How to Stop Feeling Guilty For Resting

How to Stop Feeling Guilty for Resting

If you’ve been through emotional abuse, chronic stress, or anxiety, you might feel an overwhelming sense of guilt when you try to rest — like you have to earn it or explain it. In this episode, host Jordan Murphy gently unpacks where that guilt comes from, why it’s not your fault, and how to start releasing it.

You’ll learn how trauma and survival mode reshape your relationship with rest, and why slowing down is not laziness — it’s a deeply human need. This is a compassionate reminder that you are not broken, you are healing — and rest is a vital part of that process.

If you've been craving rest but feel ashamed for needing it, this episode is your permission slip to breathe, pause, and reclaim your right to simply be.

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