Call it brain fog. The post-lunch haze. The 2 p.m. slump. This sudden whoosh of exhaustion is your body telling you that it’s time for a mental rest ASAP. One set-it-and-forget-it way to take ...

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This time last year, I was interviewing Latham Thomas for Black Maternal Health Week when she mentioned the concept of seeking rest as a form of self-mothering. I was a new mom to a one-year-old and ...

Thanks to increasingly stressful daily routines and turbulent world events, globally speaking, we are becoming more and more burnt out. While we may not be able to change our immediate circumstances, ...

If you’re anything like me, achieving holistic rest is hard. You might’ve received a good night’s rest consistently, but burnout is always lurking around the corner due to your never-ending to-do ...

Whenever I’m feeling rundown, I book a Saturday afternoon pedicure and flip through as many trashy magazines as I can find. It works—sometimes. But other times, I leave the salon feeling even worse ...

Rest may not be best after acute concussion in children and adolescents, according to a study from the Pediatric Emergency Research Canada Concussion Team that has the potential to change concussion ...

The traditional recommendation for patients who suffer sport-related concussions is a combination of both physical and cognitive rest. Although cognitive rest continues to be linked to speedier ...

A disease, such as cancer, that affects a person’s physical limitations can catalyze learning to rest, which is something I recently realized. There’s something about a diagnosis of cancer that causes ...

Physiologically, rest allows muscle fibers to rebuild stronger and more resilient. Hormonal balance and nervous system recovery also depend on sufficient rest. Rest days also help prevent mental ...

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Objective To synthesise the evidence regarding the risks and benefits of physical activity (PA), prescribed aerobic exercise treatment, rest, cognitive activity and sleep during the first 14 days ...