Co-designed for the Portuguese
business ecosystem.
Pausa is a science-based wellbeing programme built specifically for founders, leaders and investors in high-pressure environments. Not generic corporate wellness. Not therapy. A structured, evidence-based process that treats energy management as a performance and risk management issue.
Pausa Sprint is designed specifically for the Portuguese startup and investment ecosystem — the specific pressures, the specific isolation, the specific pace of scaling from Lisbon, Porto and beyond. We work with the ecosystem, not for a generic international market.
Marco built the reference-level corporate wellbeing ecosystem inside JM — one of Portugal's largest employers — serving hundreds of employees monthly across 60+ weekly activities. That programme became a global case study in corporate wellness, presented by the Portuguese Chamber of Commerce.
Zuzanna is an organisational psychologist and wellbeing consultant who has guided leaders, teams and organisations to reach a better understanding of who they are and where they want to go. She guides you to see your own (mind) patterns and beliefs, standing in the way of your wellbeing, and gives you tools to become more aware of them in your daily (work) life so you can lead in a conscious and authentic way.
Steven is ICF-accredited coach, breathwork facilitator and cranio-sacral therapist who works at the intersection of mind, body and nervous system. Originally from Amsterdam, he spent a decade in the London startup world before building a private practice in Lisbon. A former professional athlete, he brings lived knowledge of high-performance pressure — and what it costs when left unmanaged.