The Daring to Rest Podcast

Karen Brody
  • 5.0 (21)
  • ALTERNATIVE HEALTH

This podcast helps women rise up rested. Karen Brody is your host and the author of the book "Daring to Rest."

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

    JAN 2

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

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    40 min
  2. Leadership, Liberation & the Power of Rest - with Sisterhood 10 Daring to Rest Facilitators

    12/13/2025

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

    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 they reflect on their journeys as rest leaders, yoga nidra facilitators, and students of the Daring to Rest Facilitator Training. You'll hear honest stories of stepping into rest leadership, navigating burnout, and breaking generational cycles of overwork and self-denial. Stay to the end for participants' favorite rest words! This episode is ideal for any women craving inspiration, rest, and a powerful reminder that rest is a radical, loving act. It's also ideal if you're interested in joining our next Daring to Rest Yoga Nidra Facilitator Training in January 2026.   Resources Guest Bios: https://daringtorest.com/podcast/114 Daring to Rest Yoga Nidra Facilitator Training: https://daringtorest.com/facilitator

    1h 29m
  3. How to Choose the Most Rested Path Using Human Design - with With Erin Claire Jones

    09/27/2025

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

    Discover how human design can help you understand your unique energy, make more rested decisions, and find a more restful, authentic way of living. In this episode, one of the world's leading experts in human design Erin Claire Jones shares practical insights into different energy types, the importance of rest, and how understanding your design can transform your work, relationships, and personal growth. Show notes for this episode can be found here: http://daringtorest.com/podcast/113

    45 min
  4. When Grief Hits, Productivity Culture Doesn't Know What to Do With Us

    08/09/2025

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

    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—especially when the world expects us to keep going. If you're holding personal or collective grief, this one's for you.   Resources for this episode can be found here: http://daringtorest.com/podcast/112

    16 min
  5. What is Rest Coaching? A conversation with Daring to Rest Coaches

    07/17/2025

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

    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 by three certified Daring to Rest Coaches who share their experiences inside the training, how it transformed their relationship with rest, and what it means to guide others through The Rested Path. If you've been curious about becoming a rest coach, or simply want to understand the deeper layers of rest as a healing and transformational path, this conversation offers clarity, insight, and inspiration.   Resources for this episode can be found here: http://daringtorest.com/podcast/111

    1 hr
  6. How to Rest When You Don't Know How: A Conversation with Ximena Vengoechea

    06/21/2025

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

    What does it really take to feel rested in a world that rewards burnout? In this powerful conversation, Karen Brody talks with Ximena Vengoechea—author of Rest Easy and The Life Audit—about cultivating a rest ethic, the barriers that keep us from true rest, and the liberating power of both active and passive rest. Together, they explore how rest can be deeply personal, radically political, and profoundly healing.   Resources for this episode can be found here: daringtorest.com/podcast/110

    58 min
  7. What If Slowing Down Makes Us Better Humans?

    05/31/2025

    What If Slowing Down Makes Us Better Humans?

    In this episode, Karen explores how urgency erodes compassion—drawing on the Good Samaritan Study, neuroscience, and a personal story that still sits with her. A woman-centered reflection on rest, guilt, and reclaiming our humanity through pause.   Show notes: http://daringtorest.com/podcast/109

    14 min

  8. 05/10/2025

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

    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 powerful rest practice for anyone longing to feel more held, rooted, and resilient. Before the meditation, Karen reflects on why connecting with our inner mother is essential on the path to becoming a rested woman. Whether you were well mothered or not, inner mothering allows you to offer yourself the unconditional love, care, and compassion you may have missed—and to rest from a place of wholeness. This practice is for all women—mothers and non-mothers alike—who want to rest more deeply, parent less reactively, and live more fully from the inside out. 🛏️ Get your blanket. Take off your armor. This is your invitation to rest. ___ The Rested Mother Series shares 5 powerful short rest stories from Daring to Rest Facilitators who chose rest in the midst of motherhood, grief, burnout, and healing. These mothers dared to pause, listen, and reclaim themselves through yoga nidra and deep rest. You are invited to hear what happens when a mother rests—and rises rooted. To listen to the entire Rested Mother series go here:  https://daringtorest.com/podcast/restedmother

    40 min
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About

This podcast helps women rise up rested. Karen Brody is your host and the author of the book "Daring to Rest."

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  • Creator
    Karen Brody
  • Years Active
    2018 - 2026
  • Episodes
    100
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © All rights reserved. Copyright 2019.
  • Show Website
    The Daring to Rest Podcast

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