/hOGOoRq This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit josettediaz.substack.com

    49 min
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A Soulful Pause is a space for women who have lived enough life to know when something inside them is shifting. This is not a podcast about fixing yourself, optimizing your mindset, or pushing through the next chapter. It’s a place to slow down and listen to the intelligence of emotion, to the wisdom born of lived experience, to the quiet moments when clarity arrives before words. Each episode offers a pause from performance and pressure, and an orientation toward what is real, present, and asking for attention now. Sometimes that comes through solo reflections. Sometimes, through conversations with women who are living, questioning, leading, and evolving from the inside out. A Soulful Pause speaks to midlife not as a crisis; it is a threshold, where survival loosens its grip and a deeper way of living begins to emerge. This show is for women who are not interested in becoming someone new, only in remembering who they are beneath the roles, rules, and expectations they’ve outgrown. If something here resonates, it’s not a coincidence. It’s recognition and alignment. josettediaz.substack.com

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    Josette Diaz
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