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Join us to learn more about Bexley native Cynthia Kane's new book, "The Pause Principle: How to Keep Your Cool In Tough Situations" an "essential guide for navigating communication in life and work."
Join us as author and Bexley native Cynthia Blair Kane visits the library to discuss her new book, The Pause Principle: How to Keep Your Cool In Tough Situations an "essential guide for navigating communication in life and work."
In The Pause Principle: How to Keep Your Cool in Tough Situations, renowned corporate communications expert Cynthia Kane reveals her tried-and-tested SOFTEN practice to better handle awkward, difficult, or tense conversations at work by breaking free of automatic reactions including shutting down, running away, yelling, or getting passive aggressive or defensive. In this book, readers will learn how to regulate their bodily responses and emotions to arrive at peaceful and productive resolutions during even the most challenging moments at work.
Cynthia Kane is the CEO and Founder of the Kane Intentional Communication Institute, LLC, and her work will teach you how to have more calm interactions in every day life - from your home to the workplace.
Her newest book is The Pause Principle: How to Keep Your Cool in Tough Situations (Wiley, 2025). She is also the author of How to Communicate like a Buddhist, Talk to Yourself like a Buddhist, and How to Meditate like a Buddhist, and was named by Yahoo as the #2 Communication Coach to watch in 2021. She and her work have been featured in national and international publications including Self Magazine, Thrive Global, Authority Magazine, The Washington Post, The Chicago Tribune, Woman’s Day, BBC Travel, Refinery29 and more. She has been a featured mindfulness and meditation expert on Great Day Washington, Good Morning Arizona, Good Morning Connecticut, and All About Women – WENG RADIO. Podcasts she’s been featured on: The Anxious Achiever, TheFutur, Office Hours, and many more.
Cynthia has a Bachelor of Arts degree from Bard College and a Master of Fine Arts degree from Sarah Lawrence College. She grew up in Bexley, and now lives in Washington, DC, with her family.
Bexley Public Library was founded in 1924 and first housed in Bexley High School, now Montrose Elementary School. The present building opened in 1929 and was designed by architects O.C. Miller and R.R. Reeves who drew upon French and Italian architecture from the 17th century for the design.
The library is located at 2411 East Main Street, at the intersection of East Main Street and Cassady Avenue. Parking is available in our parking lot on Euclaire Avenue and in front of the library on Main Street. Main Street is a No Parking Tow Zone from 4:00-6:00 p.m. weekdays.
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