Curated wellness products ★
Daily self-care rituals ★
🇨🇦 Supporting Canadian small businesses ★
Curated wellness products ★
Daily self-care rituals ★
🇨🇦 Supporting Canadian small businesses ★
Curated wellness products ★
Daily self-care rituals ★
🇨🇦 Supporting Canadian small businesses ★
Curated wellness products ★
Daily self-care rituals ★
🇨🇦 Supporting Canadian small businesses ★
Curated wellness products ★
Daily self-care rituals ★
🇨🇦 Supporting Canadian small businesses ★
Curated wellness products ★
Daily self-care rituals ★
🇨🇦 Supporting Canadian small businesses ★
Curated wellness products ★
Daily self-care rituals ★
🇨🇦 Supporting Canadian small businesses ★
Curated wellness products ★
Daily self-care rituals ★
🇨🇦 Supporting Canadian small businesses ★
Curated wellness products ★
Daily self-care rituals ★
🇨🇦 Supporting Canadian small businesses ★
Curated wellness products ★
Daily self-care rituals ★
🇨🇦 Supporting Canadian small businesses ★

Why we created the Pause Project

In today’s busy world, pausing can feel impossible. Between work, responsibilities, and caring for others, many people move through their days without a moment to check in with themselves.

But mental health matters.

During Mental Health Week, we’re inviting individuals and organizations across Canada to take a step back and create space for care.

The Pause Project was designed to make self-care simple, intentional, and accessible through small daily moments that support well-being. Because sometimes, the most powerful thing we can do is pause.

Research shows that 1 in 5 Canadians experience a mental health problem each year, and hundreds of thousands miss work weekly due to mental health challenges.

Creating opportunities for reflection and care isn't just meaningful. It's necessary.

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What’s inside the Pause Box

Take a Peek Inside ⤵

A thoughtfully curated 8-day wellness experience designed to guide participants through meaningful moments of care.

Each day, participants open a new compartment revealing a small ritual, product, or reflection designed to support mental well-being.

Inside you’ll discover:

✔ 6 wellness products from Canadian small businesses
✔ 2 mental wellness tools from the Canadian Mental Health Association
✔ Encouragement and insights from mental health professionals

Each item is intentionally chosen to create a gentle daily reminder to pause, breathe, and reconnect with yourself.

The result is more than a gift box. It’s a guided wellness experience.

Pre-order the Pause Box

How the Pause Project works

  • Step 1: Receive Your Wellness Box

    Order your Pause Box or receive one through your workplace or organization.

  • Step 2: Open One Moment Per Day

    During Mental Health Week, open one compartment each day to reveal a new wellness ritual, product, or reflection.

  • Step 3: Create Your Daily Pause

    Take a few minutes each day to engage with your experience, whether it’s journaling, mindful reflection, or simply being present with the moment.

As you pause, gently check in with yourself:

How am I feeling right now?

Where are my thoughts lingering today?

What do I need in this moment?

How do I feel after taking this time for myself?

These small moments of awareness can help you reconnect, reset, and move through your day with greater intention.

A wellness experience designed for Mental Health Week

Taking place from May 4–10, 2026, Mental Health Week is an opportunity for individuals, teams, and communities to come together around well-being.

The Pause Project helps make that commitment tangible.

It’s perfect for:

  • ✔ Corporate Mental Health Week programming

    ✔ Employee appreciation initiatives

    ✔ Client gifting with purpose

  • ✔ Wellness events and conferences

    ✔ Personal self-care journeys

    ✔ Team-building and culture experiences

Each box helps create daily moments of care during the week dedicated to mental health awareness.

Bring the Pause Project to Your Team

Support Canadian Small Businesses

Every Pause Box features products from independent Canadian wellness brands.

Your purchase helps support:

  • Local entrepreneurs

  • Women-owned businesses

  • BIPOC-owned brands

  • Sustainable small-batch makers

In addition, a portion of every box supports initiatives through the Canadian Mental Health Association, helping expand access to mental health resources across Canada.

When you participate in The Pause Project, you’re investing in both personal well-being and community impact.

The Impact We’re Creating Together

The Pause Project is more than a product. It’s a movement toward intentional care.

Our collective goal:

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wellness boxes distrubted through the Pause Project

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🇨🇦 Canadian small businesses supported

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moments of care created across Canada

Together, we can make self-care feel possible even in the busiest seasons of life. 

Join the Movement

For organizations & corporate teams

Forward-thinking organizations understand that supporting employee well-being isn’t just good culture. It’s good business.

The Pause Project offers a meaningful way to recognize your team during Mental Health Week.

Designed as a ready-to-deliver experience, each box guides your team through daily pauses that encourage reflection, reduce stress, and support overall well-being.

Organizations that invest in mental health initiatives see measurable benefits for both people and performance. 

Request Corporate Pricing

For sponsors & community partners

Be part of a national movement focused on making mental well-being more accessible.

The Pause Project offers organizations the opportunity to align with Mental Health Week in a way that is both visible and impactful, connecting your brand to a growing community that values wellness, care, and intentional living.

As a sponsor, you gain meaningful visibility while helping expand access to wellness experiences across Canada.

Opportunities include:

✔ Brand visibility across campaign materials and wellness boxes

✔ Connection to a wellness-focused audience

✔ Alignment with Mental Health Week on a national scale

✔ Custom activation opportunities, including sponsored moments of care

Request Sponsorship Details

Why the Pause Project matters

I Deserve was created from a deeply personal journey through burnout, isolation, and the search for meaningful self-care.

The Pause Project extends that mission by helping people create space for wellness in the middle of everyday life.

Because taking care of yourself shouldn’t feel like a luxury.

It should feel like something you deserve.

— Mikhailla, Founder