310: How Do I Rest? Seven Types of Rest

What is 'rest'? In our last episode we saw that rest was more than sleep and not working. Derek and Scott look at the work of Dr Saundra Dalton-Smith on different types of rest. 1. Physical Rest Giving your body a rest. 2. Mental Rest It could be that you need to give your mind a rest. 3. Emotional Rest We can get emotionally tired when we are not paying attention to our emotions. 4. Spiritual Rest Reconnecting with God 5. Social Rest Different relationships can ones that build us up or drain us. 6. Sensory Res Especially with screens. 7. Creative Rest Creative rest is not about putting a demand on your creative ability; that’s not rest, that’s work. It is the opposite. It’s allowing white space in your life and giving room for your creativity to show up. Creative rest lets you focus on your basic need for wonder. You can enjoy fulfilling that basic need in ways that don’t put any pressure on your being creative. Yes, creativity may bloom from the seeds planted, but creativity is not the objective, only rest. Summary Don’t have to do all of these every day, or every week. But it is helpful to be aware that there are different ways to rest and different people will rest in different ways SHOWNOTES: ⁠⁠Sacred Rest: Recover Your Life, Renew Your Energy, Restore Your Sanity⁠⁠⁠ by Dr Saundra Dalton-Smith ⁠ TED Notes from Dr Saundra Dalton-Smith ⁠ TED Talk from Dr Saundra Dalton-Smith ⁠ Rest: Why You Get More Done When You Work Less⁠ Alex Soojung-Kim Pang ⁠Atomic Habits⁠ by James Clear. CREDITS: The One Thing is brought to you by ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Reach Australia⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. For ideas or questions please email ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠[email protected]⁠⁠⁠⁠ To support the Reach Australia Online Library head ⁠⁠⁠⁠here⁠⁠⁠⁠.