Hello, and welcome back to the Self-Hailer Soundboard.

Today's episode, we're going to talk about rest.

We actually just got back Jenna and I from a weekend retreat in Utah and thought it was

a great opportunity to open up conversation about this topic, knowing that a lot of us

struggle to find periods of stopping or stillness or rest in our life.

While we were away, I loved one of mine, asked where I was, I sent them the link and then

sent a message back and said, you know, I'm really proud of you for taking that time to

rest or good for you.

And I watched this immediate reactive response come up of this sort of shame or guilt of like,

oh my God, you know, are they being sarcastic?

Do they really mean that?

And I felt guilty for a moment that I had taken time away.

We were gone for three or four days. I didn't bring my computer.

I only worked a little bit from my phone.

And while I watched that reactive response come up, I also was present with myself in

that moment and realized just how full circle really my relationship with rest has come.

And how grateful I am to be in the presence of allowing rest and also now taking that

acknowledgement from this loved one of saying, you know, good for you, I'm really proud of you.

And changing and reframing my response to, I'm really proud of me too.

Because at this point too, that rest and this weekend away, while it was, yes, very

restful and very rejuvenating and I'm very grateful for that, it was also so necessary.

So while this person was, you know, applauding me for doing so, I was also thinking in

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