Article in Health Bloggers Community Magazine
Health Blogger Magazine has a short piece by me asking (and answering) the question, "Can Working Less Make You More Productive?:" In our busy lives we don’t think
Daily creativity and flourishing
The Greater Good Science Center reports on a new study that seems to clarify the relationship between creativity and flourishing, that emotional state characterized by an "overall sense of
7 Days to the German edition of REST
The German edition of my book, Pause: Tue weniger, erreiche mehr comes out in one week, on April 17. strategylways exciting to see your book in another language, thought
Hyejin Kang’s Sequence 01
One of the nice things that comes from publishing a book like REST is that it connects you with some pretty interesting readers. In the old days, this
On the growth of zombie departments
When I was an undergraduate at Penn, one of the graduate students I met was an historian of American technology named Deborah Fitzgerald. Later, when I taught American
Smartphone distraction and pedestrian deaths
Time to update this poster. A new study by the Governors Highway Safety Association finds that in the first half of 2016, pedestrian fatalities reached a two-decade high.
Toy-free play
The Atlantic has a piece about the German practice of putting away toys in kindergarten for a period in order to encourage children to learn to rely more
Deliberate rest and daily schedules
Writer and artist Carey Dunne has a piece in Quartz that talks about deliberate rest and daily schedules, and argues for shorter, more focused working days: An underlying assumption
Happy National Napping Day!
Since today is National Napping Day, I thought I would highlight this recent article by Christopher Lindholst in Corporate Wellness Magazine: As companies review and adjust their budgets
Reader video about REST
One of the things that's been most gratifying about REST is that it's attracted some very thoughtful readers and reviewers-- most recently Canadian coach and healer Fia-Lynn Crandall, who