What This Book

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Pause on Purpose

Intentional Rest For Woman

By Candice Rockel — 4x International Bestselling Author

You’re not the only one.

You love Jesus. You love people. You show up, serve, lead, carry, manage, remember, and make it happen - often while telling everyone, “I’m fine,” when you’re running on fumes.

Pause on Purpose: Intentional Rest for Women isn’t here to shame you for being a giver and a doer. It’s a grace-filled invitation to gently examine what kind of rest you’ve been missing and to receive more of God’s rest in the middle of your real life.

With simple, practical steps and Scripture-soaked encouragement, you’ll learn how to stop living on the edge of burnout and start building small, sustainable pauses that restore your heart, not just your schedule.

Go ahead...take the pause. The laundry will survive. The emails will wait. Jesus will still be on the throne. Ready to meet you where you are.

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Pause on Purpose: Workbook

The workbook companion to Pause on Purpose takes the principles off the page and into your actual life. Through guided exercises, reflection prompts, and Scripture-based activities, you'll move from reading about rest to practicing it — one intentional pause at a time. Perfect for personal study or small groups.

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Pause on Purpose: Journal

Rest deserves space to breathe. The Pause on Purpose journal gives you exactly that — a quiet place to process, pray, and listen. With guided prompts drawn from the book alongside open pages for your own thoughts, this journal becomes a record of the places God met you when you finally slowed down enough to notice.

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Restful Hearts

Women's Retreats

The book is where you read about rest. The retreat is where you actually rest. Restful Hearts Women's Retreats are a full-day experience built on the principles of Pause on Purpose — a grace-filled space where women give themselves permission to stop, breathe, and receive what God has been waiting to say to them. Through teaching, reflection, worship, and genuine community, you leave not just refreshed but restored. Because rest isn't a reward for finishing. It's a prerequisite for becoming.

The next Restful Hearts Women's Retreat is coming Fall 2026. Join the waitlist and be the first to know when dates and details are announced.

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Testimonials

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I've been sitting on the same dream for five years. After hearing Candice speak, I finally named it out loud and took my first real step. I didn't need more clarity. I needed permission to start messy. She gave me that.

Sarah B.

Cincinnati, Ohio