Leisha Redmond-McGrath

Hi, thank you.

Yeah, I'm seeing it a lot.

Really, it's on the rise and it has been for a while.

Maybe they're taking holidays, but there's a lot of laptops going on work and on holidays with them rather.

And listen, I've done it myself, but I think we need to re-evaluate how we look at rest, whether we value it or not.

And I don't think that we do value and really understand how much we need it.

Well, our nervous systems aren't meant to be kind of always on as we are culturally.

So from a mental health perspective, we need a break.

We need to be able to have a sense of perspective.

We need to re-engage with fun.

When we're doing things over and over again, when we're just constantly under pressure, that's going to have a detrimental effect on our mental health.

And from a physical perspective, similarly, if you're sitting at a desk day in, day out, you're not actually out running around with the kids or maybe you're letting sports and other hobbies slide.

And, you know, your heart rate issues or maybe, you know, your heart rate variability isn't where it should be.

All those kind of physical metrics aren't as healthy.

And, you know, holidays give us a sense of perspective, a sense of fun and an opportunity to sometimes try new things.

Because the first few days you're still very much engaged.

How's that going?

What's happening with that person?

What's happening?

I have a question that I ask coaching clients often, which is if you did an eighth day in the week just for you, what would you do?