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Week 2: The Different Types of Rest flowers🪻
Hello, friends.
Have you ever slept for eight hours, woken up... and still felt exhausted?
For a long time, I thought I just needed more sleep. But I eventually realized something important.
Sleep is only one kind of rest.
As women, we wear so many hats. We care for families, build careers, support friends, solve problems, remember birthdays, carry invisible mental loads, and often put ourselves last. Sometimes what we're feeling isn't a lack of sleep—it's a lack of the right kind of rest.
There are many different ways we need to be restored.
Sometimes we need physical rest—to slow down, stretch, or simply put our feet up.
Sometimes we need mental rest—a break from constant planning, worrying, and making decisions.
Sometimes we need emotional rest—a safe place where we don't have to pretend we're okay or be everything for everyone else.
Sometimes we need creative rest—time in nature, tending the garden, listening to birdsong, or simply noticing beauty again.
And sometimes we need social rest—stepping away from relationships that drain us and spending time with people who make us feel seen, safe, and accepted.
I think our gardens teach us this so beautifully.
Not every plant needs the same thing. Some need more sunshine. Others need richer soil, deeper watering, or a little more space to grow.
We're no different.
The question isn't, "Why am I so tired?"
Maybe the better question is...
"What kind of rest is my heart asking for today?"
🌱 Today's gentle invitation:
Take a quiet moment and ask yourself, Which kind of rest do I need most right now?
✨ Today's affirmation:
"I honour what I need. Rest is not one-size-fits-all, and I trust myself to choose what will help me bloom."
Remember, friends...
Turning muck into magic doesn't happen all at once.
It happens when we lovingly tend the parts of ourselves that have gone without nourishment for far too long.
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Week 2: The Different Types of Rest flowers🪻
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