Unlock the Power of Rest for Creativity, Productivity, and Well-Being
42mGeneral2025-01-03
Authors

Ximena Vengoechea
Course details
According to a recent study by the Society for Human Resource Management, over 40 percent of surveyed US employees feel burned out or drained by their jobs. Just like sleep, rest is essential for maintaining high performance, delivering high-quality work, and preventing burnout along the way. In this course, instructor and best-selling author Ximena Vengoechea shares strategies to identify barriers to rest, including beliefs that may drive overwork and burnout, as well as ways to differentiate between more and less productive forms of rest. Learn specific ways to rest your mind, body, and spirit, and create a tactical plan to quickly weave the benefits of rest into your day and life more generally.
Learning objectives
Redefine your approach to rest and recognize the benefits of rest.
Identify cultural, systemic, and individual barriers to rest, as well as beliefs that drive overwork.
Determine your rest profile.
Create a personalized rest plan.
Set limits to protect rest and design your day to support rest.
Learning objectives
Redefine your approach to rest and recognize the benefits of rest.
Identify cultural, systemic, and individual barriers to rest, as well as beliefs that drive overwork.
Determine your rest profile.
Create a personalized rest plan.
Set limits to protect rest and design your day to support rest.
Skills covered
HR AdministrationTime ManagementWell-Being and Self-CareHuman ResourcesProfessional DevelopmentOne-Off
Concepts
0. Introduction
- 01 - Reap the benefits of rest
- 02 - Ximena's story
1. The Case for Rest
- 03 - Redefine rest
- 04 - Recognize the benefits of rest
2. Top Blockers to Rest
- 05 - Recognize cultural and systemic hurdles to rest
- 06 - Recognize personal hurdles to rest
3. Examining Your Relationship to Rest
- 07 - Determine your rest profile
- 08 - Evaluate your coping mechanisms for rest
4. How to Rest - Techniques to Live By
- 09 - Explore ways to rest your mind
- 10 - Explore ways to rest your body
- 11 - Explore ways to rest your spirit
5. Cultivate a Daily Rest Practice
- 12 - Set your limits to protect rest
- 13 - Design your day to support rest
- 14 - Distinguish between low- and high-duty activities
- 15 - Find micro-moments of rest
- 16 - Create your rest plan
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