The Daring to Rest Podcast

Daring to Rest in the Year of the Fire Horse

14 Mar 2026

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode of the Daring to Rest Podcast, a rest note, Karen returns from her winter rest sabbatical to explore what it means to dare to rest in ...

A Rest Audit for the New Year: 6 Personal Rest Reflections - and why soft is the new strong

02 Jan 2026

Contributed by Lukas

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Leadership, Liberation & the Power of Rest - with Sisterhood 10 Daring to Rest Facilitators

13 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Join host & Daring to Rest founder Karen Brody and a circle of extraordinary women from Sisterhood 10 of our Daring to Rest Facilitator Training as t...

How to Choose the Most Rested Path Using Human Design - with With Erin Claire Jones

27 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Discover how human design can help you understand your unique energy, make more rested decisions, and find a more restful, authentic way of living. I...

When Grief Hits, Productivity Culture Doesn't Know What to Do With Us

09 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

What if rest is exactly what grief needs? In this short rest pep talk, Karen shares a personal story of loss and explores how rest becomes a lifeline—...

What is Rest Coaching? A conversation with Daring to Rest Coaches

17 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, we explore what is rest coaching and The Rested Path, a rest coaching framework created by Karen at Daring to Rest. Karen is joined b...

How to Rest When You Don't Know How: A Conversation with Ximena Vengoechea

21 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

What does it really take to feel rested in a world that rewards burnout? In this powerful conversation, Karen Brody talks with Ximena Vengoechea—aut...

What If Slowing Down Makes Us Better Humans?

31 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, Karen explores how urgency erodes compassion—drawing on the Good Samaritan Study, neuroscience, and a personal story that still sit...

Yoga Nidra for Inner Mothering: A Gift of Rest for You

10 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In the closing episode of The Rested Mother Series, Karen offers a gift of deep rest: a guided Yoga Nidra meditation centered on inner mothering—a p...

From Toxic Productivity to Radical Rest - with Jennifer Allen

08 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In this powerful episode of The Rested Mother Series, Jennifer Allen shares her deeply personal journey from decades of toxic productivity and mother...

Held By Rest: Special Needs Motherhood and Rising Through Heartbreak - with Chrissy McGuire

08 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In this moving episode of The Rested Mother Series, Chrissy McGuire shares her journey as a single mother raising two children with special needs—a...

The Sacred Return: Resting My Way Back to Myself - with Isabelle Griffith

08 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In this deeply reflective episode of The Rested Mother Series, Isabelle Griffith shares how rest became her lifeline after her sense of self collapse...

How Rest Helped Me Mother Myself and My Daughter - with Jenny Weston

08 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In this honest and soul-stirring episode of The Rested Mother Series, Jenny Weston shares her journey from chronic overachievement and deep exhaustio...

Rewriting the Motherline: Choosing Rest for Myself and my Children - with Ali Schmitt

08 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In this tender episode of The Rested Mother Series, Ali Schmitt shares how the exhaustion she witnessed in her own mother—and later experienced hers...

Rest Pep Talk: The Cliff, Thelma & Louise, and The Call to Rest

28 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

When life pushes you to the edge, you don't have to carry it all — you get to rest. In this short Rest Pep Talk, Karen Brody shares a personal stor...

Rest Pep Talk: When You Rest, the World Doesn't Crumble

30 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In this tender rest pep talk, Karen shares a deeply personal reflection on grief, caregiving, and the radical power of rest. If you've been carrying t...

The Power of Creating a Rest Legacy - Our 100th Episode!

01 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Today on the Daring to Rest Podcast we are celebrating our 100th episode. 🎙️🎉  We're talking about the power of creating a rest legacy. This ...

Sacred Rest with Octavia Raheem

19 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Octavia Raheem is back on the Daring to Rest Podcast talking about the power of rest, writing, and her new book, Rest is Sacred. Octavia is a wife, ...

Why 40 Days of Rest Matter + Karen Answers Your Rest Questions

26 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Karen's on her own this episode talking about why 40 days of rest matters and answering your questions on why we resist rest, the best time to practic...

Rest Leadership: Meet Sisterhood 9 of the Daring to Rest Facilitator Training

15 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Karen speaks with six newly certified Daring to Rest Facilitators from Sisterhood 9 of the Daring to Rest Facilitator Training who recently led rest s...

Joy and Justice with Dr. Kamilah Majied

26 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

On today's episode Dr. Kamilah Majied joins me to discuss joy and justice in the context of black wisdom and Buddhist teachings. We talk about "enter...

