Table of Contents
Foreword xi
How to Use This Book xiii
Part I Why Rest?
1 Living the Burned-Out Life 3
2 The Secret Life of the Well Rested 11
3 The Rest You've Been Missing 23
4 Physical Rest 33
5 Mental Rest 47
6 Emotional Rest 55
7 Spiritual Rest 65
8 Social Rest 77
9 Sensory Rest 87
10 Creative Rest 95
11 Give It a Rest 105
12 Finding a Sweet Place to Land 113
Part II The Gifts of Rest
13 The Gift of Boundaries 123
14 The Gift of Reflection 131
15 The Gift of Freedom 139
16 The Gift of Acceptance 147
17 The Gift of Exchange 153
18 The Gift of Permission 159
19 The Gift of Cessation 165
20 The Gift of Art 173
21 The Gift of Communication 179
22 The Gift of Productivity 185
23 The Gift of Choice 191
24 The Gift of Faith 195
Part III The Promises of Rest
25 I Choose My Best Life 205
Personal Rest Deficit Assessment Tool 211
Thirty-Day Sacred Rest Challenge 215
Acknowledgments 217
Notes 219
About the Author 225