They say 4 a.m. is the most productive hour of the day.

All right, it is 4.15. I have just gotten out of bed.

Getting this coffee going.

Time to make the donuts.

I've been buying into that myth for most of my career. If I had to be at work by nine, I'd be there by eight sitting at my desk computer open working the

phones as a journalist and before I even stepped into the office I was spending those

ungodly hours scouring the headlines pre prepping for the day, working to prepare for work.

Time off, never heard of it.

There's always an email or a phone call to respond to.

I've actually felt guilty sometimes for sleeping.

Booked and busy, that's how we glorify this kind of existence.

Can you even get through a conversation with somebody these days without this kind of virtue

signaling? We like to call it work ethic, but really if I'm honest with myself, it's about proving

my worth.

I tell people all the time when you feel guilt and shame about resting to use it as evidence that you've been brainwashed to use it as beautiful knowledge and insight that you are part of a system that has taught you this since you were born. That's Tricia Hershey, founder of the NAP Ministry.

And if you follow her work on Instagram you already know her posts are loud

this one is my favorite stop worrying about productivity you don't even know what

that is.

Tricia's work centers on a very simple but profound idea.

You can't really be free if you're bound by hustle culture. On this episode of truth be told,

we are exploring how to treat our bodies,

not as hustle machines, but as living divine beings that need to rest.

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