054: 5 Things to Do So You Can Actually Take a Break
Feel Good Effect
Robyn Conley Downs
4.9 • 725 Ratings
🗓️ 20 June 2018
⏱️ 27 minutes
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Summary
When was the last time you truly took a break? If you struggle with taking down time, then this episode is for you, because wellness is about so much more than green smoothies and the perfect exercise routine. It’s also about tuning in, taking a break, and finding time for rest. But taking a break? It’s not always so easy. Today on the show we’re unpacking the importance of taking a break, and diving into 5 tactical mindset shifts you can use to put this practice into your life right now. Let’s make it happen!
Resources
Take the Quiz! Wellness Personality Quiz
5 Mindset Shifts for Taking a Break
1 | Ditch Guilt + Should
2 | Get out of FOMO
3 | Actually Take the Break
4 | Quality Over Quantity
5 | Think Sustainability
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the feel good effect. Listen, I love a good green smoothie or good workout as much as anyone, |
| 0:08.9 | but wellness is about so much more than that. And part of wellness, it's about taking a break |
| 0:14.5 | and learning how to rest. So today we're diving deep, five things to do so you can actually take a break. |
| 0:23.2 | Let's make it happen. |
| 0:26.3 | Welcome to the feel good effect, a podcast about what it really means to be healthy. |
| 0:32.1 | I'm your host, Robin Conley Downs. |
| 0:34.6 | I'm a researcher, blogger, storyteller, and educator, and I know firsthand just how hard |
| 0:41.0 | creating a healthy lifestyle can be. In this podcast, we'll talk to health and wellness thought |
| 0:46.1 | leaders, innovators, and visionaries to deconstruct healthy to help you feel good. |
| 0:55.1 | Hey, hey, feel good effect community. |
| 0:57.1 | I'm so glad you're here. |
| 0:58.8 | Thank you so much for listening if you are a brand new listener. |
| 1:02.0 | You're in for a treat. |
| 1:03.0 | Hit subscribe so you never miss an episode. |
| 1:05.4 | And for those of you who return every week, |
| 1:07.5 | I always want to let you know how much I appreciate you |
| 1:10.3 | for being part of this |
| 1:11.5 | conversation and this movement about what it really means to be healthy. So today I'm going to get |
| 1:16.7 | a little honest, a little vulnerable, tell you about some things that are going on for me |
| 1:21.3 | behind the scenes. And then we are going to unpack this idea of taking a break, what it has to do |
| 1:27.1 | with wellness and some |
| 1:28.1 | really tactical mindset tips to help you put it into action in your life. And on that note, |
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