Oct 4, 2026 · 23 min · 12 segments
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Her session is the seven kinds of rest you actually need and why hobbies count as
rest.
When we think about rest, we think about cessation activities only.
We think, oh, I need to stop doing things.
But really, restoration is about filling up the places where we are empty.
And for some of us, that emptiness is because we've disconnected from our own joys, our own pleasures, everything else.
has to be productive and has to check off a box that meets oftentimes a responsibility or someone else's expectations.
And so when we are kind of going deeper into things that are fulfilling and satisfying for us, whether that be hobbies or joy or whatever it may be, Absolutely, that's rest because rest is about restoration.
Rest has multiple components.
And in the framework that I developed, the seven types of rest, we divide it up into physical, mental, spiritual, emotional, social, sensory, and creative.
And so when we look at rest more holistically, You're able to be really intentional about the type of restoration because you're pairing the restoration to the actual place of greatest deficit, not just kind of throwing rest at your life, so to speak.
I'm going to just go get a massage or go do yoga, and that's going to solve my exhaustion.
Well, that's not going to work at the exhaustion's mental exhaustion.
It'll work great if it's physical, but we have to have a level of intentionality that's very specific to the rest deficit.
Do I need to take a respite or a spa day or sabbatical or a retreat? Those things are fantastic, but they're not a burnout prevention strategy and they're not realistic for long-term sustainability.
They're too few and far between.
And oftentimes, especially manicures, pedicures, some of these other things we do for our rest, they're more pampering than they are self-care.
Okay.
They're not actually restoring anything.
They're fine.
Don't get me wrong.
Okay.
I love getting my nails done.
So I got you.
Her session is the seven kinds of rest you actually need and why hobbies count as
rest.
When we think about rest, we think about cessation activities only.
We think, oh, I need to stop doing things.
But really, restoration is about filling up the places where we are empty.
And for some of us, that emptiness is because we've disconnected from our own joys, our own pleasures, everything else.
has to be productive and has to check off a box that meets oftentimes a responsibility or someone else's expectations.
And so when we are kind of going deeper into things that are fulfilling and satisfying for us, whether that be hobbies or joy or whatever it may be, Absolutely, that's rest because rest is about restoration.
Rest has multiple components.
And in the framework that I developed, the seven types of rest, we divide it up into physical, mental, spiritual, emotional, social, sensory, and creative.
And so when we look at rest more holistically, You're able to be really intentional about the type of restoration because you're pairing the restoration to the actual place of greatest deficit, not just kind of throwing rest at your life, so to speak.
I'm going to just go get a massage or go do yoga, and that's going to solve my exhaustion.
Well, that's not going to work at the exhaustion's mental exhaustion.
It'll work great if it's physical, but we have to have a level of intentionality that's very specific to the rest deficit.
Do I need to take a respite or a spa day or sabbatical or a retreat? Those things are fantastic, but they're not a burnout prevention strategy and they're not realistic for long-term sustainability.
They're too few and far between.
And oftentimes, especially manicures, pedicures, some of these other things we do for our rest, they're more pampering than they are self-care.
Okay.
They're not actually restoring anything.
They're fine.
Don't get me wrong.
Okay.
I love getting my nails done.
So I got you.
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