The 3 Minute Pause Podcast

It’s Not FOMO—It’s the Fear of Being Forgotten

What if it’s not FOMO—but the fear of being forgotten? This episode explores the urge to always show up for others, even at your own expense. Learn how people-pleasing, anxiety, and fear of abandonment drive your decisions—and how to pause so you can respond with clarity instead of reacting

Episode 5 - Why Change Triggers Anxiety

Why does losing your daily routine trigger anxiety? In this episode of The 3 Minute Pause, discover how small rituals regulate your nervous system and why change can bring difficult emotions to the surface. Learn how feeling your emotions while soothing yourself builds real emotional resilience when life disrupts your habits.

Episode 4 — Panic or Growth?

You feel stuck, even though nothing is technically wrong. So the urge arrives: change everything. New job, new city, new direction. In this episode of The 3 Minute Pause, we explore why life transitions can trigger anxiety in the nervous system and how urgency can disguise itself as purpose. Learning to pause helps you tell the difference between panic pushing you to act and real growth asking you to stay.

Episode 3 — When Your Child’s Emotions Hijack You

Your child’s emotions explode and suddenly your body is reacting too. Your chest tightens and calm disappears in seconds. In this episode of The 3 Minute Pause, we explore why a child’s dysregulation can feel contagious and what happens inside your nervous system in that moment. Co-regulation isn’t fixing their feelings — it’s learning to stay present while the storm moves through.

Episode 2 — Why Small Things Trigger Big Fights

“I want you to want to.” It sounds small, but in relationships those moments can feel enormous. In this episode of The 3 Minute Pause, we explore why ordinary frustrations — dishes, sighs, asking for help — can suddenly turn into big emotional fights. Often it isn’t the chore at all. It’s the deeper fear of being unseen or alone inside the relationship.

Episode 1 — Why You React at Work

An email lands at work and suddenly your chest tightens. You feel defensive, exposed, or the urge to explain yourself before you even know why. In this episode of The 3 Minute Pause, we explore why your body reacts before your thinking brain catches up, and how recognising that moment can create the space to respond differently.

Episode 0 — You Can’t Heal What You Won’t Feel

Why do we say yes when we mean no? In this opening episode of The 3 Minute Pause, we explore how fear of disappointing others quietly shapes our choices. The feelings we avoid don’t disappear — they begin deciding for us. Notice the moment before you react. That pause is where change begins.
 

Trailer | The 3 Minute Pause with Muneeza Khimji

Welcome to The 3 Minute Pause, a podcast about learning how to slow down, regulate your nervous system, and respond to life with greater clarity and choice.
Hosted by Somatic Coach and Psychotherapist Muneeza Khimji, this show explores emotional resilience, self awareness, and nervous system awareness through grounded conversations and pauses you can use in moments of stress, reactivity, or overwhelm.
Because when you learn to pause, you change how you respond.