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EPISODE · Aug 12, 2026 · 30 MIN

#83 - The Importance of Rest for Your Nervous System

from Midlife Butterfly | Coming Home to Yourself: Presence, Embodiment, Self-Love, Life Coherence & Transformation · host Kena Siu

Why can't you rest, even when you finally lay down?Rest isn't just sleep — it's a nervous system state. And most of us have forgotten how to actually let our bodies get there. 🦋 You'll Discover:Why pushing through exhaustion instead of resting is actually a form of self-abandonmentWhy "the same rest routine every day" doesn't work for a woman's body — and what to do insteadThree simple night habits that get your nervous system into real rest — not just hours in bed✨ Coming Home Question: Where in your life are you still waiting for permission to rest — and what would it feel like to give it to yourself today?👉🏼 Invitation to Free WorkshopI'm hosting Leading From Pleasure, a free workshop on August 19th, where you go into what it actually looks like to lead your life and your work from rest and pleasure instead of push and control. Sign up here: http://home.midlifebutterfly.ca/leading-from-pleasure🥁 The Leading From Pleasure 5-Week Journey, it's open for enrolment. We're starting in September 3rd. Save your spot now!  http://home.midlifebutterfly.ca/leading-from-pleasure💜 I created Coming HOME for the woman who has done everything right and still feels something is missing. It's free, it's private, and it might be the most important thing you listen to this year — sign up here!🦋 Midlife Butterfly is a podcast for high-achieving midlife women navigating emotional exhaustion, people pleasing, self-abandonment, nervous system healing, identity shifts, and midlife awakening. Hosted by Kena Siu, Identity & Embodiment Guide.Instagram: @midlifebutterflyWebsite: midlifebutterfly.caMusic: Back Home by Alex Productions and  Reborn by Alexander Nakarada

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Why can't you rest, even when you finally lay down? Rest isn't just sleep — it's a nervous system state. And most of us have forgotten how to actually let our bodies get there. 🦋 You'll Discover: Why pushing through exhaustion instead of resting is actually a form of self-abandonmentWhy "the same rest routine every day" doesn't work for a woman's body — and what to do insteadThree simple night habits that get your nervous system into real rest — not just hours in bed✨ Coming Home Questi...

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