{"href":"http://player.captivate.fm/services/oembed?url=http%3A%2F%2Fplayer.captivate.fm%2Fepisode%2Fac44d757-4e36-46d9-a326-226a5a6819e9","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Captivate.FM","provider_url":"https://www.captivate.fm","width":600,"height":200,"type":"rich","html":"","title":"Resisting A Rest","description":"It can feel challenging sometimes, especially if you were raised as a \u201cblue collar kid\u201d to take time to rest even when it\u2019s needed. \n\nBut the push back against resting is really just an old pattern of societal pressure and subconscious programming, that we can not only let go of, but we can replace with a more helpful way of thinking.\n\nToday on The Karen Kenney Show, we\u2019re talking about how the brain loves to keep us \u201csafe\u201d by keeping us in what is familiar. When we start to move into areas that are outside of our known comfort zone, like slowing down and taking a break - our brain can go into the \u201cDanger Will Robinson\u201d panic mode.\n\nKnowing this, we sometimes need to give each other and ourselves a permission slip to let go and stop resisting the rest our body needs. Call it a sick day, a day of Sabbath or a sabbatical - sometimes it\u2019s just what the doctor ordered.\n\nThe truth is just because we could keep going and doing, doesn't mean we should. Just because we can, doesn't mean it makes a whole lot of sense to do it. \n\nAs a Generator (in my Human Design) I can do a lot of things. But it doesn't mean that it\u2019s what\u2019s best for me, the other people, the program, the product, or the project I\u2019m working on to do that.\n\nSo, I\u2019m going to let you in on a little secret; take it from a \u201cblue collar kid\u201d who was taught to bust her ass and knows how to work really hard\u2026 It\u2019s okay to take a rest and doing so is not a weakness.\n\nStop resisting a rest when you need it and you\u2019ll probably find that you\u2019re even more present, positive and productive in the end as a result.","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300,"thumbnail_url":"https://artwork.captivate.fm/22c50850-e75c-4734-b25e-87faf90de9ff/2026-Podcast-Artwork-512KB.jpg"}