The Pause Principle

About the Author

Cynthia Kane is the CEO and founder of the Kane Intentional Communication™ Institute, LLC, a communication institute for professionals that provides a holistic approach to effective communication. Cynthia uses her proprietary process called the Kane Intentional Communication™ Practice and the SOFTEN practices to help individuals pause in stressful interactions and then interact in a more kind, honest, and helpful way.

Cynthia isn’t like other communication coaches out there. The whole narrative of her life shifted when her first love passed away unexpectedly in 2011. He was 32.

The minute it happened, her life changed forever. She was a blank canvas, empty.

Out of her loss came this need, desire, to feel good, to feel cared for. But no matter how much other people tried to nurture her, they couldn’t.

Little by little, she realized that the only person who could take care of her, make her a priority, make her feel good, was herself. She had to undo a lot of what she had been taught, and if she wanted to change the way she lived in the world, she was going to have to change the way she interacted with it. This meant shifting the way she interacted with herself, others, and in turn her environment.

She had to learn how to communicate differently to lead a more empowered life. And she created a practice of communication to do just that.

Now, what she wants to do is give others the same opportunity. She wants to help them learn how to take care of who they are by ...