How Rest Boosts Creativity & Productivity: A Guided Practice with Octavia Raheem

Hello Monday with Jessi Hempel

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🗓️ 16 February 2026

⏱️ 22 minutes

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Summary

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 rerun 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. Follow Octavia Raheem and Jessi Hempel on LinkedIn.

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0:00.0	LinkedIn News
0:02.1	Hey friends Jesse here I hope you're having a day off from work today I know I am it's
0:11.2	President's Day here in the United States and if you're off today I really hope you're
0:16.7	using this day to rest today I'm bringing back one of my very favorite conversations about rest.
0:22.6	It is with the amazing Octavia Rahim, a friend of the show at this point, and a rest coach.
0:30.5	I hope you enjoy the conversation and stick around because there's an exercise at the end.
0:35.4	And I'll see you right back here with a fresh episode next week.
0:40.0	As we engage at rest practices, we have moments of refuge and we get some insight into who we are beyond our performance.
0:47.7	We actually have access to more inspiration, more creativity. I'm going to just say premium fuel.
0:56.1	From the news team at LinkedIn, I'm Jesse Hempel, and this is Hello Monday.
1:00.6	It's our show about work on our own terms.
1:07.1	Today I've got something a little different and pretty special for you.
1:12.2	We're talking about rest as a tool for creativity and for jumpstarting that most important
1:18.6	mechanism, your imagination.
1:22.6	And get this, we're going to do an exercise together.
1:25.9	It's at the very end of the show.
1:27.1	So if you're driving or out jogging, just find a quiet space to sit for the last 10 minutes or so of our time.
1:34.1	Now, our guest is Octavia Rahim.
1:37.0	Octavia's been on the show before.
1:38.8	This conversation you're about to hear, it actually aired live during our weekly office hours.
1:44.5	Octavia is leading this urgent charge right now to rethink rest.
1:49.3	And yes, I think that this is pretty radical because her work actually demands that we rethink
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