Category: Rest and Liberation

Wellness is only important in August. Just kidding. But August *is* technically Wellness Month. That sounds good, right?  Wrong. While the concept of wellness seems innocuous enough, the wellness industry is worth $4.3 TRILLION.  If all of that were going towards making us well – we’d all be blissed out from every morning meditation. So,…

July is National Minority Mental Health Awareness Month.  Did you know that folks of the global majority (nonwhite folks) face unique challenges when it comes to reporting mental health issues and getting help for these issues?  How does being a person of color impact mental health and access to care? There’s nothing inherent about being…

What is the Nap Ministry? Tricia Hersey, founder of The Nap Ministry, is a pioneer in harnessing the liberatory power of rest and sleep.   Hersey is an artist whose work and writing focuses on rest as resistance; pushing back against grind culture and ever-quickening work pace, and driving yourself into the ground. Considering the history…