Reimagining the Landscape of Work with Brigid Schulte

05 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

What if changing our relationship with grind culture requires imagining a new story? My guest today on the Daring to Rest Podcast thinks so. In the s...

How I Run My Rest Business with Karen Brody - Ep3 of Transform Your Life and Wellness Business Series

04 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Today I am getting personal with you, talking about how I run my rest business and a few Daring to Rest origin stories to understand how I even had th...

Becoming a Rest Rockstar with Karen Perro - Ep 2 of the Transform Your Life and Wellness Business Series

28 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Certified Daring to Rest Facilitator Karen Perro is becoming a "Rest Rockstar" in Nova Scotia, offering transformational rest experiences that combine...

Transform Your Life and Your Wellness Business - The Rooted In Rest Series, Ep 1 with Florence Güneri

16 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This episode is the first of a special series called Transform Your Life and Your Wellness Business - The Rooted In Rest Series. Today's guest is Fl...

Writing on Empty and Finding Your Voice - with Natalie Goldberg

27 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This episode is a conversation with Natalie Goldberg on her writer's block during Covid and how she lost and found her voice when she stopped everyth...

Women: Let's Not Keep Our Mouths Shut Anymore - a rest note with Karen Brody

15 Jun 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Host Karen Brody reads her rest note "Women: Let's Not Keep Our Mouths Shut Anymore" and talks about the topics of rest, women's voices, and writing. ...

Curing & Healing When You've Tried Everything - with Lissa Rankin

18 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Have you ever had a health challenge and felt like you tried everything to heal yet you still did not find answers? Today on the Daring to Rest Podca...

Yin Leadership - with Nina Simons

08 Mar 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Nina Simons is a women's leadership pioneer and co-founder of Bioneers. She is the author of the book, Nature, Culture, and the Sacred: A Woman Listen...

A Conversation on Rest and Yoga Nidra with Sisterhood 8 of the Daring to Rest Facilitator Training

27 Jan 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Ever have a conversation you did not want to end? That's today's episode on the Daring to Rest Podcast with seven of the women who just led rest sess...

Deep Rest, Yoga Nidra and Inner Mothering with Karen Brody

12 Nov 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Karen's back with a short "rest check in" on the topic of deep rest, yoga nidra and inner mothering. These unrested times are calling us not only to r...

Embracing Your Most Luminous Self with Tracee Stanley

07 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Karen speaks with Tracee Stanley, author of a new book – The Luminous Self - on how to find your luminous self that resides behind all sorrow, the ...

The Barbie Movie and Creating a Fair, Equitable and Rested World with Shalini Sinha

09 Sep 2023

Contributed by Lukas

The struggle to feel rested is real. Is the Barbie movie the answer? After watching the film, I wanted to talk about it here at Daring to Rest because...

Healing Intergenerational Trauma with Dr. Ruby Gibson and Kara Big Crow

11 Aug 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Today Dr. Ruby Gibson, founder of Freedom Lodge, and Kara Big Crow, executive director, join me on the Daring to Rest Podcast for a passionate discuss...

How to Live Your Life with the Noise and the Peace

21 Jun 2023

Contributed by Lukas

In this rest note, Karen Brody talks about a surprising conversation on meditation that she recently had with a customs officer. With examples from...

How to Have an Orgasmic (& Restful!) Birth and Life with Debra Pascali Bonaro

11 May 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Doula trainer, childbirth educator, and filmmaker, Debra Pascali Bonaro, joins Karen to discuss claiming your power and pleasure in childbirth and lif...

Being Your Own Kind of Leader: On Women, Leadership, Rest, and Staying Awake

08 Apr 2023

Contributed by Lukas

 In this rest note on leadership, Karen Brody takes on the topics of women, leadership, rest and staying awake in a world that wants us asleep to wh...

Mother-Daughter Rest Bonding

18 Mar 2023

Contributed by Lukas

 Today on the Daring to Rest Podcast a mother and daughter who have been in the Daring to Rest community join Karen to share their rest stories. Yo...

Netflix is Messing with Our Sleep: A Short Rest Rant with Karen Brody

17 Jan 2023

Contributed by Lukas

It's obvious, even without the statistics, that there are a lot of exhausted people. That's why a 2017 tweet by Netflix raised Karen's rest feathers. ...

Anti-Hustle Leadership in Work and Life - with Jadah Sellner

07 Jan 2023

Contributed by Lukas

I am thrilled to have Jadah Sellner on today's podcast, author of a new women's leadership book called She Builds. So many books on business are not w...

Part Two - Teaching Rest Is My Radical Next Step: Meet Daring to Rest Facilitators in Sisterhood 7

01 Dec 2022

Contributed by Lukas

It's my delight to introduce you to three women in this year's Daring to Rest Facilitator Certification Training, and the teacher trainer who mentored...

