The Seven Kinds of Rest and How to Know Which One You Need (Rerun)

The Lazy Genius Podcast

Kendra Adachi

Education, Arts

4.8 • 6.8K Ratings

🗓️ 5 March 2026

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Today is a bonus episode where we’re resurrecting an old episode that feels like a good thing to listen to right now. The Seven Kinds of Rest and How to Know Which One You Need is one of those episodes we didn’t expect to become a classic, but it kind of has. It helps differentiate different kinds of rest and what you might actually need. It’s why when people, even people like me, tell you to take a nap and it doesn’t help, it might be because you’re looking for a different kind of rest than what napping offers. Helpful Companion Links Order my book The PLAN or ask your library to consider carrying a copy. Episode #458: Simple and Meaningful Ways to Rest Sign up for our every-other-week podcast recap email called Latest Lazy Listens. Sign up for my once-a-month newsletter, The Latest Lazy Letter. Grab a copy of my book The Lazy Genius Kitchen or The Lazy Genius Way! (Affiliate links) Download a transcript of this episode. Want to share your Lazy Genius of the Week idea with us? Use this form to tell us about it or record your idea and share your voice on the show. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hey there, you're listening to the Lazy Genius podcast. I'm Kendra Adachi. This podcast is not about hacking the
0:07.4	system to find more time or hacking your energy to get more done. Hustling to be the best or to make
0:12.9	the most out of every opportunity is exhausting and unsustainable. So here we do things differently.
0:19.4	On this show, we value contentment, compassion, and living in our season.
0:24.0	We favor small steps over big systems.
0:26.7	Here we are lazy geniuses, being a genius about the things that matter and lazy about
0:31.4	the things that don't.
0:32.6	And I'm so glad you're here.
0:34.6	Today is a bonus episode where we are resurrecting an old episode that feels like a good
0:40.3	thing to listen to right now. That episode is seven ways to rest and how to know which one you need.
0:45.7	This is one of those episodes we didn't expect to become kind of a classic, but it has.
0:50.4	This episode helps differentiate different kinds of rest and which one you might actually need.
0:56.0	It's why when people, even people like me, tell you to take a nap, you know, why it doesn't always
1:02.8	help. Because it might be that you're looking for a different kind of rest than what napping
1:08.8	offers. Earlier this week on Monday, we had a great episode full of
1:13.0	ideas from all of you on simple and meaningful ways to rest. So listening to this rerun after hearing
1:19.6	that episode, it could be such a great framework for naming the specific kinds of simple rest
1:25.7	that you might need each day. So I hope you enjoy.
1:31.3	Hey there. You are listening to The Lazy Genius Podcast. I'm Kendra Adachi, and I'm here to help
1:36.6	you be a genius about the things that matter and lazy about the things that don't. Today is episode
1:41.4	258, the seven kinds of rest and how to know which one you need.
1:46.1	I'm so obsessed with this episode, even though it has not even started yet. It's just so needed.
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