Self-Care Daily with Rachel Brathen

Feel into your body for the answer to this question. What is the most restful way that you could spend an hour? Today’s episode offers you a self-care practice that will help you plan a protected hour of real, deep rest for yourself. Rachel shares some ideas, and exactly what she is going to do. Tune in to begin.

How was rest introduced to you as a child? What were the inherent or unspoken rules surrounding it? Were you allowed to rest? Was it looked down upon or thought of as lazy? These rules may have followed you throughout your entire life. Today episode will help you unpack old stories you tell yourself that may not be true or beneficial. Tune in to begin.

What does a mental break actually feel like? When your body experiences real, nourishing rest, what differences can you sense within? Today’s episode offers a short practice and meditation for anytime you need a little space for yourself. You will scan your body, searching for areas where you feel depleted and stressed - and areas where you feel calm and rested. What is the difference? Tune in to begin.

Nature is beginning to settle in for a deep and long rest. And with that, today’s episode offers you a very important question that may shed light on precious time you could spend resting. What would you stop doing if the world wasn’t watching? Where is some of your energy going that is only for the purpose of performance and pressure? What do you do not for joy - but simply because there is an expectation on you? The answer could change your life. Tune in to begin.

This week on Self-Care Daily, we are going to take our cues from nature. Nature does not work endlessly. If you look outside right now, the fields are empty and the trees are bare. Nature is resting, and more importantly, it’s not apologizing for it. It’s time for us to rest, too! Let’s put the mental load way, challenge our limiting belief that rest must be earned, and slow down in a way that actually replenishes us. Let’s rest well! Tune in to begin.