Rest is Love: A Short Rest Note

09 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

All we want is to love and be loved. In this 15-minute episode, Karen reads her email to the Daring to Rest community on why rest is love and shares a...

Part 1: Teaching Rest Is My Radical Next Step: Women in the Daring to Rest Facilitator Training Sisterhood 7

29 Oct 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Today's episode is the first of a three episode "Teaching Rest is My Radical Next Step" series. In each episode, I speak with a few women who recently...

A Medical Rest Rant for Challenging Times with Karen Brody

13 Oct 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Navigating these times is exhausting. Managing a health issue on top is like exhaustion on steroids. In this episode, Karen reads her medical rest ran...

Menopause, Myth and Fairy tales: Reimagining the Second Half of Life with Sharon Blackie

18 Sep 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Step into the world of menopause, myth, and fairy tales in this conversation with award winning writer Sharon Blackie. Host Karen Brody speaks with Sh...

Burnout: The Things in Our Lives that Exhaust Us and a Woman's Intentional Two Years of Rest - with Caroline Dooner

20 Aug 2022

Contributed by Lukas

What happens when you are "tired as f*ck"? For bestselling author Caroline Dooner, she chose to address her exhaustion by spending two years intention...

Deep Rest and Gene Keys: A Path to Living, Working and Leading Softly

26 Jul 2022

Contributed by Lukas

What is the connection between deep rest and the Gene Keys? How can both help you live, work and lead softly? Daring to Rest facilitator Korynn Elliot...

What If You Led with Rest? Women's Bodies, Leadership and the Case for Staying in Your Body

30 Jun 2022

Contributed by Lukas

What if our doing came from a place of being? Especially in times of turmoil. Listen to a rest note with Karen on rest, women's bodies, leadership,...

Permission to Be Tired

03 Jun 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Listen to a short rest note with Karen on giving yourself permission to be tired. Resources for this episode can be found here: https://daringtorest.c...

Menstrual Intelligence - Awakening Power, Purpose and Love

16 May 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Karen speaks with the founders of Red School, Alexandra Pope and Sjanie Hugo Wurlitzer, about menstruation as a brilliant design for leadership and...

Is it Possible to End Burnout?

09 Apr 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Listen to Karen's 15-minute rest rant on burnout. Her thoughts may surprise you! 

Amazing Grace: A Former Roman Catholic Sister Reflects on her Religion, Yoga Nidra and Rest

02 Apr 2022

Contributed by Lukas

What happens when you combine a former Roman Catholic Sister, yoga nidra, rest and seventy-eight years of living? On today's Daring to Rest Podcast e...

The World Will Be Saved By the Rested Woman

10 Feb 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Karen reads and discusses a recent rest note that she wrote to the Daring to Rest community on why the world will be saved by the Rested Woman.   Res...

The Courage to Pause, Rest, and Be - with Octavia Raheem

30 Jan 2022

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, Karen talks with Octavia Raheem, author of the new book, "Pause, Rest, Be." They talk about the courage to rest personally and collec...

Sleep, Dreaming and Awakening - with Dr. Rubin Naiman

28 Dec 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Sleep specialist Dr. Rubin Naiman joins Karen on the podcast to talk about his unique perspective on sleep, dreaming and awakening. In this episode we...

Rest and Women's Leadership - with the Daring to Rest Teacher Trainers

27 Nov 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Karen is talking to the Daring to Rest teacher trainers in our Daring to Rest Facilitator Training for Women about the impact of rest on women's lives...

Tracking Wonder: Reclaiming a Life of Meaning and Possibility in a World Obsessed with Productivity

13 Nov 2021

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, Karen is talking with Jeffrey Davis, the CEO of Tracking Wonder Consultancy. They talk about what is wonder? How and why it's importa...

Motherline Exhaustion

24 Oct 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Today's episode is on Motherline Exhaustion and how connecting with your body helps you break ancestral contracts, set rest boundaries and become a re...

Exploring the Nuances of Rest

04 Oct 2021

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, Karen talks about how rest and relaxation are different, the seven types of rest by Dr. Saundra Dalton-Smith, the concern we mostly f...

Yoga Nidra and the Heroine's Journey - with Karen Brody

21 Aug 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Drawing on the work of Maureen Murdock's Heroine's Journey, Daring to Rest founder Karen Brody discusses the connection between the practice of yoga n...

