This Week's Mindful Morsel 🍪 | September 24, 2025 — 7 types of rest?!
Happy Wednesday to your delightful spirit 💜
First – a question. I’m contemplating migrating to one longer form newsletter monthly, a Zenful Mindings ‘zine of sorts. This would include content that you normally see in the Mindful Morsel, the Lunar Love Letter, some specific body literacy content, and some other highlights to be determined. How does that feel for you?
I’m working on simplifying some things in my biz and my life, and also the things that land in your inbox and social media feeds. I’d like to start exiting social media in some ways, and I think longer form content that’s also accessible on your own terms fits. Plus I’m in a 90s retro vibe and zines are amazing magic. I’d love to give it a try. Let me know what you think!
And now onto this week’s Mindful Morsel…
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Yesterday I had the joy of attending a virtual Fall Retreat for this magical biz community I’m part of, and someone brought up that they were working on resting more… all 7 kinds. Deer in headlights moment. Seven kinds?! I could think of a good 3 or 4 off the top of my head, but 7?!
Here’s the scoop:
Physical rest
Mental rest
Sensory rest
Creative rest
Emotional rest
Social rest
Spiritual rest
If you read over the linked article above, you’ll probably recognize all of these, but to have the language around them is powerful because you can express what you need that much better, to yourself and your supportive circle (or star or rectangle), and that’s some potent self care.
So I’m going to use this opportunity to tell on myself a little.
I’ve felt so fatigued lately, and I know a good bit of it is physical (starting the gym and sleep issues), so I keep making sure I’m eating okay and practicing supportive sleep habits and all the things. But I’m still exhausted to the point where when I’m done with the ‘must dos’ of the day, I just want to lay flat and numb my brain. And it’s so much work to overcome that temptation when I also want to spend time with my daughter and do other things I love.
I’m not just experiencing physical fatigue. I’m also heavily weighed down with mental, sensory, and emotional fatigue. I’m having a real issue lately being too wrapped up in news, and I know that’s not good for me when I don’t have balance, and I have no idea how to maintain balance in the current news climate we’re in. What I do know is that I’m too willingly letting those algorithms get their dirty claws in my psyche and I deserve better. So yesterday during that Fall Retreat, I made a commitment to give my attention to some projects that are lighting me up instead of what’s bringing me down.
Two that are at the top of my list:
Readying my pollinator garden for fall/winter
Painting our dining table and chairs
These feel good and low stakes for me, but have high reward baked into them. I want to get my hands dirty and give our abode some new funky freshness.
So this week, I invite you to get curious about those 7 types of rest and reflect a bit on where you could benefit from a certain kind. Let me know what comes up!
With restful intention,
