Emotionally Healthy Vacations: The Antidote for Vacations that Leave You Empty and Dry

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🗓️ 7 June 2022

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Summary

Have you ever returned from vacation tired and empty?

As we enter into the summer months in North America, we have an opportunity to completely re-think the way we take our vacations from a biblical perspective.

On today's podcast, I explore what you must do BEFORE, DURING, and AFTER your vacation in order for you to get the rest and restoration you need.

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0:00.0	Hi, my name is Pete Gazzaro. I want to welcome you today to the Emotionally Healthy Leader
0:08.8	Podcast. So good to be with you. Our title today is Emotionally Healthy Vacations,
0:14.4	the Antidote for Vacations that Leave You Empty and Dry. Now, this is, of course, timely, at least for those of us in the
0:25.1	northern hemisphere, that is North America, Europe, Asia, North Africa, as we go into summer
0:30.0	and peak vacation time for most leaders. For those of you in the southern hemisphere, that's
0:35.5	Australia, New Zealand, most of South America and some southern countries in Africa.
0:41.4	You can be listening and hopefully will help inform your planning and thinking for your coming summer vacation, which is a number of months away.
0:51.8	Now, I'm doing this podcast because of the innumerable conversations I've had with
0:56.5	leaders about their vacations and helping them think about and plan vacations differently as
1:07.2	followers of Jesus, functioning and living in the new family of Jesus. And so when I ask
1:13.1	pastors or leaders about their vacations, I get these kinds of responses. And this is from someone
1:18.8	who has been pastoring over 25 years. Oh, I take a week or two each year in the summer, maybe a
1:23.9	week in the winter. I just take it when I need it. And a young pastor in his 30 said to me, he's about 10 years in, he said, well, I do long weekends, maybe a week in the winter. I just take it when I need it. And a young pastor in his 30 said to me,
1:28.2	he was about 10 years in. He said, well, I do long weekends, maybe a week in the summer. Never really
1:32.9	thought about it too much. Another fellow in his 40s. Oh, I take three weeks every summer,
1:38.3	but to be honest, they're exhausting. I've got small kids. I try to keep everybody happy after it's
1:42.7	been a difficult, demanding year. And I generally come back from vacations depleted in need of a vacation.
1:50.3	Another woman leader said to me, I don't really like sitting around. I'm on the go. I'm a go-type
1:55.6	person. The time I get up until I fall asleep, I'm doing. So even on vacation, I'm working.
2:02.2	Or I can't take that much time to stop, set another, or I'm so short-staffed at our church. I'm a solo pastor.
2:07.3	I just do what needs to get done. And so there are so many issues and crises that I need to be
2:11.9	available for my congregation. So again, my observation over the years has been that very few pastors and leaders have a thoughtful,
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