In this episode of Essential Pause, Carey is joined by colleague and friend Dr. Es Swihart for a real-life conversation about what it means to pause in the messy middle—those everyday moments filled with motion, relationships, and deadlines.

Building on earlier episodes that introduced the pause as a practice, Carey and Es explore how change often begins in the smallest micro-moments: a breath before responding, a quiet reflection, a walk between meetings. This episode bridges theory and lived experience, offering stories, insights, and reminders that growth rarely happens neatly—but it does happen when we slow down enough to notice.