This week we are sharing a previous conversation we had with Naketa Thigpen that resonates today as much as it did in 2020. Words like self-care and pause are not common phrases you hear among ambitious, hard charging, forward thinking trailblazers but it should be! Naketa shares her wisdom on the power of the pause and what means to to re-charge your spirit as a strategy. As we continue to manage through the personal and professional challenges of life, please choose to give yourself the time to be in this conversation. Naketa Ren Thigpen is an expert Balance and Relationship Advisor, Psychotherapist, Trauma Specialist and Author. Her energy and practical advice will fill your soul with the love and fuel you need to live your best life! (5:00) Naketa shares with us her idea of “pausing” and how empowering it can be to embrace it (8:40) What does Naketa see in personal/professional lives and what advice is she sharing with them? (12:40) Guilt and shame, what are they about and how do they come up in Naketa’s work? (18:40) “I already know” can be the most dangerous sentence. Naketa explains why. (22:28) What does “recharging your spirit” mean and how is this strategy important for your own routine? (32:28) How does the word NO play into the idea of permission to pause, and giving balance to work and life? (36:50) What is Naketa working on personally, in her own life, that she can share with us? Connect with Naketa Thigpen https://www.linkedin.com/in/naketathigpen/ Subscribe: Warriors At Work Podcasts Website: https://jeaniecoomber.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/986666321719033/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jeanie_coomber/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/jeanie_coomber LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeanie-coomber-90973b4/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCbMZ2HyNNyPoeCSqKClBC_w