{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"THE EMPOWERING STORY","title":"S4: E21 When Rest Feels Like a Risk","html":"<iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"180\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless src=\"https://share.transistor.fm/e/476872a4\"></iframe>","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":1557,"description":"Show Notes: The Empowering Story Podcast \nEpisode: When Rest Feels Like a Risk\nHosts:Nia,  and Jean Dorff\nEpisode Overview\nIn this episode, Nia and Jean Dorff  dive into the surprising complexities of rest, exploring why, for some, slowing down can feel not restful but risky, especially for those with a history of trauma or childhood abuse. The conversation uncovers how vigilance, busyness, and difficulty unplugging may be shaped by lived experience, and offers a compassionate, practical perspective on making peace with stillness and self-care.\nKey Topics Covered\n- The Paradox of Rest:\n  Why even the desire to rest can be overridden by anxiety, restlessness, or familiar habits of busyness and control [00:01:29](/timestamps/89).\n- Vigilance & Trauma: \n  How growing up in unpredictable or unsafe environments can make constant alertness feel familiar, sometimes making rest feel threatening or uncomfortable [00:04:23](/timestamps/263).\n- Capacity vs. Permission: \n  Exploring the difference between having the physical opportunity to rest, and feeling genuine internal permission for stillness [00:08:01](/timestamps/481).\n- Rest Beyond Stillness:\n  Why quietness doesn't always mean calm, how true rest can also be found in movement, creativity, or gentle activity, not just sitting still [00:12:24](/timestamps/744).\n- Practical Suggestions:\n  How to approach rest in small, manageable, and voluntary ways—without turning it into another self-improvement project [00:14:45](/timestamps/885).\n- Unplugging & Attention:\n  Broadening the definition of “unplugging” beyond digital devices, to include stepping away from constant demands for attention, usefulness, or productivity [00:17:38](/timestamps/1058).\n- Ordinary Moments as Authorship:\n  The importance of reclaiming ordinary moments as acts of self-authorship, rather than feeling pressured to make every moment productive or healing [00:21:04](/timestamps/1264).\n---\nQuotes & Highlights\n- “Rest does not have to become another...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/sxm3YDsDQaeAKvXvAo13yFlQVuwZlmk_wlmprg86t3g/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS84NWU3/YjU2ODdiYmZkYTQw/Nzg5Y2M4NjExMTY4/YTZmZC5wbmc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}