Jul 22, 2026 · 31 min · 10 segments
What might we do to slow down in this modern world, where so much moves at a frenetic pace? In addition to working with "burned-out creatives" in her therapy practice, Sarah Heinss combines her…
Sarah HeinssGuest
Diane HullettHost
I was telling Sarah that I was, you know, like peeling carrots this morning with like this, like fury of like peel the carrots, you know, as though as though like that had to get done in two seconds.

And I just I could hear that song in my head and I could see the little visual of you just.

taking a breath and not doing it quite so intensively because nobody was, you know, chasing me to get the carrots done.

And I do think there's just something about the last, I don't know, 10 years, five years.

And like something that I've just been talking about a lot is like a culture of sort of monetizing everything and optimizing everything.

And I think it's taken a lot of the rest and the play and the enjoyment out of being human.

We're so much about productivity and monetizing that we forget that like What actually makes us human is rest and play and going slow and working with our hands too.


We've forgotten that like how to use our hands, how to garden, how to go touch grass, how to have a home cooked meal.

Yeah, I think especially around cooking, when all I need to do in two hours before six o'clock is make dinner, what a treat.

It's like I'm trying to do 12 other things and I don't really have time and I don't know what to cook.

And And so that makes sense that you had the video skills to put this beautiful video together.

I was telling Sarah that I was, you know, like peeling carrots this morning with like this, like fury of like peel the carrots, you know, as though as though like that had to get done in two seconds.

And I just I could hear that song in my head and I could see the little visual of you just.

taking a breath and not doing it quite so intensively because nobody was, you know, chasing me to get the carrots done.

And I do think there's just something about the last, I don't know, 10 years, five years.

And like something that I've just been talking about a lot is like a culture of sort of monetizing everything and optimizing everything.

And I think it's taken a lot of the rest and the play and the enjoyment out of being human.

We're so much about productivity and monetizing that we forget that like What actually makes us human is rest and play and going slow and working with our hands too.


We've forgotten that like how to use our hands, how to garden, how to go touch grass, how to have a home cooked meal.

Yeah, I think especially around cooking, when all I need to do in two hours before six o'clock is make dinner, what a treat.

It's like I'm trying to do 12 other things and I don't really have time and I don't know what to cook.

And And so that makes sense that you had the video skills to put this beautiful video together.
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