Letting Rest Do the Work

The Gathering Room Podcast

Martha Beck

Business, Entrepreneurship, Self-improvement, Courses, Education

5 • 656 Ratings

🗓️ 26 September 2024

⏱️ 32 minutes

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Summary

Is there something you’re trying to get done? Something you really, really want, but you're struggling? While our culture teaches us to “never give up the struggle,” in this episode of The Gathering Room, Martha is talking about how taking breaks and allowing for rest can lead to unexpected improvements and breakthroughs. As many Gatherers know, Martha’s been working on watercolor painting for months now, and she finds it extremely challenging. Recently she had to take a break from it, and when she finally got back to her easel, something strange happened… Her hand just knew what to do! As Martha describes it: “It was like everything I’d been experimenting with had sunk into my nervous system. And actually, when the brain learns a new skill, especially if it learns playfully, it does start on the top of your brain and then it literally sinks in. The more you do it, the more it goes down toward the core of your brain, and you get better and better at it. And it doesn't feel like it’s you doing it anymore—it feels like magic.” If you’d like to learn how to get the kind of rest that leads to magical breakthroughs—Martha’s favorite ways include sleep, laughter, puzzle-cracking, and more—be sure to listen to the full episode. You’ll also be able to take a restful break as she leads you in her favorite meditation. Don’t miss it!

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0:00.0	Hello, the lovely peoples. This is Marty, Martha, inviting you to a free masterclass that I have made called
0:08.0	Five Paths to Your Purpose. Probably the most common question I get from people is, how do I find my purpose?
0:14.7	Why don't I feel that I'm on purpose? Well, it turns out there are certain things you have to do to find your purpose, and I broke
0:22.0	them down into five, and I made a little masterclass about it. So if you'd like to see it, just go to
0:28.3	marthabeck.com slash purpose, and you will be able to watch it without any charge at all.
0:49.0	Welcome to the Gathering Room podcast, the audio version of my weekly gathering room broadcast. I'm Martha Beck. I was going to call today's episode,
0:56.6	let rest do the Rest.
0:59.0	But I thought it wouldn't make any sense.
1:00.4	So I said, let Rest do the work.
1:01.0	Why?
1:04.6	Because I know everybody in our culture is into getting the work done.
1:09.7	And by that, I mean, our whole global culture, all of everybody, all of us, we're around the globe right now.
1:10.6	And we're all thinking, got to produce, got of us, we're around the globe right now, and we're all being,
1:11.6	we're all thinking, got to produce, got to produce, got to make stuff that makes money.
1:16.6	You know the story. It's just post-enlightment capitalism trying to take over the entire
1:23.2	world and managing to colonize our minds, not just the countries, but our minds. So I called it
1:30.7	Let Rest do the work, but it actually is let rest do the rest. So think of something you've
1:37.2	been trying to get done that is difficult, feels resistant. You really, really want it. But you're struggling. You're struggling to
1:46.8	write your book. You're struggling to write your symphony. You're struggling to get your garden
1:51.9	growing. You're struggling to get a relationship back on track. Struggling to be a parent.
1:56.1	Struggle, struggle, struggle, struggle. The whole idea, again, culturally we have this idea, never give up the struggle. And so I'm a good struggle. The whole idea, again, culturally we have this idea, never give up the struggle. And so
2:03.7	I'm a good struggler. I struggle away. But today I had a weird thing happen. And it made me
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