How rest boosts creativity and productivity: a guided practice with Octavia Raheem

Hello Monday with Jessi Hempel

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🗓️ 3 February 2025

⏱️ 25 minutes

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Rest is essential. It’s like food or water; without it, we die. As today’s guest points out though, it’s also a sacred practice. In today’s conversation, originally held live on Hello Monday’s Office Hours, Octavia Raheem joins Jessi Hempel to talk about, and to practice, rest. Octavia Raheem is a rest coach, yoga and meditation teacher, and author. Her latest book is called Rest is Sacred: Reclaiming Our Brilliance Through the Practice of Stillness. She and Jessi discuss: How rest sparks creativity and connection Rethinking productivity through rest How to build micro-rest practices into your days The power of rest for self-reflection, personal growth, and clarity Then, Octavia leads us in a transformative guided rest practice that combines mindfulness, relaxation, and breathing techniques. Continue the conversation with us at Hello Monday Office Hours! RSVP here to join us on the LinkedIn News page this Wednesday at 3 PM EST.

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0:00.0	LinkedIn News
0:02.1	As we engage arrest practices, we have moments of refuge,
0:10.3	and we get some insight into who we are beyond our performance.
0:14.2	We actually have access to more inspiration, more creativity.
0:19.3	I'm going to just say premium fuel.
0:22.2	From the news team at LinkedIn, I'm Jesse Hempel, and this is Hello Monday.
0:26.7	It's our show about work on our own terms.
0:33.3	Today I've got something a little different and pretty special for you. We're talking about
0:39.2	rest as a tool for creativity and for jumpstarting that most important mechanism, your imagination.
0:48.7	And get this, we're going to do an exercise together. It's at the very end of the show. So if you're
0:53.9	driving or out jogging, just find a quiet space to sit for the last 10 minutes. we're going to do an exercise together. It's at the very end of the show. So if you're driving
0:54.3	or out jogging, just find a quiet space to sit for the last 10 minutes or so of our time.
1:00.2	Now our guest is Octavia Rahim. Octavia's been on the show before. This conversation you're
1:06.0	about to hear, it actually aired live during our weekly office hours. Octavia is leading this urgent charge right now to rethink rest.
1:15.4	And yes, I think that this is pretty radical because her work actually demands that we rethink productivity.
1:22.7	You know, capitalism, it relies on productivity to define our worth.
1:26.6	And that productivity in this setting is often
1:28.9	measured by that busyness. And look, I am busy. I am a busy person by default. I have a complex
1:36.4	life with kids and parents and this full-time job here. And well, you have some version of this too,
1:42.2	I'm sure. So many, too many self-help manuals around us give us tips for boosting our creativity and productivity by being more disciplined about our mornings, or timeboxing our calendars, or creating better organizational systems.
1:58.0	And that all is important, sure.
2:00.6	We talk about it here plenty too.
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