Rest Uncovered: Guidance and Practices

Rest Uncovered: Guidance and Practices Rest Uncovered: Guidance & Practices with Miranda Brooking. Map how you feel to the rest you need.

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08/23/2026

When we're moving too fast, we miss a lot of what's around us. Once I really started to slow down and take things in, I became enthralled with nature.

This moment with the butterfly I captured at a women's festival in June. I was working, and taking moments where I could to rest and recharge. I watched it move between flowers for a good ten minutes.

I have these moments a lot now, and find myself looking for them. The other day I was at the beach and watched a fly digging in the sand for a good five minutes. I was mesmerized by the little creature, searching or maybe burying something. I'd never stopped to look before.

There's something so restful to me about tuning into moments like these. It reminds me how much we fill our days, when creatures like this butterfly, or a small fly, do so little and seem perfectly content.

What in nature grabs your attention?
Can you find a nature moment of rest from the rush?

When I got this message from a friend who joined my workshop back in the spring, I knew I wanted to share it, and she sa...
08/21/2026

When I got this message from a friend who joined my workshop back in the spring, I knew I wanted to share it, and she said I could use it as a testimonial.

This type of feedback - actual data that changes - can hit home in a very different way. We have so many devices now that monitor how our bodies are impacted, and sometimes, when we have a very busy life, they can be helpful reminders of not only when rest is needed, but when rest works!

Thank you, Naomi, for sharing this with me and for putting what you learned into practice. It was all you!

08/18/2026

During two big seasons of depletion, my body tried to tell me I was running on empty and about to reach burnout before I was ready to listen.

It was a rash that wouldn't clear. A brain that stopped keeping up. An office floor I ended up collapsing on because I couldn't do anything else.

This is a glimpse of what burnout actually looked like for me. Not just tired, not a bit stressed, but my body making the decision I wouldn't make for myself.

If any part of this sounds familiar, DM me. You don't have to wait for it to happen twice like me, before you learn the signs and choose differently.

08/10/2026

The last reel I shared what happened after a deer hit me on the road, the overwhelm, the tears by a river, and calling a friend to hold space. It was the best thing I could do for my body that day.

Here's the science behind why.

Research out of UC San Francisco describes a distinct physiological state they call deep rest, separate from sleep, where cells can finally redirect energy toward repair: clearing out damaged mitochondria, rebuilding worn telomeres, and settling the reactive byproducts of stress that build up under strain.

Here's the part that stays with me most. It's often not the stressful moment itself that does the most damage. It's staying in that stressed state afterward. Chronic, unresolved stress is linked to muscle tension, gut issues like IBS, and immune dysregulation that in some people can contribute to autoimmune flare ups. The event passes, but the state your body stays in doesn't have to.

Sleep and true rest aren't the same thing. What I did by that river wasn't a detour from productivity. It was exactly what let my body actually come back down.

Save this, and think of it as your permission slip to more deeply rest.

Source: Wynne Parry, "New study explores the transformative power of deep rest," UCSF Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, June 2024, drawing on research by Alexandra Crosswell, PhD and Elissa Epel, PhD (Psychological Review, 2024). https://psychiatry.ucsf.edu/news/new-study-explores-transformative-power-deep-rest

08/06/2026

Do you have tears when you get overwhelmed? Do you allow those emotions to release?

Today I nicked a baby deer with my car. It was ok. I was not. Luckily there was no oncoming traffic or it would have been more fatal for the deer. It popped up out of a ditch so fast I didn't see it coming!

Lately I have really been stretching my capacity and at times could sense I was moving faster than I needed to. After I drove off from the deer the overwhelm came on, the tears flowed.

Nature can be such a mirror and in this instance we were both moving too fast we collided. I was probably more shaken than it was so I took myself to the river and cried. I also called a dear friend who was able to hold some space for me 💜🙏🏼. This is what rest can look like: nature and a friend. I leaned into what I knew would help and although I still feel a bit worried about the deer, I am less shaken now.

Drop a heart if this resonates at all. Know you are not alone in feeling overwhelmed and tears can be a natural stress response. Let them flow!

And a note to myself: deers don't just come out at dusk when it's cooler, they also cross the streets of Courtenay in the middle of the day!

Do you feel tired even after resting?Are you constantly on the go, planning three weeks out, saying yes before you've ca...
08/05/2026

Do you feel tired even after resting?

Are you constantly on the go, planning three weeks out, saying yes before you've caught your breath, and somewhere underneath it all, quietly wishing it would just stop?

Do you feel guilty when you do slow down, like rest is something you have to earn first?

This was me. I used to go and go until I collapsed into bed each night, and called that rest. Until one day, I collapsed somewhere else entirely, into stress leave.

We live in a culture of urgency. Everything instant, everything now, and it's exhausting in a way sleep alone can't touch.

Rest is not the opposite of a full life. It's what makes a full life possible.

What I've learned since is that rest isn't only physical. It's relational, mental, and emotional too, and most of us were never taught how to hold all of it.

Unlearning the Rush was built for exactly this. A month long journey to relearn rest, not by adding more to your plate, but by weaving small moments of it into the days you already have.

Rest doesn't ask to be earned. It's already yours, waiting to be uncovered. https://www.restuncovered.com/unlearn-the-rush

We often think rest is something we only earn after we are exhausted. But it's the foundation that makes everything else...
08/04/2026

We often think rest is something we only earn after we are exhausted. But it's the foundation that makes everything else possible. 🌿

Save this post for the days you need a gentle reminder to slow down and prioritize rest.


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