Leading the Pivot | The Work of Resting


Welcome to Wednesday! As you step into the natural pivot point of the week, here’s a brief moment of encouragement and perspective to help you lead the pivots in your life.


Leading the Pivot | The Work of Resting
Practical wisdom for the pivots that shape us.


The Moment

We get there. The vacation, the long weekend we planned for months.

And yet the mind doesn’t follow.

We are hours from home on a beach and already working through next week’s deadline. We sit across from the people we love most and find ourselves somewhere else entirely, replaying yesterday’s feedback, rehearsing tomorrow’s conversation.

The body arrived. The rest of us are still at the desk.


The Pivot

Rest is not a reward for finished work.

It will never be finished.

The margin of rejuvenation we keep shaving down is not a luxury. What the next season requires of us cannot be found in more output. It is restored in rest.

We tell ourselves we will rest when it slows. It never fully does.

Giving ourselves permission to just be is not indulgence.

It is the work.


The Move

This summer, when the moment of rest arrives, let yourself be fully in it.

What would you be capable of if you gave your mind the same permission your body already took?


Cheering you on to your best life,

Amanda Crooks, M.Div, BCC, CMCS, GCDF
Board Certified Coach | Leadership, Career & Well-Being

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