Let’s be honest, most of us struggle to give ourselves permission to rest. And when we finally do get the opportunity, we often have difficulty switching off. Resting has a bad reputation, says Suzy Reading: ‘It’s seen as lazy and indulgent.’ Yet when we relax, we become more productive; our sleep improves, we concentrate better, creative thinking increases, and physical symptoms linked to stress, such as headaches, often decrease.
Resting doesn’t have to mean lying down and doing nothing (although most of us would benefit from a little
