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REST with Carolyn

Carolyn Wilkins

I write about rest for women who’ve been saying 'I just need to get through this week' since 2007. Stories, small experiments, and audio to lie down to. The kind of rest you can actually feel, at a pace that feels doable.

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The day my body called an emergency meeting

Last Thursday I ended up in the emergency department after four days of heart palpitations, weakness down my left arm, pain in my back, lightheadedness and dizziness.

Somewhere underneath it all I intuitively knew I was okay. But knowing...

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The Anti-Statue Strategy

1. Find a chair or a patch of floor and let your limbs go heavy.

2. Give your wrists and ankles a dramatic, slow-motion roll as if you are trying to unscrew them.

3. Drop your chin to your chest and let the weight of your head stretch...

4 months ago

The Great Brain Unclogging

1. Find a quiet corner away from anyone who might ask you where their socks are.

2. Set a timer for five minutes and stare blankly at something that does not have a backlight.

3. Let your thoughts drift by like awkward strangers you do...

4 months ago

Permission to sit down


This week’s experiment

So. You’ve sat down. Or half sat down, perched on the edge of something, feet still ready to carry you to the next thing.

For the next few minutes, there is no next thing.

Notice what’s underneath you. T...

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You've held yourself together all day


This week’s experiment

Hey. Welcome.

So, you’ve landed here. Sitting down, maybe, for the first time since you woke up.

Don’t do anything yet. Just notice your shoulders. Where are they?

If you’ve been holding things together...

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  • Carolyn Wilkins

    I show women over 45 how to rest in the life they already have: dinner half-made and the never-ending laundry. That life. The real one. I wrote a book on it, The Great Rest Experiment, and now I'm trying to actually follow it.

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