3699: What Taking A Break Can Teach You About Self Care by Randi Kay of Naturally Randi Kay

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🗓️ 11 August 2025

⏱️ 8 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 3699: Randi Kay explores how taking intentional breaks can reveal deeper truths about our relationship with productivity, rest, and self-worth. By sharing personal insights from her own healing sabbatical, she invites us to reimagine self-care not as indulgence but as essential practice for living with clarity and alignment. Read along with the original article(s) here: https://www.naturallyrandikay.com/post/what-taking-a-break-can-teach-you-about-self-care Quotes to ponder: "Resting for the sake of productivity is not rest." "When we’re not proving or pushing, our true nature can surface." "Self-care isn’t just something you do, it’s a way you are." Episode references: The Artist's Way by Julia Cameron: https://www.amazon.com/Artists-Way-25th-Anniversary/dp/0143129252 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	If I get my kid a phone, I'll be able to keep in touch with them all the time.
0:02.8	We'll be on it all the time.
0:04.1	He could walk to school by himself. She could see something, she shouldn't. He could chat with grandma. Friends, trolls. They can access anything on the internet. They can access anything on the internet. So, should I give my kid a phone? Growing up with phones isn't always easy. Introducing EEE safer Sims. Sims that help moderate usage and shield harmful content on any smartphone.
0:24.2	Choose EECF. Growing up with phones isn't always easy. Introducing EEE safer Sims. Sims that help moderate usage and shield harmful content on any smartphone. Choose EEE safer Sims. Only on the UK's best network. To verify best networks see EE.com. Ah, OK, OK. Ah, Benny's parents. Thanks for coming. Hiya. So, Benny has really blossomed this term. You're telling me, he outgrew his bike. We sold it, on eBay. Oh, that's not quite what I meant. It's free to sell on there. Free to sell? Easy too. Sold Benny's bike, your guitar, my jacket. You sold my guitar? Shall we talk about Benny? When it's this easy to sell for free, you can't help but say you on it's eBay.
0:56.8	Things People Love. T's and Cs apply, exclusive vehicles.
1:00.9	It's a minimalist Monday edition of Optimal Living Daily.
1:04.1	What Taking a Break can teach you about self-care.
1:07.6	By Randy Kay of Naturally Randy Kaye.com.
1:10.6	And I'm Justin Mollick, your personal narrator,
1:12.9	reading to you every single day of the year, and I'll keep this intro nice and minimal,
1:16.6	so let's get right to minimalist Monday as we optimize your life.
1:23.8	What Taking a Break can teach you about self-care by Randy Kay of Naturally Randy Kay.com.
1:30.3	Even when you are quite mindful with your self-care, you can still get in a self-care rut.
1:36.3	You can still max out your systems.
1:38.3	You can still lose sight of some negative patterns you've been forming.
1:42.3	That's why incorporating what I call big picture
1:44.8	self-care things like travel, dance lessons, turning off your phone for long periods of time,
1:50.5	basically things that are separate but complementary of your everyday self-care practice
1:54.4	are so important. Recently, I had the opportunity to travel with friends and relax at home with
2:00.0	a mister. My two weeks of
2:01.6	big picture activities solidified my theory of their importance and made space for some very
2:06.1	nice revelations. Today I shall share three of them with you. Step away, like all of the way.
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