Notas del episodio
Some of us are not only tired from doing too much. We are tired from being constantly available, constantly alert, and constantly aware of everybody else's needs.
And when you have learned that your value comes from what you do for people, rest can feel strangely threatening.
In this reflective solo episode of The Inner Work, Rose Gaudion explores the difference between collapsing because there is nothing left of you, and the gradual experience of genuine restoration. She shares what she noticed when she began to sit down without immediately scanning for the next task, and how old guilt can rise up the moment she stopped, like an alarm trying to keep her in her place.
This is a gentle invitation to ask: what would rest look like if I didn't have to prove I deserved it? And to discover that your needs do not become valid only when they become emergencies.
The Inner Work is a podcast for women who have learned to disappear for other people and are ready to recognise the patterns beneath their pain, reclaim their voice, and begin rising into their own light.