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Episode 104: Why Can’t You Let Yourself Rest?

The newest episode of Rewritten is out and we continue our conversation about energy, but in a different way.

Teresa and I spent this episode on something I think about constantly with my clients: the fact that most high-achieving working moms know they need rest. They know it intellectually. They just can't seem to actually take it. Not because they don't have time, but because somewhere along the way we absorbed the message that rest is something you earn after the work is done. And the work is never done.

We get into what refilling your cup actually looks like, why free time disappears when you don't know what restores you, and why the culture that created this problem isn't entirely yours to fix alone.

Key takeaways from this episode:

Rest is not a reward. It is part of how you perform. Professional athletes treat recovery as non-negotiable training. You are allowed to do the same.
If you don't know what actually fills your cup, free time will always default to the to-do list. Identifying what restores you is the first step to protecting it.
Urgency culture is often manufactured. The 4am phone call, the tonight deadline, the always-on expectation — a lot of it is poor planning dressed up as importance.
The permission problem is real. That voice telling you that you haven't earned the break yet is not telling you the truth.
If you're in a leadership position, what you model matters. Going home for dinner without apologizing for it gives everyone on your team permission to do the same.

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