Less work, more play and rest!

TAKEAWAYS:

Our society mistakenly teaches us to think we have to work all the time. This is not only bad for our physical and mental health, but it actually makes us less effective in our work.

Honoring the rhythms of play and rest helps us stay healthier, have better relationships, do more effective work, and live more joyful and meaningful lives.

IF YOU WANT TO KNOW MORE:

• Burkeman, Oliver, Four Thousand Weeks : Time Management for Mortals. Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2021.

• The 15 Commitments of Conscious Leadership (Conscious Leadership Group, https://conscious.is ); see especially Commitment #9, on honoring the rhythms of rest and play.

• National Institute for Play founded by Dr. Stuart Brown, https://nifplay.org

• Newport, Cal, Slow Productivity: The Lost Art of Accomplishment without Burnout , Portfolio (Penguin, 2024. See also his other books and writings including Deep Work

• Raheem, Octavia. Award-winning author, rest coach, restorative yoga, yoga nidra, meditation teacher, and speaker. Octaviaraheem.com

Through Riggs Integral Coaching, Susan Riggs works with individuals and teams to help them live and work with depth, purpose, and joy. She is a certified Integral Coach® through New Ventures West, an associate certified coach through the International Coaching Federation, and a certified Myers-Briggs® trainer. She has many years of experience working with community health centers and other nonprofit organizations.

Through Serenity and Health, Donna Chacko shares information, inspiration, and perspective in her monthly blog to help others enhance their physical and mental health and grow closer to God. She practiced medicine for 40 years, first as a radiation oncologist and later, as a family medicine doctor. What she learned from caring for cancer patients, and later immigrants and the homeless in Washington, D.C., continues to influence her message. She is the author of “Pilgrimage: A Doctor’s Healing Journey.”