Hello friends of Bēhere. Today we continue with RE Paper 10.
Wave 2 — The Human Turn
One of the quiet realizations many families are having right now is this:
Nothing was “wrong” with us.
We were just moving too fast.
Too fast for connection.
Too fast for nervous systems.
Too fast for children.
Too fast for ourselves.
Modern life taught us to measure success by speed —
how much we can fit in, keep up with, optimize, and manage.
But speed has a cost, and most families have been paying it silently for years.
Burnout didn’t come from a lack of effort.
It came from a pace that never let us land.
Slowing down doesn’t mean giving up.
It doesn’t mean doing less out of fear or retreat.
It means choosing differently.
Choosing fewer commitments that actually matter.
Choosing days with space in them.
Choosing rhythms that match real human bodies.
Choosing presence over performance.
For children especially, pace is everything.
When life slows, curiosity returns.
Play deepens.
Attention settles.
Joy reappears.
The shift happening now isn’t about rejecting the world.
It’s about recalibrating our relationship to it.
Families everywhere are discovering that the life they want
can’t be rushed into existence.
It has to be lived into —
slowly, intentionally, one choice at a time.
Choosing a different pace isn’t falling behind.
It’s how families finally come back to themselves.
Time to ask the audience some questions!
