A Breath
Before You Begin
A short pause before work begins.
Workday Pause · For organizations
Custom guided audio for your team.
We create short audio practices around the moments your employees actually face, from a breath before a big presentation to a pause after a difficult conversation. Listen to a few examples, then tell us what your team needs.
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Sample practices from the Workday Pause library
Selected practice
A Breath Before You Begin
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A Breath
Between Tasks
Close one task before beginning the next.
After a Difficult
Conversation
Take a moment after a difficult interaction.
When Everything
Feels Urgent
Come back to one clear next step.
Transitioning from
Work to Home
Let the workday end before heading home.
Some practices have their own page with a short description and the player: When Everything Feels Urgent and Transitioning from Work to Home.
For HR, culture, and wellbeing leaders
Small pauses for the moments that matter at work.
Workday Pause turns the situations your people navigate into a tailored collection of short, guided audio. Your team can listen privately on a phone or computer, right when a pause would help.
Tell us about your teamReal moments. Real support.
A pause that fits inside the workday.
Employees can use Workday Pause on their phone or computer in moments like:
- After a stressful morning, before work begins
- Between back-to-back meetings
- Before a difficult conversation
- After a difficult conversation
- Before a presentation
- After receiving tough feedback
- Before sending a response when emotions are high
- After an unexpected change or frustrating interaction
- During the transition from work to home
Practical. Accessible. Impactful.
- Short by design
1–3 minute audio practices designed for real work moments.
- Easy to access
A private, mobile-friendly listening page for your organization.
- Self-directed
Employees choose the practice that fits their moment.
- Private and secure
Audio is embedded directly on your custom listening page — no redirects to other sites.
- Supports a healthier workplace
Helps employees feel more aware, focused, and resilient.
Your custom package
Built around your people and their needs.
Choose the moments to support
Tell us about your team, your culture, and the situations where a short pause would be useful.
- Presentations and important meetings
- Demanding tasks and transitions
- Difficult conversations and feedback
- Other moments specific to your workplace
Receive audio made for your team
We shape a package of guided practices for your organization, including recordings created for your specific community and needs.
- Custom recorded practices
- Relevant practices from the existing library
- A private listening page for your organization
- Simple ways to share access with employees
Example custom toolkit themes
Built around the moments your people actually face.
Leadership & Communication
Before giving feedback
After a difficult conversation
Before an important meeting
High-Pressure Teams
When everything feels urgent
Between demanding tasks
After an unexpected change
Transitions & Boundaries
Beginning the workday
Returning after lunch
Transitioning from work to home
Organization-Specific Needs
Custom audio written around situations, transitions, or challenges specific to the people you support.
Your organization’s own listening space
Open. Listen. Return.
Employees receive a private, mobile-friendly listening page customized for your organization. Audio plays directly on the page, so there is no redirect to Spotify, YouTube, or another platform.
Start a conversation
Tell us what your team needs.
Describe your organization, the moments you want to support, or any questions you have.
In the automation of our lives,
the pause preserves what makes us human.
As more of our work and daily lives become automated, these small spaces create an opportunity to return to something distinctly human: our breath, our lived experience, and our ability to choose.
Workday Pause meets people where they are and gives them space to notice what is happening before choosing what comes next.
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