The Daring to Rest Podcast

Oct 26 2024 96 ep. 46 mins 61
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This podcast helps women rise up rested. Karen Brody is your host and the author of the book "Daring to Rest."

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Joy and Justice with Dr. Kamilah Majied

Oct 26 2024 44 mins  
On today's episode Dr. Kamilah Majied joins me to discuss joy and justice in the context of black wisdom and Buddhist teachings. We talk about "entering the palace of oneself," the roots of black music and how it embodies what the Buddha talks about, the purpose of freedom, and Kamilah shares how she defines joy. Kamilah is a psychotherapist, social work educator, researcher, activ

Reimagining the Landscape of Work with Brigid Schulte

Oct 05 2024 56 mins  
What if changing our relationship with grind culture requires imagining a new story? My guest today on the Daring to Rest Podcast thinks so. In the spring of 2014, I had the pleasure of speaking about daring to rest and then introducing the main speaker Brigid Schulte, who had just written her first book, Overwhelmed: How to Work, Love, and Play When No One Has the Time. The organ

How I Run My Rest Business with Karen Brody - Ep3 of Transform Your Life and Wellness Business Series

Sep 04 2024 53 mins  
Today I am getting personal with you, talking about how I run my rest business and a few Daring to Rest origin stories to understand how I even had the idea over fifteen years ago to start a business focused on rest. As some of you know, I had a long history of panic attacks. At times I literally felt like a hostage in my home, unable to even open the door without the panic attacks

Becoming a Rest Rockstar with Karen Perro - Ep 2 of the Transform Your Life and Wellness Business Series

Aug 28 2024 36 mins  
Certified Daring to Rest Facilitator Karen Perro is becoming a "Rest Rockstar" in Nova Scotia, offering transformational rest experiences that combine the power of rest with her love of nature and her Celtic roots. Her Healing Hammock experience literally sells out within hours. On today's second episode I am thrilled to be speaking with Karen about her growing rest business. Karen

Transform Your Life and Your Wellness Business - The Rooted In Rest Series, Ep 1 with Florence Güneri

Aug 16 2024 42 mins  
This episode is the first of a special series called Transform Your Life and Your Wellness Business - The Rooted In Rest Series. Today's guest is Florence Güneri, a Daring to Rest Facilitator in Australia who took our facilitator training just as the pandemic began. As a young woman growing up within a Tongan family Florence often felt lost because she didn't know anyone else wh

Writing on Empty and Finding Your Voice - with Natalie Goldberg

Jul 27 2024 39 mins  
This episode is a conversation with Natalie Goldberg on her writer’s block during Covid and how she lost and found her voice when she stopped everything. Natalie’s new book is Writing on Empty. As a writing teacher and author of the bestselling book Writing Down the Bones: Freeing the Writer Within, Natalie is known for starting a revolution in the way we practice writing and

Women: Let's Not Keep Our Mouths Shut Anymore - a rest note with Karen Brody

Jun 14 2024 14 mins  
Host Karen Brody reads her rest note "Women: Let's Not Keep Our Mouths Shut Anymore" and talks about the topics of rest, women's voices, and writing. Resources for this episode can be found here: http://daringtorest.com/podcast/90

Curing & Healing When You’ve Tried Everything - with Lissa Rankin

May 18 2024 54 mins  
Have you ever had a health challenge and felt like you tried everything to heal yet you still did not find answers? Today on the Daring to Rest Podcast I am excited to introduce you to Lissa Rankin, a mind-body medicine physician, and the author of Sacred Medicine: A Doctor's Quest to Unravel the Mysteries of Healing. Lissa is on a mission to help people navigate the landscape of

Yin Leadership - with Nina Simons

Mar 07 2024 48 mins  
Nina Simons is a women's leadership pioneer and co-founder of Bioneers. She is the author of the book, Nature, Culture, and the Sacred: A Woman Listens for Leadership. In this episode, Karen talks with Nina about the landscape of yin leadership, a kind of leadership that values spaciousness, nature, relationships, and ritual. Resources for this episode can be found here: http://

A Conversation on Rest and Yoga Nidra with Sisterhood 8 of the Daring to Rest Facilitator Training

Jan 26 2024 103 mins  
Ever have a conversation you did not want to end? That’s today’s episode on the Daring to Rest Podcast with seven of the women who just led rest sessions at Rest Camp for Women. It’s a conversation on rest and yoga nidra that’s personal, professional, fun, and serious. You’ll hear us talking about great rest books and films and a resty kind of TED Talk. We share our essen