About Pause First Academy
In 2014, Kim Colegrove lost her husband David to suicide. She created Pause First: Mindfulness for First Responders and Pause First Academy to honor her husband’s memory, and to help other first responders cope with stress and trauma.
The Pause First team is comprised of seasoned professionals who have lived experience of trauma, years of experience as trainers, and personally practice holistic wellbeing. We are dedicated to helping frontline workers build resilience through education and a trauma-sensitive approach to the evidence-based practices we teach.

David M. Colegrove, former police officer and Senior Special Agent, Ret. 1963-2014
The Battle Within



Pause First Academy is honored to partner with The Battle Within by providing meditation and mindfulness training.
The Revenant Journey
This free 5-day program gives warriors the opportunity to come together to discover what burdens them, allow them to safely face those burdens, and give them the tools to begin working at overcoming them. This holistic approach using evidence-based methods tends to the whole warrior; mind, body and soul.
MEET KIM

My Motivation
In 2014, My husband, David, retired from a 30-year law enforcement career, and less than three months later, he took his own life. First responders are very well trained, but they are not prepared for the mental and emotional impact of the job. I created Pause First: Mindfulness for First Responders and Pause First Academy, to honor David and to help other first responders, and all frontline workers, learn how to cope with stress and trauma.
My Experience
I have been practicing meditation for more than 40 years and have taught mindfulness professionally since 2011. I’m the creator of PAUSE15 Meditation℠ and Learn to Pause℠ Mindfulness Training. Although I work exclusively with first responders and other frontline workers now, I have had the honor to help corporations and their employees in the past. My corporate clients include: Garmin International, The National Court Reporters Association, Department of Veterans Affairs, United Way and more.