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Rest isn’t a luxury — it’s a foundational practice for emotional wellness and whole-body health. Intentional rest supports the nervous system, restores physical energy, clears mental fatigue, deepens spiritual connection, and reduces sensory overload in a world that constantly demands attention.

Drawing from personal experience and practical strategies, LaShonda discusses how women in midlife can intentionally integrate restorative habits into everyday life while navigating physical shifts, emotional transitions, and increasing mental demands. From slowing the body and quieting the mind to cultivating spiritual grounding and reducing sensory overload, this conversation provides actionable ways to listen to your body and create space for meaningful restoration — so you can function, heal, and thrive with greater balance.

01:09 Introduction to the Four Additional Types of Rest

02:54 Physical Rest: Listening to Your Body

10:20 Mental Rest: Easing the Overthinking Mind

15:56 Spiritual Rest: Connecting Beyond Productivity

20:58 Sensory Rest: Giving Your Nervous System a Break

24:52 Conclusion and Looking Ahead

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• Episode 18 - How Breathwork Can Rewire Your Brain for Better Health
• Episode 24 - Creating Space for Emotions

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This episode is Part 1 of a 2-part series exploring the 7 Types of Rest, a framework developed by Dr. Saundra Dalton-Smith. LaShonda shares why rest became non-negotiable for her in 2025 and how ignoring certain types of rest can quietly drain our emotional and mental well-being.

In Part 1, we focus on three essential types of rest:

✨ Emotional Rest: Learn what emotional rest really looks like and how constantly holding it together, people-pleasing, or suppressing feelings can lead to burnout. Explore simple ways to create space to be honest—with yourself and others.

🤍 Social Rest: Not all connections are replenishing. This segment explores the difference between draining and nourishing relationships, and how to intentionally choose social environments that restore rather than exhaust you.

🎨 Creative Rest: Creative rest isn’t just for artists. Discover how overconsumption, constant problem-solving, and lack of inspiration can leave you feeling stuck—and how small moments of beauty and curiosity can refill your creative well.

LaShonda offers real-life examples, reflective prompts, and gentle encouragement to help you assess which type of rest your body and emotions are asking for right now.

Stay tuned for Part 2, where we’ll explore the remaining types of rest and how they support long-term emotional balance and fulfillment.

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• Episode 16 - How to Connect to Your Emotions to Understand Your Needs
• Episode 18 - How Breathwork Can Rewire Your Brain for Better Health
• Episode 24 - Creating Space for Emotions

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Book a free discovery call today. In 20 minutes you’ll learn and practice simple steps you can take to begin your transformation process.

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We exist in a fast-paced world where there’s always something vying for our attention, so it’s easy to find ourselves feeling overwhelmed, anxious, or simply out of sync with our own bodies. But what if you could hit the reset button on your nervous system in just seconds? In this conversation, Certified Adult Chair® Master Coach Angela Johnson, Open Hands Coaching, explains simple, effective steps to help you instantly reconnect with your body and bring your nervous system back to a state of calm and balance. From understanding the power of a single breath to easy practices you can use throughout the day, Angela’s insights will inspire you to find pockets of peace in the chaos of modern life.

In this episode, Angela breaks it all down in an easy-to-understand way: she starts by explaining what the nervous system is and how it connects to different parts of the body. She then offers practical, real-life examples to show how you can tap into this powerful system in just seconds. Through simple steps—like mindful breathing, gentle movement, and body awareness—Angela guides you to reconnect with your body and create more calm, ease, and presence in your everyday life.

Read the full blog post here.

In this episode, we cover:

(10:08 - 14:24) Angela discusses the nervous system, explaining its structure and its three main states.

(17:00 - 18:14) Understand the significance of feeling emotions to heal and how stimulating the vagus nerve can help shift from fight or flight to a more regulated state.

(40:12 - 41:07) Learn how to feel safe in your body to process emotions.

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• Episode 35 - Nervous System Regulation: Where Inner Connection Begins
  
  
  
• Episode 29 - Feel It to Heal It: How Somatic Healing Techniques Improve Emotional Wellness with Karena Nuekirchner

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Explore your emotions and uncover what drives your behavior?

Book a free discovery call today. In 20 minutes you’ll learn and practice simple steps you can take to begin your transformation process.

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Free Nervous System Reset: www.openhandscoaching.com/regulated

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