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Relax and Reconnect
By Getting Unstuck

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    15+ years life coaching, 8+ years career coaching, proven strategies and simple tips to take YOU from overwhelm to clarity in your life and career!

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    Simple and easy to follow articles, courses and coaching tools to help YOU Escape the Pace and feel relaxed, refreshed and refocused!

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    Understanding and support as YOU learn to turn your struggles into strengths, shine your brilliant light and claim your power!

    Ready for a Change?

    Screen Time to Green Time

    With the advent of sophisticated technologies and the rise of pervasive social media, our lives have become more complex and stressful. While technology keeps us connected, it can also disconnect us from living in the present moment.

    Rediscovering presence can be as simple as stepping outside, embracing nature breaks, or unplugging and relaxing on a cozy couch. At Escape the Pace, we're dedicated to helping you break free from distractions and stress. Through our tailored strategies, we’ll guide you to uncover your unique gifts and live your best, most connected life.

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    Our Mission

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    Escape The Pace

    Dedicated to helping you relax, focus, discover your gifts, and live your best life!

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    Simplify Life

    Helping You Minimize Distractions and Overwhelm by Taking Mini-Vacations and Utilizing Proven Stress-Busting Strategies

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    Career and Life

    Helping You Relax, Tap Into Your Unique Gifts and Talents, and Make the Most of Your Career and Life

    FAQ

    We receive many questions about how to calm down and enjoy life more, and we also get a lot of questions about our careers and work/life balance. Check our FAQ’s below to see if we’ve  answered YOUR favorite questions.

    What do you mean by escaping the pace?
    Escaping the pace is taking minute vacations amidst your busy day to calm down, breathe deeply, move your body and give your mind a break from technology and endless distractions.

    Whether you take five minutes or a few hours will depend on your lifestyle, obligations, time of day, and other factors. If you practice escaping daily, it will help you manage day-to-day stressors and get more focused and productive while still feeling less pulled in many directions.

     

    How has technology impacted our modern lives?
    “Since 2003, when my first book, Escape the Pace: 100 Ways to Slow Down and Enjoy Your Life, was published, I’ve witnessed an increasingly fast pace of life. The first book touched on ways to slow down and relax. However, it was published years too soon; people didn’t understand its value until after the rise of the digital age.

    With the advent of more sophisticated technologies and social media, our lives have become more complex and stressful. As much as we are connected digitally, we may be disconnected because we are distracted by technology and not living in the present moment.” (Excerpt from the new book, Tech-Free Vacations for Busy People).

    How does stress affect the body?
    From cortisol imbalances to hormonal issues, from brain fog to cardiac conditions, and now including digestive and growth hormone issues, stress imbalances can destroy the body in lots of ways.

    Knowing that stress can impact the body in many ways, it’s essential to understand how to minimize negative stress and utilize positive stress to achieve what you need to do.

    At Escape the Pace, we can support you in your health, wellness, and career journey.

    Why did you write about escaping the pace and tech-free vacations?
    “The inspiration for Tech-Free Vacations for Your Busy Life has challenged me to think differently in recent years. Since I wrote my first book, Escape the Pace: 100 Fun and Easy Ways to Slow Down and Enjoy Your Life, I felt the pace of life keep accelerating, and people appeared to be more stressed and overwhelmed trying to keep up with everything. As a working mother and career professional, I also felt the pressure of growing demands.

    People complained about how technology was impacting their lives. They would mention their tech-addicted children getting lost in online gaming or social media. I also heard people say how technology changed their jobs or eliminated some positions due to technological advances.” (Excerpt from Lisa’s book, Tech-Free Vacations for Busy People.)

    I wrote my latest book, Tech-Free Vacations for Busy People, to respond to people’s stress and offer fun and straightforward tech-free vacations. 

    What People Say...

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    "Lisa has a true gift for coaching and was a great help to me! I feel privileged I was able to work with Lisa. I wasn’t sure of my direction, but Lisa helped me cut through overwhelm, so I could quickly reach my goals. I was also ‘stuck’ on marketing and revenue-building, and I learned simple and fun ways to promote my business to make more money, help more people and achieve my dreams.”

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    "Just one session of Lisa’s coaching helped me get clarity as to the best direction to move forward with my writing business! Lisa is patient, kind, encouraging, and knows how to ask great questions to help you move yourself ahead – quickly!”

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    "Escape - oh how often do those words echo in the minds of people. It does not matter if you are a CEO, a 3-year-old or a Grandma, we all need to escape. Escape does not mean abandon ship; it can mean find a change. Lisa Rickwood has created these escapes for us all. Not only is there a way to Escape the Pace, there are many ways. If the page you are on does not work -flip it. Everyone needs this book!"

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    "Lisa has catalogued more ways to escape than I would have thought possible!"

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