3633: How Short Rests Can Make You Healthier, Happier, and More Productive by Benjamin Fishel

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🗓️ 15 June 2025

⏱️ 10 minutes

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Discover all of the podcasts in our network, search for specific episodes, get the Optimal Living Daily workbook, and learn more at: OLDPodcast.com. Episode 3633: Benjamin Fishel explores the overlooked power of rest, explaining why it's more than just sleep and how addressing specific rest deficits can dramatically improve mood, focus, and motivation. Drawing from Dr. Saundra Dalton-Smith’s framework, he outlines seven types of rest that can help you feel truly restored and prevent burnout. Read along with the original article(s) here: https://tinybuddha.com/blog/rests-make-you-healthier-happier-more-productive/ Quotes to ponder: "Rest is not solely about getting more sleep." "You don’t have a sleep deficit, you have a rest deficit." "Creative rest reawakens the awe and wonder inside each of us." Episode references: TEDx Talk - The Real Reason Why We Are Tired: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZGNN4EPJzGk The Power of Rest: https://www.amazon.com/Sacred-Rest-Recover-Your-Energy/dp/1478921684 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	If you've been feeling overwhelmed with anxiety lately, try listening to a guided meditation
0:06.5	on the Meditation for Anxiety podcast.
0:09.8	Meditation is a proven natural way to help you calm down and dissolve stress so you
0:16.2	can feel lighter and happier.
0:18.5	So subscribe for free today to the Meditation for Anxiety podcast
0:22.9	by searching for Meditation for Anxiety on your favorite podcast player.
0:29.7	This is Optimal Living Daily, how short rests can make you healthier, happier, and more
0:37.2	productive by Benjamin Fischel with tinybuda.com,
0:40.3	and I'm Justin Mollock. This is the show where I usually read to you like an audiobook. On Sundays,
0:45.9	though, I think it's nice to share an episode from a different podcast where we read to you.
0:50.2	Today comes from my brother's show Optimal Health Daily, and this one is talking about taking
0:54.6	rests and how great it is for us. Something I started doing a couple times a week, first in Tai Chi
1:00.9	class, and then I liked it so much that we made a podcast guiding you through it. It's called
1:06.8	NSDR. That actually stands for non-sleep deep rest. Definitely check that out. Again, it's called
1:13.2	NSDR, and you can look for the one from Optimal Living Daily. But with that, let's get right to
1:18.1	the bonus episode from Optimal Health Daily as we optimize your life.
1:26.4	How Short Rests Can Make You Health Career, Happier,, and more productive by Benjamin Fischel with
1:31.8	Tiny Buddha.com
1:33.0	Quote,
1:35.6	Rest is not idleness, and to lie sometimes in the grass under trees on a summer's day, listening
1:41.2	to the murmur of the water, or watching the clouds float across the
1:44.6	sky, is by no means a waste of time.
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