Why Does Rest Make Me Feel Guilty?

Have you ever been technically resting while mentally building a case for why you’re allowed to?

I did the laundry. I answered the emails. Dinner is handled. I worked today. I’m exhausted.

Therefore, after careful review, I may sit down.

If that sounds familiar, this episode is about the deeper pattern underneath it.

Sometimes rest feels wrong because usefulness got tangled up with worth.

Maybe you learned to be the responsible one. The helpful one. The independent one. The person everyone could count on.

Maybe being useful created praise, belonging, safety, or identity.

And if that happens…

The skinny

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