Healing the Nervous System - with Kimberly Ann Johnson

16 Jul 2021

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode of the Daring to Rest Podcast, Daring to Rest facilitators talk with Kimberly Ann Johnson about her new book, Call of the Wild, on hea...

Raising the Next Generation On Rest

26 Jun 2021

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode of the Daring to Rest Podcast, Karen Brody talks with her twenty-two year old son, Jacob. She asks him every rest question she can thi...

Rest Boundaries: The key to more energy and a good night's sleep?

23 May 2021

Contributed by Lukas

In this short episode, Karen Brody talks about some of the rest boundaries that have made a huge difference in her life, she reads a recent note to th...

Moms and Rest

08 May 2021

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode of the Daring to Rest Podcast, Karen Brody speaks about rest and motherhood with Matilda Leyser, Jendayi Gantt and Lisa Black . They s...

The Triple Cloak of Exhaustion Women Carry

17 Apr 2021

Contributed by Lukas

On this short episode, Karen talks about the inner child-loving parent-adult dance, a common triple cloak of exhaustion many women carry. And she ment...

Why You're Still So Tired

17 Apr 2021

Contributed by Lukas

On this short episode, Karen answers one of the most common questions she gets asked from women who have been resting for a while: "Why Am I still So ...

The Power of Yoga Nidra and Radiant Rest - with Tracee Stanley

27 Mar 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Tracee Stanley is a teacher of yoga nidra, meditation and self-inquiry practices and the author of the book, Radiant Rest: Yoga Nidra for Deep Relax...

Daring to Dream - with Sil Reynolds

14 Mar 2021

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, learn about renowned Jungian analyst Marion Woodman's dream work and experience a dream circle. Karen talks with Sil Reynolds, senior...

What If Women Were the Storytellers? - with Elizabeth Lesser

20 Feb 2021

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, Elizabeth Lesser, co-founder of Omega Institute, speaks with Karen about how women have been defined in a certain, often subjugated, ...

Ask Anything

16 Jan 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Daring to Rest founder, Karen Brody, answers your questions! Listen to her thoughts on liminal dreaming, insomnia, chronic pain, aging, how to get tee...

You're Free - A Conversation about Resting in Unrest Towards Liberation - with Dr. Kamilah Majied

27 Dec 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Karen talks with Dr. Kamilah Majied about meditation as a journey to freedom, the practice of discomfort resilience, and how rest resources activism. ...

Inside the Daring to Rest Academy facilitator training: Meet Sisterhood 4

05 Dec 2020

Contributed by Lukas

A rest garden, permission to pause, soul rattle and play, paint and rest; these are some of the creative ways women in the Daring to Rest Academy Sist...

Is Rest the New Mindfulness?

19 Nov 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Daring to Rest founder, Karen Brody, goes on another rest rant answering the question: "Is rest the new mindfulness?"   To view the resources for th...

Menopause as an Initiatory Rite of Passage

03 Oct 2020

Contributed by Lukas

In our society, menopausal women are pathologized. There is little dignity around the process, and there are no instructions for how to navigate the s...

Does Resting for Productivity Make Sense?

25 Sep 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Daring to Rest founder Karen Brody reads her recent rest rant on rest and productivity. "If we are resting to be more productive then we are feeding i...

Self-Guided Yoga Nidra - with Jaimee Roncone and Beth Dorman

05 Sep 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Yoga nidra is a powerful healing practice, and many practice nidras to navigate challenging situations. But what if we don't have access to the audio ...

Social Justice, Inclusion, and Yoga Nidra - with Yoli Maya Yeh

20 Jun 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Today's conversation with Yoli Maya Yeh, an educator and healer working at the intersection of Indigenous Way, Healing Arts & Social Justice, is a con...

The Colonization of Sleep and Yoga - Uma Dinsmore Tuli and Yoli Maya Yeh

24 May 2020

Contributed by Lukas

When I heard that Uma Dinsmore Tuli had created a campaign to eradicate the abuse of women in the yoga world I knew I wanted to talk about this topic,...

Tap Into Your Feminine Power Through Rest—with Barbara Dopfer

28 Apr 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Women have our own inner calendar based on the menstrual cycle, and when we honor that cycle, we access our feminine power. But we simply can't unlock...

Honoring Your Cycle in a Non-Cyclical World (Part 1): Exploring The Path to Feminine Power with the Red School Founders

25 Apr 2020

Contributed by Lukas

In the menstrual cycle, we experience currents of expansion and contraction, activity and rest. Yet we've been living in a cultural paradigm built exc...

Why Bother: The Call to Discover Your Fully Alive Self - with Jennifer Louden

15 Apr 2020

Contributed by Lukas

With much of the world under quarantine, I was wondering if today's episode with bestselling author Jennifer Louden, whose new book Why Bother comes o...

