When you’re busy all the time, it’s hard to pause, slow down and rest. But the busier you are, the more you need to recover and recharge.

In episode 70 of The Incrementalist, you will learn:

1) Wanting to rest is not a sign of weakness or laziness 0:00
2) What is rest 0:53
3) The benefits of passive rest, like Niksen (the Dutch term for doing nothing) 1:21
4) The advantages of active rest, like tactile hobbies or meditative activities 2:20
5) Rest can be mentally restorative, physically recharging, or spiritually renewing, or a combination of all three 2:44
5) The two main branches of the nervous system 4:19
6) Polyvagal Theory and the importance of the vagus nerve and Ventral Vagal State 5:25
7) The four types of responses to stress 8:21
8) Rest allows you to use your nervous system more effectively and activate the Ventral Vagal State to destress 8:36
9) Rest is key to creating big results in small steps 9:26

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