Episode 660: Rest Is Not the Same as Doing Nothing
Lying on the couch scrolling your phone is inactivity.
But it is not rest.
In this episode I draw a clear distinction between what restores a human being and what merely passes the time. Genuine rest produces something on the other side: more capacity, quieter mind, a body that has had a chance to repair. Most of what we call rest keeps the nervous system engaged, stimulated, and reacting, which means nothing actually recovers.
I share a useful framework for thinking about the different kinds of rest, physical, mental, sensory, and emotional, and why most of us are deficient in at least two…
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