Forced to Rest: A Rest Perspective on COVID-19 - with Dr. Rubin Naiman

22 Mar 2020

Contributed by Lukas

On today's episode, Dr. Rubin Naiman gives us a rest-perspective on COVID-19 and the current pandemic that has forced people around the world to stay ...

Reclaiming Our Voices Through Rest - with Karen Brody

08 Mar 2020

Contributed by Lukas

How many times have women stayed silent throughout history? What if rest was a remedy to help us speak up? On today's episode, to celebrate Internatio...

Sensual Living - with Mary Lofgren

18 Feb 2020

Contributed by Lukas

How would you describe your relationship with your body? Many of us struggle with feelings of disconnection or shame, and we only allow ourselves plea...

Yoga Nidra: The Quicker Picker Upper - with Barbara Cohen Itzkowitz

01 Feb 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Envision that emoji on your smart phone where the person's eyes are open wide, looking frantic. That was 71-year-old certified Daring to Rest facilita...

Creating Space Just for Me to Rest – with Lotus Baker

29 Jan 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Meet certified Daring to Rest facilitator Lotus Baker, mother of three girls. When Lotus' daughter with multiple disabilities began to find her creati...

Hooked on Yoga Nidra - with Sheri Parr

29 Jan 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Five years ago, her daughters almost all off to college, on the eve of being an empty nester, certified Daring to Rest facilitator Sheri Parr realized...

Yoga Nidra Brings Me Closer to My Mission – with Gerda van der Lecq – Postma

29 Jan 2020

Contributed by Lukas

How do you make yoga nidra permanent part of your life when you have been tired for as long as you can remember? That's what certified Daring to Rest ...

We Effort Everything, But Yoga Nidra is Effortless - with Marcela Iglesias

29 Jan 2020

Contributed by Lukas

After significant people died in a three-year span, this is when certified Daring to Rest facilitator Marcela Iglesias found yoga, trained in it, and ...

The Power of Intention - with Jo Blackman

22 Jan 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Today be prepared to have your heart open wider. In this 6-minute episode, certified Daring to Rest facilitator and magical mama, Jo Blackman, shares ...

Yoga Nidra: More Than a Fancy Nap - with Michelle Wilson

20 Jan 2020

Contributed by Lukas

On this month's Daring to Rest Podcast's Rest Stories series, certified Daring to Rest facilitator Michelle Wilson is in conversation with her husba...

Rest is Political and We Need It Now - with Claire Garin

18 Jan 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Ever feel like for as long as you can remember you've been tired? That's Claire Garin's story - tired her whole adult life. Three years ago, she compl...

Rest Became The Root of My Healing - with Jaimee Roncone

16 Jan 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Meet Jaimee Roncone – certified Daring to Rest facilitator and owner of a Healing Tree Health and Wellness Center in Northampton, Massachusetts. Jai...

I Trust in Life - with Barbara Dopfer

14 Jan 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Meet Barbara Dopfer – a yoga teacher and almost-certified Daring to Rest facilitator in the south of Germany. In this eleven-minute episode, you'll ...

Why I Teach Rest - with Karen Brody

12 Jan 2020

Contributed by Lukas

In this first episode of our Rest Stories Series, Daring to Rest founder Karen Brody tells her worn out woman to well-rested woman story and why she d...

The Interior Life We Yearn For: Tending, Befriending and Integrating Shadow — with Pixie Lighthorse

13 Nov 2019

Contributed by Lukas

It's much easier to ignore the darker parts of ourselves—the wounds, the fears, the biases, the anxieties. Sloshing around in our inner territ...

Rituals, Routines, and Rhythms (and Yoga Nidra!) for Braving the Writer's Path—with Nicole Gulotta

14 Oct 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Do you struggle with the creative process? Get stuck in self-doubt? Or have trouble finding time to practice your craft? Writer Nicole Gulotta contend...

Raising a Child with Learning Differences

26 Sep 2019

Contributed by Lukas

My son Jacob had his first psychoeducational evaluation in the second grade. He scored in the 110th percentile in critical thinking, but his reading s...

The First International Yoga Nidra Conference

22 Aug 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Get ready to shake your yoga nidra pompoms! On this episode, Rest Sisters from the Daring to Rest Academy join me to share our key takeaways from The ...

Inside the Daring to Rest Academy with Tribe 3 - Ep17

20 Jul 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Today on the Daring to Rest podcast I'm taking you inside the most recent tribe in the Daring to Rest Academy who just finished their Daring to Rest y...