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Rest Is Resistance
- Free yourself from grind culture and reclaim your life
- Narrated by: Tricia Hersey
- Length: 5 hrs and 26 mins
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'Extremely important and brilliant work... [Hersey] is a revolution.' - Glennon Doyle, activist and bestselling author of Untamed, Love Warrior and Carry On, Warrior
'Essential...Rest is a necessary step in reclaiming our power to resist systemic oppression.' - Ibram X. Kendi, activist, professor and bestselling author of How to Be an Antiracist
'This book will save lives and transform the world. - Emily Nagoski Ph.D., bestselling author of Come As You Are and Burnout
'This book has honestly left me changed and rearranged.' - Afua Hirsch, bestselling author of Brit(ish)
RECLAIM POWER, REST AND HEAL FROM GRIND CULTURE
'May we have space to navigate our lives from a liberated rest state. May all of culture slow down. The time to rest is now.' - The Nap Ministry
By founder and creator of The Nap Ministry, Rest is Resistance is a call-to-action for anyone suffering from the toxic urgency of modern-day life. It centres around the systemic issues that cause us to overwork, and ultimately burn out, and offers us liberation through rest. In its simplest form, rest becomes an act of resistance and a reclaiming of power because it disrupts and pushes back against capitalism and white supremacy. Slowing down moves us away from trying to operate at machine levels of productivity, to make us all more human.
In this fierce and tender manifesto, Tricia Hersey elevates rest as a divine right, and paves the way towards a more well-rested life that empowers imagination, invention and healing. Divided into four sections, Rest is Resistance explains Tricia's philosophy and methods, and includes both storytelling and practical advice. It will offer you the guidance and context to craft a rest practice for long-term health, both within yourself and society as a whole.
Rest is Resistance is not self-care: it is the urgent wake-up call you need to nap, rest and, most importantly, dream once more.
Critic reviews
'Extremely important and brilliant work... [Hersey] is a revolution.' - Glennon Doyle, activist and bestselling author of Untamed, Love Warrior and Carry On, Warrior
'Essential...Rest is a necessary step in reclaiming our power to resist systemic oppression.' - Ibram X. Kendi, activist, professor and bestselling author of How to Be an Antiracist
'This book will save lives and transform the world. - Emily Nagoski Ph.D., bestselling author of Come As You Are and Burnout
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- Anonymous User
- 09-12-22
Revolutionary
Tricia is a pioneer of systematic change that will improve the lives of everybody! Her work is needed so desperately in the world.
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- Beth :)
- 19-11-22
Essential listening
I have been looking forward to this book coming out and it is probably one of the most important I have ever listened to. Tricia Hersey has a message we all need to hear and I will be buying this book for friends too. Her narration is excellent, clear audio and heartfelt.
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- Cloddini
- 24-05-24
The most important manifesto
Such important message, loved every second of it and will incorporate its teachings in my life
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- Amazon Customer
- 12-02-23
Viva la revolution!
I enjoyed this in a way I wasn’t expecting. This read gives us permission to rest and not feel
lazy or guilty. Reprogram and unlearn what was forced into the psyche. Beautifully told and sincerely received.
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- Ann-Marie Agyeman
- 22-01-24
Transformational
The author makes a compelling case for the connection between capitalism, racism, ableism and other systems of oppression work together to eclipse our need for rest.
A more global understanding of how racism and capitalism have oppressed racialised people groups would have strengthened this for readers from the global south.
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- Natalie
- 23-06-23
The Manifesto We Needed
The message in this book is vital and timely. I’m thankful to Tricia for taking the time to write it.
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- arianne brown
- 09-03-24
Important work
Grind culture disabled me and I wish I’d heard Tricia’s message sooner. We all need to hear it, but especially those marginalised, commodified and stigmatised as lazy.
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- Kirstie Whitaker
- 01-01-23
Glorious message and beautifully read
The author preaches her message so wonderfully. Absolutely loved the book. I’ll listen again and again.
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- debbie
- 07-04-24
The message was needed! From an exhausted single mum
I thoroughly enjoyed the journey of this book. It taught me that in little ways I was already imagining and day dreaming but also how that all represents a freedom within the capitalistic society. Where I can I now go at the pace of my child and I. I needed to hear this!
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- Edward
- 03-08-23
world changing
this is not a book about sleeping more and giving up on the world to have a big nap and "slack." it is about how we put our bodies through unnecessary pain and trauma, specifically marginalised bodies, specifically black bodies. I urge everyone to read this world changing, loving and compassionate book.
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