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Calm it Down

Why Rest Feels So Hard When You Need It Most

Calm it Down

Chad Lawson

Health & Fitness, Mental Health

4.8895 Ratings

🗓️ 7 October 2025

⏱️ 10 minutes

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Summary

Ever notice that the more tired you are, the harder it is to actually rest?That’s because rest isn’t just physical. It’s emotional too. And it takes trust. Trust that things can wait, trust that you can stop for a moment. In this episode, we’ll look at the quiet beliefs that make rest feel so difficult, and how learning to receive rest can be just as powerful as learning to give effort, as we Calm it Down in 3…2…1.

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you are already supporting more than you know thanks hey today i'm in l.a and decided to stop by

0:52.1

spotify podcast headquarters to record this episode. This is so

0:56.4

cool. I'm very excited. Thank you very much, Spotify. I super appreciate the invitation to do this.

1:02.2

Thank you. Have you ever noticed the more exhausted you are, the harder it is to rest. You lie down

1:10.5

hoping for some peace, but instead,

1:12.9

your mind just runs and your body fissots and your chest, it tightens.

1:19.0

Did I forget something?

1:21.0

How do I let this go?

1:23.1

It doesn't make sense.

1:25.0

You're drained, but the thing that you most need feels the most out of reach.

1:33.3

I'm Chad Lawson and let's calm it down in three, two, one.

1:41.3

Rest.

1:42.3

Oh, rest.

1:43.3

It sounds so simple. Just stop sleep just breathe rest is rarely that easy because rest

1:51.7

it's not just physical rest is emotional and emotional rest oh my gosh i mean that requires trust right

2:00.0

i mean trust that the world can actually carry on without you, even if just for a moment.

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